RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/September 2014

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September 2014[edit]

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13The idea of "environmental classism" in America looks moronic now.
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27National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson says women who have abortions should be hanged, and so should doctors, nurses and hospital staff. (Somebody's been reading The Handmaid's Tale.)
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19Blowback's a bitch, China.
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4Why academic writing stinks
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17Focus on the Family offers handy tips for parents about teaching their children about homosexuality.
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27"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
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15Why UN climate talks continue to fail
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15Three sexist newspapers that completely missed the point of Emma Watson's UN speech (Daily Telegraph, The Star, Daily Mail)
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13The “Emma You Are Next” site is an assault on the civil rights of women. (Looks like it's a hoax. But damn, anti-feminists have humiliated themselves yet again.)
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-2Ever wonder who brings the VA problems to light and why? There you go.
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9Number #1 on Frank Luntz's Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary: Do not hire Frank Luntz. (The presser in question.)
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-8Hillary Clinton once wrote Saul Alinsky fan mail You hear that squealing off in the distance? That's Glenn Beck having an orgasm.
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16In which Christopher "moot" Poole gets new mods in and kicks #gamergate off 4chan. NOT EVEN 4CHAN wants these people.
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30Atlas Shrugged III reviewed. "A light went on. This film. What it is. What the book is. It’s the libertarian Left Behind."
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23Next on the List of Questions that Would Garner an "Are You Crazy?" Reaction a Decade Ago: Is the GOP losing Kansas?
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4Let's try this again: Why Scotland didn't secede: economics.
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10"37 percent of Americans think a free press is overrated." Ah.
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8Because the head-exploding nature of Republicans wanting to move to Canuckistan does not seem to be a joke.
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46Cracked: A 90-Second Guide to Determine if Your Internet Cause Is BS
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14"Just how secure is Xi Jinping, really?"
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11Which Iraq War are you?
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22"The Only Thing Unusual About Ray And Janay Rice Is That Anyone Noticed." NFL fans and MRAs are having a very poor year.
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20Organized homeschooling's obsession with false reports of child abuse.
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-13Those RationalWikians of the "Yes" persuasion in the Scottish referendum should have a look at this. Update: No, stop downvoting, they should really look at this.
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29White people refuse to believe black people's experiences.
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8"Capt. Kirk vs. the Internet"
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16Stung by Zoe Quinn's partial release of the IRC logs where they planned her harassment, the perpetrators of #GamerGate release 3,756 pages of full logs. They actually think this stuff makes them look anything not like pieces of shit.
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10Even Albert Einstein once got fooled by a purported psychic. (HT PZ Myers.)
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27Obama Outperforms Reagan on Jobs, Growth, and Investing.
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13Skeptical Science launches a cheeky quote/caricature series called 97 Hours of Consensus.
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4Do you still think #GamerGate was a spontaneous grassroots movement of any sort? Zoe Quinn has screenshots for you.
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-38People don't know how to find the true gems of the internet: The Most Underrated Websites(self promotion warning)
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13Turns out you can do direct A/B comparisons on workplace gender discrimination: ask a transgender person. (Similar response comment on HN.)
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6AlterNet looks at the men's rights movement
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12Herbals, Dietary Supplements Linked To Liver Injury
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14Willing to reconsider your no-byline policy, Economist? (Update: no, but they withdrew the review.)
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47Muslims take the piss out of ISIS, using genuinely funny snark and satire. We at Rationalwiki salute you.
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10Every time ISIS murders a journalist in broad daylight, there's only one conclusion.
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2Shaking the foundation? -- DJ Grothe "no longer with JREF", LA offices closed and re-headquartered in Falls Church, VA
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28Cracked strikes again. "6 Tricks I Learned as a Faith Healer (for Scamming You)"
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18Jeff Berwick's Galt's Gulch in Chile isn't going well...