Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:29:14 pm
A group of scientific and engineering organizations is trying to get the presidential candidates to commit to a debate on science in America: Quest for Science Debate Continues. As CJR points out, in the last election both John McCain and Barack Obama gave fairly detailed written responses. I have no doubt ...

Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:13:29 pm
Mitt Romney steps outside the Fox News comfort zone tonight (first time in quite a while) with interviews on all the major news channels, and here's his first salvo, at ABC News: Mitt Romney Demands President Obama's Apology, Says He's Not Responsible for Post-1999 Bain Activity. Romney insisted that he ...

Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:08:49 pm
An interesting find on the Bain Capital controversy, from Jed Lewison: Bain Capital Press Release Described Romney as 'Part-Time' in July, 1999. A July 19, 1999 press release distributed on behalf of Regan Communications and Bain Capital described Mitt Romney as the "Bain Capital CEO" and said he was "on ...

Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:21:47 pm
One of the big questions about Mitt Romney's association with Bain Capital is answered by his own 2002 testimony: Mitt Romney's Own 2002 Testimony Undermines Bain Departure Claim. WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's repeated claim that he played no part in executive decision-making related to Bain after 1999 is false, according ...

Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:01:58 pm
Fortune's Dan Primack has some new documents from Bain Capital that he says support Mitt Romney's version of the events around his departure from Bain: Documents: Romney Didn't Manage Bain Funds. Fortune has obtained new evidence that supports Romney's version of events. Bain Capital began circulating offering documents for its seventh ...

Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:39:42 pm
Remember the Tea Party -- that reactionary right wing movement that helped lead the Republican Party into the fever swamp of madness? Well, in places like Tennessee they found especially fertile ground, and that state's Teabaggers are demanding that school textbooks leave out America's history of slavery. A little more than ...

Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:30:53 pm
YouTube Video As we noted yesterday, in his comments to a GOP committee meeting, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai let slip the real reason for Republican-sponsored Voter ID laws; his exact quote: “Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations – in 22 years, ...

Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:02:16 am
You can find the complete text of the Texas Republican Party's 2012 platform here. Reading through it, here are some of the best bits: 2. The sanctity of human life, created in the image of God, which should be protected from fertilization to natural death. ... 7. Having an educated population, with ...

Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:44:25 pm
Louisiana is embarking on a great fundamentalist adventure with Gov. Bobby Jindal's wide-ranging school voucher program, which diverts state education funds to primarily religious private schools -- many of whom will be teaching a curriculum designed by the most extreme and fanatical Protestant religious groups in America: Louisiana Voucher Students ...

Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 6:38:33 pm
Oh sure, you may be jaded and tired of hearing about the Communist plot to pollute our precious bodily fluids, but are you ready for the MIND-BENDING HORROR of America's Marxist Picnic? And on Father's Day, no less? The evil. The sheer evil. I could go on and on. These oft-cited ...

Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:35:15 am
In an interview with the Weekly Standard, Mitt Romney admits he's being deliberately vague about his plans for sweeping cuts to federal programs, because if he gets specific he would lose the election. One of the things I found in a short campaign against Ted Kennedy was that when I ...

Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:48:22 am
YouTube Video Fraud Christopher Monckton goes birther and Heartland tries to get into classrooms, while sponsors flee. Heartland Education initiative [Link: www.shawnotto.com...] leaked budget describing education initiative [Link: shawnotto.com...] 2012 Heartland Bud... Tennessee "Monkey" Law- Scientific American [Link: www.scientificamerican.com...] Louisi ana Science Education Law [Link: video.msnbc.msn.com...] [Link: arstechnica.com...] Joe Camel is Innocent! [Link: climatecrocks.com...] [Link: heartland.org...] Heartland Smoker's Lounge [Link: heartland.org...] Joe Bast's Love Letter to ...

Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:48:49 pm
Mitt Romney was on the defensive today at an education roundtable in Philadelphia, trying to tell teachers that smaller class sizes are less important than "school choice:" Romney Defends Class Size Stance to Teachers. (CNN) - Mitt Romney, who is spending this week promoting a plan for America's public school ...

Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:15:51 am
Rex Nutting of MarketWatch posted this very interesting debunking of a persistent right wing myth: Obama Spending Binge Never Happened. Here are the facts, according to the official government statistics: • In the 2009 fiscal year — the last of George W. Bush’s presidency — federal spending rose by 17.9% from ...

Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:43:22 pm
Text of the Platform here First off, they decide to disregard any Supreme Court decisions they disagree with: We disagree with Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton as 'settled law.' Under the Tenth amendment, these Supreme Court decisions have no authority over the states. They're on board with nullification: We ...

Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:34:33 am
In a way, it's kind of sad to see what the right wing blogosphere has turned into. But also kind of hilarious. Remember when Andrew Breitbart used to beg conservatives not to indulge the Birther conspiracy theory? (While, at the same time, appearing at speaking events with well-known Birthers?) Well, with Andrew ...

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:09:36 pm
On the Stephen Colbert show, here's young earth creationist Don McLeroy, the fanatic appointed to the Texas State Board of Education by Rick Perry, and subject of many a post at LGF. Weep for the future of America, because McLeroy's stunning anti-science ignorance may seem extreme, but it's not unusual ...

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:46:57 am
We should be grateful to people like Florida's far right Tea Party Governor Rick Scott, who make it exceedingly clear that the Republican Party's war on women is very, very real: Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds for Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) ...

Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:47:00 pm
In the wake of John Derbyshire's racist article at Taki's magazine and subsequent dismissal from National Review, I have just learned (via @silviobreckman) that another National Review writer, Robert Weissberg, appeared at the annual American Renaissance gathering alongside white supremacist and Political Cesspool radio host, James Edwards. Robert Weissberg (left) alongside ...

Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:07:41 am
Meanwhile in Tennessee, Republican Governor Bill Haslam has announced that he'll "probably" sign a right wing bill protecting teachers who tell their students that evolution and global warming are not real: Anti-Evolution 'Monkey Bill' Poised to Become Law in Tennessee. Although the bill is written to seem benign, as it ...

Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:09:14 am
[Link: www.thedailyshow.com...] Al Madrigal travels to Arizona, where the powerful evidence of hearsay convinced the Tucson school board to ban Mexican-American studies programs. Video Is it any wonder that there's a recall effort underway to remove Michael Hicks from the TUSD school board? Here's one place you can read more about Michael ...

Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:18:02 pm
In a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Rick Santorum proves again that he is probably the dumbest, most determinedly ignorant right winger ever to run for President, with an attack on evolution and global warming that's absolutely breathtaking in its mindless hostility toward science: The Elephant in the Room: Challenging ...

Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:26:22 am
DERPJim Hoft, the "GatewayPundit," has long been known as the Internet's Dumbest Wingnut. But lately he's been competing for the title of Internet's Most Dishonest Wingnut too. Today the right wing religious fanatic is furiously trying to claim that the former public relations director of the San Diego Tea Party, Michael ...

Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:20:15 am
I continue to be amazed and appalled at the right wing's ongoing vicious attacks on law student Sandra Fluke, who had the audacity to testify before Congress while female. For one example out of many, here's Ryan Dobson, son of religious right bigwig James Dobson, with yet another disgusting sexist attack: ...

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:31:02 am
As recently revealed in the leaked documents from the Heartland Institute, the climate change denial front group (with financial aid from energy industries) is producing a "global warming curriculum" for public schools, to indoctrinate children with the false notion that climate science isn't settled, and that there's nothing to worry ...