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Michael Crichton's errors worshipped by warming deniers

The Millard Fillmore soap-on-a-rope* started spinning in the shower this morning.  I knew some mischief was afoot. Sure enough, as soon as we turned the gas on to the computer and the screen warmed u… more →

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

Michael Crichton's errors worshipped by warming deniers — 7 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 week ago: The Millard Fillmore soap-on-a-rope* started spinning in the shower this morning.  I knew some misc … more →

Tags: Science, Hoaxes, History, accuracy, Politics, Voodoo science, junk science, ddt, Rampant stupidity

Fred Flintstone waded here: Hoaxsters ready to teach creationism to Texas kids — 11 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: Creationists in Texas claim to have found a stone with footprints of a human and a dinosaur. No, I … more →

Tags: Creationism, Science, Education, Texas, History, accuracy, Public Education, Religion, Texas Citizens for Science

American history denialism

Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: A new outbreak of David Barton has been noted. The Centers for Disease Control offer no help, but y … more →

Tags: accuracy, Education, historic documents, History, History Revisionism, Hoaxes, Politics, Voodoo history

Schadenfreude alert: Turkish creationist gets three-year sentence — 3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: Tape up your face to keep from smiling too broadly, schadenfreude being a sin or close to it. Turkis … more →

Tags: Creationism, Science, Law, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Justice, Books, Biology, censorship

Dangers of creationism: Synapse shutdown — 10 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: One of the ultimate defenses of creationism, once you’ve demonstrated that there is no science … more →

Tags: intelligent design, Evolution, Science, Hoaxes, Education, History Revisionism, ethics, accuracy, Voodoo history

Randy Forbes, you get an "F" in history -- I don't care if you are a Congressman — 9 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: Oy. U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Virginia, wants a resolution designating a week in May as “Ameri … more →

Tags: History, Voodoo history, Politics, Religion, Rampant stupidity, US House of Representatives, plagiarism

Constitution survives Chuck Norris roundhouse kick — 3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 10 months ago: Chuck Norris’s brain waves could be picked up on a transistor radio — nobody knows because he do … more →

Tags: America's Founding, Curricula, History, accuracy, First Amendment, Bill of Rights, Texas Freedom Network, Blog Against Theocracy, Religion

Vox Day, the goad goes on forever* — 2 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. The Right Wing is working hard to make sure tha … more →

Tags: Voodoo history, winston churchill, Politics, Women's rights, Dwight Eisenhower, Rampant stupidity, mythology, ann coulter, Women in Politics

Veterans Affairs will allow inaccurate history — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: At the same time the Cleveland Plain Dealer defended inaccurate history in flag-folding ceremonies, … more →

Tags: History, accuracy, Voodoo history, First Amendment, Patriotism, Flag etiquette, Religion, Veterans

Cleveland Plain Dealer, what's gotten into you? — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: My brothers in journalism at the usually sensible Cleveland Plain Dealer have lost their journalisti … more →

Tags: Flag etiquette, accuracy, Voodoo history, Patriotism, Religion, Rampant stupidity, Separation of Church and State, History, Flag folding ceremony

Right wing flogs the flag: Old whine in old skins — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: Old hoaxes never die. Sometimes they don’t even fade away (making it certain that they are le … more →

Tags: Flag etiquette, U.S. Constitution, History, Voodoo history, Flag ceremony, Politics, Religion, flag desecration, First Amendment

Christian nation hoaxes: Jefferson and the Geneva Academy

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: Chris Rodda has a bee in her bonnet about wacky claims about early U.S. government and Christianity … more →

Tags: accuracy, America's Founding, First Amendment, Heroes, historic documents, History, Religious Freedom, Voodoo history

Writing the history texts: What is history? — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 11 months ago: History textbook controversies abound, really. Just a list to pull some sources together: European … more →

Tags: accuracy, Books, History, History Revisionism, Politics, Textbook Selection, Education, Japan, Korea

Hoax quote collections: Quote mining Hillary Clinton — 26 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 12 months ago: We’re past the political equinox in the political hemisphere (not to be confused with any real … more →

Tags: Bad Quotes, Hoaxes, ethics, Voodoo history, Politics, hillary clinton, hoax quiz, hoax quotes, Dirty Politics

Christian nation trap ensnares John McCain — 45 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Let’s put an end to the silly “Christian nation” notion once and for all. Can we? … more →

Tags: Religious Freedom, First Amendment, Politics, Books, 6th Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State, John McCain, christian nation

Intelligent design: Pigs still don't fly — 3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Encore Post On the road for a day and a half. Here is an encore post from last October, an issue t … more →

Tags: intelligent design, Creationism, Textbook Selection, Bill of Rights, Charles Darwin, Voodoo science, War on Science, Biology, Politics

Take Ben Stein's brain

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Cornelia Dean’s article in the New York Times on September 27 reports that several scientists … more →

Tags: Creationism, ethics, intelligent design, Voodoo science, Ben Stein

Hijacking science in Texas — 4 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: It looks a lot like inside baseball. It’s conducted away from classrooms, while teachers stru … more →

Tags: Science, State school boards, Texas, Textbook Selection, Voodoo history, Science and faith, Politics, Texas Lege, Voodoo science

Franklin Pierce? Wrong hoax, Scholastic — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Maybe Fillmore fans should be offended. Scholastic.com has a section, “Fun Facts to Know about … more →

Tags: Hoaxes, Millard Fillmore, Presidents


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