RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/November 2013

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November 2013

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Mike "Asshole" Huckabee.

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In a wonderful display of "karma is a bitch," Bob "Chop off gays' heads" Mugabe's son comes out the closet. (Warning: Poe's Law in action!)

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Make concessions? "Munich." Remove sanctions in exchange for temporary dismantling and international oversight? "Munich." Squeeze them till the pips squeak? "Munich." Bomb their enrichment facilities? "Munich." Nuke Tehran? "That's what we're talking about!"

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The FDA has ordered Google-backed genetic test maker 23andMe to halt sales of its personalized DNA test kits

13

So it turns out that organizing Libertarians is difficult.

14

We still need scientists to appear on Question Time(self promotion warning)

6

A rational look at how the myth of historical Sunni and Shia conflict was manufactured

9

Wu Tang Clan explains the Big Bang.

10

A world where anti-biotics no longer work......is here already!

10

LG Smart TV caught collecting data on files stored on connected USB Drives

11

I was wrong. (138-page book PDF) Andrew Sullivan admits to being wrong over Iraq War

13

Qatar's brutal treatment of migrant labour

11

Alex Gabriel takes on Pat Condell about British Muslims' attitude towards gays. The comments are gonna be fun, especially if it attracts the attention of Condell. *opens popcorn*

17

Sisters, sisters, There were never such devoted sisters. The Cheney girls go public

16

Meanwhile, on Egyptian TV: Somebody dared criticise the military, nobody understands what atheism is, and politics continues to infect sport.

12

America's angriest white men: Up close with racism, rage and Southern supremacy

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Remember that couple a couple years back who refused to reveal their child's sex? Here's an update on what raising a kid outside the gender binary might look like.

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Oh yeah, let the anti-vaxxer have a important job in the VRBPAC. This won't possibly go wrong for anyone.

12

'Because' has become a preposition, because grammar.

13

Two weeks ago, in a case that many have compared to that of Trayvon Martin, Renisha McBride was shot in Detroit. Today, the police charged someone in her death.

13

"It is the same condescending populism, the same aggressively dumb, harshly divisive message that has become the playbook for the right generally in this country, in all its contempt for learning, its disdain for facts, its disrespect of convention and debasing of standards." The GOP: Our hero!

10

Why don't vaccine deniers worry about kids dying from gunshots, car accidents, and suicide? Instead, they lie about vaccines which may have caused 1-2 deaths over the past 20 years.

2

Obama's Harvard professor calls his administration a "disaster".

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"(David) Barton is still, inexplicably, trusted by many conservative evangelicals. He has himself built his reputation on twisting and misrepresenting historical documents for ideological and propagandist purposes," says an official of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also calls Barton's debasement of history "satanic."

10

'“The sky is falling,” said Chicken Little. “Heard it on Fox TV.”'

13

Why the Tea Party can't govern.

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Toys Are Us has a message for you: Shopping > Science

11

Wanted to post this a few weeks back, but it was hidden behind a paywall. Ben MacIntyre speaks against anti-Roma hatred Absolutely superb

6

Lego? SCIENCE!

11

Worst magazine sex advice ever.

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How Ice-9 almost became reality but didn't because science works.

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Well, it turns out the people you disagree with are probably not stupid. It's merely a clash of irreconcilable worldviews as a result of your (likely) upbringing.