This article on the new research showing that human skin cells can (under the right conditions) be turned into stem cells contains a bit from a "pro-life" person:An official of one group fiercely opposed to destroying embryos saw things differently, saying scientists should thank "pro-life voices" for pushing them to find alternatives.
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Florida and the DNC are aruing about primary dates. And several other states are threatening to move their primaries up. Because what we really need is a longer campaign season, so that we can spend more of our time and money listening to divisive attack ads.

After being pointed to a picture of the "NO MEANS have aNOther drink" t-shirt, I wrote a snarky email to the responsible company.
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Part 13756: Make sure wounded and ill soldiers and veterans have to contribute to drug company profits at every turn.Pressured by the White House and drug industry lobbyists, Congress has killed a Senate-passed provision that would have forced pharmaceutical manufacturers to grant the Department of Defense deep discounts on drugs dispensed through ( Read more... )

"People in Asia and Africa admire our scientific and technical progress, but at the same time they are frightened by a form of rationality which totally excludes God from man's vision, as if this were the highest form of reason."
Let's totally ignore the fact that people in Asia and Africa often have a totally different conception of God from Roman ( Read more... )

Florida has been hit by eight hurricanes in the past two years. And yet, the religious nutcases who see everything else (AIDS, 9/11, Iraqi IEDs) as a sign from God that other people are wrong haven't decided that hurricanes are Florida's heavenly punishment for election fraud.