Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:06:34 am
Yesterday in Texas, the State Board of Education, packed with Republican creationists and “social conservatives” by Governor Rick Perry, voted to take Texas schoolchildren back into the Dark Ages. Kids in Texas public schools will no longer be taught about one of the greatest political philosophers in American history, Thomas Jefferson. ...

Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:41:11 pm
A Catholic preschool in Boulder Colorado has refused to admit a child with gay parents. What can you even say about an appalling story like this? Punishing the innocent doesn’t seem like something Jesus would have approved of. BOULDER, Colo. — A preschooler is caught in the middle of a fight ...

Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:50:02 pm
In the latest example in a long line of dishonest attempts to smear the science of climate change, one of the main critical witnesses in the UK Parliament’s hearings on the CRU email leaks is a shill for the oil and gas industries. And of course, he didn’t disclose this fact ...

Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:13:27 am
I’ve written several times about the striking similarity between the tactics of creationists and climate change deniers, and about the recent efforts by creationists to use the phony controversies over global warming to legitimize their silliness. So this story by Leslie Kaufman in the New York Times comes as no ...

Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:15:13 am
Here’s a surprise from the Middle East: the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef spied for Israel for more than ten years. The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide ...

Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:36:58 pm
This month, the two main Ron Paul-related websites (“Campaign for Liberty” and “The Daily Paul”) both published eulogies for author Eustace Mullins, who recently died at the age of 86. The Daily Paul’s version: Eustace Mullins Passes On. Legendary author of scores of books and pamphlets demolishing the lies of ...

Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:44:41 am
The New York Times has a disturbing article about the far right conservatives in charge of the Texas State Board of Education, and their outrageous attempt to manipulate curriculum development and textbook production for public schools. The social conservatives appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry (including infamous young earth creationist Don ...

Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:28:19 am
During the 2008 Presidential election one of my main concerns about Barack Obama was that he would take a soft line toward the Hamas terrorist gang. And there were reasons to be concerned; to name just a couple, Obama was closely acquainted with several well-known Palestinian advocates in the US, ...

Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:00:59 am
The Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy has obtained an English translation of the newly revised Fatah charter: OSC Translates the 2009 Fatah Charter. And there are some interesting changes in the new document; while it still calls for revolution and “struggle,” and refers several times to the “enemy” ...

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:35:59 pm
Only audio tapes for a long, long time now. Why does Al Qaeda think it’s safe for Ayman al-Zawahri to appear on video but not the kingpin himself? Report: New bin Laden tape emerges. (CNN) — A new audio tape allegedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claims responsibility ...

Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:11:18 am
Muslims, Arabs, and Nigerians in the Detroit area held a demonstration yesterday outside the courthouse where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arraigned, to speak out against terrorism. Major LGF kudos to them. Detroit — Muslims, Arab-Americans and Nigerian-Americans stood together Friday outside the federal courthouse downtown to speak out against terrorism ...

Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:40:18 pm
A few minutes ago, Little Green Footballs recorded its … eight millionth comment. Woo hoo! Woot! Ow ow ow! Yowza! Give it up! Make some noise! Eight million! Yeah! And believe it or not, the person who posted the eight millionth comment was … yours truly. Here it is, comment #8,000,000. I wish ...

Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:36:42 pm
They laid low for more than a year, waiting for attention to go elsewhere, but the Louisiana Family Forum and right wing Republican legislators are now poised to use Louisiana Governor (and part time exorcist) Bobby Jindal’s stealth creationist bill to sneak the teaching of this anti-science doctrine into public ...

Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:40:02 pm
Gateway Pundit (Jim Hoft) is giddy with praise for the “Bulgarian media,” because they picked up on his disgusting homophobic smears of Obama’s education minister Kevin Jennings: The State-Run Media Won’t Touch It… But Bulgarians Not Afraid to Report on Jennings Fistgate Scandal. Hoft thinks the American media are deliberately ignoring ...