TagsTagsThe most “influential” conservative in America is a race-baiting creationist who mocks H1N1 victims, falls for obvious hoaxes, wants environmentalists to kill themselves, and panders to the Birther movement: Poll: Limbaugh is most influential conservative. NEW YORK – By a wide margin, Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation’s most influential ...
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At Huffington Post, TV talk show host Bill Maher has a very lengthy article trying to explain his anti-vaccination opinions, but it’s more obfuscation than explanation: Bill Maher: Vaccination: A Conversation Worth Having. It’s pretty long-winded and a bit whiny, and amounts to a restatement of Maher’s previous positions, which were ...
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A classic Onionism: Obama’s Declaration Of Swine Flu Emergency Prompts Pro-Swine-Flu Republican Response. WASHINGTON—Claiming that the president was preying on the public’s fear of contracting a fatal disease last week when he declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency, Republican leaders announced Wednesday that they were officially endorsing the swine ...
Wired’s Amy Wallace has an excellent piece on the rise of the idiotic and perilous anti-vaccine “movement:” An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All. Wired also identifies some of the most prominent idiots promoting this bad craziness (but somehow they missed Bill Maher): The Misinformants: Prominent ...
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Bill Maher utterly embarrasses himself in this clip from his “Real Time” show, with ignorant comments about vaccination (yes, Maher is an anti-vaxer) you have to hear to believe. According to Maher, vaccination is not proven to work scientifically. (Do I need to point out how completely false this is?) [Video] ScienceBlogger ...
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Somebody pinch me. I must be having a bad dream. There can’t be this many ignorant anti-vaccination parents playing chicken with the lives of their children: AP Poll: Third of parents oppose swine flu vaccine. ATLANTA – As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than ...
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