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December 2011

December 05, 2011

The Extremists Roots of the ‘War on Christmas’

As one who has long laughed heartily at the notion of a War on Christmas,...

December 05, 2011

A Friend Needs Help

A friend of mine from CFI - Michigan needs our help. Her mother is dying...

December 05, 2011

Bachmann Passes On Creationist Myths

Michele Bachmann was asked about teaching intelligent design in public school science classrooms in Iowa...

December 05, 2011

TN Tea Party Calls Frank ‘Perverted Sodomite’

Someone from the Tennessee Tea Party responded to news that Barney Frank was retiring by...

December 05, 2011

Freshwater Continues to Lie

For a guy who holds himself out as a paragon of Christian virtue, John Freshwater...

December 05, 2011

School Loses Attempt to Dismiss Ten Commandments Case

A federal judge has rejected a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit filed in Giles...

December 04, 2011

Badass Quote of the Day

From Barney Frank, who announced this week that he will not be seeking reelection in...

December 04, 2011

Cain’s Fake Lie Detector Test

Herman Cain's latest bit of buffoonery -- other than pulling out of the race --...

December 04, 2011

Chopra Apologizes to Dawkins

Deepak Chopra has issued a public apology to Richard Dawkins on Youtube. I have no...

December 04, 2011

Woe To Double Spacers

Count me among those who will gleefully join Farhad Manjoo in his jihad against those...

December 04, 2011

Cain Loses Endorsement to Newt

From the You Can't Make This Shit Up department, a New Hampshire legislator has rescinded...

December 03, 2011

Goodbye Herman Cain

After much build up and flowery nonsense, Herman Cain finally announced that he is suspending...

December 03, 2011

Jon Stewart on Obama’s Godless Thanksgiving

Here's the Daily Show on the religious right's ridiculous outrage over Obama's godless atheist Thanksgiving...

December 03, 2011

Fundie Guerrilla Theater at the Supreme Court

Now that Thanksgiving is over and the mythical War on Christmas has begun, the wingnuts...

December 03, 2011

Gary Glenn: I’m Just Like Reagan

Gary Glenn is running for the Republican Senate nomination to challenge Debbie Stabenow here in...

December 03, 2011

Pointless Airplane Rules

As someone who flies regularly I have always found it absurd when they tell you...

December 03, 2011

Is Today the End for Cain?

Herman Cain has scheduled a "major announcement" in Georgia today and Politico cites sources close...

December 02, 2011

Newt Out-Mitting Mitt

Like Mitt Romney, it seems Newt Gingrich has been on every side of every issue...

December 02, 2011

Kentucky Church Goes Old School Bigot

A church in Pike County, Kentucky has decided to go old school with its bigotry,...

December 02, 2011

Cain Campaign: Most Incompetent Ever?

Jonathan Martin at Politico labels the Cain campaign a "study in ineptitude" and calls it...

December 02, 2011

Behold, the Power of The Gay

It never ceases to astonish me how much power bigots think The Gay has. In...

December 02, 2011

Marc Thiessen’s Delusions

Sometimes I wonder about the Washington Post giving Marc Thiessen a spot on their editorial...

December 02, 2011

Glenn Beck Hearts Michele Bachmann

This is one of those statements that you read now and then and you just...

December 02, 2011

Gingrich: Waterboarding Isn’t Torture

Add Newt Gingrich to the list of Republican presidential candidates -- all but Huntsman and...

December 02, 2011

Santorum Continues to Crusade Against Evolution

Rick Santorum spewed his usual nonsense about evolution during an interview with the editorial board...

December 02, 2011

Why Innocence Won’t Keep You Off Sex Offender List

I have long written about the appalling injustices of sex offender lists, particularly the fact...

December 02, 2011

Farah’s Bigoted Immigration Plan

To no one's surprise, Joseph Farah has joined a growing chorus of wingnuts calling for...

December 01, 2011

Orly Taitz Goes to New Hampshire

Orly Taitz and a group of New Hampshire state legislators went to the New Hampshire...

December 01, 2011

Welcome Richard Carrier

Freethought Blogs has a new voice today and it's a pretty famous one in atheist...

December 01, 2011

Fascist Sheriff Endorses Perry

Fascist Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is endorsing Rick Perry for president, a fact that should...

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