Archives for March 14, 2009
Return Of The Green Pickup
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 … continued from the last Congo Memoir … Things had been quiet. The research had gone well. It was getting very near time to leave The Congo. Biker had driven one of the vehicles out and caught a plane home. Only Joan and I were left among the Wazungu, and even the workers had dropped…
Banks are using rescue funds to fund anti-union activities
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 Do we need any more evidence that banks are evil? That the anti-union movement is evil? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
National Pi Day is Official
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 It used to be a festival of fun created and celebrated by geeks but with no official recognition. Now, National Pi Day is a legal holiday in the US (but not one you get to take a day off of work for). Washington politicians took time from bailouts and earmark-laden spending packages on Wednesday for…
Metablogospherics
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 Analiese is reading about solar powered Revas and Ice Age climate change and stuff.
Michele Bachmann Lies (Dog Bites Man)
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 List of earmarks for Michele Bachmann’s district: – $94,000 for Sheriffs Youth Program of MN – $335,000 for Equipment Acquisition for Northland Medical Center – $803,000 for Replacement Small Buses, St. Cloud Metro Bus and many more. Details here. Does she really think she can get away with these lies! Well, actually, yes.
Recommended Reads and Watches
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 The Truth about Vaccines. No, really, the truth. Not some other stupid truth. Here at Respectful Insolence. The only Pi video you need to watch today, here at Science Punk. Richard Dawkins and the Purpose of Purpose, a review by The Austringer. Hey, com’on, Wesley, can’t you get photographs as good as mine????? Franken can…
America Losing Religion – And Morality?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 On this week’s show we’re going to try something different. We’ll have a discussion between an atheist and a Christian about the current state of morality in this country. Is the decline of religion really leading to a loss of moral values, as the Religious Right claims? Is America going to hell in a handbasket?…
The Upper Mississippi in Spring
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 This is the river just above the dam (you can click this picture for a whopping big version): And these birds seem to be waiting for the other shoe to drop:
The Greening
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 Spring is an ecological phenomenon of weather and biota linked to orbital geometry. More importantly, spring is here, as of this very moment, in Anoka County, Minnesota.
Bachmann and Palin: Cut from the same cloth.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 And … WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!! Oh, I don’t think Glen Beck is excusing the killer. He’s blaming mass murder on the Democrats and Liberals. Subtle but important difference. Hat Tip Dump Bachmann
How To Be Stupid on Facebook
Posted by Greg Laden on March 14, 2009 We’re all stupid on facebook, but maybe this guy was extra stupid: “A man on trial in New York for possession of a weapon has been acquitted after subpoenaing his arresting officer’s Facebook and MySpace accounts. His defense: Officer Vaughan Ettienne’s MySpace ‘mood’ was set to ‘devious’ on the day of the arrest, and one…
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