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I read a lot of news that makes my head spin, but sometimes I come across something so outlandish that it rises above the milieu of general stupidity and enters new, uncharted realms of bullshit. Such was the case with this quote from right-wing hack Steven Milloy (see cartoon), who suggests that environmentalists are driven by a desire for social domination. It's easy to dismiss such paranoia as ludicrous, except there are many out there who believe this stuff.

I did some background research on Milloy, and it turns out the guy has made an ironic career out of debunking what he calls "junk science," which happens to be anything that interferes with his industry backers' bottom lines. For example, he ran a "research" outfit called the National Environmental Policy Institute, which was nothing more than a front organization for Big Oil and Big Tobacco (the truly dedicated can read more here). It's one thing to be pro-business, but people like Milloy are nothing short of psycho-capitalists: those who seek profit at any cost.

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