Encyclopaedic?

Andrew Schlafly has long held a grudge against Hollywood, as evidenced by the bizarre Hollywood Values article. This might be because it's full of "liberals" - liberals in this case meaning everybody who isn't Andy, Mama Phyllis or Saint Reagan Himself. Then again, Andy holding grudges is nothing new. He harbours similar grudges towards professors and, of course, against his former boss at the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama.

What makes it even funnier, is when Andy works himself up into a fine old lather over something and demonstrates for all to see that Conservapedia no longer even vaguely resembles and encyclopaedia, but has merely become yet another right-wing hate-blog, from which Andy and his cohort of losers can spout their bile.

To whit, Andy's latest outrage at the fact that "liberal" Hollywood types can dare to be offended by Ricky Gervaise, seeing as they poke fun at conservatives. Now, I must agree that the stars have shown remarkably thin skins, just as much as Gervaise has shown remarkably bad taste, but it's funny to see Andy indulging in some liberal name-calling:

Hollywood values: the moronic "stars" think jokes about conservatives are hilarious, but they're still angry that Ricky Gervais made fun of them at the Golden Globes ceremony.

Just the kind of level-headed reporting you'd expect from the "Trustworthy" Encyclopaedia. Having posted that on the Main Page, Andy now needs to create an article on the Golden Globes. Notice I didn't say an "encyclopaedic" article, because by now he's too busy frothing at the mouth to worry about things like "facts."

The Golden Globe award is yet another silly, self-congratulatory prize given by the movie and television industry to typically liberal performers. It usually precedes the Academy Awards.

The annual Golden Globe ceremony is held each year at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which makes it even sillier.

Now there's a lot of words I could use to describe that - childish, puerile, pathetic, silly (to use Andy's current favourite term) - but one thing it's not is encyclopaedic. Just another example of CP's rapid slide from pretend-encyclopaedia, to hosting drooling rants from a first grade moron.

As you were

The problem with the tags has been fixed.

Terry Koeckritz has been a busy little boy

Well, well, well. Conservapedia's de-facto 2IC and resident troll, Terry Koeckritz, has been pretty quiet lately. In f ct, his last edit made to Conservapedia was on Dec 16th. That makes it his longest absence from the hallowed halls of CP, excluding the time of his banishing for swearing at Andrew Schlafly and his blatant plagiarism.

Now there have been questions raised about Terry's whereabouts and health - after all, he is an old, sickly and poor man. However, it might be too soon to break out that well-loved refrain from the Wizard of Oz. It seems everybody's favourite malicious internet troll has been busy somewhere behind the scenes.

Now, we've commentated in the past about how Terry has almost single-handedly shut down Conservapedia, by starving it of its life-blood - editors. Nobody has done more to shut CP off from the outside world than our friend Terry. By using a masterful combination of blocking as many editors as possible, plus vast amounts of long-term IP range blocks, usually covering the x.x.0.0/16 range. These were backed up by his insistence that other sysops could neither question, nor undo, another's block. Given that the others are all a bunch of cowards, this became law. Finally, he played on the already rampant paranoia of the remaining sysops, which has resulted in them eventually shutting down open registration, instead requiring prospective editors to apply via e-mail. Apparently, sysops also demand to know if editors have Facebook / Twitter / or similar accounts, so they can engage in some cyber-stalking to verify your bona fides.

All of this means that CP has been reduced to a central core of the 6 remaining sysops, and the myriad of short-lived parodists, and the project is essentially dead in the water, apart from Ken Demyer's ongoing bizarre "essays." There's nobody left for him to abuse, bully, taunt and block, so life must be pretty boring for somebody who gets his jollies from acting like a playground bully. Our friend Terry is very likely going to ditch Conservapedia soon, for pastures new.

Why do I say this?

During 2010, Terry and partner-in-crime Rob Smith, troll their asses off at Wikipedia, trying to get Terry's name removed from their article on Conservapedia. The problem was, his name - which he gave to the journalist himself - was published by a reputable source, and so the name stayed. He tried a similar tactic with RationalWiki, but also failed.

And now it seems he's turned his beady little eyes on me. A reader fortunately informed me of a strange development with the entries on this blog. As anybody familar with blogs will know, clicking on a tagged item, takes you to similarly tagged pages on other blogs. So imagine his surprise, upon clicking the 'Terry Koeckritz" tag to find the following:

Now, this doesn't appear to be a Wordpress error, as the tags for Andrew Schlafly and Ed Poor, for example, still work fine.

