Archives for December 12, 2008
Burgess Fauna Alive
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 This is the Velvet Worm, phylum Onycophora. These worms actually bear live young.
Nick Sears: Presenting the Orb
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 Google Better
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 This is worth $100…300 if it’s worth a yen.
New Image of Virgin Mary Discovered
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 In a Playboy Magazine! (Below the fold, of course)
If Coleman does win the recount, he’ll have to be replaced anyway
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 … because it is hard to be a Senator from Prison. The latest from Fox News: The FBI is reportedly investigating allegations that a Minnesota businessman tried to funnel $75,000 in campaign contributions to Sen. Norm Coleman through the senator’s wife, Laurie, at the same time Coleman was going into debt because of extensive home…
Basement Kitteh and The Water Bill
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 Pampam and Jason kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a doubt that the bills weren’t representative of their actual usage, and no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although they could see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or problems: the water meter, outdoor pipes, indoor pipes,…
Coleman Campaign Admits They Are Stoopit
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 “The actions today by the Canvassing Board can only be described as confusing to us.” Coleman’s chief lawyer, Fritz Knaak, has filed papers to stop 133 votes in a Franken-leaning section of Minneapolis … mainly college students … from being counted. Why? Because he is too stupid to understand the not so complicated situation… “While…
The Crater and the Crocodile
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 …. let’s see … where was I … Oh right, the crater and the crocodile. This is a long story. Six thousand years long. And it’s pretty gruesome. Everybody dies. Twice.
Subjective filtering of Internet content
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 This is the fourth and final installment of B.Z.s posts on Internet Communities. Please have a look and respond. B.Z. is my student at the U, and is doing a research project on internet community dynamics. Here, he is taking an opportunity to tell this community what he is thinking. The Internet can be censored…
The End Times are Near: Obama Will Have Gays
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 … and not just in his closet, but in his CABINET! The Protestant Christian Right (and their allies) are wringing their collective hands and forecasting doom. Why? Because President-elect Barack Obama is including gay people in his administration and has vowed to work toward equality for all Americans. The chronically hysterical Mat Staver, chairman of…
Is The Criminal Genius Vizzini on the Minnesota Election Canvassing Board?
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 Something very interesting just happened in Minnesota. You know about the recount, and you know that today the canvassing board is deciding what to do about a number of possibly improperly rejected absentee ballots. At least 630, and possibly as many as 1,500, absentee ballots have been improperly rejected in the Minnesota Senate race. If…
Very Important Day in Franken-Coleman Recount
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 Next week, probably over a four day period, the ad hoc State Canvassing Board will go through all the recount data and look at the 3-4 thousand contested ballots and come up with a final number in this very close Minnesota senate race. But today they are expected to make a couple of decisions that…
Bloogeriferics
Posted by Greg Laden on December 12, 2008 These are some of the more interesting items currently in my RSS feeder. Why don’t you go and read them, digg them, and stumble on them. Help a blogger out! UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: This is the hottest spot in the blogosphere right now HOT> A Primer (that’s pronounced “Prim … like prim and proper ……
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