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The increasingly antiscience Republican candidates

Each candidate on the right is simply scrambling to be even more antiscience than the next. Even the candidates people are calling "moderate" are falling over themselves to appease ... This makes me s... read more

It's Like Totally Different When a Liberal Blowhard Guy Calls a Conservative Woman a Twat!

If I walked up and called Callista a whore, in my own mind the reason I'd be doing it would be to slap Newt in the face. I couldn't be issuing more of a challenge than if I ... But 'tu quoque' is stil... read more

Rep. Peter King's plan for hearings on Muslim 'radicalization' draws criticism from all sides

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has to be hoping that his planned hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims draws as much attention as h... read more

What Republicans Mean When They Compare Climate Change to Religion

Why do the president and others in his administration keep ... Either way, Smith is engaged in the very anti-scientific thinking that he ostensibly derides. “Tu quoque,” says the climate denier, “You, ... read more

BUSTED: Anonymous Uncovers Corporate Proposal to Take Down Wikileaks

This is why our society ... legal and PR cover rather than substantive process. It goes back as far as Vietnam -- it's arguable that it got the upper hand with JFK and Camelot, where propaganda began ... read more

A Defence of Whataboutery. What about the Belhaj Case? What about Erdogan's Turkey?

I thought it was time to write a small article in defence of ‘Whataboutery’, also known as ‘Whataboutism’ or ‘Tu Quoque’ (Thou also [dost this ... when it is dismissed as ‘Whataboutism’. Why, when the ... read more

The (what about) China syndrome

Implicit in this mantra is an admission that any coherent defense of Israel is in short supply—the only “defense” left is to question why this particular bully ... the responsibility to stop it. Far m... read more

After Latino boom, Georgia town's population shifts again

Hispanics aren’t considered a “novelty,” said community leader Jim Baird, but rather, a part of Dalton ... year with more [English for speakers of other languages] students than last year,” she said. ... read more

Hard Drive Containing Ex-IRS Official Lois Lerner’s Emails Reportedly Destroyed. Were There Server Backups?

House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa subpoenaed the hard drive earlier this week, but he’s not likely to get it. Multiple sources tell Politico that the IRS has indicated that the drive was destroye... read more

Politics, Unfortunately

And there are, absolutely, a lot of his voters who are just deeply pissed off, feel that they’ve been patronized and/or ignored over the years, and are ready to go for someone who terrifies and disgus... read more

Here’s what real science says about the role of CO2 as Earth’s preeminent climatic thermostat

But a recent study suggests these northernmost Arctic areas are likely to thaw much sooner than expected. That’s concerning because ... to revision when new evidence comes along. This is why they cont... read more

EXCLUSIVE: White House asked Bill Clinton to talk to Joe Sestak about Senate run

The White House sent Clinton to talk to Sestak because Arlen Specter, constituting the 60th Dem vote in the Senate, was viewed as key to enacting Obama's agenda. The White House maintains that Clinton ... read more