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[edit] What is going on?

[edit] December 2008

[edit] November 2008

4
 Some Texans want to secede from the US. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, guys. (This letter might not be for real, but these bozos seem to be.)

7
 It's not just US cloggers who like to get a bit extreme and blame everything on atheism. (With thanks to Ariane for bringing this up.)

6
 Daniel Henninger isn't the only one who seems to be dropping acid at the Wall Street Journal. Check out these whoppers: "The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace" and "Why I'll Miss President Bush". Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald comments on both. (The former more than the latter.)

11
 Daniel Henninger blames the global financial meltdown on the War on Christmas.

1
 Homosexuality is like a deer tick. Thanks Julie! That explains it. If your sexual orientation offends thee pluck it out!

7
 Thomas Fleming makes your head explode when he describes Obama as an "enemy of anything good that has ever been done in this country or this civilization". Do I smell a closet racist? (Oh, I'm sorry, they like to call themselves "paleoconservatives" these days.)

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7
 The white supremacist right are fairly into Dungeons and Dragons. Y'see, the problem is, dark elves are black ...[Warning: link to Stormfront: NSFW]

15
 Do you or any of your relatives support Obama? Yes? NO CANDY FOR YOU!

12
 He's not a clogger himself, but jhubert has gathered the Best right-wing sulks he could find, for all your Liberal Schadenfreude needs!

11
 Wow, it's only Obama's second day as President Elect and Ann Coulter is already in danger of complete mental breakdown Experts with Rationalwiki predict a padded room in her near future.

4
 God calls Kent Hovind a nut. Hey, He said it, we didn't.

2
 Objectivist dingbats plan on "Going Galt" and "retreating from society" to show the Evil Communists who's REALLY the "Productive Class". Don't let the door hit ya where the dog shoulda bit you...

8
 Obama's grandmother dies: very sad, but isn't the timing suspicious?

[edit] October 2008

8
 Wow, it's only Obama's second day as President Elect and Ann Coulter is already in danger of complete mental breakdown Experts with Rationalwiki predict a padded room in her near future.

9
 Not only is Barack HUSSEIN Obama a Communist, the Antichrist, a Muslimofascist infiltrator, a foreigner, a mind-controlling supervillain, and the leader of a coven of curse-throwing Kenyan witchdoctors, he's ALSO the illegitimate son of Malcolm X. The man sure gets around.

3
 ZOMG Obama is Stalin! And he's black! AAAAAAAAAAA!!!1!!1!eleven!

4
 Ann Coulter, showing the massive intellect that only she can, reminds us that "racial bias crimes are almost always hoaxes." She might have a decent argument if the FBI hadn't just released statistics saying "More than half of the 9,527 victims of hate crimes committed in the United States last year were attacked because of their race, and seven out of 10 of those victims were black Americans"

1
 Sometimes the classics are the most enjoyable. Both Michelle Malkin and Brent Bozell devote their weekly editorials to reports on the infamous Pro Obama Media. Bozell even has rock hard evidence. His own MRC.... No bias there.

6
 Words fail on this "Yes on Prop 8" video.

2
 Something we hadn't thought of: Is America having a bad hair day?, Julie wonders and then replies to her own question with a cursory attempt to make the obvious connection between hair, national identity, demonic possession and Frasier.

10
 Barack Hussein "Tarzan" Obama wants to steal Xmas Christmas!: In this People interview, Barack and Michelle Obama said that they don't give their daughters birthday presents. However, they implied that they do give their daughters Christmas presents from Santa Claus. Naturally, some wingnut pastor named James David Manning started shouting from his pulpit that they don't give Christmas presents. Ergo, President Obama will ban Christmas! And just in case his sermon didn't scare enough wingnuts, he made this video where children from his congregation beg people to save Christmas by voting against Obama!

17
 Just in time for Halloween, Focus on the Family has issued a 16 page PDF horror tale called "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America". Among the "scary" future events: Justices Kennedy and Scalia have joined Justices Stevens and Ginsburg in retirement; all heterosexuals are second-class citizens; the U.S. military has been withdrawn from Iraq; universal healthcare; reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine; and (GASP!!!!!!!) Bush Administration officials are being prosecuted for war crimes! Oh, the humanity!

8
 Barack Obama: The President who stole Christmas! Watch it through till the end to catch the children video Christmas cards.

6
 "Crazy Tracy" stars in This is Why America Is Broken (YouTube, originally from "Now on PBS").

