Daily Blend: Sunday, January 15, 2012

Rep. Peter Palumbo (D-RI)

• Rep. Peter Palumbo ^[pictured] (D-RI) claims “evil little thing” 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist was “coerced by evil people” into getting rid of her school’s prayer banner. Kindly remind him of his loyalties.
  (via @pzmyers)

• Moral Panic of the Day: Super-alcoholic Polish drink might lead to teens doing stupid things (like drinking it)!
  (via The Agitator)

• Creepiest fucking thing I’ve read in ages: Fungus-infested zombie ants. Seriously, nature, are you trying to inspire a Hollywood horror flick?
  (via The Agitator)

• Amazing photos of the half-capsized cruise ship in Italy. Who knew sand could do so much damage?
  (via The Agitator)

• Vox Day brings the Atheist Dictators card (Myth A17) to ever-more facepalm-inducing heights. I’m just half-surprised he didn’t include Hitler.

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Tags: Jessica Ahlquist • Peter Palumbo • Spirytus Rektyfikowany • moral panic • ants • carpenter ant • Ophiocordyceps unilateralis • fungus • Costa Concordia • cruise ships • shipwrecks • Vox Day • atheists • organized atheism • Josef Stalin • Mao Zedong • Ho Chi Minh • Pol Pot • Fidel Castro • Che Guevara • Kim Il-sung