RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/March 2013

March 2013
Bill-O declares the War on Christmas won. Next up: The War on Easter. No no, it was last week that New Atheists were afraid to criticise Islam. This week it's their defining feature. (HT Jerry Coyne.) The producers of "Atlas Shrugged" decide that third time's the charm. According to a GOP State Representative, the best way to avoid domestic violence is to drink alone. Sweet Jesus, they really think transgender people are deluded? Totally not racist. Paleocon hack Thomas Fleming has discovered the secret "leftist equation": "gays=blacks=women in Muslim countries=baby seals." Who knew? (Bonus: right-wing culture warriors are all closet leftists.) Obama's alien reptile shape-shifting security guard. Stephen C. Meyer's new book, Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (to be released on the 18th of June&mdash;mark your calendars!), will be a "game-changer." An unusually dumb piece from BBC science editor David Shukman: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21866456 Who gives a crap about eliminating species at a rate that our planet has never before seen naturally? I mean, nothing will happen to us, right?] Margaret Wente: ladies, do yourselves a favour and get back in the kitchen. Pat Robertson: “Beware of these scamsters, especially scamsters in religious garb quoting the Bible.” Thank you for warning us, Pat. Glenn Beck asserts that in five years, at least one European nation will be run by the Nazi party. Best guesses? Either Greece or "Glennbeckistan". Aliens, Zombies, Black Panthers and nuns all keep abusing the vote. On top of which gay marriage would impede America (or something). Yes, it's Kathleen O'Brien Wilhelm again (x2) How else better to celebrate God creating the Earth than with a logo that looks far too much like a cum-splat for comfort...Mind like a sewer, I know Russian fundamentalists sue to take back Alaska, to save Orthodox Christians from gay marriage. <vote poll=clog2652 closed="yes">Matt Ridley: Global warming is good for you! <vote poll=clog2651 closed="yes">Courtesy of the far-right Catholicsphere: relatively moderate new pope is in fact a horrific traitor to Catholic values. <vote poll=clog2650 closed="yes">The Mars Rover has found all the constituent elements for life washing machines. <vote poll=clog2649 closed="yes">Birther Larry Klayman tells Alan Colmes that black helicopters are "firing practice rounds at Jews, white people, the wealthy and people of faith" ... according to WND in January. <vote poll=clog2648 closed="yes">The GBLT Thule Society is a thing. That's all. <vote poll=clog2647 closed="yes">NewsBusters: A site aimed at exposing liberal bias in the media uses Dr Benjamin Carson's recent appearance on Faux news to complain about the media "bullying" anyone who doesn't think the way they want. As one might expect, the irony is palpable. <vote poll=clog2646 closed="yes">So, what's on sale at WND? Gas Masks. PS They're Russian. <vote poll=clog2645 closed="yes">North Korea is going to nuke the US for ...a very particular reason. God is making them fire it because of teh gheys, just like 9/11. <vote poll=clog2644 closed="yes">Bill O'Reilly freaks the fuck out. <vote poll=clog2643 closed="yes">Over at World Nut Daily, Erik "the Other" Rush endorses armed revolution against the US government. <vote poll=clog2642 closed="yes">Liberal Atheist are American Taliban because the Taliban don't like Jesus either. <vote poll=clog2641 closed="yes">Speaking of anthropology, the problem with the field is obviously that it's been overrun by Marxists, Jews, and Marxist Jews. <vote poll=clog2640 closed="yes">Pretentious paleoconservative hack Thomas Fleming takes a break from using bad history to justify his politics and decides to mix in some bad anthropology and bad evo-psych, too.

<vote poll=clog2639 closed="yes">Floridians building an ark this time... and they've already raised over $200! Bananaman: Don't call me Bananaman on penalty of ban(ana)hammer. <vote poll=clog2637 closed="yes">You're a Christian woman? How DARE you read what you want, dress how you like and leave the house! <vote poll=clog2636 closed="yes">Focus on the Family declares war on dating. <vote poll=clog2635 closed="yes">Yes, because singing a song called "We Saw Your Boobs" — mocking actresses playing sexual abuse victims — to 40 million people isn't the problem! <vote poll=clog2634 closed="yes">Daily Fail: Multicultural disaster as school becomes better place to learn <vote poll=clog2633 closed="yes">"Beyonce Admits To Demon Possession While Embracing Satanic Imagery" Sometimes these headlines just write themselves. <vote poll=clog2632 closed="yes">Sarah Palin keeps the "millions of bullets" bullshit going. Bonus: Do the maths and Mark Lewin has upped the ante to 1.58 billion bullets for the DHS. <vote poll=clog2631 closed="yes">In a bizarre rant, WND's Eric Rush claims that apartheid wasn't that bad, because Obama wants your guns, so white folk can be murdered. Or something.