Indiana creationism bill passes Senate–Intelligent Democrats creatively amend it
This is part of a long multi-part series on the Republican state legislatures in the USA pushing religious teaching into public schools in clear violation of the US Constitution’s Establishment Clause....
View ArticleCreationism legislation–Indiana update
The right wing push to subvert the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution has been put on hold in Indiana. According to the Indianapolis Star, Indiana’s creation science bill is dead ....
View ArticleWashington allocates money for whooping cough outbreak
As discussed previously, the state of Washington is experience a relatively large outbreak of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis), with 1,132 cases of whooping cough so far in 2012, which the state...
View ArticleAmericans believe that dinosaurs lived with humans
Shocking news once again–a new Gallup poll claims that the rate of acceptance of evolution in the United States is “essentially unchanged” over the past few years. The recent poll from Gallup asked...
View ArticleForget polls–psychics call election for Obama
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Unless you live in Antarctica and the satellite downlink is not working, in which case you probably aren’t reading this article...
View ArticleGMO refusers and vaccine deniers cross–call Big Pharma and Monsanto
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. There is a feeling among many scientific skeptics that the anti-GMO and the antivaccine broadly intersect. Unfortunately for simple...
View ArticleBernie Sanders embraces alternative medicine – UPDATED
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. For regular readers of this blog, you know that I’m a progressive plus being a strong supporter of scientific evidence. I don’t...
View ArticleBernie Sanders views biotechnology – aligned with Republicans
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. I admit that I judge politicians on their science credibility. And I’m rather black and white about it – politicians don’t get to...
View ArticleScience denialism and pseudoscience – left vs. right politics
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. On a recent episode of his HBO political talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher repeated his contention that the Republican...
View ArticleDeplorable Donald Trump – creating anti-vaccination Republicans
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Deplorable Donald Trump, for those who are living in a log cabin off the grid, is a wealthy (according to him) white guy running for...
View ArticleRobert F Kennedy Jr is no liberal — he is anti-vaccines
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Anti-vaccines Robert F Kennedy Jr is no liberal, no progressive. And he's running for the Democratic nomination for President....
View ArticleExcess Republican deaths after COVID vaccines became available
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Newly published research shows that Republican voters had higher excess deaths than Democrats once COVID-19 vaccines became...
View ArticleThe Republicans vs Democrats divide in COVID-19 vaccination
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. A recent analysis of voting patterns of Democrats and Republicans show that Democratic areas have higher COVID-19 vaccine rates....
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