6
 There are no words to describe the sheer stupidity of these top ten lists. Bonus points for the Argumentum ad Nazium though

3
 Pat Buchanan give an depth analysis of Colin Powell's endorsment of Obama: He's black.. DUH

6
 Research into possible republican VP candidates was done at... Wikipedia[1] "Brickley, a self-described “obsessive” political junkie who recently graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, told me that he began by “randomly searching Wikipedia and election sites for Republican women.”"

6
 Barack Obama, super-villain extraordinaire, is winning the election through his mastery of mass hypnosis (PDF warning).

3
 Think you're safe from evil spirits just because you're a Christian? Think again. Have you checked your lawn ornaments?

3
 Welcome to movie review with PTC founder L. Brent Bozell III. Sadly, this show is not destined to last. In the words of one Fox exec: "My god, the bastard hates everything."

10
 Do you believe in Evolution? Here's a handy check list showing how that conflicts with YEC.

3
 Just in case anyone thought the whole "Obama is not a US citizen" fiasco died down this summer the right-wingers are still thumping it loudly everyday and have introduced new lawsuits.

8
 Liberals talked of moving to Canada in 2000 and 2004 when Bush won, conservatives talk about buying guns, secession, and reading up on insurgency tactics after Obama wins.

7
 Fanatical anti-Obama website says hello to Godwin's Law.

2
 DaveScot of UncommonDescent obviously doesn't know the difference between weather and climate. However he does give us the most ironic quote of the year: "We have a keen nose for bogus science here, folks."

7
 Obama wins -- Heartland Republic secedes the ravings of a lunatic show why 40 percent of this country will never vote for Obama and why we wouldn't want them.

2
 In part two of Demonic Awareness Month, Julie wishes for an X-ray machine for demons.

2
 Oh no! The election is over McCain wins! Hand writing analysis and astrology never lie!.

5
 There is a power behind Obama! Could it be.....Satan?.

1
 In delightfully nutty post worthy of a cheesey horror novel Julie declares October Demonic Awareness Month and bookends her post with fart jokes, one concerning "silent but deadly demons" and the other, you guessed it, Kangaroos.

[edit] September 2008

10
 So after religious leaders everywhere put their tax exempt status in danger by promoting candidates at the pulpit, the creationist response is to call for the silencing of scientist and journals because they get grant money.

3
 Fascinating display of innumeracy at Newsbusters: an AOL internet poll is being touted as far more scientific than any of those pollsters. Do not miss the comment section either, these people are clueless!

2
 Meet Randy, or should I say, Peter Pan.

[edit] August 2008

6
 Let's arrest Obama, he disresecting(sic) us all by not properly saluting the flag! (One, the "law" cited is probably unconstitutional. Two, nobody in this picture is exactly "standing at attention.")

8
 God is totally stoked about bridges.

-1
 Faux Christian Julie takes the low road concerning Barak(sic) Obama's lipstick gaffe and reveals that the best reason to vote against Obama is that foreigners like him more than McCain.

6
 A Discovery Institute fellow asks, "What does being president have to do with evolution?" Maybe the ability to reach conclusions from evidence rather than on poor assumptions and hunches?

2
 In a wonderful example of a blog costumed as a legit editorial, Gerard Baker spins so fast he nearly blacks out from the G-forces

4
 Ooh! In an apparent response to the close of the Democratic convention Julie gives us a wonderfully incohorent rant in which we learn, among other things, democrats wants to kill babies with downs syndrome and Michael Moore also, apparently, hates black people or something . . .

1
 Craig Smith, co-admin of the Blogging Tories, muses that maybe eugenics isn't a bad idea, if you sell it right.

2
 The photo shopped delusions of a deranged kook planning a hunger strike next month in DC. Spots are still open to join him sign up today!

13
 This just in:"Condom's" are not effective versus demons. According to sex-obsessed Julie, you still need crucifixes and garlic or whatever to guard your bloomers from demonic attacks.

0
 Is the Pope a "confirmed bachelor?" Julie wonders . . . Julie hints

7
 Are illegal immgrants causing global warming? We report. You ridicule decide.

10
 Oh my... just look what is going on in the CAMosphere! We might have a new toy to play with.

4
 Denyse O'Leary rains down fireballs on a fool who dared to suggest that Intelligent Design wouldn't replace all known evolutionary theories in the near future. And... draws cartoon glasses his photo? Let's not rule it out...

3
 Text of a statement read in court has been released whereby an anti-government kook earns himself an extra 10 years for insulting the judge moments before sentencing.

