Slog - Comments on The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, and Other Revelations from Conservapedia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o Did you know that octopuses live in trees? Or that the theory of gravity is still up for debate among scientists? Conservapedia knows. Having been linked by Sullivan, the site is now so slow that it will probably take you a while to enter its parallel universe. While you wait, something to ponder: If a tree octopus falls in the forest, and gravity is only a theory, does God hear the splat?... Copyright 2008 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:35:40 -0800 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:32:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Matt from Denver You're right so far, it's taking its time loading, so I can't tell how extensive of a site it is. While I wait I have to wonder, is this site for real or is it a joke? I can see some enterprising lefties putting it together in order to make fun of the wingnuts' hardheadedness.

Guess I'll have a chance when the page finally loads.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649462 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:00:43 -0800 Comment by Aaro)))n Edge -- after ten minutes (no, really) of loading... i got it. it can't be real. there's just no way, nope. BUT, i am often wrong, please prove me so.

]]> Aaro)))n Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649469 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:12:52 -0800 Comment by cephalopodcast http://www.octopustruth.com/

]]> cephalopodcast http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649480 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:23:18 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It think it was intended to be real but was so quickly overrun by hostile non-conservatives taking the piss that it now resembles a lunatic asylum. Face it, most "Christianist" conservatives aren't bright enough to hold off an onslaught of parody.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649495 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:53:07 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Does God hear the splat? Only if they weren't taken up in the Rapture.

Neocons don't deserve to use the Internets to sell wood or post Truthiness - it just clogs up the tubes.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649500 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:57:07 -0800 Comment by Cascadian The site was started by the non-gay son of Phyllis Schlafly (or however the hell you spell her name.) He's dead serious about it, and completely crazy.

The tree octopus thing actually originates on this site.

]]> Cascadian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649515 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:09:46 -0800 Comment by dwb [..T]he site is a massive target for anyone with a contradictory point of view. Bill Clinton's page (http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton), for example, contains a very obvious dig at President George W Bush: "Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate."

]]> dwb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649648 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:57:35 -0800 Comment by dwb [..T]he site is a massive target for anyone with a contradictory point of view. Bill Clinton's page (http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton), for example, contains a very obvious dig at President George W Bush: "Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate."

]]> dwb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c649650 Politics Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:01 -0800 Comment by dwb [..T]he site is a massive target for anyone with a contradictory point of view. Bill Clinton's page (http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton), for example, contains a very obvious dig at President George W Bush: "Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate."

]]> dwb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c650262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c650262 Politics Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:53:58 -0800 Comment by Nick Yeah, the site is a joke, at least if you believe Wikipedia.
Hmmm....

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c650416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_pacific_northwest_tree_octopus_and_o#c650416 Politics Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:32:22 -0800