The problem with Glenn Beck is that he has taken dishonest journalism to a new low. His show is propaganda, and his conspiracy theories really are insane. Those statements may sound like insults, but that does not make them any less true. You can debunk him all day, but some people will never read it. So, parody is also useful.
And this parody is particularly useful, because it succinctly, and humorously shows the flaw in the logic of Beck's show.
I am amazed at how disreputable Fox News has become. I remember the days when Fox News tried to keep plausible deniability. Bill O'Reilly would repeat an incorrect statement for days, until someone corrected him on it on the air. He would then act surprised and stop repeating that statement. Sean Hannity would keep the statement and incorporate it into his recent list of Democrat evils, but he had Alan Colmes to provide the appearance of balance.
Now, they are stating discredited conspiracy theories and literally just cutting words out of public talks to create the illusion of statements never made. So, no, they have no room to complain if a disrespectful website calls them on their own BS.
If you want an example of a conservative organization slandering liberals in this way, you should probably watch Glenn Beck. Besides being accused of raping and murdering a girl in 1990, he also hosts a tv show in which he makes baseless accusations toward others in a style similar to the one parodied on this website.
Absolutely. All death certificates now have a "Raped by Glenn Beck (Yes/No)" entry. Any entry marked "No" is taken to be a denial, which will be thoroughly investigated. Any entry marked "Yes" will be taken as evidence of guilt. Any invalid entry, such as illegible writing, invalid abbreviations, such as "N", entries left blank, or death certificates lacking this field will be interpreted as "Yes".
In the case of people not yet dead, we will consider this "pending".
I suspect (suspect being a code word meaning "do not have proof and am too lazy to find it"), that America is headed more in the vague deist direction. Of course, we tend to play loose with terminology, so we will just tie this belief in a vaguely defined and unknowable superhero in with Christianity, thus rendering the label "christian" more useless than it currently is. When Fred Phelps and Nancy Pelosi both claim to believe in the same God, and get their values from the same book, then what does that say for the God, the book, or for any other common label?
This also means that other news outlets cannot display clips of Glenn Beck saying foolish things or factcheck a FoxNews story...Then, when Fox News describes their reporting as fact checking, then it becomes a story of "he said/she said".
The article is about someone who was falsely accused. Nobody ever said pedophiles do not exist, and the two cases you presented are relevant only to those two people. They do not affect the guilt or innocence of others, and they do not make circumstantial evidence any stronger.
Whatever. I feel no shame in demanding the executions of such bizarros as Phillip Garrido, or Dennis Bradford, or any number of other freaks. In fact, I am PROUD that I'm willing to put a predator to death. If ever the state needs a volunteer, I'll step up. I can do the needle, I can knot a rope, I can throw an electrical switch, I can pull a trigger, or I can swing an axe.
Put the dogs down, and they'll never harm another human being.
I think you just proved GP's point. He was referring to how easily people assume guilt, and you still seem oblivious to the whole "burden of evidence" concept.
No innovation? My experience with Windows Media Center is that it has gotten to be useless, because it respects the copyright flag. It used to be that this meant that you cannot record HBO, but now, the big four are using it. Of course, my Media Center PC stopped working six months ago, and I was so dissatisfied, that I just replaced it with standard XP. So, in the past six months, it is possible that they have fixed the "we won't record anything but PBS" policy of theirs.
"Hey, did you hear about Elaine? She has a bad case of Mandriva. Dr. Kubuntu prescribed her 500 milligrams of Debian, but he is not very optimistic about it"
Yes. We the people, in order to create a more perfect union...starting with those who have money. once perfected, we will implement this system in a few test markets, and, if it goes well, it will go "live" shortly afterward.
It might, however, be one of those kid in a candy shop style affairs where the kid can have as much candy as he wants, but doesn't know where to start, eats everything, pukes and makes a mess.
That is a great analogy for the internet itself. The next time my mother asks why web pages are so cluttered, I am going to have to remember that.
Then you wouldn't be pegged with (and the associated stigmas) of a certain stereotype.
I was heavy into science in high school, as well as sports and other extra-curricular activities. I never had a problem with any group of people.
It's not about being well-rounded. You say you were popular because you knew about science, sports, and "other extracurricular activities". If you had known science but not sports, you would have needed to be more well-rounded. had you known sports, but not science, you would have been ok.
Well-roundedness is only necessary for people who don't play sports.
A real leader learns about the subjects he needs to know. That means looking at what has worked and not worked for other people. Only an idiot stumbles blindly into a complex issue and calls it "leadership".
Null hypothesis: smell makes no difference. Hypothesis: smell makes a difference.
There is also no way to derive whether the smell of grilled hamburgers would have made more difference than the orange scent. That doesn't make the results worthless. It just means that the study doesn't answer every question, everyone could possibly ask.
It may not be "terror", but if they could cripple our economy for a few days, then that would be an effective tool for them. Executives and politicians would not be yelling "run for your lives, our website is down!", but they would be worried, and they would be willing to change the way they did business if it were the only way to prevent this from happening again. In this respect cyberterror could be the most effective means of terror there is, as it would directly hurt the wallets of the people who have the most power in this country.
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What numbers?
The problem with Glenn Beck is that he has taken dishonest journalism to a new low. His show is propaganda, and his conspiracy theories really are insane. Those statements may sound like insults, but that does not make them any less true. You can debunk him all day, but some people will never read it. So, parody is also useful.
And this parody is particularly useful, because it succinctly, and humorously shows the flaw in the logic of Beck's show.
