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Beware of the Founding Fathers
If members of the religious right are to “beware of science fiction” because prominent names in the field are atheists or agnostics, then they may wish to beware of the founding fathers as well. However, this may create a logical paradox for constitution-touting teabaggers and cause them to self-destruct (Warning: self-destruction resulting from logical paradoxes [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged atheism, fringe right, George Washington, John Adams, religion, science fiction, Thomas Jefferson Leave a comment
The Religious Right Takes on Sci-Fi
Oh Lord: Science fiction takes the reader into a strange world without God. Oh, there might be “a god,” a “force,” but it is definitely not the God of the Bible, and the prominent names in this field are atheists. … Science fiction is intimately associated with Darwinian evolution. Sagan and Asimov, for example, were [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged atheism, Distant Origin, fringe right, religion, science fiction, Star Trek Leave a comment
Obama Gave INTERPOL … Nope, Just Another Half-Baked, Right-Wing Nontroversy
One of the completely hyperbolic and inaccurate memes/conspiracy theories floating around the conservative blogosphere these days is that President Obama has transferred American sovereignty over to INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization, not the band). Here are some of the page titles appearing on the first page of results from a google search for obama+interpol: [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged Executive Order 12425, fringe right, Interpol, Obama, Reagan Leave a comment
The Moon Is Made of Cheese Journalism
Journalists today have an affinity for being centrists and appearing unbiased. While it’s important for a reporter to be unbiased in what he or she reports, it’s more important for them to explain the backstory behind these reports, show what evidence exists for any claims made in said reports, and finally, use this evidence to [...]
Let’s Not Overreact This Time
Matt Yglesias explains why increasing security at airports is counterproductive: Benjamin Friedman points to Nate Silver’s calculation that in the last decade of US flights, there was one terrorist incident per 11,569,297,667 miles flown. Under the circumstances, investing additional resources in defending airplanes is unlikely to be a cost effective investment. It’s also worth underscoring [...]
No, It's Not about Political Correctness
The right seems to want to blame “political correctness” as the cause of the Christmas Underpants Bomber. All I had to do was look at my sister’s Facebook status following the news of Northwest Airlines flight 253: Let’s ignore the fact that she’s gloating, and seems somewhat happy about the terrorist attack. Now, listen to [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged national security, Northwest Flight 253, political correctness Leave a comment
The Teabagger Has Moved
I’ve moved all posts about my sister to a new blog at http://www.mysisterisateabagger.com. I figured it was a topic that required its own domain. All future posts regarding my sister’s adventures in teabagging will be made at that site.
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My Sister Is A Teabagger: Ideology and Demagoguery
About a week ago, I went out to dinner with my mother and sister. My sister seemed to behave herself until the end of the meal, when my mom mentioned an interview she saw on CNN with former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold. The interview discussed geoengineering, particularly the release of sulfur into the Earth’s stratosphere, [...]
Posted in Politics Tagged capitalism, climate change, geoengineering, George Soros, Glenn Beck, Nathan Myhrvold Leave a comment
Michele Bachmann's God Needs to Get Some Perspective
Michele Bachmann must think very little of God, or more likely, very highly of herself, if she thinks God’s priorities lie in providing her with divine answers as to whom she should marry and in which areas she should focus her post graduate studies.
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