RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/June 2014

June 2014
Psst... Israel... This is the guy that's leading your country. Update: It's getting worse. Finally - a grand, unified conspiracy theory: Chemtrails are killing organic crops, allowing Monsanto's GMO crops to take over! "How does evolution explane the existence of Angles and Demons .???" - actual email to Jerry Coyne. Conservatives attack Obama for reaching over a sneezeguard to point at some food. Scroll down - you'll notice that one of the commentators compares him to Hitler. The World Cup - Just another plot by Obama to distract the people from the important issues. The Coultergeist shows her patriotism, as the US qualify for the last 16 at the World Cup: "No American whose great-grandfather was born here, is watching soccer..." (That would presumably have included The Almighty himself.) The Religion Q&A blog at Patheos gets asked What’s the track record when atheists wield political power? and provides a sadly unsurprising answer. Oldman yells at cloud. Well, the only women who ever said yes to me were all prostitutes, anyways. WND columnist Ed Klein on Faux News: Bill Clinton had considered using his own death to help Hillary Clinton win the presidency.  Despite the fact that humans have been modifying plants for thousands of years, GMO's are immoral.  Oh Cracked.com. What would we ever do without your articles claiming that pointing out people are privileged is racist? You're right, pointing out privilege is only meant to make you ragequit on a conversation, so it really is more reasonable to expect all minorities to come to you and explain why they are different than you instead. Crank magnetism rings true for the far right as this Arizona lawmaker wishes to discuss the weather changing effects... of Chemtrails. Seriously. Prepare for the next "Once again, we (at Fox) put something on the air that's a flat out lie and distortion." The Freedom and Faith Coalition features urinal cakes in the shape of Obama. Keep it classy, GOP. Right-wing moll Phyllis Schlafly would rather have a Russian theocracy, than an American democracy. <vote poll=clog3670 closed=yes>The "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse" sees a message about Satan and the fall of the Church... in a Miracle Whip advert. <vote poll=clog3669 closed=yes>We all now have a reason to see The Box Office Shrugged, Part 3: I love gooooold! <vote poll=clog3668 closed=yes>Yale comes up with a new policy on impaired consent. One CBC reporter thinks that this new policy means that students should "avoid sex with fellow students, period. It's just too risky nowadays." Not because of rape culture but because he longs for the days where "the freedom to get drunk or high and then have sex with someone was a right guaranteed by the sexual revolution of the Sixties." <vote poll=clog3667 closed=yes>Coming up next: Napoleon Bonaparte gives advice on how to successfully invade Russia. George W. Bush on federal disaster relief. And, get this, the Wall Street Journal editorial board on insightful commentary! (The Wolf on MSNBC is at least more honest with his denial: "This is more than just an obscure Shia/Sunni conflict.") <vote poll=clog3666 closed=yes>(VIDEO) Deepak Chopra responds to James Randi and Skeptics by issuing his OWN million dollar challenge! With blackjack and healing modalities! <vote poll=clog3665 closed=yes>World Net Daily teams up with Sun News Network to dredge up old Cold War conspiracy theories. <vote poll=clog3664 closed=yes>Catholic blogger Mark Shea has been suckered by a troll posing as ex-follower of Dark Enlightenment. Sith Lords? Legolas? Really? PZ Myers also swallows the Poe whole. <vote poll=clog3663 closed=yes>The first openly lesbian provincial premier in Canada is elected to a full term with a majority government. The Toronto Sun headline "WELCOME TO HELL," Part Deux! <vote poll=clog3662 closed=yes>Bryan Fischer goes ballistic over same-sex marriages in Danish churches, but "forgets" to mention that this is because Denmark does not have separation of church and state. <vote poll=clog3661 closed=yes>Ichthyostega lived in the sea, like a dolphin, and wasn't a transitional form. What? <vote poll=clog3660 closed=yes>Fanatical Christians pretend they messed up "Gay Days" at Walt Disney World, not the weather forecast. (Well, that would be God, too, right?) <vote poll=clog3659 closed=yes>If the GOP doesn't move quickly to galvanize moderates in the wake of the Cantor debacle, we now have a glimpse of its demise. <vote poll=clog3658 closed=yes>Reason magazine reminds us that school shootings are uncommon. That gun violence is so prevalent in the US is besides the point, I guess. <vote poll=clog3657 closed=yes> According to WND asthma is a liberal lie to promote the global warming hoax! (warning: Marc Morano used as appeal to authority). <vote poll=clog3656 closed=yes>"If evolution is true, and it’s just all about the male propagating their DNA, we had to ask hard questions, like, is rape wrong?" <vote poll=clog3655 closed=yes>Irony alert: The week after it discontinues its own comments boards in favor of comments boards generated by Facebook, HuffPo posts this article. <vote poll=clog3654 closed=yes>George Will wants you to know that trigger warnings and increasing awareness of rape on college campuses are a progressive plot by the government for some reason. Ladies, Mr. Will enjoys long walks on the beach, the coveted and privileged status that comes with being a rape victim, and nonconsensual groping. <vote poll=clog3653 closed=yes>Fox News presents: The intellectual equivalent of smacking your head into an electric fence. <vote poll=clog3652 closed=yes>Quantum Physics Proves there IS an Afterlife, says the Daily Mail. <vote poll=clog3651 closed=yes>Before It's News defends New Brunswick cop-killer and gun nut, Justin Borque. <vote poll=clog3650 closed=yes>Nut leaves gun in toy aisle. Gun nuts claim gun control false flag operation. <vote poll=clog3649 closed=yes>Al Jazeera interviewed a member of A Voice for Men contributor. There are also comments... <vote poll=clog3648 closed=yes>According to Bill O'Reilly, having a beard means that your family are Muslims and traitors to the United States. <vote poll=clog3647 closed=yes>Don't be mean to water - shouting at it hurts its feelings! <vote poll=clog3646 closed=yes>The state of American conservatism, summarized. <vote poll=clog3645 closed=yes>Maureen Dowd eats a weed brownie. It's exactly as bad as it sounds. Update: Don't give Friedman any ideas. <vote poll=clog3644 closed=yes>Desmund Tutu visited the Alberta tar sands and didn't like what he saw. The reaction of the man most likely to become the next Premier of Alberta: "The oilsands is probably Canada’s greatest scientific achievement." Forget insulin, Forget the Canadarm, it's definitely the thing that's turning the country into an international pariah. <vote poll=clog3643 closed=yes>Today's best reaction to Obama finally taking action on coal: The EPA is a terrorist organization!