I am amazed at how disreputable Fox News has become. I remember the days when Fox News tried to keep plausible deniability. Bill O'Reilly would repeat an incorrect statement for days, until someone corrected him on it on the air. He would then act surprised and stop repeating that statement. Sean Hannity would keep the statement and incorporate it into his recent list of Democrat evils, but he had Alan Colmes to provide the appearance of balance.
Now, they are stating discredited conspiracy theories and literally just cutting words out of public talks to create the illusion of statements never made. So, no, they have no room to complain if a disrespectful website calls them on their own BS.
If you want an example of a conservative organization slandering liberals in this way, you should probably watch Glenn Beck. Besides being accused of raping and murdering a girl in 1990, he also hosts a tv show in which he makes baseless accusations toward others in a style similar to the one parodied on this website.
Absolutely. All death certificates now have a "Raped by Glenn Beck (Yes/No)" entry. Any entry marked "No" is taken to be a denial, which will be thoroughly investigated. Any entry marked "Yes" will be taken as evidence of guilt. Any invalid entry, such as illegible writing, invalid abbreviations, such as "N", entries left blank, or death certificates lacking this field will be interpreted as "Yes".
In the case of people not yet dead, we will consider this "pending".
I suspect (suspect being a code word meaning "do not have proof and am too lazy to find it"), that America is headed more in the vague deist direction. Of course, we tend to play loose with terminology, so we will just tie this belief in a vaguely defined and unknowable superhero in with Christianity, thus rendering the label "christian" more useless than it currently is. When Fred Phelps and Nancy Pelosi both claim to believe in the same God, and get their values from the same book, then what does that say for the God, the book, or for any other common label?
It's an excuse for another round of evolution/creationism debates...LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!
So why is Warehouse 13 any more weird than futurama? </ducks>
This also means that other news outlets cannot display clips of Glenn Beck saying foolish things or fact check a FoxNews story...Then, when Fox News describes their reporting as fact checking, then it becomes a story of "he said/she said".
The article is about someone who was falsely accused. Nobody ever said pedophiles do not exist, and the two cases you presented are relevant only to those two people. They do not affect the guilt or innocence of others, and they do not make circumstantial evidence any stronger.
"It's completely shameful."
Whatever. I feel no shame in demanding the executions of such bizarros as Phillip Garrido, or Dennis Bradford, or any number of other freaks. In fact, I am PROUD that I'm willing to put a predator to death. If ever the state needs a volunteer, I'll step up. I can do the needle, I can knot a rope, I can throw an electrical switch, I can pull a trigger, or I can swing an axe.
Put the dogs down, and they'll never harm another human being.
I think you just proved GP's point. He was referring to how easily people assume guilt, and you still seem oblivious to the whole "burden of evidence" concept.
No innovation? My experience with Windows Media Center is that it has gotten to be useless, because it respects the copyright flag. It used to be that this meant that you cannot record HBO, but now, the big four are using it. Of course, my Media Center PC stopped working six months ago, and I was so dissatisfied, that I just replaced it with standard XP. So, in the past six months, it is possible that they have fixed the "we won't record anything but PBS" policy of theirs.
I thought Germany's greatest honor was meeting David Hasselhoff.
Psycho-acoustic simulation sounds like a real good pseudo-science. Maybe they can create an agreement in exchange for some platinum covered cables!
No, it's just reverse engineering.
Mandriva sounds like a terminal skin condition...
"Hey, did you hear about Elaine? She has a bad case of Mandriva. Dr. Kubuntu prescribed her 500 milligrams of Debian, but he is not very optimistic about it"
Yes. We the people, in order to create a more perfect union...starting with those who have money. once perfected, we will implement this system in a few test markets, and, if it goes well, it will go "live" shortly afterward.
And don't forget, you're depriving those ads of their right to be seen. Why do you hate freedom?
It might, however, be one of those kid in a candy shop style affairs where the kid can have as much candy as he wants, but doesn't know where to start, eats everything, pukes and makes a mess.
That is a great analogy for the internet itself. The next time my mother asks why web pages are so cluttered, I am going to have to remember that.
Then you wouldn't be pegged with (and the associated stigmas) of a certain stereotype.
I was heavy into science in high school, as well as sports and other extra-curricular activities. I never had a problem with any group of people.
It's not about being well-rounded. You say you were popular because you knew about science, sports, and "other extracurricular activities". If you had known science but not sports, you would have needed to be more well-rounded. had you known sports, but not science, you would have been ok.
Well-roundedness is only necessary for people who don't play sports.
A real leader learns about the subjects he needs to know. That means looking at what has worked and not worked for other people. Only an idiot stumbles blindly into a complex issue and calls it "leadership".
In the US, you should really try mixing the words "moral" "business" and "law"...I think the resulting explosion would be quite interesting.
Thank FSM! I was wondering if susceptibility to heart disease, cancer, etc, could render those diseases to be pre-existing conditions.
Did you just invent the train?
Not worthless.
Null hypothesis: smell makes no difference.
Hypothesis: smell makes a difference.
There is also no way to derive whether the smell of grilled hamburgers would have made more difference than the orange scent. That doesn't make the results worthless. It just means that the study doesn't answer every question, everyone could possibly ask.
When a Mayan historian catches his error, it means 8 more years of bad predictions.
It may not be "terror", but if they could cripple our economy for a few days, then that would be an effective tool for them. Executives and politicians would not be yelling "run for your lives, our website is down!", but they would be worried, and they would be willing to change the way they did business if it were the only way to prevent this from happening again. In this respect cyberterror could be the most effective means of terror there is, as it would directly hurt the wallets of the people who have the most power in this country.