One of the things I haven’t touched on much here at the blog is the NECSS conference disinviting Richard Dawkins, who was supposed to be their keynote speaker. This came after Dawkins retweeted a video that compared radical feminists to Islamists in their approach to squelching any criticism of them (which, for the record, I think both do). The NECSS conference, without consulting Dawkins about the content of his tweet, simply disinvited him from their conference. I thought it was... Read more
They say that bravery isn’t the absence of fear, it’s persistence in the face of it. This is pretty fucking brave: A Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic reopened on Monday, seeing patients nearly three months after a deadly shooting rampage at the facility left three people dead and nine wounded. “Today, we opened our doors in Colorado Springs. We didn’t back down. We didn’t disappear. We returned, stronger and with more conviction than ever,” the clinic said in a statement. The... Read more
Oh boy, this one’s gonna need some back story. If you just want to hear the song, skip to the bottom. Remember when the Vatican said they were going to crack down on child-raping priests (but would be fighting any police efforts to crack down on them unless legally forced to do so), and then the UN said the Vatican was failing at it, and then the Vatican responded by essentially saying they were only going to crack down on child rape in the Vatican, but... Read more
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The caption on the photo read: “Pudding” is a resident Fox at the National Fox Welfare Society, as he’s too friendly to be released back to the wild. Here’s Pudding: View post on imgur.com Read more
Mary Lou Bruner (R-eally doesn’t like Obama) is running for the State Board of Education in Texas. Among her other questionable positions… …she believes Obama has a soft spot for gay people because he spent some time in his 20s as a male prostitute: Mary Lou Bruner (shown above with Rafael Cruz) is one of three Republicans vying for the District 9 seat on the 15-member State Board of Education, which has consistently made national headlines as an ideological battleground... Read more
Alex Jones has made an “emergency transmission” (from his office) about how it looks like Antonin Scalia was murdered and speculating on who might be next: In an “emergency transmission” to his Facebook fans today, conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones floated his suspicions that the late Justice Antonin Scalia was “murdered,” just like conservative activist Andrew Breitbart. … “You just get used to this, ‘Scalia found, it’s natural, nothing going on here, he just died naturally,’” Jones said. “And... Read more
It’s commonplace for newspapers to endorse a candidate for President. Sadly (by which I mean hilariously) Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas, has so far failed to acquire an endorsement from any major newspaper based in… …Texas: As the March 1 Texas primary election quickly approaches, major newspapers across the state have started commending candidates for president. So far, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t doing well; neither is Republican front-runner Donald Trump. The Dallas Morning News failed to give its... Read more
What’s the deal with places called Chino Valley? The FFRF is in an ongoing lawsuit against the Chino Valley, CA school system since late 2014 over school board meetings opening with bible readings and more (and the FFRF will probably win considering the system already has one instance of failure to appear). Now it appears that lawmakers in Chino Valley, AZ are inviting the same fate: Chino Valley Mayor Chris Marley said he’s drawing a line in the sand and the Town Council backed... Read more
Rep. Mark Formby (I’ll let you guess his political party, but it rhymes with Bepublican) has introduced a bill in Mississippi that would permit the teaching of creationism in public schools until a Dover-like trial put a stop to it: House Bill 50 “encourages students to explore scientific questions” and allows teachers to discuss “weaknesses” in the approved curriculum. Funny story: it’s not for high school science teachers and 9th graders getting their first test of the scientific basics to... Read more
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