Category Archives: Truth / Half-truths / Damned Lies

Plan B to be available to 17 year olds

By thecodepounder | Published April 23, 2009

Good first step an undoing Reverend Bush’s restrictions limiting the sale of the (non-abortive, sorry, but those are the facts) contraceptive to those over the age of 18.
Associated Press:
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” [...]

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…and starring Bobby Jindal as ‘Two-Face’

By thecodepounder | Published February 24, 2009

I’m sure you’ve all seen governor of Louisiana, “Bobby” Jindal, making the rounds on TV talk shows and news programs talking about how bad the economic stimulus package is, and how he doesn’t think that the same old “tax and spend” is the best solution. I damn well know you’ve all heard how the heroic [...]

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Nate Silver takes on George F. Will

By thecodepounder | Published February 16, 2009

FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver, George F. Will Takes on Science, Loses Credibility:
And yet, according to George F. Will, many scientists were convinced in the 1970s that global cooling was a significant threat to the planet. And if those scientists were so wrong before, why should we trust them when they say that global warming is a [...]

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Ben Stein cancels commencement address amid controversy

By thecodepounder | Published February 5, 2009

Good riddance. Don’t get me wrong, I fully support his right to believe what he wants. But, as Pat Moynihan once remarked, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”
Stein told the Burlington Free Press that he was not “anti-science” as some critics have labeled him.
Yeah, and Archie Bunker never saw [...]

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Mississippi creationists introduce another textbook labeling bill

By thecodepounder | Published January 9, 2009

Come on Mississippi, don’t let fuzzy and wishful thinking rule the day…
Mississippi State Representative Gary Chism (rhymes with jism) introduced the latest idiotic textbook labeling bill, which would require the State Board of Education to place stickers with the following disclaimers on every textbook that includes material on evolution:
The word ‘theory’ has many meanings, including: [...]

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Obama to end 8 years of misinformation in Global AIDS policy?

By thecodepounder | Published November 10, 2008

Drudge Report headline: “Condoms Over Abstinence in Obama AIDS Policy…” I can’t imagine the Drudge Report or it’s usual readers view this as a positive development, but those of us committed to rationality certainly do.
The linked story resides at Bloomberg, Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will reverse [...]

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Palin: It would be nice if they would at least interview me

By thecodepounder | Published October 30, 2008

In an unattributed story at FoxNews.com entitled Win or Lose, Palin Is Not Going Away, the following appears:
Over the last week, Palin’s relationship with the McCain campaign has been the focus of intense scrutiny. In various reporting, she has been described as “rogue”; called a “whack job”; accused of alienating everyone on the McCain campaign [...]

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McCain says Obama will say anything to win

By thecodepounder | Published October 23, 2008

Yeah, well, the guilty dog barks the loudest, Senator McCain.

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Poor Joe

By thecodepounder | Published October 16, 2008

He doesn’t like being the focus:
One week ago, Joe Wurzelbacher was just another working man living in a modest ranch house in Toledo, Ohio, thinking about how to expand his plumbing business. But when he stopped Senator Barack Obama during a visit to his block this weekend to ask about his taxes, he set himself [...]

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McCain needed ’slam dunk’ not ‘damn dumb’ performance

By thecodepounder | Published October 16, 2008

The polls, for what they’re worth–if anything, are in and it looks like pretty much all but the Drudge Poll are showing Senator Obama as the “winner” of last night’s debate.
My take on the debate: who cares? I only watched so that I’d have the proper context to be able to fully understand all the [...]

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…when I happened across a prime example of Christian propaganda

By thecodepounder | Published October 14, 2008

Personally, I don’t see what’s so hard about admitting “I have no substantive evidence to support it, but I believe what I believe.” I mean, it’s not right for me, but hey, rationality isn’t always for everyone either! But, when I do hear something like the above, I can at least respect that someone is [...]

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Putting on Ayers

By thecodepounder | Published October 9, 2008

I read an Op-Ed piece this morning by Gail Collins at the New York Times, Clearing the Ayers. And, it prompted me to do a little digging…
Now, this whole deal puts me in mind of one of George Carlin’s observations — ostensibly an observation on driving, but in reality an observation on human nature:
Have [...]

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