RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/March 2016

March 2016
The CIA naked photos scandal is a wake-up call. What African Americans lost by aligning with the Democratic Party [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/03/barney_frank_is_not_impressed_by_bernie_sanders.html Barney Frank, politician turned bank lobbyist, decides to dismiss everyone's concern about American politics as a Very Serious Person. Oh and y'know he hates Trump and stuff.] Inmates on their deathbeds should be free to spend their final days with their loved ones. Antisemitism is a poison – the left must take leadership against it. Meet the Anti-Muslim leaders advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Message to the elite media: When discussing difficulties college students face, stop focusing so much on private, elite colleges barely anyone goes to. What anti-vaxxers sound like to normal people. (YouTube) Trump and Cruz are giving ISIL the response they want. Obama's hypocrisy on press freedom. White America has a heroin problem because of the US's lack of treatment. We should remember that the War on Drugs was started because of racism and used to combat antiwar protesters. The scariest thing about Brussels is our reaction to it DEAD OR ALIVE XTREME 3 SEX STRIKE - OFFICIAL VIDEO - MEGA64 (parody of Gamergate) Where will the DPP take Taiwan? The long march of Bernie's army. In Las Vegas, embattled forensic experts respond to scandals and flawed convictions. Highlighting Western victims while ignoring victims of Western violence. The Christian Right is dying. [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/26/do-not-tell-cancer-patients-cures-they-could-be-doing There are many ways to support someone going through cancer treatment. Telling them what they could be doing to cure themselves isn't one of them.] Jon Stewart's successor, Samantha Bee, stings Ted Cruz. David Brooks pens another steaming pile of nonsense saying that Trump is the Angel of death for conservatism because of failures like the war in Iraq, globalization, and immigration policies held over from Reagans era depressed voters. All of which, including Trump, Brooks cheered on up until very recently. Not because of his policies, but because Trump is "loveless". Pictures are starting to be released of the damage the occupiers committed during the Oregon standoff. Which also shows quite a bit more alcohol, cigarettes, and damage from angry wall punches than expressed in the occupiers vlogs. ISIS has something to do with Islam and it is time to confront it. Why supporting centrist forces is the wrong way to keep the Right out of power. The Attack on American Muslims. Why the gender pay gap persists: As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops Black Americans and encryption. An “Edgy Truther” Runs Into An MD And Gets A Very Rude Science Lesson Why Israelis like the Donald. The problem is not Donald Trump. Why we must listen to the survivors of solitary confinement. Jobs are for machines. How the "sponsored content" racket works at supposedly "reliable source" journalistic outfits. The Realities Facing Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel. How Black people are being shut out of America's weed boom. Most Americans still think watching porn is morally wrong. Owning up to torture. Exasperated non-believers in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana are trolling Ken Ham's Ark Encounter pseudoscience theme park with billboards for the "Genocide and Incest Park, celebrating 2000 years of myths." Manufacturing Jobs Are Never Coming Back. David Brooks realizes that playing at being neutral (or showing only the mildest disdain), instead of actively pointing out Trump’s flaws, was a hideous mistake. For the first time ever, he tells his readers, "For me, it’s a lesson that I have to change the way I do my job if I’m going to report accurately on this country." Clinton's position on the death penalty is indefensible. Nominating Merrick Garland would be a disaster for those who are against expanding POTUS war time powers and are in favor of reforming police power. (Vox's piece for those who don't like Reason.) Update:Andrew Napolitano has just called Obama's nominee “Judge Garland is the most conservative nominee by a Democratic president in the modern era” while Orrin Hatch has praised him as "not only a fine nominee, but as good as Republicans can expect from (the Clinton) administration".(Autoplay video) Garland also has a problematic campaign finance reform record. Little schadenfreude: Trump voters' aversion to foreign-sounding names may have cost him a few delegates Media "neutrality" is a dangerous sham. Working-Class Whites Have Moral Responsibilities -- In Defense of Kevin Williamson. (National Review. Take this as you will.) How the 'New York Times' Sandbagged Bernie Sanders. Update: Now NY Times public editor, Margaret Sullivan, has chastised the paper for stealth-editing the piece. Freethought Blogs partners with a new Social Justice Atheist blog hub called "the Orbit". John Oliver takes on encryption. The War on Terror is repeating itself. Comedy will not defeat Trump. Eventually someone will die during a Trump rally. Why Trump vs. Clinton would be a Nixon vs. Nixon contest. My Wet and Wild Bitcoin Weekend On Richard Branson's Island Refuge Ronald Reagan never took AIDS seriously. Sanders has brought back the Monroe Doctrine to mainstream politics. Hillary and Sanders have brought intersectionality to the mainstream politics. Kyle Kulinsky discusses some of the best lines of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic debate on Univision. Link corrected! Hillary Clinton is a strong ally to human rights abusers. A toddler dies from meningitis, governments need to block naturopathic pediatrics.(see also Naturopathy) Hey pundits covering Bernie: Cool it with the stereotypes that Muslims and Arabs are anti-semitic. Snowden: FBI claim that only Apple can unlock phone is “Bullshit” California lawmakers should reject naturopathic doctors. The Washington Post ran 16 negative stories about Bernard Sanders in 16 hours. The insanity of the 1924 brokered convention. Sam Harris: the hypocritical pseudo-intellectual. John Oliver explains special districts. Trump is America's Silvio Berlusconi. Homeopathy reaches new levels of the ridiculous: car exhaust remedy "For this proving the exhaust of a 1962 Jaguar E-Type with no catalytic converter was gathered in a quart jar containing milk sugar. The jar was capped and allowed to sit for three days. The milk sugar was then ground to make the medicating potency." Joe Biden: a national treasure Just remember Donald Trump's conservative critics love torture and hate Muslims. Bill Maher discusses the "empathy gap" suffered by Republicans and gives a new rule on chess. Dispelling common myths about Hillary Clinton's campaign. (The Onion) Larry Fink and his team are set to lead Hillary Clinton's Treasury Department. Trump can silence protests while he is protected by the Secret Service. From Secular Talk: A GOP senator who refuses to consider Supreme Court justice nominees gets an awesome reminder of his Constitutional obligation. Israel unleashes an onslaught on human-rights NGOs, artists, and writers. The Republican party is imploding. John Oliver finally gave into the temptation to talk about Donald Trump.