RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/April 2012

April 2012
Mara Wilson (that girl wot played Matilda back in the day) has her first brush with the infamous Daily Mail. How to win-win the prisoner's dilemma. LOLWUWT and Christopher Monckton can't stand the heat. Randall Munroe has something to say about Atlas Shrugged. Anyone remember the Digg Patriots? You can now add Paulbots with them SMEARING THE GOOD NAME OF DR. PAUL!  Winter Climate Change is Coming! A Political Allegory of Thrones''. Thanks, Captain fucking Obvious. Judicial impartiality, Antonin Scalia style. Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson explain the Higgs boson.

Good Guy Lucifer. Weinerworks does a point by point on homeopathy Jesuits from Georgetown University send a letter to Paul Ryan: "In short, your budget appears to reflect the values of your favorite philosopher, Ayn Rand, rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her call to selfishness and her antagonism toward religion are antithetical to the Gospel values of compassion and love." Die Zwiebel: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlCTc3YluY&feature=player_embedded Obama has dicked Democrats around for four years. Now it's our turn.] Reddit asks their fellow Muslims their experiences after 9/11. Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies. UPDATE: Unfortunately, the account for the website that created that poster has been suspended, so you can only see a small, unreadable version that you can't embiggen. However, if you'd still like to see embiggened versions of 11 of the 24 categories, click here. Never mind. The original account has been restored. The dog saga continues: "Romney's Seamus ran away. Presumed dead but perhaps he is biding his time, waiting for a contract from Fox." xkcd, dying? Never say that ever again. <vote poll=blog2252 closed="yes">Public fucking health warning. (Note: a bit sweary.) <vote poll=blog2251 closed="yes">In the military atheists aren't allowed to collect food for the homeless, but the Salvation Army can! <vote poll=blog2250 closed="yes">The tyranny of Big SeatbeltIt's satire, in case it's not obvious enough. <vote poll=blog2249 closed="yes">Heard the one about the college professor who was humiliated by a student who proved God exists? Here's how it really happened.

<vote poll=blog2248 closed="yes">Chris Mooney, a journalist in the field of science and politics, advances the idea that [http://truth-out.org/news/item/8564-can-you-understand-the-republican-brain? Republican craziness springs from their denial of science.] His archetypal Republican: our beloved Andrew Schlafly, to whom he devotes an entire chapter in his book. <vote poll=blog2247 closed="yes">Ego depletion: what cookies can tell us about our sense of self worth and our willpower. <vote poll=blog2246 closed="yes">Maybe some day there will be sociological and psychological studies regarding internet users who manage to be so gullible that they will believe any myth, story or hoax they hear AND be complete skeptics regarding actual verified historical events. (Some of the actual Tweets.) <vote poll=blog2245 closed="yes">Exposing PseudoAstronomy slaps down the Moon landing hoax arguments from photography. <vote poll=blog2244 closed="yes">Kentuckians for Cretaceous Coastlines.

<vote poll=blog2243 closed="yes">Apparently people just noticed this. <vote poll=blog2242 closed="yes">More Christian "love" for little Jessica Ahlquist. <vote poll=blog2241 closed="yes">A re-enactment of North Korea's totally dangerous rocket launch. <vote poll=blog2240 closed="yes">Those "ex-gay" adverts shouldn't be blocked because they're offensive, but because they're just factually incorrect. <vote poll=blog2239 closed="yes">Okay, so this meme is really old and boring now... but just one more.

<vote poll=blog2238 closed="yes">An atheist tells us why she doesn't "just shut up". <vote poll=blog2237 closed="yes">"In Behe’s fantasy world, a malevolent intelligent agent is hard at work right now, designing (and manufacturing) pathogens to kill people." <vote poll=blog2236 closed="yes">The Religious Antagonist trolls a few atheists.Warning: Contains an image of Mike Lee half naked and sat on a toilet. <vote poll=blog2235 closed="yes">[http://unfollowingjesus.com/pictures/church-signs-message-may-surprise-you/ Amen, Pastor. Amen!] <vote poll=blog2234 closed="yes">There's Waldo! Sheriif Joe Arpaio can't get no respect that isn't beaten into folks first. <vote poll=blog2233 closed="yes">What happens when you get caught sleeping in the act with the American MIC. <vote poll=blog2232 closed="yes">Someone get this into one of our articles, stat. (source) <vote poll=blog2231 closed="yes">Five bullshit myths spread by Titanic movies. But it isn't all as bad as trying to listen to this screeching Canadian menace <vote poll=blog2230 closed="yes">Лук strikes again... <vote poll=blog2229 closed="yes">Snap. <vote poll=blog2228 closed="yes">Conservative values summed up in 40 quotes. <vote poll=blog2227 closed="yes">Let's see a refutation of this. <vote poll=blog2226 closed="yes">A quantum theory of Mitt Romney <vote poll=blog2225 closed="yes">Conservapedia announce exciting new linked data project, Conservadata.