Daily Blend: Monday, January 14, 2013

Julie Burchill

Carnival of insanity: Wyoming Republicans push blatantly illegal bill to hypothetically imprison federal agents who try to enforce gun control laws.
(via Joe. My. God.)

Oldie but goody: Economist thoroughly debunks several myths about Canada’s socialized healthcare system. (No, doctors and Canadians don’t think the U.S. system is better.)

Professional asshat Julie Burchill ^[pictured] flames out spectacularly against “vociferous transexual lobby” – aka “bunch of dicks in chicks' clothing” – for criticizing her friend’s transphobic rhetoric. What is it with this pervasive hatred of MtF folk amongst some feminist ranks?
(via @ggreenwald; original Observer article since retracted)

Another debunking of the brazen lie about there supposedly being no global warming for 16 years.

Meanwhile, Vox Day still loves flogging the necrotic equine of confirmation bias and blatant bullshit.

But then, what else to expect from a guy who actually thinks the Canadian government is “preemptively ban[ning] sexbots” – because of feminists’ “pursuit for gender equality”?

Canadian parents are apparently quite fond of quackery.

And finally, church signs are so useful for revealing exactly which attitudes are encouraged:
(via Joe. My. God.)

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