RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/April 2013
April 2013[edit]
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Pseudo scholarship exposed (along with debunking resources) |
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What the George W. Bush museum should look like. |
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"The print media are here for two very good reasons: food, and shelter." |
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Say hello to Daniel Day-Lewis' fourth Academy Award! (Oh God, he's broken the self-deprecation meter.) |
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Conclusive Proof That There Is No God and Humans Are Essentially Evil The truly sad and disturbing story of Pony the Orangutan. |
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Let me tell you the tale of a Fox News wannabe begging the government for welfare... |
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After thirteen years of being spotted in gay bars, ex-gay poster boy John Paulk (not to be confused with that Pope) comes out and apologises for spreading myths about changes in sexuality and announces his upcoming divorce. So, yes boys, he's single. |
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The next five states to take on same-sex marriage, and some interesting survey results. No surprise that religion is far and away the most popular reason to oppose equality. |
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What is this? A Canadian Senator who's actually competent and useful? |
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"George Soros is living every man's dream: Reading what people might say about him at his funeral." |
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Surprisingly, it's not the easiest question to answer, so using a combination of a Twitter news feed and crowd-sourcing, Slate.com has logged every gun-related fatality in the US since Newtown on December 14th - as of now, all 3,500 of them, including the 60+ children, many of whom were shot and killed in accidents. |
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The New Yorker covers the wingnut paranoia about the injured Saudi in the Boston Marathon. All the usual characters here. |
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Ian McKellen pwns the Iron Homophobe. |
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It happened again. Spain this time, and at night. |
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Another Reddit thread from FakePsychic, this time focusing on the social engineering side of being a fake psychic and doing cold reading over the phone. |
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UnNews: Was 9/11 an outside job? |
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Why Bitcoin is no longer a currency. |
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A support group for survivors of homeschooling at its worst. |
   | 21 | Controversial bishop speaks out on the Catholic Church's abuse crisis. |
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Rand Paul speaks at Howard University about the bewilderment the GOP feels at being abandoned by African-Americans. Jon Stewart takes the opportunity to explain it to him. (2 videos) |
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With Ireland's constitutional convention soon to make its decision on clearing same-sex marriage for referendum, this piece shows concerns about always showing both sides of a politicised issue, putting minority rights to majority vote, but focusing on how it affects the mental health of LGBT people. |
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Gore's Law: pretty much all that's left in the conservative denialist playbook. (Oh, and bask at the Coultergeist inadvertently admitting that she's helping to combat climate change.) |
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How to construct your own Susan Greenfield technological panic article. |
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Larry Moran: Educating an Intelligent Design Creationist. (Latest post in series, with links.) |
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It's the vaccines that saved lives dumbass. Vaccine deniers still ignore the evidence. |
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Charles Socarides, the man who formed reparative therapy, has a son. He's gay. |
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Glenn Beck suffers a sudden outbreak of common sense, uses libertarian arguments to vocalize endorsement for same sex marriage. |
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The easiest way to determine China's views on North Korea: link them to Jon Stewart. (YT link) |
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Dispelling pointless post-death etiquette in wake of the death of the iron bitch. |
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NonStampCollector's last blog post details some of the ridiculous attacks he had endured due to his membership in Freethought Blogs (and his perceived support for Atheism+). Choice quote: "Some of these anti-FTBers make 911-Truthers look like Ph.D geniuses. Sorry, it’s just the fucking truth." Indeed. |
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Neal's Yard promotes homeopathy for measles, because they are murderous pieces of shit. |
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Stick figure science: "This is NOT evolution." |
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TEDTalk video: "What Doctors Don't Know About the Drugs They Prescribe." Some real world effects of publication bias, by Ben Goldacre. |
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The process of science as seen through awkward stock photography. |
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Jon Stewart on Sean Hannity's on-air admission that "my father hit me with a belt and I turned out okay": "Seriously? You're okay? Have you seen your show?" |
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Video commentary from the film critic on CBS Sunday Morning: A certain trend in movie violence (men made impotent, women imperiled) illustrates one of the main fears that drives America's gun culture --"We're obsessed with being attacked." |
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Ronald Reagan's daughter: My Dad would have supported same-sex marriage. |
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Sam Harris, scientific racism, the new atheism and Islam. Update: Harris replies in conversation with Greenwald |
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But who will tell me that my movie sucks? UPDATE: NOOOOOOOOOO |
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The history of the solar system, Scientology-style. |
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The Onion summarizes the arguments for and against same-sex marriage. |