RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/January 2011

January 2011
Fair & Balanced... and stupid: Fox News cannot find "Egypt" on a map. As Egyptians and Tunisians fight against their dictatorial leadership, WND screams "Global Jihad!!" (as a bonus, on 31 Jan 2011, the top 12 WND headlines all include the word "Islam," "Islamist," or "Muslim.") WND claims (surprise, surprise) that the Antichrist will be Islamic. [http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/26/family-sees-virgin-mary-and-baby-jesus-in-a-tortilla/ It's Tortilla Jesus! (and Mum)] WND reports that good, wholesome Christians might be regularly and unintentionally eating "food sacraficed to idols." Unfortunately, the story is based on a completely made up misguided version of what 'halal' means. Heaven has no feminine side. Scriptural evidence that Christianity is inherently sexist or just some pastor being a dick? Megyn Kelly claims that no Fox News pundit has ever compared liberals to Nazi Germany. Solved! There is no Barack Obama birth certificate, because there's a Barry Soetoro birth certificate. Michelle Malkin: it's only just happened; nothing is known (as at 24 Jan 11 16.11 UTC) of the perpetrators; but - of course, it's "Islam". Limbaugh: If we take away liberals First and Second Amendment rights it would reduce all the hate. Why are pedestrian deaths up? It's Michelle Obama's fault, of course! Rush Limbaugh mocks Chinese President Hu Jintao Ching Chong China Man's language. Glenn Beck discusses his new book The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life on NBC's Today Show. Or, as some ironic and/or disturbed clever CG operator put it, "Glenn Beck's Guide to Defeat Anger & Find Happiness."

Astrology isn't horseshit, it's just that this "new" 13th sign thing means they're out of alignment! (with bonus vitriol from woo-merchant Jonathan Cainer at the end of the article!) World Net Daily wants you! Er... your money. Onoz!!! The Illinois legislature has just passed an enormous income tax hike -- up 66 percent for personal income and 46 percent for corporations!!!!! How will the poor, oppressed people ever survive this monster rate hike (from 3 percent to 5 percent for individuals and from 4.8 percent to 7 percent for corporations)?

<vote poll=clog618 closed="yes">Dear Daily Mail, could you please clarify if you do want or you do not want the H1N1 vaccine? <vote poll=clog617 closed="yes"> Floods, nothing to do with rain, everything to do with, well, not sure what! <vote poll=clog616 closed="yes">Jim Rutz, of WorldNutDaily, has authored a six-part slug of paranoia about soybeans. Only the first part has a title, which is: Soy is making kids gay! <vote poll=clog615 closed="yes">Rush Limbaugh wonders why Obama and the healthcare bill haven't received any blame for the Tuscon murders. <vote poll=clog614 closed="yes">After a deranged man shoot and kills, amongst other, a judge and a nine year old child, readers at WND conclude we need more guns. <vote poll=clog613 closed="yes">What's the cause of the mysterious bird deaths? The repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell", of course! <vote poll=clog612 closed="yes">The Westboro Baptist Church is planning a publicity stunt to honor the memory of the 9-year-old Tucson murder victim Cynthia Green in their own special way. UPDATE: Deleted, now that a new Arizona legislation has banned WBC from protesting the girl's funeral. Praise Jeebus! <vote poll=clog611 closed="yes">Following the assassination attempt of Gabrielle Giffords, WND choose to link to other news websites rather than write their own articles detailing the events. Instead they write three articles about how the gunman was a leftist, how the media is covering up this obvious fact and that a leftist blogger once used the word dead in relation to Giffords. <vote poll=clog610 closed="yes">Bill O'Reilly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BCipg71LbI&feature=player_embedded#! thinks] that there is no explanation for tides, and this proves that religion is true. (Apparently nobody told him about the star that causes daytime and the chunk of rock that comes and goes in the sky &mdash; could he be an anti-astronomy denialist?) <vote poll=clog609 closed="yes">Environmentalism is deadly! And the evangelical Cornwall Alliance will tell you why, as long as you buy their DVD. <vote poll=clog608 closed="yes">Irony - WND howls about somebody being called to task for the "Obama prayer." Psalm 109 is actually about David calling for some of God's smitin' on those who have falsely accused him. Better watch out for lightning, Joseph! <vote poll=clog607 closed="yes">Rush Limbaugh: "Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are terrorists." <vote poll=clog606 closed="yes">The Associated Press and MSN/MSNBC have also caught wind of those who believe that the rapture will come on May 21. And thanks to the photo in the story, we now know about this website dedicated to this "prophecy". <vote poll=clog605 closed="yes">Now the apocalypse is set for May 21, 2011. I'm sure it will be right this time.