Courtesy of Dispatches from the Culture Wars:

When conservatives argue that a right is not a right unless it is explicitly stated in the constitution, they are taking the one position that is absolutely ruled out by the existence of the 9th amendment. The one position you absolutely cannot legitimately take is the position that enumerated rights ( Read more... )

http://balldroppings.com/js/ ...well, that's just neat.

This is pretty awesome; I just used it to figure out if I have to be worried about tomorrow night. Looks like if I finish eating by 6:50 I'm good as far as religion goes (though I probably wouldn't be that concerned anyhow ( Read more... )

For SCIENCE!

Via the UK Telegraph:

Large Hadron Collider: subatomic particles to travel on second circuitLast Updated: 10:01am BST 10/09/2008 ( Read more... )

Now THAT is the kind of conservative I want to be!

A great little article about that piece of junk Expelled. Here's my favorite part:

"I think this willful act of deception has corrupted creationism irredeemably. The old Biblical creationists were, in my opinion, wrong-headed, but they were mostly honest people. The “intelligent design” crowd ( Read more... )

I need to start writing more on my own, instead of just taking good things from other places...but for now, here's something that really, truly should be watched.

If you ever feel that you're losing perspective, or if you ever get too wrapped up in your own petty troubles, this just might help you out.

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Found on the Bad Astronomer's blog.