Monthly Archives: February 2007

Fascinating Book About Right Wing Authoritarianism

Posted on February 24, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

And it’s free! Bob Altemeyer, whose work on the authoritarian mind significantly influenced John Dean’ Without Conscience, has released a free online book, The Authoritarians, which is about, well, authoritarians.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Evolution, Mutation, The War on Science | 6 Comments

Lying Liars, or When Partisan Presumption Becomes Fact

Posted on February 24, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

At a recent National Press Club roundtable about the effect of the internet on the job of the White House correspondents, journalist Richard Wolffe had this to say about bloggers:
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Posted in Little Lord Pontchartrain, News Media, Propaganda | 3 Comments

Conservapedia’s Glorious War Against Sarcasm: the Holocaust Edition

Posted on February 23, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I feel bad for John Stewart and Stephen Colbert because when idiots unintentionally parody themselves, their gig will be up. Conservapedia is going to be the gift that giving…for bloggers anyway. Here’s what it says about the Holocaust (and, yes, this is the entire entry):
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Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Humor, Propaganda, Racism | 12 Comments

While We’re All Worrying About Britney’s Hair…

Posted on February 22, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…El Jefe Maximo is still pushing the elimination of the estate tax because the offspring of the ludicrously wealthy need a break:
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Posted in Conservatives, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Taxes | 4 Comments

Conservapedia Mistates Mutation

Posted on February 22, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Some of my fellow ScienceBloglings have written about Conservapedia’s treatment of evolution. What has always puzzled me about creationists is the rather frequent denial of mutation. For example, in the section on macroevolution, titled “Is the theory of macroevolution true?“*–which should tell you what’s to come right away, the entry reads…
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Posted in Antibiotics, Conservatives, Creationism, Evolution, Fucking Morons, Mutation, The War on Science | 5 Comments

If We’re Going to Send the National Guard to Iraq…

Posted on February 22, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

we might want to issue them rifles.
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Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Funding, Iraq, Military | 12 Comments

“How Can the Rest of America Sleep At Night Knowing That This Is Here?”

Posted on February 21, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

That’s what the cast of the British reality TV show Top Gear asked while visiting New Orleans one year after Katrina.
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Posted in Katrina | 8 Comments

I See Stupid People: The Nevada Democratic Party Edition

Posted on February 21, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Can someone explain to me why the Nevada Democrats want to host a primary presidential debate on Fox News?
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Posted in Democrats, Fucking Morons, News Media, Propaganda | 1 Comment

The Reality of Iraq: Sen. Clinton Still Doesn’t Get It

Posted on February 21, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

By now, you might have read this NY Times article about Senator Clinton’s difficulties in dealing with her vote to go to war. While others have commented on her disturbing belief in executive authority–which gets awful close to the ‘unitary executive’ concept espoused by the Bush administration, a loyal reader pointed out a very interesting part of the article that I had overlooked.
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Posted in Democrats, Iraq | 5 Comments

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, But Does…

Posted on February 20, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Senator and Republican presidential candidate John “Snuggles” McCain do it? For that matter, evangelicals do it–even before getting married. This makes McCain’s support for abstinence-only sex education even more ridiculous. But let’s talk more about sex, baby.
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Posted in Conservatives, Let's Talk About Sex, Baby, Ninnies | 3 Comments