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Steven Crowder

Embryonic Stem Cell FUN! (Crazy Pete Returns)

by Steven Crowder

I know that embryonic stem cell research can be a touchy subject, so I opted to handle this one with both sensitivity and tact. Those are just the ABC’s of me. However, the truth of the matter is that our “opinions” on the subject don’t really matter. Embryonic stem cell research has never gone very well and few people have shown an interest in investing in it.  Logically, that alone should make it an open and shut case…


… But who needs logic when you’ve got big Government, right? (more…)

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Posted Jun 19th 2009 at 11:52 am in Entertainment, News, Politics, Video | One Comment

S.T. Karnick

‘Land of the Lost’ Ridicules False Scientific Consensus Claims

by S.T. Karnick

The new Will Ferrell comedy, Land of the Lost, based on an astoundingly bad mid-1970s children’s show produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, is typical of Farrell’s films–it’s funny, imaginative, action-filled, nonsensical, and essentially well-meaning. Unlike most of his comedies, however, it didn’t get a very good start at the U.S. box office, and it received very poor reviews.

Certainly there isn’t even a pretense at a coherent narrative or interesting, complex, plausible characters in Land of the Lost. Given that those are among the things critics tend to praise, it’s hardly a surprise that the film has gotten awful reviews.

Nonetheless, Land of the Lost is quite enjoyable. Despite the claims of some critics who seem disposed to hate everything about it, the movie is quite funny, with many instances of Ferrell’s usual blustering and amusing comeuppances as well as numerous funny comments by Danny McBride as Ferrell’s reluctant and cowardly sidekick. Jorma Taccone’s performance as Chaka is also very risible at times.

Moreover, there is actually a very good, important, and timely thought in Land of the Lost. In a very amusing way, the film satirizes the current-day perversion of science in which claims of consensus are used as a blunt instrument to shout down opposing ideas. (more…)

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Posted Jun 10th 2009 at 8:28 am in Politics, Reviews | One Comment

Jude

24 reasons to watch ‘24′ tonight despite Janeane Garofalo

by Jude

I try to separate the art from the artist, I really do, especially among actors.  The thing is, if you believe you can sense Garofalo’s hatred and disdain for us in her onscreen performance, you must be deeply sensitive.  Whenever I feel myself doing that with an actor, I try to take a step back…. but then she said this the other day:

“The reason a person is a conservative republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that’s science – that’s neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican. It’s counter-intuitive. And they revel in their anti-intellectualism. They revel in their cruelty.”

Tolerance. (more…)

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Posted Feb 16th 2009 at 8:29 pm in Celebrity News, Entertainment | 180 Comments