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

September 2012[edit]

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California bans reparative therapy for minors.

10

Not a spoof: The official UK "back to Church for Christmas" campaign from ChurchAds, funded by most of the major denominations. "He cries. He wees. He saves the world."

18

Fetch..... the comfy chair!

18

From the desk of Curiosity: Looks like water used to flow on Mars, guys.

11

The last Western detainee is out of Guantanamo: Supreme Court of Canada confirms terrorist Omar Khadr was tortured and he will serve his prison sentence in Canuckistan. Ignorant commenters: "Leftist sheeple! Not in my backyard! WAAAAAAAHHHHH"

22

What is this, the tenth time now? UPDATE: The story is pulled and replaced with funny Engrish. UPDATE II: Start the slow clap.

32

ABC still does good journalism.

15

Man offers $65 million reward to any man who can seduce his lesbian daughter.

9

Nativists on a Canadian panel on immigration get the boot.

-4

The short national nightmare is over. Now gawk at Ed Hochuli's guns.

20

This is some interesting shit right here, and I don't mean the colonic bullshit.

14

Summon the tellers of end times.

33

"'Space,' it says, 'is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is.'"

8

Some replacement NFL referees were rejected from what basically amounts to really softcore porn.

5

Apart from the truth, neither lockouts nor analogies are his strong suits.

15

Republicans look for proof of widespread vote fraud in order to justify the draconian voter ID laws they're backing, and find next to none.

10

Farewell, Wente. ^{(If you don't know who the twit is)}

22

Holy God. The Romney Unit was very, very worried about his wife's plane making a forced landing due to smoke in the cabin. Why not open a window, asks the Republican scientific genius. You couldn't make this shit up.

36

The NY Times headline reads: "Romney Blames Obama for His Campaign Challenges". There is nothing I could possibly add which would make that more hilarious.

40

Intel ends support of Boy Scouts of America due to discriminatory policies.

14

Look oh ye Canadians and despair, for the beast is nigh!

10

Is Zimbabwe getting its tips from South Park?

26

Libyans in Benghazi decide it's time to kick some Ansar al-Shariah ass.

16

How to restore a mummy? Lego, motherfucker.

55

According to Rick Perry, "Satan runs wild across the world," and the separation of Church and State is hence Satan's fault.

66

At least one US ally has had enough - The Australian Deputy Prime Minister declares that "cranks and crazies" have taken over the US Republican party. Update: the Prime Minister is backing him.

8

At least Romney didn't take this approach with the NAACP.

15

Mittens - take note. Proceeds from the single are to go to charity. No - seriously.

11

We develop and provide business-focussed antivirus software; how badly can we fuck up? - Whoops!

30

The repeal of DADT is one year old and, guess what, the US military hasn't imploded.

36

The Lenski papers are published. ArsTechnica provides commentary.

32

Chik-Fil-A likes money more than it hates gays. Update: Whoops, busted raising money for anti-gay groups again.

11

Quelle suprise.

20

Senior member of German Pirate Party really doesn't like people sharing her book.

4

NHS's NICE considers acupuncture "effective for the prevention of both tension-type and migraine-type headaches"

13

French satirical magazine publishes obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. What could possibly go wrong?

20

A fourth century piece of papyrus is found that is the earliest known reference to Jesus having a wife.

21

Non-religious people make up the largest group in the latest survey of UK religious attitudes.

54

Another week, another Romney gaffe. And the shit just keeps on flowing.

9

Crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle. No, not tortoises - balls on Mars.

50

Sometimes you can't make this shit up: Rick Santorum Says "Smart People Will Never Be On Our Side"

10

No shit? Researchers (in Australia) find those who believe in superstition/wishful thinking tend to live unhealthful lifestyles. Listen up, certain people who don't like science.

2

The ~~Cuban Missile~~ Sino-Fishing Crisis. [1]^{If this is how WWIII starts...}

5

How things change. Portuguese citizens flee their economic crisis to Angola, a former colony, pushing up prices, depressing wages, and causing resentment. [2]

18

Assange may be right after all.