So, it would appear as if friend Terry has run like a whiny bitch to the Powers That Be, and somehow convinced them to de-link his name. I'd like to know how and also why Wordpress didn't contact me. Still, we all know just how well Terry can play the victim, so I'm sure he managed to win somebody over with his pathetic sob story.

It looks like Terry Koeckritz is trying to cover his tracks, prior to joining some other on-line community. The less references to him on the web, the better for him. Conversely, for the sake of those innocents out there, as much information about this devious, scheming, malicious scumbag needs to be as public as possible. And there are plenty of ways to skin a cat...

It's also worth noting that Terry's Christian charity only stretched as far as covering his own ass. For all the cares, the other sysops could go to hell for all he cares. Which is what we've been telling Andy all along.

As Classy as Steaming Dog Crap on a Marble Floor

I was going to write an entry on just how classy Conservapedia has been, regarding the tragic shooting in Arizona, but I've decided against it, save to say a few words.

As with most tragedies, Andrew Schlafly and his cohorts have shown the grace and dignity of a steam pile of dog crap on a marble floor. Not content with branding the shooter a liberal and atheist, they've also taken to using his quotes in their "Nihilism" article. So much for reputable sources. He's also jumped on the "liberal" (as in  "they say things I don't agree with") New York Times, which issued a call for gun control. You have to understand that next to classroom prayer, and girls making cookies, gun control is closest to Andy's heart - never mind the fact that people like him shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a weapon. Of even a metal fork for that matter.

It's nothing new from those pathetic scumbags. They never hesitate to dance on the graves of any victims, as long as they can make a political point out of it. The irony being that as nobody reads or comments on their excretions in a positive light, they're left, littering their main page, as little beacons - clearly highlighting that Conservapedia, far from being the alternative to Wikipedia, is more at home with such wonderful people as Metapedia and Stormfront.

That said, I'd like to use my first post of the year, to highlight a perfect example of the raging paranoia, ignorance, stupidity and just down right insanity of Conservapedia and those who run it. Below is a comment from user:Karajou, aka Brian Macdonald, (so much for the "use your real first name and initial" rule, hmm), Conservapedia's very own swabbie. Now, it's a well-known fact that Karajou has serious anger management issues - especially when somebody contradicts him, or dares ask him to justify a particular falsehood he's pushing. These often boil over into semi-coherent rants, such as the one below (original screencap, just in case it vanishes), which contains everything from stoned Nazis to fears about the Federal Reserve, to the usual persecution complex. I won't comment any further, because - really - how do you respond to such rank stupidity?

A lot of liberals don't accept federalist laws; a lot of liberals got to have that joint before breakfast; a lot of liberals fail to understand that their liberalism has its roots in Fascism and National Socialism; and I'm sure there's some liberals who want the return to the gold standard simply to get their hands on the taxes that go with it. And there are some liberals - even those who come here - who are attempting to play down Loughner's liberalism to the point where he should be treated as just another victim of society. The blame Bush/Palin game is going on right now, courtesy of the liberal left.

None so blind...

Oh yes, Happy Holidays, Merry New Year, Yippie Yule and all that jazz. Now on with the show.

As with all things conservative, Andrew Schlafly - and by default, his right-wing hate-blog Conservapedia - doesn't just toe the party line, he adheres to it with an intensity that often borders on the insane. Actually, more often than not, he veers over the "insane" line, straight into "dangerous wingnut" territory. One such example - ignoring such things as the horror of the Bible replacing "with child" with "pregnant" and "pledged to" with "engaged to" - is the ongoing debate about global warming and climate change.

Firstly, the fact that it's become such a politicised debate is a crying shame and one for which I sincerely hope world leaders (and the morons cheering them on) will be held accountable one day. There's a very simple solution to all this: let's say you impose all the emission restrictions and global warming is false. You're still benefiting from having a cleaner environment.

Of course, Andy and his ilk believe that the Rapture is coming any day now, so they can rape and pillage all they like. After all, God set man to have dominion over everything, so it's theirs to fuck up as they see fit. Seems God forgot to mention "responsibility" when he set things up. Thus they will squeal like the rodents they are when it comes to the whole debate about climate change. In this regard, Schlafly is not alone in latching onto the phrase "Global warming" - indeed he clings on with a tenacity that would make a bull terrier blush - happily ignoring the more inclusive term "Climate change."

