RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/September 2016

September 2016
Chelsea Clinton has falsely claimed that individuals in states with legal marijuana have died due to drug interactions involving the substance. Congressman Steve King has openly endorsed white supremacist propaganda and European fascism. Fake news site fools flat-earthers into believing Trump is one of them [https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4621145/sen-graham-uses-holocaust-justify-arms-sales-saudi-arabia Senator Lindsey Graham believes there will be a second Holocaust against the Jews if we don't give military arms to... Saudi Arabia.] Remember that fatwa against chess? Now, the Grand Ayatollah has just introduced a fatwa against women riding bicycles (YouTube link). USA Today columnist, Instapundit, won't apologize for his tweet instructing Charlotte, North Carolina drivers to run down protesters. Paul Joseph Watson of Prison Planet does an "AMA" on Reddit: the October surprise "will be a violent, racist attack blamed on Trump supporters, or a massive escalation with Russia," apparently. The Washington Post editorial board denounces calls to pardon Edward Snowden and criticizes him for leaking info about the NSA's PRISM program... after they accept a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on said program. Alt-Right leaders: We aren’t racist, we just hate Jews. Wolf Blitzer is worried defense contractors will lose jobs if U.S. stops arming Saudi Arabia. Of course, we can stop Bitcoin mining being an ecological disaster if we just use zero-point energy. Unable to get any real court to take their allegations seriously, and unable to take the hint, the tin-foil hat crowd have set up their very own kangaroo pseudo-court to give Monsanto a "trial" that will be totally fair. Because that sort of silliness achieved so much when Bertrand Russell tried it. Colin Kaepernick greatly disrespects the United States and police officers, and America is [http://www.afa.net/the-stand/press-releases/2016/09/help-the-nfl-to-discipline-colin-kaepernick/ stunned at his overt disrespect for the nation that guarantees him the freedom to earn millions of dollars each year. Sign our petition now, so that the NFL can take action against this disrespect!]