Kentucky, home of the Creationist Museum, has the highest cancer death rate in the country — 227 per 100,000 people. It also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers at 25.6 percent.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘science denial’
February 28th, 2015 - 9:20 pm § in Misc.
“We didn’t vaccinate our kids and they’re fine … “
… because he and his wife are home schooling them, so they’re not exposed to germs, says freshman GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, newest member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Andy Lancaster @andylancaster Feb 26 @TheRickWilson Good Lord! 0 replies0 retweets0 favorit[...]
February 16th, 2015 - 4:42 pm § in Uncategorized
BERKELEY BLOG: Climate Change
Is climate change a bulldozer or bullet train? Dan Farber, professor of law | 12/5/13 We’re in the early stages of climate change — just how much depending in large part on whether we control our emissions. But how quickly will this happen? Is it a bulldozer we can dodge or a bullet train that[...]
February 10th, 2015 - 11:20 am § in Misc.
RADICAL REPUBLICANS
Joni Ernst: Vaccines Should Be Outlawed As They “Manipulate Brains,” Make People More Liberal -… Freshman United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) came to the defense of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday, saying vaccines should be investigated and… examiner.com.co[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Jesus’ thumb found .. Pope declares it is a holy relic!
A miracle has occurred! Last year Rio’s iconic Christ statue lost its right thumb tip to a lightning strike. Father Joseph of the Archdiocese of Rio, the church responsible for managing the statue, said then that repairs could be made using a stock of the same stone originally used to [...]
February 5th, 2015 - 4:11 pm § in Uncategorized
Radical Republicans
The Right-Wing Defense of Anti-Vaxxers Brian Tashman for Right Wing Watch Published February 4, 2015 – 8:12am Last year, when Glenn Beck learned that outbreaks of diseases like whooping cough and measles were on the rise due to an increasing number of parents who are refusing to have their chi[...]
January 21st, 2015 - 3:14 pm § in Misc.
BLASPHEMY
CREATIONISM …CLIMATE DENIAL .. FAITH HEALING .. GMO fear … EBOLA PANIC ..VACCINE PANIC ..HEALTH FOOD FADS Maybe not all of this is the problem of the repugnant Republicans but they are dominant. Luddites and scientific deniers have Fox News and their own theme parks. These rogue[...]
January 13th, 2015 - 10:45 am § in Misc.
RADICAL REPUBLICANS
Ted Cruz, Longtime Foe Of NASA And Science, Will Oversee NASA And Science In New Congress Remember when Cruz shutdown trhe government? Clinical trials were suspended at the National Institute of Health.[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 12:17 pm § in Politics
Congress creates its own science
If you don’t like what science says, just pass a law that makes the earth flat. Then it’ll be flat, it’s as simple as that. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/28/1347731/-Steve-Stockman-demands-our-nation-s-scientists-investigate-the-Stockman-Effect?detail=email# [...]