Mark Maynard | ignorance

Bill Nye to battle Ken Ham in epic Flintstone Face-off

By Mark | January 15, 2014

If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you likely know how I feel about Ken Ham, the Australian ex-patriot (and accomplished charlatan) behind the evangelical anti-science group, Answers in Genesis, and Kentucky’s monument to stupidity, which he and his disciples refer to as the Creationism Museum. Well, I know that I’ve said […]

Posted in Church and State, Observations, Other, Religious Extremism, Science, Uncategorized | Also tagged Answers in Genesis, anti-science, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", Charles Darwin, child abuse, Christianity, Clarence Darrow, creationism, Creationism Museum, Creationism Science, debates, dinosaurs, Dinosaurs in Eden, dismantling of public education, Education, evolution, Flintstone Face-Off, Flintstones, Global Warming, HMS Beagle, humans coexisting with dinosaurs, innovation, Ken Ham, Kentucky, Larry Flynt, Rescuing our Kids, Rescuing our Kids from Science, Rumble in the Jungle, Science, the celebration of ignorance, The Planetary Society, threats to public education, Thrilla in Manila, trends in American education, Young Earth Creationism | 44 Comments

Will the Republican party survive the Tea Party?

By Mark | August 4, 2010

Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]

Posted in Environment, Observations, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, American Conservative Union, anti-intellectualism, anti-Semitic, bicycles, Bilderbergers, Bob Inglis, conspiracy theory, Dan Maes, demagoguery, Denver, Federal Reserve, Glenn Beck, GOP, humans as collateral for banks, insanity on the right, Joe Wilson, John Hickenlooper, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, racism, Sarah Palin, Social Security number, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the celebration of ignorance, Trey Gowdy, United Nations | 30 Comments

We all work for Fox

By Mark | March 23, 2010

There’s been quite a bit of good analysis in the wake of the Republican implosion on health care, and the pant-shittingly hysterical psychotic meltdown that accompanied it. I particularly liked what Bob Herbert had to say in his New York TImes op-ed today. Here, for those of you who didn’t see it, is a clip: […]

Posted in Media, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Allison Kilkenny, bigotry, Birthers, Bob Herbert, David Frum, death panels, fear mongering, FOX News, Glenn Beck, John Lewis, Kevin Phillips, Negrophobe whites, Nixon, race baiting, racism, Republican lies, Rush Limbaugh, tea party, Tea Partyfication, teabaggery, the collapse of the Republican party, the hijacking of the Republican party, the southern strategy, the White Disenfranchised Male, Voting Rights Act, weapons of mass destruction | 27 Comments

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