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QotD: moral authority

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From Susan of Texax, in comments to this post at Alicublog chronicling wingnut responses to the fiftieth anniversary of the Pill, comes this beauty:

The lesson I learned from Maggie Gallagher was that you can have sex while unmarried, get knocked up, and still have a career as a moral scold who tells everyone else that their life will be ruined if they have sex and get knocked up.

The younger generation will have to be content with Bristol Palin’s moral of the story–have sex, get knocked up, and be given five-figure speaking fees from organizations trying to discourage young women from having sex and getting knocked up.

Remember: all that stuff we tell you is bad for you and immoral is quite alright if we do it, as logn as we keep telling you later not to do as we do, just as we say.

Andrew Wakefield struck off the medical register

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Good news for once: “dr” Andrew Wakefield, the lying liar who in no way fudged his research to find a link between the MMR vaccine and autism because he himself would financially profit from an increased demand for a single measles vaccine he had patented is to be struck of the medical register:

The doctor who first suggested a link between MMR vaccinations and autism is to be struck off the medical register.

The General Medical Council found Dr Andrew Wakefield guilty of serious professional misconduct over the way he carried out his controversial research.

It follows a GMC ruling earlier this year that he had acted unethically.

Dr Wakefield, who is now based in the US, has consistently claimed the allegations are unfair. He now says he will appeal against the verdict.

His 1998 Lancet study caused vaccination rates to plummet, resulting in a rise in measles – but the findings were later discredited.

For quick reminder of Wakefield’s crimes, The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a comic strip by Darryl Cunningham is highly recommended. Not just to get the facts, but also as a good example of how to do a factual comic without becoming boring or preachy. Comes complete with references.

Tick, Tick, No Boom

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A bomb in Times Square could’ve been very nasty indeed, whether rabid teapartiers, Islamic or Xtian fundies were responsible:

NEW YORK —

Police found an “amateurish” but potentially powerful bomb in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, then cleared the streets of thousands of tourists milling through the landmark district so they could dismantle it, authorities said Sunday.

“We avoided what we could have been a very deadly event,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. “It certainly could have exploded and had a pretty big fire and a decent amount of explosive impact.”

Investigators removed three propane tanks, consumer-grade fireworks, two filled 5-gallon gasoline containers, and two clocks with batteries, electrical wire and other components, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference early Sunday. A black metal box resembling a gun locker was also recovered.

“I think the intent was to cause a significant ball of fire,” Kelly said.

Bloomberg called the explosive device “amateurish” but potentially deadly, noting: “We are very lucky.”

A white robotic police arm broke windows of the black Nissan Pathfinder to remove any explosive materials after a T-shirt vendor alerted police to the smoking vehicle at about 6:30 p.m. Heavily armed police and emergency vehicles shut down the city’s busiest streets, teeming with taxis and theatergoers on one of the first summer-like days of the year.

A Connecticut license plate on the vehicle did not match up, according to authorities, who did not know a motive. Police interviewed the Connecticut car owner, who told police he had sent the plates to a nearby junkyard, Bloomberg said. Police are reviewing surveillance video and looking for more.

After the vendor noticed smoke coming from the SUV, police cleared buildings and streets at the so-called “Crossroads of the World”; the area remained closed hours later. Officers were deployed around the area with heavy weapons on empty streets in the heart of busy midtown Manhattan. More…

Given the reported amateurism of the bomb’s manufacture, my money’s on the wingnuts.

Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken, Lay A Laparoscopy For Me

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Just when you think the US right wing could not possibly get more insane, not to mention openly fascist, someone or something comes along that makes your jaw drop so far you’re eating lunch off the doormat.

Sue Lowden is a former local tv news bimbo and Nevada GOP chair who’s running against current Senate Leader Harry Reid. Her big idea for those millions of US citizens without health insurance is that they barter with their doctors for care -with chickens, or hay or alfalfa or bathtubs, even.

From the Huffington Post:

Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden on Tuesday defended her claim that a “chickens for checkups” barter system would be an effective alternative to the recently-passed health care reform bill.

She also said her original comments on the proposal were taken “way out of context.”

Lowden, who is seeking to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada, explained her previous statement in an interview with a local news outlet in Nevada:

“The truth of the matter is there is bartering going on in this state and in the country. It has been going on for years and it was a casual statement talking about the reality of what’s going on, and not in a negative way by the way. This is something — you know when I talk about bartering like you said it’s also bargaining for the price, asking doctors if there’s a different price if you’re paying cash or paying by check. We know this is going on.”

She’s tried to back off her statements more than once since, but the more she wriggles, the worse it gets. Someone’s even been helpful enough to design a handy chicken/care calculator. What I want to know is what about the more expensive procedures, like transplants? That’s an awful lot of chickens to cart around, and let’s not even mention the guano. It’s no good switching to bigger currency either – for example, can anyone tell me where I can get change for a herd of Friesians?