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

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August 2012

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It should go without saying, but apparently it doesn't. Rape culture is not OK.

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"I'm having pains in my chest 'cause I'm so stressed, over Fox News."

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An explanation for the insanity at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions: everyone at them is drunk, all the time.

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Pwnt.

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Slacktivist: The Maddow Show's Steven Benen counted up Mittens' lies for the past 30 weeks. Guess how many.

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Apple does know how many people will download this, right?

20

A plausible mechanism for how homosexuality can cause hurricanes.

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Men aren't insatiable sexual predators who can't stop, cut that shit out.

18

Why Obama's first term is not a disappointment.

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As the GOP continued its Floridian comedy hour, Obama sneaked onto Reddit.

6

An atheist neuroscientist talks about atheism, faith and "Spinoza's God".

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Despite emotional bullshit, the American Academy of Pediatrics says circumcision is safe and probably has benefits. The arguments against circumcision are rather lame.

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A gay journalist infiltrates a NOM workshop and reports on the hilarity horror within.

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This year's presidential election may be the last one where older right wing whites and fundies have a plurality among voters. If Mitt Romney wins, will he willingly forgo a second term just for the ability to blow up Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while also cutting taxes on one-percenters like himself?

10

AronRa speaking out against hate directed at women

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Do you want to know how fucked up American GOP politics are? Talk to a Harperite apologist in Canuckistan: "Two years ago...Republicans needed Canada to be a model of failure. Now, they need Canada to be a model of success. It isn’t rational, but then we are talking about the Republican Party."

6

Goldbuggery debunked in 2 graphs.

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Other things Todd Akin Believes To Be True About The Uterus.

6

Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage vs. Dan Savage

15

John Willke, the doctor who Todd Akin learnt about "legitimate rape" from, exists. And is gibbering batfuck crazy.

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Ok, this is why The Onion should win a Pulitzer.

36

Teabaggers say they'll overthrow Obama and to that, I say...

9

The Official Guide to Legitimate Rape Update: Rape: The Idiot's Primer

8

NASA scientists working with the Curiosity rover are slowly adapting to Martian Time, but now the Flight Director's family are getting in on it, too.

9

Suddenly, Mitt's VP choice makes a whole lot more sense.

12

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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If you want to visualize how far off the US is now with the rest of the world, talk to the business executives.

5

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis? Meet Ryan's favourite band.

10

A good assessment of the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party.

13

Confessions of a former Randroid.

13

There's no false dilemma anymore. Choose between the red or blue pill. (we'll let you decide which is which)

5

Best diet advice ever. Eat like a chimpanzee. That means lots of figs.

12

Dumbasses in Missouri approved an amendment that allows students to ignore evolution. I guess nothing will will make sense in biology in the State of Missouri.

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Oatmeal: Let's build a goddamn Tesla museum.

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The Singularity has arrived, and we're fucked.

25

What if creationists invaded history classes?

18

Well, well, well. #3 on the 10 Things You Didn't Know About Paul Ryan: "Paul's father died when he was only 16. Using the Social Security survivors benefits he received until his 18th birthday, he paid for his education at Miami University in Ohio."

13

I have fucking had it with the stupidity and arrogance of the vaccine denialist dumbfucks.

24

Thunderf00t's grudge against Freethought Blogs reaches new lows: when they removed him from the site, they also cut him off their private mailing list, but apparently then he used an exploit to regain access (i.e. hacked it) and has been forwarding private conversations to third parties.[1][2][3][4] Thunderf00t brags that he did in fact do this, but it's OK because they were saying mean things about him.

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Dammit Cracked. Features Alfred Kinsey.

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NPR eviscerates David Barton. Update: Barton's book, "The Jefferson Lies", is being pulled by the publisher, who has “lost confidence in the book’s details”.

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The problem with Mitt

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The battle against ungodly mathematics is wider than you think. What do Christian fundamentalists have against set theory?

9

Google changes its doodle midday to commemorate the Curiosity landing.

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Mitt Romney's greatest hits contradictions, in one easy video.