Of course, at the root of it is the simple fact that Schlafly - and by implication, his goons, who are to a man too craven to contradict him - doesn't understand the difference between "climate" and "weather." So as a public service, because I know Schlafly and his henchmen read this blog, here's a simple definition of the two. I'm sorry, it doesn't have pictures, so one of you will have to explain this to Ken Demyer please.

• Climate: The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region, as observed and measured over a number of years.


• Weather: What's happening outside your window at this moment in time.

Now, climate can affect weather, but weather cannot affect climate. And yes, colder weather can be as a result of warmer temperatures elsewhere. However, I don't expect your minuscule intellects to grasp that subtle point, so I'll carry on.

Here's a list of Schlafly (and his hand-picked thugs) mocking the apparent contradictions to global warming, whilst proudly displaying their monumental collective ignorance. Any rational human being, would read the news articles and start thinking "What's with all this strange weather?" but not Schlafly et al. Oh no, for them it's all a sign that global warming is just another liberal plot - you know, like healthcare, black holes, the Theory of Relativity and, of course, the Bible.

Warning: All weather-related news headlines are printed as is from CP's. I take no responsibility for any self inflicted injuries, due to an overload of stupidity.

• Blizzard hits New Jersey, and the acting Governor declares a state of emergency. Global warming???


• "Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency" as a massive snowstorm sweeps across States that are normally warmer.


• "Bethlehem shines as Europe freezes."


• Atlanta will see its "first white Christmas since the Chester Arthur administration" in 1882. Global warming???


• Global warming? Many Europeans have been unable to get home for Christmas due to cold, severe weather. "Bitterly cold temperatures brought problems in Scandinavia" and "Britain's aviation regulator said it had written to several airlines about the 'unacceptable' failure to properly feed and accommodate stranded passengers."


• The lamestream media is not reporting the deadly cold temperatures in the United States, but the press in other nations is not so distorted: "Tuesday Was Coldest Day In Costa Rica In The Last 15 Years," and it is not even winter yet!


• A massive snowstorm causes the Minnesota Vikings' stadium dome to collapse.  The NFL was a big supporter of global warming losers in the midterm elections.


• "The first full week of December was the coldest on record for the period from Dec. 3 through Dec. 10" in North Carolina.  How much harm will be caused by liberals falsely pretending that there is global warming?


• The global warming scare was fun while it lasted, but the joke's over .... As western Europe shivers to a halt and our energy bills soar through the roof, the time has come when we should all start to get seriously angry with our politicians for being carried away by all this claptrap."


• The global warming hoax is deadly, misleading government into being unprepared for a devastating dumping of 32 inches of snow on Buffalo, stranding motorists in the cold for as long as 24 hours.


• As an unusually early snowfall covers Britain this weekend, new liberal claptrap emerges: pollution is slowing global warming! By the way, global temperatures are only a meagre 0.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.


• Global warming??? Nearly a foot of snow "causes 400 crashes in Minn; 2 die in Wis."


• Remember all that talk from liberals about how the Earth is experiencing a rapid warming? The last twelve-months have been the coldest temperatures recorded over the past 12-years.


• Get this from the liberal Science News: "Global Warming Could Cool Down Northern Temperatures in Winter."  Translation: it's getting cooler, so claim that is due to global warming too!

Actually I'll end off on that last one, because nothing illustrates more clearly what an imbecile this Harvard and Princeton educated engineer and lawyer is. This prize moron will still be bleating "La-la-la I can't hear you! There's no global warming!" as the glaciers are coming through his front door.

When is Parody not Parody?

The easy answer is "When it carries Andrew Schlafly's stamp of approval." Or any of the Fab Five (or is it Super Six) administrators of the encyclopaedia right-wing hate-blog that is Conservapedia. The most infamous example of this was the so-called "hit list" - a list of U.S. States with Democratic Senators, but Republican Governors. The implication appeared to be that should these Senators meet with an *ahem* untimely end, the Republican Governors would appoint Republican Senators.

Now this page remained on Conservapedia for some time and even achieved credibility by being edited by TWO Conservapedia administrators. It was only after Wonkette highlighted this page and the resulting internet shit-storm that broke out, that the article was deleted for containing "Inappropriate content." The irony is that the administrator who deleted the article, DeanS, was also one of those who edited - and thus validated - this "inappropriate content."

Of course, the more you read Conservapedia, the harder it becomes to distinguish parody from facts. I mean, once you've been past Andy's (and his minions') "Relativity is a liberal plot," "Obama's birth name is Barry Soetoro," "Atheists don't win the World Cup and don't build hospitals," "Belief in black holes could stop people reading the Bible," "The Bible is too liberal, let me make my own;" you're basically ready to accept the Pacific Northwest Arboreal Octopus as the real deal.

