RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/July 2012

July 2012
Obama is going to stage a fake assassination attempt, impose martial law, and suspend the election. Include F1 and NASCAR racin' in them Olympics ya'll! Poll results: 5% agree, 95% lolwut. Capitalism has an image problem? Ya don't say.... A well-intentioned but ignorant racefail or a dystopia for the Stormfront set? Kent Hovind is working on another degree. I wonder if he's going to make this dissertation more accessible.... Women don't want to be astronauts. Bonus: "She never gave a man such necessary and life-sustaining love that he was able to do great things, such as fly into space." Sorry, Sally, being the first US female astronaut isn't good enough. AiG explains how to properly fight on the forums. Full steam ahead for the North Pole Inner Earth Expedition! An Alabama preacher who supports Chick-fil-A's anti-gay marriage stance repeats a 2008 claim by a rabbi who supported Prop 8. So, can you guess what he thinks will happen if gay marriage is legalized? Hint:  He's read Genesis 6. Margaret Wente: Because liberals! Commenters: "You know you just plagiarized Ross Douthat word by word from two weeks ago and he can sue your ass at any moment?" Terry's Conservative News and Views endorses Allen West Allan-with-an-"a" West for Vice President. Guess Rick Parry-with-an-"a" wasn't available. David Cameron continues to be in stopped clock as he rebukes a Tory MP for red-baiting the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Also, we'll leave you to search on Twitter for the American idiot who actually believes that the Voldemort statue during the NHS tribute is symbolism for death panels. Seriously. Forbes argues that Canuckistan, with universal health care, an income inequality rate lower by 10 points, average income tax receipts in the 40th percentile, a VAT, triple the amount of unionized workers, and banking regulations worthy of making Alan Greenspan contemplate suicide, is more libertarian than the United States because it has a lower corporate tax rate. The Oatmeal's 'How To Suck At Your Religion' comic is offensive to Catholics because... because... because WWWAAAAAHHHH!!! Aurora shooter may have been suffering from demonic possession Our Andy isn't the only person who likes to rewrite the Bible. Now Dr. David Barton is getting in on the actHat tip: Stuff Fundies Like] <vote poll=clog2343 closed="yes">After the failed link between the Aurora shooter and the tea party this is bound to happen. <vote poll=clog2342 closed="yes">Disgraced Democrats cursed America. <vote poll=clog2341 closed="yes">No! The Aurora shootings occurred because America denies the existence of hell. Also, any victims who were not Christians are now burning in hell. <vote poll=clog2340 closed="yes">The Aurora shootings are evolution's fault. <vote poll=clog2339 closed="yes">Half-assed speculations about the Aurora shooting not enough for you? Let the batshit conspiracy theories begin! <vote poll=clog2338 closed="yes">Bill-O wades into El Rushbo territory with his slavery dog-whistle. <vote poll=clog2337 closed="yes">A mere 12 hours after the "Dark Knight massacre" in Aurora and Reason.com was already able to cherry-pick a half-dozen instances of half-assed speculations by media pundits and politicians about the shooter and his motives. Update: The NRA on Twitter: Time to do some shootin' ya'll! SHIT SHIT SHIT Update 2:  Memo to Facebook and Twitter fans -- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/james-holmes-facebook-users-with-same-name-confusion_n_1689851.html "James Holmes" is actually a fairly common name. So stop pestering them!] <vote poll=clog2336 closed="yes">Godlike Productions's owner posts a poll and pins it on the front page: Since You Don't Think Your Vote Matters - Do You Want A Revolution? (He personally thinks it's a bad idea.) So far the votes are 633/207 "for", and the comments are as usually golden. One of the saner voices: "If people can't get it together and at least register and vote, how in hell do they think they could pull off a military revolt?" <vote poll=clog2335 closed="yes">Jerome Corsi wants to cover all the bases when it comes to birtherism. <vote poll=clog2334 closed="yes">Bryan Fischer: Inhalants cause AIDS. <vote poll=clog2333 closed="yes">Need to define obtuse? Start here. <vote poll=clog2332 closed="yes">Are you prepared for the most batshit commentary The Grauniad has ever published? Ironically, it's a pro-faith, Godwin-carpetbombing circumcision rant with some muttering about "liberalism having no sense of history." <vote poll=clog2331 closed="yes">Bioware need to stop neglecting their Straight Male Gamer audience. <vote poll=clog2330 closed="yes">A handful of NJ Tea Party groups get pissy about other NJ Tea Party groups pretending to speak for them, so their "small-government" solution: create the  American  Tea Party Congress, complete with legislative and executive divisions, to speak on behalf of Tea Parties across the entire nation. Bonus points for the way the ethnic and cultural diversity of America is represented in the founding membership

<vote poll=clog2329 closed="yes">I suppose if Alex Jones and Joe Arpaio beat the long dead birther horse enough, its constant twitching will somehow make this lie true.

<vote poll=clog2327 closed="yes">Tennessee Tea Partiers To GOP Gov: Stop Employing Muslims, Gays, Democrats! <vote poll=clog2326 closed="yes">The allegory of the douchebag parent now has an entry for the 2012 election. <vote poll=clog2325 closed="yes">A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan! <vote poll=clog2324 closed="yes">Michele Bachmann - still carrying on about Muslim penetration. <vote poll=clog2323 closed="yes">According to Bryan Fischer, Jesus loves the Second Amendment. <vote poll=clog2322 closed="yes">"10 Baffling Romance Tips From the Sociopaths at Fox News" It has nothing to do with skepticism. But the phrase "the sociopaths at Fox News" is just so eye catching. And it's entertaining to see the seemingly endless levels of craziness in Murdochland. (Where do they find these people?)

<vote poll=clog2321 closed="yes">Memo to Samantha Brick's husband: '''GET OUT!! GET OUT NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!''' <vote poll=clog2320 closed="yes">Chris Hedges: O academia, academia, thou that cold-shoulderest the prophets, when wilt thou realize that "it is only our absurd 'scientific' prejudice that reality must be physical and rational that blinds us to the truth"? <vote poll=clog2319 closed="yes">Bryan Fischer: The government should tax atheists.

<vote poll=clog2318 closed="yes">So... God is, according to CMI, the Large Hadron Collider? <vote poll=clog2317 closed="yes">A Facebook page is trying to gin up support for "Jesus Take the Wheel Day" on 31 March 2013. The poster would like us to believe that this is a real thing. But since it seems that none of the commenters have looked at a 2013 calendar -- and since the poster has neglected to mention that March 31st is also Easter Sunday -- here's your Poe warning. <vote poll=clog2316 closed="yes">For the past few days we've been on full Poe-watch when dozens of wingnut American tweeters said they would be moving to Canada if Obamacare passed. The Globe and Mail has proved otherwise, they're not kidding. <vote poll=clog2315 closed="yes">Tyranny, cruel punishment, anti-feminism and anti-Marxism. It has to be Thomas the Tank Engine. <vote poll=clog2314 closed="yes">Former FBI employee claims she saw angels at 9/11 crash site. <vote poll=clog2313 closed="yes">Obama is literally evil and is actively attempting to destroy America