Ben Stein = total Juggalo
Check out Ben “Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place- science leads you to killing people” Stein’s 4th of July commentary (which aired on CBS’s Sunday Morning), in which he informs us that American democracy is now completely free of racism, sexism, discrimination based on economic class, etc. [...]
Friggin’ vuvuzelas, how do they work?
Although I’m not a sports fan (to say the least), I really enjoy the World Cup. At first, the vuvuzelas of DOOOOOM annoyed the hell out of me, but I’ve since become so accustomed to them that I can almost tune them out. And now I know their secret!: (Via Fake Science)
I haz a theory
My new theory: “Cristina Odone” is Bill Donohue‘s sockpuppet. Exhibit A, from her latest column: I talked last night to one of the Catholic Great and Good. He’d been involved, he admitted rather sheepishly, with organising the forthcoming papal visit to Britain. And he despaired: not only because of the ineptitude of the organisers … [...]
Logical fallacy of the day (special billboard edition!)
Well hello there, creepy non sequitur!: Oh, of course! Consuming legal adult pornography turns men into pedophiles who run down the street chasing after small children! What an irrefutably logical claim. *sigh* (I took this photo a few years ago in a small town on the Oregon coast. Note the billboard’s placement: an adult video [...]
LOLZ: Chuck Norris vs. the Secular Student Alliance
I still can’t quite wrap my head around the fact that Chuck Norris has somehow become a “cultural commentator”. Seriously? Chuck frakking Norris? This dude? He’s morphed from an ass-kickin’ action “star” (and “Action Jeans” spokesman!) into a creationist Tea-Partier. His rambling, cranky, and hyper-Christian posts at WorldNetDaily are always hilariously awful, but today’s is [...]
Paul, the octopus oracle
Sadly, no, these aren’t headlines from The Onion: “‘Psychic’ octopus to pick winner of England-Germany encounter!” and “‘Psychic’ octopus predicts Germany victory over England” An octopus in a German aquarium who is said to be psychic has predicted the country’s football team will knock England out of the World Cup. When consulted, Paul the octopus [...]
Every movie should have a Paul Krugman cameo
Permit me to do a little fangirl-ish squeeing: My step-dad and I saw Get Him to the Greek on Father’s Day. The movie was a lot funnier than I expected. Pretty hilarious, actually. And my nerdy heart almost exploded with SQUEE! when Paul Krugman showed up. Dreamy adorable Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman! So [...]
Dr. Laura: saving women from their independence since 1974
Dr. Laura, your ridiculous backwardness makes my head hurt. For those of you lucky enough to be blissfully unaware of her existence: Dr. Laura is an ultra right-wing radio talk show host who offers (terrible) advice to her listeners. She’s 75% Rush Limbaugh and 25% Dear Abby. On her website, she posts letters from her [...]
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