RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/September 2012

September 2012[edit]

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Wool the real Romney please stand up? "New Zealand has trouble distinguishing Presidential candidate from a sustainable source of natural fibre."

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NYT: Obamacare is a Conservative's Dream. "The only thing wrong with the mandate? Mr. Obama also thought it was a good idea."

6

Ben Goldacre interviewed by b3ta about his book Bad Pharma. "It's like fighting with homeopaths in suits."

5

Why "they" still don't hate "us"

7

Meet the Mayor of Reykjavík. In comparison, here's the "Mayor" of Toronto.

16

Joe Scarborough says it like we never will.

26

Monbiot: "Romnesia" - the ability of the very rich to forget the context in which they made their money.

10

A philosopher Sokals the theologians.

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In spite of right-wing media nonsense, Stephen Harper is really, really not a friend to LGBT people. Particularly the 'T' ones.^{(self promotion warning)}

10

Cracked.com on wingnut assertions that Obama is the Antichrist -- Least efficient Antichrist ever.

12

What sick cosmic joke is this?

9

Cue millions of Republicans' brains exploding. UK Tories: Obama's one of us.

14

The horrors of Guantanamo strike again.

23

Sean Carroll: Scientists, Your Gender Bias Is Showing.

8

Pull your heads out of your ass anti-vaccine cults. Flu vaccinations are safe for pregnant women. They also don't cause the flu, so quit lying about that. And there are some dangerous new swine flu viruses that need to be watched.

16

Factcheck: "This shit again?"

11

Maybe parroting the biggest asshole on your team won't work out for you after all.

24

One of the actresses conned into performing in that movie, speaks out.

11

Rahm Emanuel doesn't like Nickelback

22

November 7, 2012. The Christian Reich: "Mittens lost because he wasn't ~~bigoted~~ conservative enough!" Trust us, you know that's the excuse the Tea Party Right is gonna make.

9

A president and his moose. (No relation to you-know-who.)

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No one murdered because of this image. ^{NSFW, The Onion}

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Apparently this is controversial.

18

Thanks for making Iraq an enlightened, freedom-loving nation, Bush.

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Always a sign of hope in the darkness...

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"Crowds of ignoramuses want to excuse their grievous lack of intelligence by fostering the idea that they never learned anything because teachers are stupid."

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Ok, cut it with the Jim Cramer jokes for a sec. Update: Thankfully, there are always exceptions for the rich and famous.

14

Canada's answer to Fox News, Sun TV, publishes and then disappears a ridiculously racist anti-Roma rant by Ezra Levant. Time to yank their broadcast license? Ya think?