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An excellent point about the tragic news
The next time you hear Dick Cheney or George Bush blame the public attitude regarding Iraq on the media’s failure to report “good news”, examine carefully our reaction to the shooting at Viginia Tech. Look at our collective shock. Our horrified reaction. The public sorrow. Yet, in truth, this is an exceptional, unusual day in America. It is not ( Read more... ) -
Bush Admin Releases Abstinence Education Report on “Take Out the Trash Day”
In case you missed it, and the Bush administration certainly wanted you to, the report on abstinence only education is out. Not good news for the tax dollars spent. While I would certainly say that teenagers having sex isn’t a good thing, telling the students lies about the risks of STDs (at one point the program was greatly exaggerating the ( Read more... ) -
I agree with Dawkins on this completely
Trial by Jury
by Richard Dawkins. Published as "Three herring gull chicks . . . the reason juries don't work" in The Observer (London), Sunday November 16, 1997.
Trial by jury must be one of the most conspicuously bad good ideas anyone ever had. Its devisers can hardly be ( Read more... ) -
Can you hear the chickens clucking (or whatever it is that chickens do)?
From http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/3/21/10529/1451
Oh but they are crumbling at Fox News. There's this little sordid episode, for instance. After challenging the wildly popular Democratic mayor of Salt Lake City to a debate on Iraq and impeachment, Sean Hannity has ( Read more... ) -
Spring Break has been quiet
Spring break has been fairly quiet as I spend the week at home doing absolutely nothing, and in my oppinion its a fantastic way to spend Spring Break ( Read more... ) -
A great Blog entry on Tautologies
From http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/03/basics_tautology_with_a_free_b_1.php
Today's bit of basics is inspired by that bastion of shitheaded ignorance, Dr. Michael Egnor. In part of his latest screed (a podcast with Casey ( Read more... ) -
Rep. Virgil Goode is an idiot
Or something like this. What follows below is a transcript of a speech he gave on the house floor ( Read more... ) -
Fascinating article. The Gay Maffia is alive and well.
The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics ( Read more... )