Monthly Archives: April 2011

Not funny

Long-time Republican Party of Orange County committeewoman Marilyn Davenport sent an email to a few friends (presumably just to her white friends and not her black friends), reveals Orange County’s OC Weekly newspaper. Somehow the email got beyond her select … Continue reading

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The silent majority searches

I get these introspective moods sometimes, and I ask myself again what this blog is here for. It was originally intended to debunk conspiracy theories about Barack Obama and it still does. What has changed over the last couple of … Continue reading

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CIPA v HB2177

Arizona state representative Carl Seel is the sponsor of the “birther bill” (HB2177) that recently passed the Arizona legislature. He claimed in an interview with a Phoenix TV station that his bill was constitutional because it is modeled after Department … Continue reading

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Arizona Secretary of State accepts Obama certificate

In a Phoenix NBC affiliate interview, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett examined a copy of President Obama’s published Certification of Live Birth and said that its contents meet the requirements of the Arizona birther bill, HB2177, which was passed … Continue reading

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Donald Trump’s birther advisor: Joseph Farah

According to a report on Politico.com yesterday, Donald Trump has been getting birther training and advice from Joseph (where’s the Birth Certificate?) Farah of WorldNetDaily. I recommend this article to my readers. Among the other interesting items, this one stood … Continue reading

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Logical fallacy 101 – Lesson 1

I’m starting a new series on finding and identifying logical fallacies. Appeal to anonymous authority In many cases, an appeal to authority (citing someone with special expertise on a topic) is a valid form of argument. An example of this … Continue reading

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