RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/February 2012

February 2012
Um....what? What "skeptics" really believe. Microwaves destroy the DNA in water. Birds of a feather flock together "WAH!  They're taking over our 'Murcan Internet!   With their black helicopters and NWO!"   Classic Fucks News trolling. The comments thread is excellent. NaturalNews tells you how to avoid getting scammed. Er, what? I don't see how I could possibly snark this one up, but you go ahead and try. [http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-stop-sugarcoating-the-bible/?hpt=hp_c1 Okay, I admit there's a lot of disgusting things in the Bible. But that's the reason why God's such an asshole back to us. His punishment means that he really cares for our existence, right? Right?] Shorter VDARE: Why aren't our politicians more racist?! You use facebook, therefore you should be cool with the Government snooping on you without a warrant. Reds Mormons under the bed! Shorter Rick Santorum: Obamahitler. The Fox News graphics department demonstrates their failing of basic graphing techniques yet again.

Why Microsoft is slowly dying. Wondering what to give up for Lent? Men, you can start with your overtime, stress and computers, women stop your gossiping about shoes! The Telegraph has a bit of a pop at Richard Dawkins for having slave-owning ancestors. (Dawkins' blog on the subject) <vote poll=clog2143 closed="yes">Don't forget the Nibiru flyby in December 2012 <vote poll=clog2142 closed="yes">True Activist: "Science is now beginning to recognize that living things are not just structures made of molecules; they are composed of a vibrating energy field that exchanges information within and around the body." NOPE. <vote poll=clog2141 closed="yes">A clog courtesy of a tweet by Jim Al-Khalili: The only argument made by the Grauniad's anti-nuclear greens is to say Fukushima in every sentence. <vote poll=clog2140 closed="yes">Get your daily dose of quackery in musical form: Mike Adams releases a music video. <vote poll=clog2139 closed="yes">Contraception on the cheap: Put an aspirin between your knees to make sure you keep your legs closed. <vote poll=clog2138 closed="yes">Tennessee lawmaker: "Don't let your kids watch Modern Family, so they won't learn about teh gheyz." <vote poll=clog2137 closed="yes">OMFG, Richard Dawkins can't remember the full title of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, therefore God.

<vote poll=clog2136 closed="yes">As the irony meter explodes once again, Andrew Breitbart confirms (again) that he is completely fucking insane. <vote poll=clog2135 closed="yes">Niall Ferguson: Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran! <vote poll=clog2134 closed="yes">Liz Trotta: Women in the military should expect to be raped. <vote poll=clog2133 closed="yes">Okay, so maybe all these Twitter users are just into a bit of heavy S&M. Update: If you thought that was bad... <vote poll=clog2132 closed="yes">A series of cute cartoons thoroughly showing how Darwin was wrong. <vote poll=clog2131 closed="yes">All the pyramid woo you'll ever need. <vote poll=clog2130 closed="yes">George Will on the importance of fathers...or something? <vote poll=clog2129 closed="yes">A journalist (sic) at the Calgary Herald editorializes about the link between abortion and breast cancer...by citing the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons as a credible source. <vote poll=clog2128 closed="yes">Wikipedia's page of quotes from scientists opposing global warming is little more than a playground for cranks to put up anti-global warming arguments. It's up for deletion for the fifth time, but the crazy global warming deniers are already out in force. Will Wikipedia finally grow a brain and delete it? <vote poll=clog2127 closed="yes">And this is why mobocracy doesn't work. We again applaud Stephen Harper for moving a once-fabled country into the Stone Age. <vote poll=clog2126 closed="yes">Prof. Henry A. Giroux puts forth an article entitled "Book Burning in Arizona," in which he discusses everything except book burning in Arizona (including Nazi book burnings).

<vote poll=clog2125 closed="yes">Ignorant Fucktard: JC Penny hiring Ellen DeGeneres will kill women! <vote poll=clog2124 closed="yes">Sean Hannity: "Obama didn't really want Bin Laden dead...' <vote poll=clog2123 closed="yes">"Parents divided on controversial daycare report" By 'controversial', they mean 'bullshit'. <vote poll=clog2122 closed="yes">"Global warming is nothing but a ruse to create a massive global bureaucracy that will rule the world with impunity...

<vote poll=clog2121 closed="yes">The Daily Mail: 5% of Britons claim to have been to the Temple of Artemis, but they are obviously deranged, as the temple was destroyed in the 3rd century and its ruins are now a tourist attraction. <vote poll=clog2120 closed="yes">A professor in China, writing incognito lest he be arrested, opines that China has recently become a fascist country. Of course, most of the policies that he cites to support this hypothesis were put in place under Mao or beforehand, but who cares about details like that? <vote poll=clog2119 closed="yes">The folks at Susan G. Komen for the Cure are not going to get much sleep for a while: besides all the wingnut slop, they now face condemnation for "commodifying breasts and breast cancer" by making breast cancer advocacy an apolitical matter rather than a feminist pet-peeve. <vote poll=clog2118 closed="yes">Someone must be doing something right if Karl Rove is offended. <vote poll=clog2117 closed="yes">"Newt's second opponent is the mainstream media", says Chuck Norris as he delivers a roundhouse to Romney's head. Yet in the same article, he argues that Newt's first opponent is Mitt Romney's well-funded campaign, quoting a Washington Post exposé on Romney's billionaire "supporters". Logical consistency fail right there, Chuck. <vote poll=clog2116 closed="yes">"Thousands of Iranian women train to be ninjas." Sometimes these headlines just write themselves. <vote poll=clog2115 closed="yes">The birther reaction we expected: Thanks A Lot Georgia, For Shredding Our Constitution! <vote poll=clog2114 closed="yes">Australia is a colony of the U.S., and Gough Whitlam was dismissed for attempting to declare Australia's independence. Similarly, the downfall of Kevin Rudd was arranged by the CIA. <vote poll=clog2113 closed="yes">Afghanistan was an "ally" of the Soviets during Operation Cyclone, rather than being under Soviet occupation. Yugoslavia committed no genocide in Kosovo. Everyone who presently opposes the Syrian regime is a U.S. lackey. And things in Syria are just dandy. <vote poll=clog2112 closed="yes">If you are a Star Wars fan, prepare to cringe. <vote poll=clog2111 closed="yes">WIGO:Fox News? <vote poll=clog2110 closed="yes">Who do conservative lonely hearts turn to for advice? Chuck Norris, of course. <vote poll=clog2109 closed="yes">It is ludicrous to suggest that immigrants are stealing jobs away from Americans, except when one can assign blame for the "job theft" to corporate nasties instead of the immigrants. <vote poll=clog2108 closed="yes">Where do I even start with this one? Homeschooled Maryland fourteen year old wants her state to vote no on gay marriage for her birthday. Yes, let's celebrate one spoiled teenaged brat's mom's choice to not abort her daughter by restricting the rights of a significant portion of the population.