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May 31, 2008
Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show Sunday, June 1, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time The first half hour will feature an interview with Mark Decker, co-author of "More than Darwin." Mark is a great guy, this should be a fun show. I'm out of radio...
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The Mississippi Based anti-gay hate group "American Family Association" was founded (under a different name) by the well known anti-Semite Reverend Donald Wildmon to battle pornographic television shows such as "Three's Company" and "Dallas." About two years ago, the AFA initiated a boycott against Ford...
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May 30, 2008
Category: Blogospherics
Crash this poll too. Check out Encephalon - 46th Edition the blog carnival. Read the news about the big crane that fell in New York City Contemplate why Lots of sunbirds have dumb names Look. At. The. Coolest. Image. Ever....
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Category: Earth Science
water spout Check out this series of photos of a water spout up on Leech Lake, Minnesota. These were shot by Roger Underwood, of Ames, Iowa....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:32 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bill Thompson's Young Birder's Guide The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Peterson Field Guides) is a book that I highly recommend for kids around seven to 14 years of age. (The publishers suggest a narrower age range but I respectfully...
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May 29, 2008
Category: Blogospherics
Crash the poll. Work on abs. Go to Atheist Gay Pride Fest Figure out the nature of white European supremacy Trim the frog's claws Teach the dog to dance. As in this video:...
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Category: Politics
Is this funny, or is it sexist? Probably depends on who you plan to vote for... [Hat tip: GrrlScientist]...
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:10 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
And I'm not talking about spare change. As we ask questions about how much "pure" science should be in a science blog, or even, if we should be asking that question, there is another question we can ask: Can blogging be relevant? Can it make...
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Category: Politics
Mark Madden ESPN shock jock jock Mark Madden made the following remarks on his radio show the other day: I'm very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would...
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Category: Religion
Adam and Eve with a couple of pterosaurs in the Garden of Eden before The Fall The whole issue of LOL Pterosaurs came up (here and here), so of course, I went looking for them. In the process I found something even funnier. This...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:48 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Many bloggers and blog readers have suggested that certain "science blogs," like PZ Myers' Pharyngula, as well as this blog, do not produce enough science content. This guest post by Stephanie Zvan asks: Are these so-called "science blogs" really science blogs?
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Category: Carnivals
I and the Bird # 76 is up at Wanderin' Weeta (with Waterfowl and Weeds)...
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May 28, 2008
Photograph of Francis S. Collins Just passing along the details from Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is losing its gene guru: Dr. Francis Collins, who helped lead the breakthrough unraveling of the human genetic code -- and found common ground between the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:06 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cosmos
This just in from NASA: This image shows a ghostly ring extending seven light-years across around the corpse of a massive star. The collapsed star, called a magnetar, is located at the exact center of this image. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope imaged the mysterious ring...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:23 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In Boy Scouts, a person must agree to sign a 'Declaration of Religious Belief,' in which he must agree that "only a person who acknowledges his duty to God can be the best kind of citizen". Freecamp thought is an alternative where you don't have...
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Special Events; Summer Camps; Exhibits' Field Trips; Nature Play; Nature Tots Read all about it:...
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Category: Cosmos
Every few minutes I get an email from NASA telling me which button they've pressed on the Phoenix Robot, recently landed on Mars. And I'm only slightly exaggerating. OK, I'm exaggerating a lot. The latest: Phoenix has been commanded to move its arm:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:22 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
... But don't panic. Apparently, this is normal. It turns out that bacteria living at the bottom of the sea are far more abundant and diverse than scientists had previously thought. These bacteria appear to be consuming the planet's oceanic crust. This raises several interesting...
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Category: Carnivals
Encephalon - 46th Edition Grand Rounds, 4.36 Carnival of Political Punditry - May 25, 2008 Carnival of the Liberals #65: Skepticism and Politics Gene genie #32 - googling the genie Carnival of the Green #129 Carnival Of Homeschooling #126...
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Lead What causes some individuals to be more violent than others? Obviously, being male is a risk factor for violence and more broadly for criminal behavior. The behavior of one's parents or other adult caretakers, as one is growing up, has been implicated in...
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May 27, 2008
Category: Blogospherics
Religion is Sensible to the Extent That it is Vacuous at EvolutionBlog and 'Wolverine' frogs pop retractable claws from their toes at Not Exactly Rocket Science are too good to pass up. PZ has another poll. Do you think a class focusing on the Bible...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:56 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogospherics
Well, we've got this new web toy called SensibleUnits.com. You put in units and it tells you what it wants to about the units. So if you put in 3 microns, it tells you that this is 33 HIV virons side by side. So I...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:53 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cosmos
This: Is a picture of Phoenix landing on Mars, taken from above. One always wonders where the camera operator is during these things.......
