Author: MarkH
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So, how do you like the new look?
I can’t take any credit for it. Nat Geo has transitioned us to wordpress. Please let me know in the comments if there are any problems with the new format or with commenting and I’ll see what I can do to get things up to snuff.
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Is the holocaust denial/climate change denial comparison apt?
Many of the climate change denialist sites have been up in arms by comparisons of climate change denial to holocaust denial. In particular Marc Morano at climate depot has had multiple articles attacking and expressing hysterical outrage at these comparisons. We know they don’t like the comparison, but the question is, is it apt?
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The Ethics of Eating Meat – the New York Times finalists are in
The New York Times has the results from when they posed the question, “is it ethical to eat meat?” The finalists, with one or two exceptions, are quite interesting. Certainly, when it comes to opinions about food, everyone has one, and the judges emphasized the variety of the opinions, and interestingly, the near unanimous belief…
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Humane Watch puts lawyers in cages
In a brilliant parody of the HSUS shelter ads, humane watch has put sad looking lawyers in cages to emphasize that donations to HSUS do not fund shelters. HSUS is like PETA but with deodorant and suits. Hah! I love it. HSUS is PETA. It’s upsetting that this fake charity has co-opted the reputation of…
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Higher US expenditures on cancer patients do not result in improved mortality.
But you’d never know that reading AEI’s highly dubious contribution to the literature in this week’s Health Affairs (lay Reuters article here). Consistent with their free-market solves everything and can do no wrong (cover ears and yell “nananananananana”) attitude towards the broken US healthcare system, they have managed to contaminate the literature with a paper…
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Jennifer Lawrence channels Katniss, says "Screw PETA"
In it’s increasingly bizarre need to inflict it’s animal rights morality on everybody, PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk has criticized Jennifer Lawrence for scenes in Winter’s Bone and the Hunger Games, which show her hunting and eating animals. The actress was dubbed “the coolest chick in Hollywood” by Rolling Stone, and in the magazine’s latest issue she…
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Rest in Peace, Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade, painter of pablum and our nation’s most collected living artist, died on Good Friday. Hmmmm.
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Good News, Max snubs PETA, will give to a local shelter
Maybe my email worked? I got a one sentence reply from Max last night saying he agreed, and today Tucker Max says hellz no to PETA and instead wants to give to a local shelter: I do not agree AT ALL with the mission of PETA. … If we’re talking about what an awful organization…
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The Bigger Pink Slime Problem for Business
In a matter of weeks, activists have been able to assassinate a popular product through a confluence of events: an official labeled it derogatorily as “pink slime,” social media buzz (or anti-buzz), and media attention against the background of Americans’ greater concern about processed foods. Could this happen to other products? Does it relate to…
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No Tucker Max, not PETA!
You may have heard about Planned Parenthood turning down Tucker Max’s 500k charitable donation on the grounds his misogynistic past marred the gift. Now PETA is asking for the donation. Let’s beg him not to do this. Instead of giving money to the dog-killing animal rightsists, how about a donation to pro-test and put a…