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[edit] May 2013
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![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | A speculative essay of 'Murca ten years from now: "How America Became a Third World Country: The impact of sequester down the line." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 15 | The Pirate Party of Georgia draws a line in the sand. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 26 | The cult of "before" stories - I was a satanist, a drug dealer, a porn addict and a rapist before I came to God and became a liar. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | Now you know where those bigots come from. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 | Here's one for mothers of newborns. Maybe formula isn't as bad as the pseudoscience types say. The war against natural mothering starts in 3…2…1. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 15 | Vaccine deniers are supported by Big Pharma to improve their profits. And here's some fucking proof of the conspiracy. It only makes sense. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | "Ignoring the cost of climate change is bad business." - wait, that's not the traditional right-wing mantra, right? |
![]() ![]() ![]() | -7 | 4 Things We Should Remember When Arguing About Politics |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 13 | Technology is not a barrier to sustainable energy, but we need to change our thinking. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 22 | Conspiracy theorists are flummoxed by an actual scandal. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 | Is overt racism and sexism really a good advertising strategy? "Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History." If you're curious, this video commentary by the Young Turks includes the full ad within the first 70 seconds. (The ad revolves around a trash-talking goat, so it must be RW material.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | Will the conservative old codgers of the House of Lords block same-sex marriage in the UK? Unlikely, actually. (Clogorific bonus material in the comments) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | Cracked: The 5 Most Insulting Defences of Nerd Racism |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 15 | Google releases remarkable Landsat footage of human expansion in the past 25 years. (Some commentary by Hank Green) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | Oh, my! George Takei takes the usual anti-gay / reparative therapy PSA and turns it on its head. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 28 | The EU would like to slow down automated stock trading so that a purchased stock must be held for 500 milliseconds (1/2 second) before being resold. To illustrate the current virtually unregulated situation, a company specializing in stock-trading software has produced a video showing 500 milliseconds of the trading of a single stock, slowed down by a factor of 720. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 25 | Stavvers: Has it been scientifically proven racists and homophobes are stupid? Er, no. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 27 | "Why didn't she just run away?" Ten years after being rescued from her kidnappers, Elizabeth Smart tells a Johns Hopkins University audience that rape victims raised in conservative households and communities often feel worthless, like a "chewed-up piece of gum. Nobody re-chews a piece of gum. You throw it away." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | Nate Silver summarizes argumentum ad verecundiam. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 10 | No, the DSM is not being thrown out. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | Humans: only 70% similar to chimps? |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | Ken Ham commits autoparody. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 26 | What I would say to creationists if I |
[edit] Earlier entries
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | In addition to abstaining from JAQing off, you should also stop FAPing. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 26 | From this day forward, Donald Trump will be given the title of Fuckface von Clownstick. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() | 19 | Do you know what happens when people start to learn? |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 21 | We have to start questioning if wingnuts' attention to Nancy Pelosi is simply because she's just a liberal boogeywoman. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | Food buzzwords demystified, a video focusing on food labels as protected terms, most notably "organic". sadly the informative video is followed by a petition link that borders on crankery |
[edit] April 2013
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | "Best" thank you's to George W. Bush |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | Sandra Day O'Connor: In hindsight, I fucked up. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | Pseudo scholarship exposed (along with debunking resources) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | What the George W. Bush museum should look like. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 | "The print media are here for two very good reasons: food, and shelter." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 14 | Say hello to Daniel Day-Lewis' fourth Academy Award! (Oh God, he's broken the self-deprecation meter.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | Conclusive Proof That There Is No God and Humans Are Essentially Evil The truly sad and disturbing story of Pony the Orangutan. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | Let me tell you the tale of a Fox News wannabe begging the government for welfare... |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 22 | After thirteen years of being spotted in gay bars, ex-gay poster boy John Paulk (not to be confused with that Pope) comes out and apologises for spreading myths about changes in sexuality and announces his upcoming divorce. So, yes boys, he's single. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | The next five states to take on same-sex marriage, and some interesting survey results. No surprise that religion is far and away the most popular reason to oppose equality. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 13 | What is this? A Canadian Senator who's actually competent and useful? |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 25 | Whoop-de-fucking-doo. (For non-US viewers) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 13 | No worries, everyone. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 14 | Social network fuckwits (*cough*Reddit*cough*), fuck off. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | "George Soros is living every man's dream: Reading what people might say about him at his funeral." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 15 | Surprisingly, it's not the easiest question to answer, so using a combination of a Twitter news feed and crowd-sourcing, Slate.com has logged every gun-related fatality in the US since Newtown on December 14th - as of now, all 3,500 of them, including the 60+ children, many of whom were shot and killed in accidents. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | Zoning regulations are for commies. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 21 | The Onion explains how to pass gun control legislation. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 | The New Yorker covers the wingnut paranoia about the injured Saudi in the Boston Marathon. All the usual characters here. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 | The Corn God's schedule. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 13 | Ian McKellen pwns the Iron Homophobe. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 | It happened again. Spain this time, and at night. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | Another Reddit thread from FakePsychic, this time focusing on the social engineering side of being a fake psychic and doing cold reading over the phone. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 14 | This is not going to end well. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | UnNews: Was 9/11 an outside job? |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | The saga of David Mayo. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | Why Bitcoin is no longer a currency. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 22 | A support group for survivors of homeschooling at its worst. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 22 | Controversial bishop speaks out on the Catholic Church's abuse crisis. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 10 | Rand Paul speaks at Howard University about the bewilderment the GOP feels at being abandoned by African-Americans. Jon Stewart takes the opportunity to explain it to him. (2 videos) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | With Ireland's constitutional convention soon to make its decision on clearing same-sex marriage for referendum, this piece shows concerns about always showing both sides of a politicised issue, putting minority rights to majority vote, but focusing on how it affects the mental health of LGBT people. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 | Gore's Law: pretty much all that's left in the conservative denialist playbook. (Oh, and bask at the Coultergeist inadvertently admitting that she's helping to combat climate change.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 8 | How to construct your own Susan Greenfield technological panic article. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | Larry Moran: Educating an Intelligent Design Creationist. (Latest post in series, with links.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 10 | It's the vaccines that saved lives dumbass. Vaccine deniers still ignore the evidence. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 31 | Charles Socarides, the man who formed reparative therapy, has a son. He's gay. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 8 | RIP Doomsday Lady. :( |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 11 | Glenn Beck suffers a sudden outbreak of common sense, uses libertarian arguments to vocalize endorsement for same sex marriage. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | The easiest way to determine China's views on North Korea: link them to Jon Stewart. (YT link) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | Dispelling pointless post-death etiquette in wake of the death of the iron bitch. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | NonStampCollector's last blog post details some of the ridiculous attacks he had endured due to his membership in Freethought Blogs (and his perceived support for Atheism+). Choice quote: "Some of these anti-FTBers make 911-Truthers look like Ph.D geniuses. Sorry, it’s just the fucking truth." Indeed. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | Neal's Yard promotes homeopathy for measles, because they are murderous pieces of shit. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 20 | Stick figure science: "This is NOT evolution." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | TEDTalk video: "What Doctors Don't Know About the Drugs They Prescribe." Some real world effects of publication bias, by Ben Goldacre. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 20 | The process of science as seen through awkward stock photography. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | Jon Stewart on Sean Hannity's on-air admission that "my father hit me with a belt and I turned out okay": "Seriously? You're okay? Have you seen your show?" |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 | Video commentary from the film critic on CBS Sunday Morning: A certain trend in movie violence (men made impotent, women imperiled) illustrates one of the main fears that drives America's gun culture --"We're obsessed with being attacked." |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 11 | The Best Amendment |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | When bloggers complain about Twitter. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 19 | Ronald Reagan's daughter: My Dad would have supported same-sex marriage. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | Sam Harris, scientific racism, the new atheism and Islam. Update: Harris replies in conversation with Greenwald |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | But who will tell me that my movie sucks? UPDATE: NOOOOOOOOOO |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | The history of the solar system, Scientology-style. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 27 | The Onion summarizes the arguments for and against same-sex marriage. |
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- Guy Chapman's blahg (JzG) includes quackbusting and snark
- Eye on the ICR PeterL pokes fun at the Institute for Creation Research.
- Through the Amber Looking-Glass: Eclectic mix of RW-related stuff, feminism, trans issues, and gaming. (Blue)
- Denialism Blog (PalMD: although he probably won't be adding new content)
[edit] Archive
Old blogs that no longer update
- Andrew’s Analytics (AndrewF)
- Boom Goes the Dynamite (SirChuckB)
- Daily Police Photo (D-Notice)
- LambdaDelta Tony Sidaway's blog
- Morgan's Fun Ranting Corner (FallenMorgan)
- The Lay Scientist (Martin)
- One God Further (Eternal Critic)
- Submitted to a Candid World (Caius)
- My Hovercraft is Full of Eels (Kels - Art blog, so don't go looking for debunking or politics)
- Unleashing Chiang (Researcher is the founder and admin, going by Frosty. Mostly foreign policy stuff)
- Ramblings of a Diseased Mind (SuspectedReplicant - mainly gaming, TV and other stuff rather than politics)
- Random Manic Ramblings (Seth Peck) - anything and everything.
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- The Rational Reply
- The full blogroll
- Stupid Evil Bastard (yup, that's what it's called)
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