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The Flat-Earth Society Has Arisen Again
Ever heard of geocentrism? It’s the belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe and that the sun - and everything else in creation - revolves around the Earth. It’s considered pretty stupid right now, given that Galileo, Copernicus and Kepler debunked it over 500 years ago. Nevertheless, stupid ideas can take on a new life if some idiot puts enough money behind them.
Case in point: what happened earlier this month to former “Star Trek” actress Kate Mulgrew. A couple of geocentrist whackjobs with a little bit of money hired her to narrate a documentary called The Principle without telling her what that documentary was about. That documentary claimed, in defiance of all modern science, that the sun revolves around the Earth, although Mulgrew didn’t realize this from the words that she read and what the producers told her about the movie.
As news of her role in the documentary started to make the rounds on the internet, Mulgrew decided to take action. In a statement posted to Facebook just a few days after new broke about the documentary she wrote that she was “not a geocentrist… nor in any way a proponent of geocentrism.” Mulgrew then clarified her reasons for helping out with the film, saying that she was a “voice for her hire, and a misinformed one.”
It really doesn’t take too much thinking to understand why Kate Mulgrew was so quick to separate herself from the documentary and its producers. Geocentrism was disproven 500 years ago, and the only people who still believe in it are fringe nuts and religious fundamentalists. Really, when it comes down to it, believing that the sun revolves around the Earth is about as sensible as believing in Bigfoot or the reptile Illuminati, and anyone, like Kate Mulgrew, who wants to be taken seriously as a modern, thinking person should reject the idea outright.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... The Medicaid Red State Donut Hole is Killing People (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: The Medicaid Red State Donut Hole is Killing People
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Daily Take: The Flat Earth Society has Arisen Again
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance." -- Theodore Roosevelt.
Hour One: Republicans just say no to CDC gun violence research...- Bill Frady, GOA's Lock & Load Radio 
The Big Picture- Nate Sweet, The Big Picture producer
Article: " 2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Hour Two: Why We Need Progressive People of Color on TV- Sonali Kolhatkar, Uprising Radio
Hour Three: Students Against Peabody Energy - Julia Ho, Wash U Students Against Peabody
Article: " Letter to Samuel Kercheval" by Thomas Jefferson, June 12, 1816. " I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom."
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Hour Two: Climate deniers are the new geocentrists...
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Should voters have the ability to ban affirmative action?
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Conservatives are scared straight by a Frenchman...
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If Nature Goes...So Do We
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If minimum wage was tied to Congressional pay...
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Students against Peabody Energy
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