How can you tell when the political right has moved too far to the right?

When they start pointing out the sensible aspects of the Nazi platform and the Holocaust, in an effort to criticize Obama.

I wish this were a joke, but this is really what politics in America is like nowadays. House member Paul Broun is a member of the Committee on Science and Technology. And he thinks "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell."

In Canadia, prisoners formerly had access to a variety of chaplains of different faiths. No more. "The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned."

"The minister strongly supports the freedom of religion for all Canadians, including prisoners,” the email states. “However, ( Read more... )

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Dr. Pookie posted it to Lowe's FB page, but it got baleted within seconds. At the same time, pretty awful comments survived... a bit longer before getting deleted, possibly due to Dr. Pookie and others pointing at them. But still, paging back through the 'debate', you can find things like "Lots of Koranimals on here tonight! WOW ( Read more... )

But still in the news:

Hundreds of families who had babies taken from Spanish hospitals are now battling for an official government investigation into the scandal ( Read more... )

Some creationist fulmination or another passed before my eyeballs, and it made me curious about Jesus stomping Satan, which is apparently a thing ( Read more... )

The chemistry set with no chemicals.

Warning! Magnets!

Wingnut Daily story on Abigail Seidman, the daughter of an abortion nurse.
And further interview with Seidman from lifesite news.
Abigail first smoked marijuana at the clinic owner's house at age 15. Drug use within the abortion culture is "quite common," Abigail told me, "particularly marijuana and LSD." Pot was kept at the clinic and "smoked ( Read more... )

OK, the two things...

toren_atkinson mentioned that today marked the release of the DVD of Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series.

Wikipedia informs me that Ookla the Mok is named after my alma mater:
The name Ookla actually comes from University of California, Los Angeles (commonly known as UCLA). Gerber and friend Martin Pasko were having dinner in the ( Read more... )

Calling all artists. SomethingAwful has announced the WTF, D&D!? Fantasy Artwork Contest:

•Pick a monster out of the 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual.
•Draw, paint, or render your monster of choice in any style you choose, erotically ... The funnier and more erotic the better. Graphic pornography will be disqualified. ( Read more... )