RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/August 2013
August 2013[edit]
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9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask. (Well, at least something is in fashion.) |
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Science pushed tobacco. They forced DDT on the environment. They tried to trick everyone with Piltdown Man. Per usual, it's nothing but bullshit |
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So much for men being the calm, rational ones. |
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Play "Guess where Damascus is!" - 100,000 entries later, some interesting statistics. |
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The Beeb explores the flag that should be treated with the same disdain that Germany treats the swastika, but doesn't. |
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Thanks to flooding's massive costs to the Alberta government, Calgary is becoming a poster child for inaction on climate change. Ethical oil advocates continue to ignore the evidence. |
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In response to an unusual NYT column, here's why we need to take economics seriously. (Then again, this is coming from the co-founder of LessWrong, so stopped clock.) |
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As climate change denial fades away, enter...climate policy denial. Also: Why nations haven't insisted on more significant climate change countermeasures |
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You cannot be serious! Gohmert: ‘Scary’ that liberal elites would use vaccines for ‘culling the population’ of humans (You know what, let him keep saying that. When people start feeling the effects of anti-vaccination, he'll get exactly what he wants.) |
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xkcd compiles questions found in Google Autocomplete. ("Why are there slaves in the Bible?" Good question...) |
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Asking for relationship advice on Slashdot . |
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Just how liberal is the liberal media? Here's a list of the 15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media. |
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She's the Elizabeth II to the current SCOTUS. (At least Scalia isn't selling snake oil, right?) |
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Nature profiles eminent psychologist and skeptic Elizabeth Loftus. |
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Average cost of raising one child a year: $10-15,000. |
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Welcome to the Age of Denial. (Or the Age of American Wingnuttery.) |
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Rape culture? Nah, radical hooey. |
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta thinks weed is great. Except his scientific evidence blows. |
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Video of oral sex at a rap concert is leaked online. Reaction to the girl: "She's a slut!" Reaction to the guy: "Ah, good on ya, brahhh!" |
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Worried about the PRC's emergence as a global superpower? To quote dear old Mao, "nothing but a paper tiger." |
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Richard Lenski has started blogging! |
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The Southern strategy failed to reverse the most of the social progress made in the Civil Rights era. But you can see why the GOP switched to economic rhetoric. |
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poll=blog3318>Avoiding Hypocrisy 101: [http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/criticizing-obamacare-lot-easier-if-you-make-obamacare-worse/70646/ If you want to devote your career to being against subsidized insurance, don't complain when you lose yours.-buddy-video-5536803 Piss off, John Key] |
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The universe where Jenny McCarthy and Amy Farrah Fowler are evil twins dishing out woo. Except that Dr. Fowler has a Ph.D. from UCLA. Not good for the Bruins. |
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On no! Add another entry to the list of things that cause autism. This time inducing labor causes autism. Whoops, probably not. |
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PZ Myers explains why you should never trust a "science" article with lists. |
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Care to guess how much those morons at Fox News have ratcheted up their transphobia lately? |
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Months ago this wouldn't be happening. What is wrong with you, Japan? |
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Even more dirt on the American MIC's current fiscal disaster. |
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American conservatives just can't get enough of that Vladimir. Mr. Mataconis should have mentioned Andy Schlafly as well in his post. |
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Has L. Ron met his match? Say "Hebbo!" to Tarvuism where you too can learn to speak to an octopus! (it's gotta be Poe don't it?? Please tell me I've been Poe'd on......oh thank god for that!) |
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We'll keep Boris Johnson, thanks. Bonus: Rob, just what were you doing in March? |
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Looks like WIGO:Blogs isn't the only one in danger of becoming Yesterday on Cracked. Try not to laugh too hard, it'll give you cancer. Update: Cracked's apology. |
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Steven Pinker defends "scientism" [1] |
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An atheist activist is sexually assaulted at TAM. Conference organizers swing into action. The serial pervert responsible is banned from TAM for life. A year later, the activist speaks about her experience. |
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If there's one thing the US should be exporting, it's probably not its labour relations. |
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Maybe the replacement of Jay Leno won't be bad after all: Hear Yahoo! Answers in musical form. |
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Lamar, we can't wait for the historical assessment of you 50 years from now. |
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Chad Hurley, co-founder for YouTube: TV for everybody! |
   | 8 | "It’s clear, the economics textbooks tell us, that this is not the right time for fiscal retrenchment." Well, you have half the country believing that spending cuts in a deflationary period will produce growth because Obama is a commie-fascist. (It's not the Dems' heads who need clearing.) |
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Just writing a column isn't going to do much, guys. But we appreciate the effort. |
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Those libtards are going to implant you with microchips! Thanks Obama! |
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More from that treasure trove of British declassified documents: Helmut Kohl was apparently a xenophobe... and then went "oops" when open immigration policy worked. |