RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/November 2012

November 2012
 A Fox News contributor (who formerly declared Islam to be a “messed up” religion) tells the network that its War on Christmas coverage is just as silly as atheists fussing over it. Higgs Boson nominated for Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" - pretty much every sentence in the nomination has some factual inaccuracy. An analogy to try to explain what it's like arguing with a pseudoscience advocate. Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism. "The comparison isn’t just snark–that’s just a bonus." RW linking to celebrity gossip blogs? Well I never! Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith deliver important lessons on preconceived notions of what is "female" and what it means to be in charge of your own body and life. Mr. 47% achieved. Ten reasons why men should not be ordained. We won the Cold War, so where are all the monuments? Revealed! [http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/243229.html The secret pagan origins of ... Thanksgiving.] Not drinking wine is as bad for you as being a light smoker. No, you're not entitled to your opinion. The Republican War on Arithmetic, summarized. Answering the 10 questions for pro-choicers. [http://i.imgur.com/SsCDb.png Anderson. Fucking. Cooper.] Daily Kos on the descent of the GOP: "The GOP has changed from a party that held a few extreme positions, into one that holds nothing but." The Canucks were the first to figure this out, and now the folks at Slate finally got it: Republicans got a moderate conservative into the Oval Office that Mitt could never be. <vote poll=blog2707 closed="yes">FOX NEWS ALERT: President imitating Internet memes while America falls off fiscal cliff! <vote poll=blog2706 closed="yes">The circle of death. <vote poll=blog2705 closed="yes">Maybe the divinely inspired book calls it "demonic possession" because it sounds more poetic than "anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis." <vote poll=blog2704 closed="yes">Pizza chain CEO who owns "a 40,000 square-foot mansion in a tony suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, that features several swimming pools, a private golf course and a 22-car garage among other amenities," threatens to make all of his employees part-timers in order to save the $5 to $8 million that (he says) Obamacare will cost him. He also claims that O-care will cost him between 11 and 14 cents per pizza. Forbes columnist does the math: It'll cost between 3.4 and 4.6 cents per pizza -- and, besides, the company gives away about 2 million pizzas in an annual promotion that costs between $24 and $32 million dollars. <vote poll=blog2703 closed="yes">One for the Mittens article.

<vote poll=blog2702 closed="yes">Exactly why the Daily Mail is end-to-end vile shit. Alternate headline: Fuck You, Daily Mail. <vote poll=blog2701 closed="yes">The only hope for the pandas of politics: evolution. <vote poll=blog2700 closed="yes">An astoundingly useful and sensible post on Above Top Secret, of all places: The Illustrated Field Guide to Internet Kooks. <vote poll=blog2699 closed="yes">Onion's on a roll again. <vote poll=blog2698 closed="yes">Snopes: Goodbye to the Redskins Rule. <vote poll=blog2697 closed="yes">In other election news, Maine elects the first open WoW gamer to state senate. From the comments:  "Well I sure as hell wouldn't have voted for a horde player!!" <vote poll=blog2696 closed="yes">A visual representation of who was accurate on the presidential election, and who wasn't. <vote poll=blog2695 closed="yes">The five stages of Fox News grief. <vote poll=blog2694 closed="yes">Welcome to Liberal America. Get over it.

<vote poll=blog2693 closed="yes">Hey, life works in mysterious ways. <vote poll=blog2692 closed="yes">This is probably the point where the United States' newspaper-of-record gives the gay guy with the argentum surname a hefty raise. <vote poll=blog2691 closed="yes">The Onion shines again: "Nation Unsure Which Candidate's Plan To Destroy The Environment Will Create More Jobs" <vote poll=blog2690 closed="yes">IGN: Nearly 1/4 of registered voters are considering playing Halo 4 than casting their ballot. <vote poll=blog2689 closed="yes">"Barack Obama's presidency has been an inspiration to many Americans—especially nutjobs." (A list of (almost) every Obama conspiracy theory ever.) <vote poll=blog2688 closed="yes">The House is insanely close to having an all-black Democratic caucus and an all-white Republican caucus in the South. Zombie Lincoln arises... <vote poll=blog2687 closed="yes">Easiest way to usurp Iranian theocracy: start a rave. Protip: just don't adopt Israel's signature "music." <vote poll=blog2686 closed="yes">Ah, if conservatives only knew who Ian McKellen is. (And who the fuck are the Bieber/Twilight fans here?) <vote poll=blog2685 closed="yes">Artificial stupidity implemented! Mathgen paper accepted by journal. <vote poll=blog2684 closed="yes">Could the toppling of Bullshit Mountain be at hand?