Blogs Posts on "Stupidity"

Just Don’t Look at My Liver by MacDoctor on Nov 20, 2009Sometimes you just shake you head in wonder at the complete pointlessness of some research… There is a prime example in the Herald today which declares Heavy drinking can cut risk of heart disease, says study. Drinking a bottle of wine a day, o...

Heresy Corner has lost it by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 19, 2009Yes, OK, I know that this is a guest post but that doesn't alter the fact that when your article starts out with something that's totally wrong, it really doesn't help the credibility of the rest of the post.It was a Nobel prize-winning Swedish chemi...

Religion Makes You Stupid by Aletorro's Blog on Nov 17, 2009Recently - and as silly as the source is - I was playing a video game called Too Human, which deals with the Norse Mythology (Thor, Odin, Baldur). While I was playing I couldn't help think that: "Oh my God, people used to believe all this crap." As s...

Son of a gun! by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 14, 2009One of the things that I have consistently maintained is that the criminal law should be reserved solely for those who have done harm to others—not potential harm. Indeed, under a libertarian government, the only criminal law should be...No person...

Office What? by Martin's Musings on Nov 13, 2009Walmart and Target. I never have had a problem getting the two confused. If there is a Walmart at a specific spot, I know it’s a Walmart. I don’t go around forgetting whether it is a Walmart or a Target. The same example applies to McDona...

Osler and Phillips: two prats in a pod by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 13, 2009The lovely Bella Gerens has a long, comprehensive and detailed fisking of an article by Mad Mel Phillips—loony, Christian, illiberal nutjob—and a post by David Osler (barking mad, illiberal, Communist bigot).The whole thing is well worth a read,...

The Blight of Racism by MacDoctor on Nov 13, 2009The editorial in the Weekend Herald this morning makes the common and fundamental error that there are degrees of racism. Racial discrimination does real harm when it is practised by members of a race with power, usually a democratic majority. When d...

Flaming Obama Statue Heralds End of the World, See Revelation 13 by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 13, 2009Why? From here: U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Beijing, China on Sunday, November 15 and in preparation for the event, Chinese artist Liu Bolin constructed and then set alight his eerily evocative “Burning Man Obama” scul...

100% Pure Drivel by MacDoctor on Nov 13, 2009The Guardian has an article from their resident marxist environmentalist, Fred Pearce, that has the cheek to slag off New Zealand as not being very green because of the UN report on our emissions record. Depressingly the NZPA repeats his drivel, inst...

From Fall to Green by Martin's Musings on Nov 12, 2009Fox News Channel busted by Daily Show host John Stewart for manipulating clips used to cover a anti-healthcare reform rally on Capital Hill last week. Absolutely pathetic, but I’m sure it happens all the time, and not only with Fox News.