The Smug Baldy Speaks

Ohio Election Workers Convicted of Rigging 2004 Presidential Recount
Scientist Develops Caffeinated Doughnuts
Sean Hannity “Explains” “New” Military Strategy to a Four Star General
Bush Praises “Baby Einstein” Quack In SOTU Speech
Microsoft financials: Xbox 360 leads the way
Scum and Villainy on the Internet

Starving Street Children Feast on Meals at World Social Forum
A Snowy Night In Georgia?
Best Condom Ad? (Safe For Work)
Senate Republicans Block Minimum Wage Increase
Dairy Company Introduces Lots-Of-Pulp Milk
Cheney says: US Blunders in Iraq Not Hurting US Credibility
A Look at Muslim Creationists (OK, this one’s old. but it’s still worth a look)

Here’s a nice little clip where Phil Plait (of BadAstronomy.com) interviews “The Amazing” James Randi on the final day of this year’s The Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas.

I didn’t meet either of them at TAM 5, but Phil’s presentation in which he debunked the feeble evidence from so-called “Moon Conspiracy Theorists” was priceless. He […]

Mr. Deity
A Man With A Score To Settle

Magical Thinking

Hmm … Are Racists Less Intelligent?

Vice President Cheney A War Profiteer?

Bush whiffs on Iraq again during the State of the Union

We’re back from Las Vegas and The Amaz!ng Meeting 5 (aka TAM 5), and I must say that if there’s any town in the US that could benefit from having a couple hundred more skeptics descend upon it, it would be this one. Talk about your magical thinking - we were able see many […]

I’m very excited about being able to attend this year’s Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the Amazing Meeting
is a celebration of skeptics and skepticism sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Thinking people travel the world to share a few days of learning, […]

I saw this on StupidEvilBastard.com and it cracked me up pretty well. That, of course, is due to the fact that I’m a true Star Wars geek, and know most of these lines. Anyway, here’s a selection of lines from Star Wars that are improved by using the word “pants”:

I find your lack […]

Millions of Americans are waking today to the reality of President Bush’s LBJ-esque plan to escalate troop levels in Iraq. The rationale for this strategy, which runs counter to the advice of many military planners and the wishes of most Americans, is that this uptick in American military personnel will provide the security needed […]

OK - I’m Will Farrell fan - and here are some of my favorite quotes from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby:

Ricky Bobby: If you ain’t first, you’re last!

Ricky Bobby: Well, I’m the best there is. Plain and simple, when I wake up in the morning I piss excellence.

Texas Ranger: Old man, I’m gonna […]

Occasionally I give Joe Scarborough a hard time, most probably because he supported George Bush so strongly in the past. Now, however, I have to give Joe some credit for coming to the realization that many of us have already had: George Bush is a scary commander in chief.
Joe appears to be […]