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A very large Azhdarchid shown with a human for scale. Azhdarchids were pterosaurs (flying reptile-like creatures) of the Cretaceous. These included some gigantic critters with up to a 10 meter wing span, but also some little ones (2.5 meters or so). Most reconstructions of...
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Category: Carnivals
The 92nd Carnival of the Godless is Here at Jyunri Kankei...
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The Answers in Genesis Creation Museum of Kentucky is planing to expand. Some of the expansion will be internal ... the construction of additional kiosks. Some will be external, including the construction of a playground. All of the planned expansion efforts will be targeted towards...
Posted by Greg Laden at 1:30 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Minnesota
Got home from the lake last night happy to see that our neighborhood was spared any significant damage from the big giant storm that engulfed several local communities, including ours. There was very large hail up-stream from us and there are a few big trees...
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Category: Politics
This is one of the few times you'll see this large of a context provided for the famous "assassination" remarks. What do you think? Interestingly, both right and left in the media are jumping on a similar band wagon......
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May 26, 2008
"I don't mind that they work over at the factory, but I don't want one of those lactose intolerant people moving in next door..." or "Some of my best friends are lactose intolerant. But I sure don't want my sister marrying one...." Say what?...
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Category: Other
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say. A customs officer hid a package of the banned substance in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase in order...
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Category: Politics
An impromptu collection of sexist commentary or commentary about sexism related to the Democratic Primary race....
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
An impromptu collection of racist commentary or commentary about racism related to the Democratic Primary race....
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Category: Atheism
Well, I hope it was to church, because Ford is the new Motor Car of the Religious Right. Pharynugla covers this latest example of a right wing yahoo retailer pandering to his god fearing bible humping audience by denigrating atheists. See also this piece at...
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:29 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 25, 2008
Category: Politics
I've decided to respond to Ana, Larry, and others in a new post rather than in a comment. This is partly because it is easier and more reliable for me to post than to comment under the present conditions. Which in truth are not really...
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Category: Fishing
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May 24, 2008
Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show Sunday, May 25, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time The first half hour will feature an interview with Matt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies and president of the United Nations Committee on Freedom of Religion or...
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Category: Fishing
Now, if you want to see some real technique, check out this video at Living the Scientific Life....
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May 23, 2008
Should (or would?) home schooling families pay a small fee for public library access? The Allen County Public Library has changed the number of holds available to patrons to five per card. ... The library is a support system to our at-home curriculum. ... The...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:54 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Carnivals
Carnival of the Liberals #65: Skepticism and Politics is at Neural Gourmet The Boneyard XX is at Laelaps. Carnival of Space #55 is at Catholic Sensibility Medicine 2.0 Carnival # 24 is at My M.D. Journey...
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Category: Other
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Category: Al Franken
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May 22, 2008
Category: fish
This is apparently some kind of a record....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:36 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogospherics
And now, for a true blog post. Let's see, I skipped breakfast, but for dinner I made a nice pesto and angle hair with srhimp .... The water sprinkler broke, much to my annoyance, just when I went to water the lawn.... and .... I...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:50 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
The next step is that the Sargent of Arms of the House hunts him down and drags him to the United States Capitol. Apparently they have a room in the basement where they would keep him. (This sort of thing has happened before, but it's...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:14 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I'm starting to become a little unnerved by the situation with the Democratic party. I'd like to lay out a couple of questions and arguments for discussion. I'm hoping very much that certain people will chime in on this. You know who you are (like,...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:50 PM • 48 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle will always be remembered for his Sherlock Holmes tales, including four novels and numerous short stories serialized in The Strand and/or published in various collections. However, Doyle was at least as prolific (probably...
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Update on the Ono Law Suit ... As you most certainly know, Yoko Ono and her two sons have sued the producers of Expelled! for their use without permission of the song Imagine by John Lennon. Well, it appears as though a ruling from the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:36 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Beagle
It is on this day, May 22nd, 1825 that the HMS Beagle left Plymouth England on its infamous First Voyage. The Beagle was built at the Woolwich Dockyard (launched 11 May 1820) named after the breed of dog. The Beagle was the first ship to...
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May 21, 2008
Category: Blogospherics
Here is the old blog Here is the New Blog It's been a whole year!...
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