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[edit] October 2009

4A Northwestern University study on the human genetic tendency towards depression finds that Western culture rugged individualism feeds this tendency while Eastern culture collectivism buffers it.
5"The honourable Member for Braintree cited evidence from The Sun, so I want to refer to a recent edition of the British Medical Journal" - and other cases of politics doing science wrong.
7The surprise is not that people see Faux News as more ideological than other networks but that 14% of those polled think it is mostly liberal.
7New movie, Hexpelled! No Wizardry Allowed, investigates the persistent "pro-Newtonian bias" in academia.
3House Republicans have introduced a resolution to commemorate those whiners True PatriotsTM who went for a walk fought for their country on that pleasant September afternoon fateful cold morning, because they are the real heroes.
4Is being a Jew a matter of bloodline or religious practice? The UK's new Supreme Court is debating the subject this week, in a case that could have a wider impact on faith schools.
4Science Careers Blog: Fewer scientists, not more is the way to improve science and technology. Re-establishing science and engineering as an elite occupation will prevent potential innovators turning into hedge-fund managers and business consultants.
23RationalWiki hits the big time. The London Daily Telegraph posts an article about important internet laws including Poe's Law, Pommer's Law, DeMyer's Laws, Law of exclamation and Cohen's Law. (23 Oct 2009)
8Conservative deceit: Yes, it does exist!
3Conservative Republicans are very different from independent Conservatives.
5PZ Myers explains why God is dead like Nietzsche claimed.
4How the quicksand of poverty just sucks you down.
3In her latest straw-man topple book, Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed), being sore that not everyone shares her gloom-and-doom view of capitalism America, suggests that "the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America."
7David Mitchell delivers some harsh truths about the nature of hypocrisy in politics. "Which would you choose, the washing machine or the vote?"
8Charlie Brooker responds both thoroughly and with characteristic venom to Jan Moir's now almost infamous gay-bashing "article", suggesting that in true Daily Mail fashion, we should all formally lodge disapproval. Update: Moir attempts to defend herself almost by claiming that she didn't read her own article.
7Evangelist Frank Schaeffer, discussing End Times, Dubya, and assassinating Obama, skewers the ultra-right with memorable quotes.
5The British Chiropractic Association, who are suing Simon Singh for daring to complain that they promoted treatments that had insufficient evidence, manage to defame him in a press release. A briefer summary here
4The Republican Party launches a hip new website - and fails.
8Glenn Beck, "a snake-oil salesman's dim-witted assistant," debuts on British TV.
16Nice. 30 GOP senators vote in favor of allowing companies to mandate binding arbitration instead of lawsuits if one of their employees makes allegations of gang rape. Halliburton should be allowed to do that, it seems.
2Despite Conservapedia saying that all the Huffington Post does is bash Republicans and whitewash Democratic dirty laundry, it in fact is now featuring an argument from Arianna Huffington as to why Charles Rangel must be thrown out.
9Finally, a "What is going on...." post that warrants all-caps, bold and italics. CONSERVAPEDIA IS EDITING THE BIBLE TO MAKE IT MORE CONSERVATIVE!!! UPDATE: The editors -- now called the "Conservative Bible Project" -- have posted editing guidelines. The Huffington Post comments on the guidelines.
2"The American Way of Dentistry" (as opposed to British dentistry). P.S., six of the seven icons at the top of the page lead to related articles.
5As an allegory, is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs a better film depiction of the financial meltdown than Michael Moore's more straightforward Capitalism: A Love Story?
11Conservatives at a meeting for the ironically named group "Americans for Prosperity" cheered when they were informed that Chicago lost the 2016 Olympics. Why do they hate America?
1Towards a responsible definition of socialism.
3Oh, it is a president's fault we lost the Olymipic bid, just not the current one's.
1Triumphs in statutory naming.
0Republican Wars- Episode V: The Moderates Strike Back
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