Archives for July, 2009
Beer Summit: Gates Brilliant, Crowley Articulate
Posted by Greg Laden on July 31, 2009 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy And then things went rather badly…
“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population…
Posted by Greg Laden on July 31, 2009 … but that is not our mission.” Right. Except for this robot that powers itself by scooping up … well, just look. ….
BGR Blog Carnival will grow on you!
Posted by Greg Laden on July 31, 2009 Berry Go Round, the blog carnival about plants, is up an running here at quiche moraine
World’s second fastest computer
Posted by Greg Laden on July 31, 2009 (The fastest computer is the same thing but running a better operating system.) Hat tip: Joe, copied from here.
Overheard at airport:
Posted by Greg Laden on July 30, 2009 “Here,” dad to girl, “Get your ID out and have it with your ticket.” “Excuse me, sir,” said the TSA officer, pointing to the young female, “She does not need to have her ID out, she’s a minor.” Dad: “How do you know she’s a minor if you don’t look at her ID?” …. (silence…
Answers in Genesis has a Department of Public Safety????
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 Yes! And one of the top staff of that department just sent PZ Myers and the Secular Student Alliance a letter warning them to behave on their upcoming trip to the Creation Museum. I hope every single one of those overtly homosexual visiting heathens is armed. With a Flip. I have one I can loan…
Who gets the first flu shots?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 It is decided. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has met, ruminated, voted, and now decrees that pregnant women, health care workers, and children over six months old will be vaccinated first. The reason we even need to worry about this is that there will not be nearly enough flu vaccine to go around in…
Florida Cop Nabbed for Dishonesty
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
The Transformation of Sarah Palin
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 Hey man. I confess that did not groove to it, that I did not feel the beat and sense the vibes. But now I do. Hidden. Hidden deep in her sorry salty subtle soul all this time and I did not sense the vibes. Because I could not do the transformation like William. Before (watch…
Update on GatesGate: Cop lied, screwed 911 caller.
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 At this point, I don’t think I’d have a beer with this cop. Also, I have to agree that Obama stuck his foot in it on this one. He may have been right, wrong, whatever, but when this sort of thing happens it is best to stand back and not get directly involved in this…
The Water Cone (makes water)
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 And you can totally step on it and it’s OK. Read all about it here.
A Skeptics View of Mooney and Kirshebaum
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 Or, more accurately, of their book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future … will be found here, in Stephanie Zvan’s latest post at Quiche Moraine.
Blog Carnival Four Stone Hearth #72
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 .. the Anthropology Blog Carnival, is at A Hot Cup of Joe
Slaughter a Cow Every 28 Days: How the Bible Ruined Western Society
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 In which I explain how Abrahamic religious tradition, ingrained in Western society since before its very history began, explains some of the special ways in which we can be so dumb.
MS + Yahoo = We are Doomed
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 My own personal experience with Yahoo is a tale of woe.
Cambridge Cop has some ‘splainin’ to do…
Posted by Greg Laden on July 29, 2009 According to the following, the person who made the 911 call did not mention race until asked, and even then did not mention “two black males with backpacks.” The two black guys with backpacks seem to have been added in to the police report authored by Police Seargant James Crowley. Specifically, he states that the…
Al Franken on the Supreme Court
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 Hat Tip: Javier
Blue Gold World Water Wars Movie
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 We’re screwed. More information here at Digital Rabbit
Visit Lovely Capri, somewhere in Italy …
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 Europeans laughing at each other: A Swedish couple in search of the isle of Capri drove to Carpi, an industrial town in northern Italy, because they misspelt the name in their car’s GPS. Italian officials say the couple asked at Carpi’s tourist office where they could find Capri’s famous Blue Grotto. … “Capri is an…
Lesbians in China can’t donate bood
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 Try this logic on for size: “It’s a practical law because the gay community has much higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases. We must take our precautions wisely,” she said. “Even if they lie on the form and say they are straight, everyone’s blood will go through a final screening test for diseases.” What is…
JC = Thumbs Up 4 Sotomayor
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a historic confirmation vote. source Only one Republican voted in favor of Sotomayor (Linsey Graham). What bunch of morons.
Earth Warrior Saves Canada from Geologists!
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 Hi everyone; this morning at 8:00am, July 14/09, I proceeded to the Denny Island aerodrome, located on Denny Island in the midst of the BC Central Coast archipelago, aka “The Great Bear Rainforest” where I broke open the welded steel cover and dismantled and destroyed a large seismic shot which was slated for blasting in…
Secure in Their Persons
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 …Apparently, by nine-o’clock at night, all of the gas stations and restaurants in Newfolden were closed. This was weird, and also weird that in planning for a street dance, the organizers had not considered that people might actually have to go the bathroom. …. … Live in small town Minnesota. At Quiche Moraine.
The Natural Basis for Inequality of the Sexes
Posted by Greg Laden on July 27, 2009 Is the Natural World a valid source of guidance for our behavior, morals, ethics, and other more mundane areas of thought such as how to build an airplane and what to eat for breakfast?1 When it comes to airplanes, you’d better be a servant to the rules of nature (such as gravity) or the airplane…
Reading Human Nature
Posted by Greg Laden on July 26, 2009 “Human nature” is an interesting topic. People will argue over the definition of human nature, but regardless of what people think or say, it is reasonable to assume that all humans share a psychological and developmental framework to the extent that any two people raised in the same background will ‘turn out’ similar with respect…
My post on Cambridge Police, Gates and Racism is Updated and Revised.
Posted by Greg Laden on July 26, 2009 Cambridge Police: A matter of black and white is revised (just the first several paragraphs)
Help Facebook To Not Abuse You
Posted by Greg Laden on July 25, 2009 Carl Zimmer tells us: Facebook lets 3rd party advertisers use your posted photos without your permission. To opt out: Click on SETTINGS (located on top of page in blue bar, next to logout); Select PRIVACY SETTINGS; Select NEWS FEEDS and WALL; Select the TAB that reads Facebook Ads. There will be a drop down box;…
Cambridge, this is John from Houston. I’ve got a problem.
Posted by Greg Laden on July 25, 2009 My friend Car2D2 told me about this, so I eventually tracked it down to share it with you. Check it out. . Snap on tools, indeed.
Harry Potter Museum Exhibit to Open in October
Posted by Greg Laden on July 25, 2009 This fall, Harry Potter fans will get the chance to step inside the famous wizard’s magical world through Harry Potter: The Exhibition, which opens at the Museum of Science, Boston on October 25, 2009, at 9 a.m. Tickets are now available online at mos.org or by calling 617-723-2500, 617-589-0417 (TTY). Visitors will be able to…
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