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February 2012[edit]

3

Sage advice for evolutionary psychologists from Jonathan Marks and Dan Fessler

3

Are we hypocrites when it comes to creativity?

15

Psychic Sally gets trolled by a fictional spirit.

10

Putin's gonna steal your voter virginity.

7

Cool story, bro. Phyllis Schlafly gets a mention.

8

Right wing groups announce plan to do absolutely nothing pray for the repeal of Obamacare. Kill the poor for Jesus!

9

Paris Lees pens a beautiful and inspiring response to a transphobic Daily Fail hatchet job.

10

A Picture of Rick Santorum... made of gay porn!Too low rsolution to be NSFW, though.

7

Germans and their beer...

7

This does seem to be biased to those with facial hair, though.

2

Teller ponders why "those who fund science research find magicians 'sexier than lab rats'" and the effect this fascination may have on science.

1

The significance of Meryl Dorey’s insignificance.

5

BBC is slowly turning into the next TV Tropes.

6

You learn something new everyday: Greek workers spend the most hours on the job in Europe.

9

"Has he had the surgery yet?", "I look like such a tranny today", "CIS? What does that mean?", "I'll call you 'she' when you get the surgery". Shit CIS people say to trans people.

19

On comparing the healthcare systems of Los Angeles and London, one woman comes up with a "surprising" result. (And if you check the worst rated comments, you get to see the resident Daily Fail readers trying to figure out exactly how this could possibly have come about)

8

President Harry Truman and Mitt Romney have both delivered speeches to an empty stadium. The difference is that Truman was a great president, and Romney is a crass asshole.

11

Lewis Black, don't get a heart attack. Also, why is Nancy Grace still on TV?

6

Coming soon, to a theater near you...

6

Identical twins not so identical after all.

4

TED: Wave of the future or Silicon Valley shills?

14

A natural disaster that cost the lives of thousands of people was ignored in favour of a nuclear 'disaster' that never was.

2

This is BBC News taken out of context.

13

All dead Mormons are now gay. (Unless they died in the Holocaust.)

8

Barack Obama is a total failure at all the things conservatives predicted he would do or not do.

13

Given the number of comments by Christians, politicians and the Daily Fail clogging up the media at the moment, Martin Robbins suggests that Christians should embrace secularism - because (from the comments) secularism doesn't consist of Richard Dawkins breaking into people's homes and stealing their Bibles at gunpoint, you know.

4

Good Guy Bill.

11

The punanny state. Also, Stalin-rape.

13

Newt Gingrich: "You can't put a gun rack in a Chevy Volt." Vlogger: Oh, really?

13

The Onion: One in five Americans believe Obama is a cactus.

7

Brian Cox (*swoon*) on why quantum theory is so misunderstood, and why good science should be part popular culture.

3

"The Right-Wing Id Unzipped"

4

Look how far they've gone...into the ground. And if the worst scenario happens in November, we'll only have one terrible actor to blame.

13

Damn you Jon Stewart!

5

Some parts of a Catholic sex education programme have been tracked to an unusual source - Beasts of Gor
Cue the "One promotes a world where women are secondary and subservient to men in all ways and have no control over there own thoughts and destiny, the other is Chronicles of Gor" jokes.

4

A list of UK politicians that stand to benefit from passing a new health reform bill.

15

George Takei: 70 years ago today, the President signed a decree that sent me and my family to a prison camp. Hear my story, and learn how you can help fulfil our pledge: Never Forget. Never Again.

5

How simple patents became the complex clusterfuck of intellectual property.

15

Karen Santorum, wife of Rick Santorum, wrote a book teaching children good manners. And its foreword is by Joe Paterno, the guy who knew about, but did nothing to stop, a child rapist. Great pick, Santorum!

21

The godly John Cleese responds to YouTube comments. "I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are...this explains not just Hollywood, but almost the entirety of Fox News."

5

Honestly, Peta's ads make me so angry I could stamp on a kitten.

7

This week in Harperland...

13

Supposedly professional Politico reporter mistakes the Wisconsin state flag for the local labor union flag. Hail the future of journalism!

13

Every climate denial argument debunked, in one 50 minute presentation. If there's one video to spread around the Internets, it's this.

10

If movie posters were a bit more descriptive.

20

I suppose they'll come back for us. Basic civil rights for trans people sidelined again for the sake of same-sex marriage in Maryland.

7

Charles Murray isn't racist -- he also hates (poor) white people!

10

The climate inquisition continues, including death threats.

18

Why don't Americans elect scientists? For lulz, see the comments, where one retard said "Solyndra."

12

Ah, the good old days...when there were none of those pesky institutional review boards or ethics committees and scientists could deliberately infect subjects with STDs.

8

The greatest movie trailer of all time?

11

America, Fuck Yeah!

-12

Shut up and take my money!

-9

The YouTube guide to parenting.

18

I'm a Jehovah's Witness and I run a business. Can I deny insurance coverage for blood transfusions?(Warning: Poe's Law in action!)

10

The "best" swag at CPAC.

12

The "Every Sperm is Sacred" Lady speaks out.

16

The Onion: Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon. Invade! Invade!

-10

Dilbert drops the f-bomb in a comic. Kinda.

22

Ellen pwns the wingnuts. UPDATE: Bill O'Reilly has something to say on the matter. In Ellen's favour.

9

"WikiDate" - a privacy clusterfuck.

11

Five big lies about the phony 'war on religion'

11

What liberal bias? The CBC's latest literature panel includes a fascist crank who defends Augusto Pinochet's regime and considers Nelson Mandela to be a terrorist.

7

The despicable behavior by some, including but not limited to psychic frauds, towards families of missing persons.

18

Bill Nye (the science guy) is at the Second White House Science Fair - and not a single creationist in sight!

10

Why people still use Facebook.

17

Charlie Brooker on the two Daily Heils.

4

Neo-phrenology and neurobabble.

12

Even the creationists don't like Indiana Senate Bill 89.

8

Comments speak for themselves.

4

Protip: Never give this kind of power to the Internet.

11

A visualization of the 2011 Japanese earthquakes. Just keep watching...

1

Paul Krugman: Despite recent offshoring of U.S. manufacturing to China, 85% of U.S. consumer spending still makes its way to U.S. firms.

18

The actual gay agenda vs. what conservatives think is the gay agenda.

10

The Onion: "Look, one-third of the human race has to die for civilization to be sustainable, so how do we want to do this?"

6

A Hitchslap from beyond the grave: Christopher Hitchens on why William Lane Craig's brand of pernicious nonsense is not merely foolish, but dangerous.

6

So, a Catholic, an Anglican and a humanist walk into a bar say what they would put on their cards, if they carried them.