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Chuck Norris Can Reach a Conclusion without Any Evidence

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 13, 2010
Turns out, there are more facts about Chuck Norris than his ability to slam a revolving door or win a game of Connect Four in only three moves or touch MC Hammer. He's now capable of making Glenn Beck look sane.
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Beware of Conservatism

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 9, 2010
With members of the religious right warned to “beware of science fiction” because prominent names in the field are atheists or preach secularism, I wonder what they would think of Barry Goldwater, hero of modern American Conservatism. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God’s name on one’s behalf should be used sparingly. The [...]
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Beware of the Founding Fathers

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 8, 2010
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 [...]
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The Religious Right Takes on Sci-Fi

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 7, 2010
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 [...]
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Obama Gave INTERPOL … Nope, Just Another Half-Baked, Right-Wing Nontroversy

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 2, 2010
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: [...]
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The Indoctrination Claim that Broke the Camel's Back

By Bryan Packman | Published: September 4, 2009
I hope that people in the center are realizing what we’ve known for a while – that the right is fucking crazy! If you have any rational cell in your body, you know that there’s nothing wrong with telling children stay in school and work hard. Do we really want people like Glenn Beck leading [...]
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The Times They Are A-Changin’

By Bryan Packman | Published: September 4, 2009
For a while, I was concerned about the effect that the talk radio assholes would have on the direction of domestic policy, specifically in regards to health care reform. Rational people on the left, like myself, had been quiet for far too long, allowing the fringe right to make all the noise. But I think [...]
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