RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/October 2013
October 2013[edit]
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The great irony of baraminology is that the very idea of species comes from trying to explain the story of Noah's Ark. |
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Whatever you do, please don't "kill it with fire." |
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For popular rag journalists: the difference between scholars and cranks |
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The United States never was, is, or ever will be a Christian nation. |
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Headline or RationalWiki Mad-Libs contest winner: U.S. Official Blames Shutdown for Failure to Explain NSA Spying |
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Seventeen years on: The teenager who saved a man with an SS tattoo (It brightened my day, anyway) |
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(Probably not a clog) An environmental appeal on behalf of the controversial and (to some) rather scary subject of wood heat. |
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I hope this isn't a repeat. AddictingInfo: Explaining Socialism to a Republican |
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Now you know why those energy prices keep going up. |
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And now you know why the vast majority of blacks vote Democrat. (Goodbye, fucker!) |
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Even in Load of Crap's Australia, debt limits are a non-issue. |
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And again: when you debate theists, do not trust them - bring your own camera. |
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Biologist/blogger Kelly Weinersmith shares her story of sexual harassment in the field. |
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A Canadian political scientist suggests that we might see uprisings in Jesusland again. (The hilarity that this is the same population that most self-identifies as "American" and as the "true" ancestors of the |
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Click the Tea Party Insult Generator for more fun today! |
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5 steps to save the GOP from destruction. (#1 is going to be a bit of a problem... along with #2... and #3... and possibly others.) |
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Avoiding Hypocrisy 101: If you want to devote your career to being against subsidized insurance, don't complain when you lose yours. |
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We suggest Ann Druyan, Alan Alda and Duran Duran get a name change. |
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We hope you had the time of your life. Related: If true (in the words of Hubert Farnsworth) this has to be one hell of a bowel movement. |
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Economists on the debt ceiling: KILL IT WITH FIRE |
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The Jewish brain drain. To Berlin. No, really. |
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American conservatives, Your lack of insight and compassion towards people in need makes you ugly. |
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It's probably better that the world eventually gets rid of the "The South is full of illiterate rednecks" stereotype soon, but come on. |
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Big Herbal is putting some nasty shit in their supplements. If Big Pharma did this, they'd be in jail. |
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Snopes sinks to a new low (again) by citing a completely disreputable |
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Conservative correctness at its very worst: History textbooks in Texas rename the slave trade. |
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The Koch brothers: "Shit." |
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Somebody's going to get a Nobel. The idiots at Viacom have blocked the video, but you can read the answer here. |
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The CBC asks Jim Flaherty (Harper's Finance Minister) what he thinks of the fiscal cliff: "Republicans think I'm a lot more conservative than I am." |
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Addressing some MRA bull. (See #10 for some studies worthy of debunking.) |
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A Protestant pastor and blogger offers his findings as to why Dominionists favor the US government shutdown and impending default. Thanks to Revelation 1:5-6, they believe that YHWH has made them kings and priests and that it is their duty to bring all the moneys from the treasuries of the world and lay them at YHWH's feet. And one of the most outspoken leaders of this effort? Ted Cruz's father Rafael. |
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It seems the UK's drive to austerity was largely full of crap. Related: A Redditor tries to explain to Americans why ending stimulus (ergo debt ceiling) would be a bad idea right now. (Response: Zimbabwe! Greece! Underfunded liabilities!) |
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An open letter to the people who really control the US government. |
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Inside the head of one of the dumbest Supreme Court judges known to man. |
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Proliferation of shitty peer-reviewed journals. Good news for the pseudoskeptics. (self promotion warning) |
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"Washington couldn’t have gone dark without a radicalized Republican Party. Or maybe it was destined to all along." Update: Unbelievble. McCain. Christie. Jindal. Haslan. Burr. Frum. King. Krauthammer. |
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The word "mangina" has suddenly become awesome. |
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America: Where imploding the world economy is a mainstream political tool. |
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The world is falling: Grover Norquist, yes, the same Norquist who wanted total public spending to go down to less than 10% of GDP, is calling the House Republicans barking mad. Update: And the Wall Street Journal. (Look at the similarities between the wingnuts and movement conservatives.) |
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The March of Dumbs. (Is it a gerbil, or a hamster? You Decide!) |
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Popular Science decides to shut down its comments section, blaming unhealthy amounts of anti-intellectualism. Guess who's the first to complain. |
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Check your irony meters: Immigrants are more likely to identify as "British" than Scots, Welsh, or Englishmen outside London. |