RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/January 2013
January 2013[edit]
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Mercury thiocyanate igniting - enjoy the nightmares you'll have this evening! |
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“It’s awful. I mean, what else am I supposed to do with my life?” |
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The most pro-family values commercial you'll see this weekend. UPDATE: YouTube yanked (pun intended) the video file that most media sites are linking to. |
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More than 40 percent of American children are now born to single mothers. Two law professors/authors propose a new causal factor many right-wingers might disagree with: Working class Christian parents who are happy that their unmarried pregnant daughters (a) didn't have an abortion, and (b) didn't marry the no-good louts who knocked them up. |
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Andy Borowitz delivers an exceptionally powerful Poe. |
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Cracked on "5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don't Work" -- numbers 5, 3 and 2 discuss types of crime woo; 4 and 1 are just disheartening. |
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Lawrence Krauss proposes that to match a demand for teachers of science and mathematics, (rather than going into research) we should consider paying them more than humanities teachers. |
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Cracked: The 8 Greatest Wars Ever Fought by Fox News. Prepare for Papa Bear "Pinhead" attack in 3...2...1... |
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The debt limit: The sound of someone hitting themselves...forever. |
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BoingBoing calls attention to a photo copyright watermark by the Daily Mail that's even more Not even wronger than usual. |
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(At the Daily Mail offices...) Britain is full, you darkies! Wait, you have money? Erm... |
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The sanest conservative statesman in the gun control debate. (Unfortunately, it's John Howard.) |
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Remember that passive-aggressive ad against same-sex marriage by the Iona Institute in Ireland? Someone decided it was time to respond, and crank up the snark. |
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Gilles-Eric Seralini, the professor behind the widely debunked "GMO gives cancer to rats" study, appears to be an ambassador to an alt-med company controlled by a New Age-style faith healing cult that sells homeopathic and detox products. You can't make this stuff up. |
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Jason Colavito explains why skeptics shouldn't ignore Ancient Aliens, pointing out the TV ratings of the show. |
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A righteous post by PalMD explaining why equating gun control to Nazism is really dumb |
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Steven Pinker on why to be skeptical about claims of lead removal reducing crime (PDF). |
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As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is immoral. |
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The best description of herbalism was — guess what — hidden in a 13-year-old Pokemon game. |
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After the endless banality of CNN's Belief blog, a New Atheist got her chance in the spotlight. Click the link for the reaction. (Also, it seems we are too way harsh on Comment is Free.) |
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If you've ever wondered why the Second Amendment was written the way it was... |
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I woke up to 20 emails asking for my opinion on pubic lice. How did your Monday Morning coffee go? |
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Dr Brooke Magnanti (or Belle de Jour, if you remember) lays into lame accusations of "trolling" and second-wave feminism. |
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No, you're not a welfare queen - you're just "living on the government plantation!" |
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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gorilla is a good guy with a gorilla. |
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This blog post causes cancer.No, not the Daily Mail |
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Note to Alex Jones: when Glenn Beck calls you crazy, get help. Soon. |
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Rich person gives lowly peasant waitress a tip: rich people are assholes. |
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Mark Lynas gives a powerful speech about GM crops and anti-GMO sentiment in the environmental movement. |
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Lowest of the low: Congress is less likeable than Nickelback. |
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A nice infographic has been going viral - too bad it's a little misleading |
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Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly start a new anti-gun violence campaign: Americans for Responsible Solutions |
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Should American Catholics cheer for Notre Dame? |
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Yes, science takes sides. So stop asking scientists to not be partisan. |
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The ongoing witch hunt against steroids in baseball isn't about justice — it's about an older generation preserving their favorite sports icons by attacking younger sports icons. |
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We're done with the Internets people. Shut everything down. |
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Michigan theologian-cum-social worker: Whaaaa! Nothing's being done to combat rape in Haiti! |
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Old, but explains a lot: "a generation of men and women who literally don't understand what sexual consent looks like." |
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2012 Wipe - about time, the wankers. |
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Organic food and autism. Oh noes! |