The Real Side: Joe Messina & the Dodgy Bedfellows

The Real Side is apparently a far-right (read bog-standard 21st century GOP) radio programme hosted by Joe Messina. No, not that Joe Messina, the Motown Funk Brother. This one “has had several successful businesses and has held several executive positions with Fortune 1000 companies.” according to this page. No details on what these big and/or companies were, oddly enough.

Funnily enough, it doesn’t exactly leap to the eye from his Facebook About page either …
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East Herts Council's decision to stick with prayers leaves it wide open to accusations of prejudice | Herts & Essex Observer

Dear God, my black bin split in August. I ordered a replacement online but as yet it hasn't arrived. Rats are sniffing around so could you please remind East Herts District Council about it at their next meeting, as they listen to you more than local residents? Amen. Welcome to the new way of doing things in Britain's Bible Belt.... Read on: East Herts Council's decision to stick with prayers leaves it wide open to accusations of prejudice | Herts & Essex Observer

How long until the next bomb? Why nuclear deterrence doesn’t work

Every day one sees politicians on TV assuring us that nuclear deterrence works because there no nuclear weapon has been exploded in anger since 1945. They clearly have no understanding of statistics. With a few plausible assumptions, we can easily calculate that we can state, with 95% confidence, that the time until the next bomb explodes [...]

Read the rest at: DC's Improbable Science: Truth, falsehood and evidence: investigations of dubious and dishonest science - How long until the next bomb? Why nuclear deterrence doesn’t work

Whatever you think of Planned Parenthood, this is a terrible and dishonest chart - Vox

On Tuesday morning, Congress held a hearing on Planned Parenthood, as conservative Republicans try to build the case for defunding the organization after a pro-life group released a series of "sting" videos critical of the organization. During the hearing, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) showed this chart to make the point about Planned Parenthood's activities:

This @AUL chart was just projected on-screen by @jasoninthehouse in #PPAccountability hearing http://t.co/Nc6W57HDKp pic.twitter.com/DIh31T9I76

— Bound4LIFE (@Bound4LIFE) September 29, 2015

This is not how charts work! Since 935,573 is a larger number than 327,653, the pink line should be above the red line. Here's what you get if you chart the numbers accurately...

Read the full exposé here: Whatever you think of Planned Parenthood, this is a terrible and dishonest chart - Vox

Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” of undercover videos by abortion opponents make those recordings unreliable for any official inquiry.

"A thorough review of these videos in consultation with qualified experts found that they do not present a complete or accurate record of the events they purport to depict," said the analysis of a private research company...

Read the full report: Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds - The New York Times.

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Of course, this won't stop the hysterical anti-abortion lobby, whose entire strategy is based on lies, emotion and bullying, rather than science. It's bad enough that even medically necessary abortions can't be covered by State funds, because bigotry. The ultimate aim of the campaign is in any case to deny reproductive health care to the poor, especially poor women.

Anti-Abortion Group Admits to Falsifying Latest Video

Anti-abortion extremists who are releasing heavily edited, deceptive videos about Planned Parenthood have acknowledged that their latest video included false and misleading information. They posted a clarification to their YouTube page yesterday that an image they suggested was from an abortion was actually a photo of a stillborn fetus...

Read the full exposé here: Anti-Abortion Group Admits to Falsifying Latest Video