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45. Dr. Tyson is hosting the new Cosmos, starts in March on Fox

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Tue Feb 11, 2014, 03:11 PM

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"Like Your Most Paranoid, Far-Out Conspiratorial Left-Wing Nightmare," But It's True... [View all] Hissyspit Feb 2014 OP

holy shit. dionysus Feb 2014 #1

Glad to hear that one ground breaking scientist will escape with his reputation intact. truedelphi Feb 2014 #2

Who will be the Carl Sagan for this generation? reusrename Feb 2014 #10

In their respective fields, Andrew Wakefield or Arpad Pusztai come to mind. Take it to the bank. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #18

Perhaps Dr. Hansen? reusrename Feb 2014 #20

Dr. Tyson is hosting the new Cosmos, starts in March on Fox siligut Feb 2014 #45

How excellent! reusrename Feb 2014 #47

I watching Dr. Tyson a while back on The Daily Show rickyhall Feb 2014 #67

Didn't Andrew Wakefield fabricate a research paper purporting to show a link between the MMR vaccine EOTE Feb 2014 #44

.. reusrename Feb 2014 #46

If you have any information to the contrary, I'd love to see it. EOTE Feb 2014 #52

Don't you know about the ongoing libel suit? Read up here, including comments (some, not all). proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #114

Wakefield is a destructive con-man, not a respected doctor. FSogol Feb 2014 #51

I was wondering if that suggestion was supposed to be tongue in cheek. EOTE Feb 2014 #53

That's what I though too until I read the post which implies that FSogol Feb 2014 #54

The anti-vaccine garbage has been debunked countless times yet they still cling to it. EOTE Feb 2014 #56

That's a completely different argument. reusrename Feb 2014 #96

Wakefield is a pseudoscientist. EOTE Feb 2014 #97

Right, MMR. Wrong to all the rest. Nice straw man, by the way. reusrename Feb 2014 #98

I'd suggest looking up what a straw man actually is. EOTE Feb 2014 #99

I thought you were trying to say that I advocated that crap, which isn't true. reusrename Feb 2014 #100

Nope, I wouldn't presume to know. EOTE Feb 2014 #101

Check it out. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #106

This, too. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #107

Or, "Our stories, our successes, our anecdotes are the first step in the scientific process." proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #104

Unfamiliar with the facts? Join the club. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #74

Note to self: Buy stock in Alcoa. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #75

Yeah, ridicule, that works. (nt) proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #79

You know what doesn't work? Anything "Dr" Wakefield suggests. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #80

I once tried to correct a very damaging and erroneuous section of commentary truedelphi Feb 2014 #66

What seems like a branding process results in opinions which appear intransigent regardless of facts proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #78

Yes those stories are far too numerous and far too truedelphi Feb 2014 #85

Speak for yourself, please, I'm too prickly for the royal 'we.' proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #91

What does Carl Sagan have to do with this story of a scientist being surveilled and smeared for El_Johns Feb 2014 #109

Thank you for this. Luminous Animal Feb 2014 #3

Sounds exactly like the smear campaign against Greenwald. I actually recognize some of the talking sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #4

+a whole lot..... daleanime Feb 2014 #6

Agreed 110%. K&R nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #7

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #8

I see what you did there neverforget Feb 2014 #12

+1 :) nt laundry_queen Feb 2014 #22

i am sure by now they can handle more than 10 personas each questionseverything Feb 2014 #38

Well Done! bvar22 Feb 2014 #40

It's from the same playbook. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #31

Yes it is, exactly the same. Which means they are hiring these think tanks/security contractors to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #72

The Center for Media and Democracy is capable, experienced and relentless sabrina 1 bobthedrummer Feb 2014 #77

Wow, those are all great sites, bobthedrummer. I wonder if they have been posted in the sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #92

Yes, I'm a drummer with 2 kits in my apartment (Tama & Ludwig) I've always had an ear for rhythm bobthedrummer Feb 2014 #103

should be illegal but it is justice dept behind it questionseverything Feb 2014 #35

There was supposed to be an investigation into that whole despicable scheme, which some Dems called sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #36

a few dems called for an investigation questionseverything Feb 2014 #39

Hank Johnson, that's who I was trying to think of. And Conyers among others, and yet, nothing has sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #68

you want I should kick your heart-hogging ass, sabrina 1? Skittles Feb 2014 #89

Lol, I hear you are a great ass kicker Skittles! sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #90

