Barney's Holiday Extravaganza as interpreted by the Daily Show.

What's it like at night when the demons visit you?

This is my new favorite Christmas movie.

I hope everyone had, is having, or will have, a good whatever you celebrate:
Hanukkah/Ramadan/Solstice/HumanLight/Christmas/Kwanzaa ( Read more... )

Gorgeous day here in gayscenic Massachusetts... how's it going out there? Here, have some links.

Gays flee Iraq as Shia death squads find a new target. (Remember this the next time the executions of gays in Iran is brought up to innoculate us into accepting another war there. (Like Bush and Co. give a shit about gays anywhere.) Seriously, is ( Read more... )

BBC News calls Lamont's victory a "shock loss" for Lieberman, and attributes it to an anti-war mood in the U.S. True as far as it goes, but William Rivers Pitt discusses some of the other ways Lieberman went astray, including his 1993 bill to stop the FEC from implementing reform. Joe Conason explains Lieberman's problems like this:

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... and Crooks & Liars has the clip to prove it.

Usually when Jon has a guy like O'Reilly on, the audience will sort of pretend to be polite, and make the occasional "boo" or scoff. But last night, they really let him have it. Which, thank god, because he really really needed to be booed:

Bill O'Reilly: There's a lot of bad people out there and ( Read more... )

For your two Emmys tonight, for Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series and Best Writing on a Variety, Music or Comedy Series. I believe this brings TDS's total awards to 470 million now, right?


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To wrap up liberalrage's week on evolution, this is an open thread to place your thoughts, your queries, and your reactions to the evolution debate.

What is natural selection?

Natural selection was proposed by Darwin to be the process that propels evolution. It has since been combined with the genetic laws of Mendel into the Modern Synthesis / NeoDarwinism. There are four core principles to it:

1. Individuals in a population vary.
2. Variations can be passed from parent to offspring.
3. Most generations ( Read more... )

The DNA between a man and monkey is 98.5% similar what does this mean?DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the instruction manual to life. But the bulk of it is just gibberish. And the functioning portions are in code. The code (the genes) is processed into proteins which, amazingly, create the diversity of life that there is. The code is composed of ( Read more... )

On last night's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and Company introduced the debate between "Intelligent Design" and Evolution. Also, Ed Helms submitted a report about Dayton, TN, the home of the Scopes-Monkey trial.

The Origin of The Theory of EvolutionCharles Darwin is widely credited as the founding father of the evolution. He wasn't the first one to ( Read more... )

This week The Daily Show will be doing a week-long special on the current issue of evolution. The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm on Comedy Central. Since my schedule at school is pretty hectic, I doubt I'll be able to stay up that long. Instead of doing a play-by-play and analysis during the show, I'm going to be doing it the day ( Read more... )