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SPSST is a roundup of the blisteringly stupid things that come out of the mouths of conservatives in the media and in politics.

Posts Tagged: Bill O'Reilly

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2 years ago    |   Tags: Bill O'Reilly Planned Parenthood climate change God controls the climate!   |   Notes: 3

"Health care is another matter that has to be taken very methodically people’s lives are affected. But nobody’s … life is affected by Planned Parenthood. [When environmental protections came up] Environmental programs are, what, trying to get climate control money? God controls the climate. Come on."

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Bill O’Reilly, pressing Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on the value of government spending. Above is O’Reilly’s response when Rangel mentioned health care and later brought up climate change. It’s the indignant “Come on.” that really makes this a thing of beauty. Stupid, stupid beauty.

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2 years ago    |   Tags: tide goes in, tide goes out Bill O'Reilly Please stop using astronomy to bolster your arguments astronomy The Moon The Sun  

"Okay, how did the Moon get there? How’d the Moon get there? Look, you pinheads who attacked me for this, you guys are just desperate. How’d the Moon get there? How’d the Sun get there? How’d it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn’t have it? Venus doesn’t have it. How come? Why not? How’d it get here?"

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Bill O’Reilly doubles down in the wake of the “tide goes in” mockery

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2 years ago    |   Tags: Bill O'Reilly 8th grade science atheism The Moon   |   Notes: 1

"I’ll tell you why [religion’s] not a scam, in my opinion: tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that. You cannot explain why the tide goes in….See, the water, the tide comes in and it goes out, Mr. Silverman. It always comes in, and always goes out. You can’t explain that."

- Bill O’Reilly this week interviewed David Silverman, president of American Atheists, whose group has put up billboards calling religion a “scam.” Link