YEE HAW!!! Skittles Feb 2014 #93

Lol! n/t sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #94

Hard to miss the connection. bvar22 Feb 2014 #41

Superb post. woo me with science Feb 2014 #71

KnR...... THANK YOU for posting this !!! alittlelark Feb 2014 #5

K&R me b zola Feb 2014 #9

K&R arikara Feb 2014 #11

Like this is "new"... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #13

glad to see that article and KT2000 Feb 2014 #14

Yep, they've turned "Seralini" into a naughty word in the sciences... drokhole Feb 2014 #48

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #15

Disturbingly reminiscent of the Karen Silkwood case. btrflykng9 Feb 2014 #16

Synchronicity. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #17

That is an incredibly gripping article in the New Yorker Hekate Feb 2014 #19

Kick Luminous Animal Feb 2014 #21

K&R nt laundry_queen Feb 2014 #23

K&R. myrna minx Feb 2014 #24

Oh My Gawd! Th1onein Feb 2014 #25

Note these same tactics being used against Greenwald and Snowden:) grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #26

Well said and entirely accurate. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #30

This paragraph is almost exactly what the Greenwald smear campaign described in the HB Gary emails sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #110

Sherry Ford is a disgusting, psychopathic piece of shit. stillwaiting Feb 2014 #27

Disgust. jollyreaper2112 Feb 2014 #28

This is only the very tip of a huge iceberg. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #29

Yes, and men with "low T" can just go to the MD for a prescription siligut Feb 2014 #50

Wow. We keep saying 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you' ck4829 Feb 2014 #32

ABCNNBCBSFakeNoozNutwork has been all over this story. Octafish Feb 2014 #33

NPR did a story on it too. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #81

Sue. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #34

Kick nt Hissyspit Feb 2014 #37

Scientific Materialism, Inc. (R) run amuck Berlum Feb 2014 #42

As I'm reading the article (phenomenal read, btw) I'm casting the upcoming film ... brett_jv Feb 2014 #43

+1 Hissyspit Feb 2014 #61

Chuckle... ReRe Feb 2014 #76

Like the George Clooney Movie Micheal Clayton uponit7771 Feb 2014 #49

Viva La Difference boblgumm Feb 2014 #55

Think we would be a lot healthier country if USA used the EU banned chemical list. Sunlei Feb 2014 #57

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #58

What an amazing man get the red out Feb 2014 #59

Yup!! This is the real world!! hue Feb 2014 #60

Maybe we need some really strong privacy legislation? Huh???? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #62

"I'm Shiva, the God of Death" 2banon Feb 2014 #63

“What’s motivating Hayes?—basic question.” tk2kewl Feb 2014 #64

No wonder those poor corporate operatives are confused. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #65

They are soulless monsters imo, not human, lacking all the elements that give someone the right to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #69

Huge K&R. woo me with science Feb 2014 #70

Not even close to my worst nightmare. malthaussen Feb 2014 #73

Thanks, Hssypit ReRe Feb 2014 #82

Very interesting.. bookmarked to read later. mountain grammy Feb 2014 #83

hem allan01 Feb 2014 #84

Shit, this is probably the tip of the iceberg. blackspade Feb 2014 #86

Standard practice, I assume: to monitor and attack anything which might hurt their profits. El_Johns Feb 2014 #111

Well...yeah CFLDem Feb 2014 #87

K&R But it's like every time they are caught doing this kind of thing, people's reactions Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #88

I know, we get excited when we see these exposures, hoping that finally, something will be done sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #95

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #102

MUST SEE: Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #105

That's terrible, and conspiratorial, but no, it's not nearly as paranoid and far out... Silent3 Feb 2014 #108

Cost benefit analysis measured in dollars and cents an NO sense. The EPA needs a mission infusion. LiberalAndProud Feb 2014 #112

Wow! The poor guy... bobGandolf Feb 2014 #113

Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer and Agrigenetics Inc. sue county of Kauai, HI. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #115

BASF joins 3 seed companies in suit against Kauai County law proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #116

More Syngenta news: "Cargill to reject for export crops with new GMO Syngenta corn trait." proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #117

Miss this? I did. proverbialwisdom Feb 2014 #118