Once upon a time, an Oregon sheriff believed in all sorts of weird conspiracy theories, including that the grief of Sandy Hook parents was acting. Then it was his turn to cope with a school massacre. From Mother Jones: “The month after the December 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, Sheriff John Hanlin[...]
Archive for October 2nd, 2015
October 2nd, 2015 - 12:10 pm § in Politics
How to lie with a chart
Republicans are masters of propaganda. This chart was shown to the TV cameras in House hearings aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood. Here’s how they made it look like Planned Parenthood performs more abortions than cancer screenings: &n[...]
October 2nd, 2015 - 10:06 am § in Misc.
40% of Sawant’s Campaign is Funded by People Outside of Seattle!
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October 2nd, 2015 - 9:07 am § in Misc.
Who will get the call tonite?
Jeffrey I. Gordon was selected as a possible Nobel winner for medicine for demonstrating how the microbes that live in our gut (such as the E. coli shown above) have major impacts on our overall health, from our metabolisms to our physiology. Kazutoshi Mori and Peter Walter were selected as potentia[...]
October 2nd, 2015 - 8:53 am § in Misc.
Images of the 21st Century: French Post Cards: 2
SEEMORE OF THE FUTURE, from the fin de siécle.[...]