May 22nd, 2013 by Ed Brayton
On Planet Wingnuttia, where no conspiracy theory is too crazy as long as it discredits Obama, Alan Keyes really should be elected the Grand Poobah or something. In his latest bit of stupid and crazy, he says that Obama is working with the terrorists to destroy America and impose martial law. Read more
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May 22nd, 2013 by Ed Brayton
While most wingnuts are claiming that the IRS scandal is a horrible injustice for which Obama should be impeached, Glenn Beck says the opposite — that the administration deliberately sparked the IRS scandal in order to distract attention away from Benghazi. Hey, whatever works — it can be X and ~X at the same time on Planet Wingnuttia. Read more
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May 22nd, 2013 by Ed Brayton
It’s frightening enough that Ken Cuccinelli won the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia, but the candidate for lt. governor, Bishop E.W. Jackson (not the same as Bishop Harry Jackson, but just as crazy) may be even worse. This may be the single craziest wingnut ticket ever put together. ThinkProgress has a list of some of his greatest hits: Read more
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May 22nd, 2013 by Ed Brayton
Someone on Google+ posted a link to this weird post on a Christian apologetics blog claiming that atheists support the idea of supplying soldiers with “comfort women” — women whose sole job during WW2 for the Japanese was to provide sexual release for the troops. Read more
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May 22nd, 2013 by Ed Brayton
A group of Russian Orthodox thugs took to the streets of Tblisi in the nation of Georgia to threaten gay people and demand strict repression in advance of a planned gay pride event. More than a dozen people were injured. See how familiar this sounds: Read more
Posted in Equality, Religious Authoritarianism, Religious Barbarism | 10 comments