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Anti-science Republicans and their vision for the future of America

By Mark | November 11, 2010

A few days ago, I was jumping around the web, reading the news, when a comment that someone had left after an article caught my attention. A woman had asked what the Republican endgame was. She wanted to know where, if we stopped resisting and allowed them to lead us, the Republicans would take us. […]

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Global warming can’t be real, because it is written that only God can make the oceans rise and kill us

By Mark | March 29, 2009

If you can believe it, that’s Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois addressing the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment a few days ago. It’s an incredible piece of footage. The Congressman actually argues that global warming can’t be real because, the Bible is clear – “The earth will end only when God declares its time […]