So, it's really not hard to create parody on Conservapedia. The sign of a true master, however, is having your parody endorsed by Andrew Schlafly. Second place would be having one of the other sysops approve it. This excludes Terry Koeckritz, however, as allowing parody to stand is all part of his nefarious plot to undermine CP from within.

There're a couple more examples I'd like to highlight.

The first is Conservapedia's article on "Liberal obsession." This cleverly worded article not only played on Andy's trend of creating "Liberal {insert noun} " articles, but also managed to highlight many of the absurd Conservapedia stances, by pretending to list them as items liberals obsess about. Examples include:

• Obsession over celebrities or Hollywood (as evidenced by Andy's fixation with "Hollywood values" and young starlets' breast cancer woes)


• Obsession on censorship of school prayer (this is Andy's standard fall back line when losing an argument)


• Obsessing over Global Warming


• Obsession over the homosexual agenda

And so the list goes. I guess the logic here is that if it looks like Andy and sounds as crazy as Andy, it must be Andy.

Which brings me neatly to my second point. Now, as with most things, Andy has next to no knowledge of football (For the benefit of the uncivilised, I'm talking soccer) At some point during the year, Andy became dimly aware that something called the World Cup was taking place. Once he'd made sure he wasn't getting confused with the World Series, he went on to pontificate that atheistic England could only draw with the USA, because God was on their side. Then he went on to say that Ghana beat the USA, thanks to the power of prayer. So it seems God changed sides - fickle bloke, this God fella. Needless to say, Andy's World Cup commentary - as with most things Andy - went downhill from there.

Now I told you that story, to tell you this one. CP does have a "Soccer" article. There's a few things you need to note about this. Firstly, courtesy of über-troll, Terry Koeckritz, is that soccer is a"'socialist" sport. Thereafter, a user by the name of Danq added an entire section entitled "Soccer and socialism" in July 2010. It's interesting to note that as of 17 December 2010, Danq hasn't been blocked and may even be a sock of Terry Koeckritz (just sayin'!). Now I'm deliberately leaving the text until last, so you can see just what Andrew Schlafly has put his seal of approval on.

On the 16th December, somebody removed Danq's content from the soccer article. Not long after, Schalfly reverted that user, with no comment in the edit summary. Shortly after that, Terry Kockritz blocked the editor for "Removal of valid content." However, that action can be ignored, coming from the biggest troll on Conservapedia.

So, you might be asking yourself, by now, just what has Andrew Schlafly pout his seal of approval on this time? Well, here it is and hopefully you'll realise after reading that as long as people like Schlafly are on CP, you don't need parodists.

The nature and rules of soccer very much resemble socialism in many ways:

• The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies.


• The "off-sides" rule prohibits using certain aggressive ("unfair") tactics in the game.


• The game forbids frequent stops, which can be compared to "carbon footprint" efforts to fight supposed global warming.


• Soccer is very bureaucratic, and teams are very much tied to their countries.


• The US is often treated unfairly by other nations in the game, one reason being soccer's lack of popularity in the US - socialism always claimed to favor the absolute will of the majority rather than personal and economic freedom of the individual.


• The World Cup trophy resembles socialist Hollywood's Emmy Award.


• In youth leagues, everyone gets a trophy for their efforts regardless of achievement, and there is no scoring in the game.


• Even the World Cup encourages "achievement" by holding a third-place game for the two losers in the semifinals.


• Union strikes, even during the playing season, are a major issue with soccer.


• Riots caused by "hooligans" - fans of a team which lost a game - often include violent crimes, such as infringement on private property rights.

 

 

A Tale of Two Faces

We all know that Conservapedia in general, and Andrew Schlafly in particular, foams at the mouth at the mere mention of the word "Obama" and will go to any lengths to run him down. These guys don't just stop at the "allegedly born in Hawaii" crap; for some time they also reported that Obama's birth name was Barry Soetoro. At least now it's been "upgraded" to "aka Barry Soetoro."

Likewise, no source is too bad, when it comes to digging the dirt on the guy who used to boss Andy around at the Harvard Law Review - something which clearly riled Andy's Aryan sensibilities. World Nut Daily, 2-bit blogs,  and even Pravda (yes, THAT Pravda!) have been roped in to assist with the ongoing smear campaign.