28

Cash-strapped Spanish cities consider taxing the Catholic Church.

24

Welcome to the 21st century, Canada.

20

Good To Know Dept.: I, and everyone I know, are proud members of the working classes, and despite our delusions of grandeur,not a one of us is 'Middle Class'. Thanks for clarifying Mitt!

3

Possibly something we already knew: A study finds that presidents are a lot like psychopaths.

33

"Science requires faith because you can't see atoms!" Oh yeah?

8

Protestors in Tripoli, Lebanon (not Libya) are so angry about the Muhammed film and/or the Pope that they set fire to a KFC.

16

Someone doesn't know how to use Twitter.

16

Hurray! Mouthfoamer Glenn Beck is back on TV!

25

How did Godlike Productions miss this conspiracy? Probably because it actually was one. An unsafe stadium put people’s lives at risk, incompetent police and ambulance service resulted in 96 deaths. What to do? Blame the victims: feed lies to the press and falsify evidence.

35

Luckiest bastard on the planet.

-9

So, Apple released a new something or whatever. It's got more megabits and stuff. Context: Fake Steve Jobs says the iPhone (and Apple) has gotten stagnant.

25

Muslim fanatics in Libya storm an U.S. consulate and murder an ambassador in revenge for somebody posting a movie on the Internet. What was the reaction of the Vatican representative in Libya? "What has happened is terrible, but we need to avoid offending the people's religious sensibility." Update: And Romney has proven again to be a total asshole., while thousands of Libyans prove they are not.

8

First shitting on the Olympics, now on 9/11: NBC thinks the Kardashians are more relevant.

-1

I asked for a holodeck! Well... Close enough.

4

Wanna get out of jury duty? Claiming to be a homophobic racist is a step above soiling yourself during selection!

5

SNAKE JESUS IS A-COMIN'!

5

♫…flash, bang, wallop, what a picture; What a picture, what a photograph…♫ You can even stick it in your family album, if that floats your boat, but it's probably better to get your 'scopes out.

14

The Pennsylvania judge who upheld the restrictive voter ID law may have unwittingly doomed the case. To support his decision, he cited heavily from an 1869 court case upholding a more restrictive law designed specifically to deny voting rights to impoverished immigrants in Philadelphia while allowing the same rights for poor people (men) elsewhere in the state.

56

15% of Ohio Republicans believe Romney killed bin Laden.^{[No, not The Onion]}

30

So, who hates small businesses now?

5

The Black Death returns!

1

German Jews and Muslims protest together against the court ruling that prevents circumcision.

10

Communist!

22

Scientists are uncertain about uncertainty

26

Fox goes to yet another new low.

18

So much for that whole "Religious Freedom" thing.

-29

Obama's speech to the DNC buys him less than 12 hours of momentum.

32

Educating our children is a slippery slope because... the Holocaust happened?

13

The toll of NCLB.

15

Headline of the Year.

12

"But let's be clear, it is an ad." Well thanks for your honesty there!

12

Louisiana school class of '73 desegregates its reunion, but not the reception.

41

So, the UK now has a Health Minister who thinks homeopathy works, an Equality Minister who simply couldn't care less about gay people and a Minister for Transport who once ran over a cyclist. Fuck yeah!

31

How deep is Paul Ryan's opposition to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare? Less than nine months after it was signed into law, he went begging to the Obama administration to send some ACA funds to help build a new clinic in his district. That's how deep his opposition is to . . . Wait, what?

14

Now we're talking. A hacker group has (supposedly) accessed the entirety of Mittens' tax returns and are prepared to release them by the end of the month. The catch? They want Bitcoins. Lots of them.

15

An Australian general practitioner -- who is also a member of a radical Christian sect called the Exclusive Brethren -- is banned from practicing medicine for using a particularly nasty form of reparative therapy on a gay teen -- chemical castration.