Category Archives: OMFGWTFIRL

Activism on Election Day Is Too Late

Conor Friedersdorf doesn’t want to cast a vote for Obama despite doing so in 2008, and the reason can be summed up as “Obama has done things that violate my core principles, especially those principles which motivated me to vote … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Green Lantern Theory, In which I think too much, Living in the real world, OMFGWTFIRL, Self-determination, So how do we fix it?, Stupid Power Tricks Tagged , , , , , ,

To IAmCuriousBlue

If you’re not IAmCuriousBlue, you can the next paragraph, it will be interesting and generally applicable after that, especially if you see yourself as aligned for (or against) a particular ideological group within the Atheist “community.” We’ve known each other … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Deep Thought, Dwama, Living in the real world, OMFGWTFIRL, Self-determination, WTF?

Well Played, Senator Franken.

I’ve been loving how Colbert has been demonstrating the unintended consequences of Citizens United v FEC, but Al Franken has reminded us that he too is a very respectable comedian. Here is the fund-raising letter I received from him today … Continue reading

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Going to the Reason Rally. I may have drunk links for you later.

Really now.

Apparently there is not only a baby Badger out there, said baby Badger has been taken away from me. I would like to offer this message in a bottle: to whoever this child is, please let your mom know I’m … Continue reading

Posted in OMFGWTFIRL, WTF?

Leave a comment here, or e-mail me at [email protected]! Like many of us, I will be in a hotel near the Bethesda Metro Station for most of the weekend, but I’ll be down there at the rally with y’all enjoying … Continue reading

Lies, Damn Lies, and OMFG YOUR PANTS!

So today I’ve been seeing some interesting reads from various Right-leaning websites on an op-ed from Andrew Malcom, a former Press Secretary for Laura Bush. He is talking about a study by Pew titled “Pew Internet Social networking sites and … Continue reading

Posted in Bad Survey Reporting, Dwama, Living in the real world, OMFGWTFIRL

Let me see. I’ve started a new job, which is good, and also challenging. I’m working on a project with sofiarune and skepticalheretic that should make fringeelements nuts. I’m tinkering with this blog and my servers. I’m going to the … Continue reading