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Sandy Hook "Truthers"

Jan

10

2013

So yeah. This is apparently an actual thing. (ETA: Oh here. Have some more WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE.) I need a kitty right fucking now okay. I mean, I know I shouldn’t be surprised, considering the unceasing plague of 9/11 Truthers and Birthers. Though Birthers (you know, the utter crackpots that are convinced President ...

Abiotic/Abiogenic Oil 1

Apr

8

2011

You know, the stuff I squeeze out of people who ask me what abiotic oil is on Twitter. Today, shortly after I admitted (gasp) to being a geologist, one of the guys on my judging team asked me about abiotic oil, saying that “there’s been some study in Russia about this.” Which I hadn’t heard ...

Watch a conspiracy theory form

Aug

5

2010

Juggle.com examines how a Wired story started trending on Google as a “brain eating vaccine.” It’s interesting to see just how quickly a story can be misinterpreted and then taken on a left turn to Weirdsville – particularly when the inaccurate version of it supports someone’s rather odd fears. Jonah Lehrer, author of the original ...

Cycling our way to a New World Order 4

Aug

4

2010

This is why I love state/local politics. It’s also why I occasionally feel the need to drink cough syrup until I put myself in an uncaring stupor so that the unceasing bombardment of stupid will just stop for a moment. Maes said in a later interview that he once thought the mayor’s efforts to promote ...

More HAARP conspiracy nuttiness

Jan

21

2010

Chavez says US ‘weapon’ caused Haiti quake Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Wednesday accused the United States of causing the destruction in Haiti by testing a ‘tectonic weapon’ to induce the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country last week. And: Venezuelan media have reported that the earthquake “may be associated with the project called HAARP, a ...

A handful of links 2

Jan

18

2010

Abortion and breast cancer: The manufacturversy that won’t die – Orac takes a look at this steaming pile of BS. I remember the last time the awful people with the giant mutilated fetus posters were making life miserable on campus, they were pushing this claim. And seemed very puzzled that I was angry they were ...

The "birthers" as classic conspiracy theorists.

Jul

24

2009

I’ve been hearing a lot about the “birthers” lately, and it’s kind of driving me nuts for a variety of reasons. If you’ve been living under a rock (yay, rocks!), “birthers” are people who believe that President Obama is not actually a natural-born citizen of the United States. They think he was born in Kenya, ...

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