3
 Don't look in your mirror when driving. You might might be in a UFO car chase! (12 August 2008)

2

Want 'mericans to discuss Sharia law? "Q(sic) weird Muslim music please." But debating the the precise composition and truth of various cuts off the body of Christ is obviously something everyone should do. BONUS: But that's not mysticism!

6
 A look into Kent Hovind's hobbies from behind bars: writing creepy creationist fairy tales.

6
 Here's what is evidently the big "Obama may be is the anti-christ" blog.

4

Julie rambles on about the existence of one "true faith" and not being fooled by the many "untrue faiths". It's no surprise that the unassailable truth, as Julie sees it, turns out to be whatever she says it is.

3
 What's just as bad as torturing Chinese Christians for owning Bibles? Liberal activist judges, that's what! Once your head hurts from reading that, read a rebuttal (self promotion warning) (6 August 2008)

6
 Memo to spelling bee champion Jinxmchue: If you can't spell rememberence, remembrance correctly in your own blog then don't criticize others for simple transpositional typos. (See right-hand sidebar: IN REMEMBERENCE).

3
 Anti-atheist Freudian psychology? Apparently atheism can only be explained by one's relationship with their father.

0
 An obscure little book The Darwin Conspiracy promotes the tale that Charles Darwin stole his theory of natural selection.

4
 Letters to the editor are always gold mines for clog hunting as we see here: apparently Stephen Jay Gould was a creationist.

[edit] July 2008

1
 A funeral for the Libertarian party. Offered without further commentary.

2
 Opening scene of the new Ron Paul delegate DVD spam bonanza is now available! The plan: mass mail every Republican national delegate a DVD telling them to "unbind" from John McCain and vote for Paul!

2
 The Cola Campaign "where everyone can vote and buy their way to victory." The Ron Paul campaign is taken this very seriously and has put out a call to beat Barack Obama once and for all!

1
 Hurry before it is sold out! Ron Paul is holding his own national convention in St. Paul, tickets are sold for the adorable price of $17.76.

0
 ID'ers proclaim (again) that carnivorous plants are irreducibly complex blatantly ignoring scientific evidence.

9
 Phyllis Schlafly pontificates about Obama's suggestion that Americans should speak more than one language. Obviously he hates America and wants to destroy it. This post includes a surreal moment in which Phyllis asserts that bilingual education is "known as language apartheid". (July 23, 2008)

0
 Failed presidential candidate Ron Paul still knows how to fleece the True BelieversTM -- even if you can't show up to his events, you should buy commemorative tickets anyway!

0
 Jason Gerhard, convicted of bringing weapons and explosives to help fugitive tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown kill federal agents, was not helping fugitives from justice but fugitives for justice. Yes threatening to be the next Ruby Ridge and Waco is what justice is all about.

6
 Drum roll please! The Intelligent Design Undergraduate Research Center has announced the 2008 Annual Casey Luskin Graduate award! The winner is: Anonymous! Congratulations Anonymous on this fine award. The fact that the ID award is going to a history major (and that it is, quite tellingly, named after a lawyer) bodes well for the future of intelligent design scientific research!

1
 Evangelical Catholic and media hound Bill Donohue responds to the PZ Myers throwing away of the cracker/symbol/Jesus by exemplifying turning the other cheek and asking for him to be heavily sanctioned. This of course is just par for the course for Donohue. UPDATE:Donohue continues his hissy fit after Myer's university refuses to draw the pound of flesh.

3
 Creationists look for evidence of a Global flood on ... Mars!?! Apparently God was unhappy with the Earthlings and the Martians.

1
 The bad old south is alive and well in Jesus Landtm where racism is kind of cute and Julie still hasn't figured out what "macaca" means. Hint for Julie This is sort of tricky, but there is this thing called Google. Type the word into the little box, press "search" and read the first couple results. (July 15 2008)

-1
 According to Julie, Jesus so loved the world that he is going to send all non Christians straight to hell. At least she has stopped talking about devils in her bloomers. (July 1, 2008)

1
 Poe's Law in action, or deliberate parody? Shelley the Republican. (Parody. See how many scientific errors you can find per paragraph.)

-1
 You don't need a priest to cast out demons! That's only in the movies. All you need is Julie's simple five step plan (and the mind of a child). BONUS: Home prisons for wayward relatives are understandable -- and a little funny.

2
 Fret not. Enjoy the pool. God told Julie that the horrors of the world are not his fault. Then he asked her to rub sun screen on his back. (June-12-2008)

2
 This just in: Some white people ARE racist. (June-10-08), though Julie doesn't know any personally . . . she's not counting racism directed against indigenous people or Julie's "Muslims Neighbors". That's simple common sense.

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