The Smug Baldy Speaks

One of Sylvia Brown’s biggest on-screen blunders, mistakenly telling Shawn Hornbeck’s parents – on camera – that he had been murdered, has now caused a bit of a stir in syndication across the pond. The Ofcom regulatory agency found that ITV’s rebroadcast of the Montel Williams episode in which Sylvia Browne needlessly devastates Hornbeck’s parents [...]

In my ongoing series about how local non-scientists are attempting to make scientific appeals to include intelligent design in public science classrooms in Alabama, I bring you this tidbit that appeared in yesterday’s Mobile Press Register. In letter titled, “Science not beyond error” a minister from a local Church of Christ argued: Herein lies the [...]

Here’s some more for our Republican War on Science file. Or should that be – Idiocy in high places file? Either way, LA Govenor Bobby Jindal demonstrated yesterday that he has no grasp whatsoever of the issues surrounding the establishment of religious dogma under the heading of “Intelligent Design” in our science classes. Here are [...]

John McCain’s got some powerful faith, and here’s where he revises history with his erroneous belief that America was founded upon Christian principles as a “Christian” nation. Never mind the fact that the founding fathers were largely deists, freethinkers, and Quakers. No, John lets his freak flag fly: HT to Les at StupidEvilBastard.com

Sean over at Cosmic Variance hopes, as I do, that Hillary Clinton will stop taking the low road in her attempt to secure her nomination. In the most recent example, Hillary’s support for the ill-conceived gas tax holiday is built upon a foundation of presenting opponents (most importantly, Barak Obama) as elitist and out of [...]

You’re at a party, and the lights are flashing, the music is pumping, and people talking, laughing, clapping, dancing, and then a rumor starts: somewhere, out of sight, someone might have puked. Like a wave it moves through the crowd, touching everyone as they consider, “Oh no, I may be next”, and they swallow nervously, [...]

I saw this comment on a religious blog, and thought I’d give it some more room here. This was made in response to a favorable review of Ben Stein’s movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed: ID isn’t really scientific and its detractors are correct to say so. However, evolution is completely neutered by LOGIC, which needs [...]

In today’s eSkeptic there are not one, but two responses to Ben Stein’s new anti-evolution film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. In the first response, Ben Stein’s Blunder, Michael Shermer recounts his own strange interview for the film, as well as several fabrications, including the one at the film’s opening in which Stein lectures at Pepperdine [...]

ABC News is reporting that the section titled “Family Recipes” on John McCain’s official campaign site also appeared verbatim on the FoodNetwork.com website. The recipes in question – including Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Peas and Mushrooms — were all credited on the website to [...]

Over on the comments on my Sylvia Brown’s 2007 predictions post, Bethany asked this: WHO CARES IF SHE IS FAKE?! WHAT HARM IS SHE DOING?!?!?!?! I almost let this slide, but couldn’t do that in good conscience. You tell me: Most famously, Sylvia tells Shawn Hornbeck’s parents that their child had been murdered. Oops, he’s [...]