Archives for October 26, 2009
The perfect Christmas gift: Telekineses machine!
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Calling all skeptics … So, what’s the story with this thing? They seem to be saying it uses Beta Waves. Remember Beta Waves? I wonder if these are a new kind of Beta Waves, or are they the Beta Waves that run my Ouija board? Here’s another video:
Global warming: It really is real.
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It’s not true, according to several independent statisticians who analyzed temperature data for The Associated Press. Details here.
Google Street View: How long from field work to web?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Months, it turns out.
The Hausers want Courts Out of the Picture
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Remember Daniel Hauser, the child who was busy dying of cancer while his parents kept real doctors away and treated him with homeowooatherapy and stuff? The Hauser family would now like everyone to go away again.
Why Fox News Isn’t
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 I love the fact that the tide is turning on Fox. (That might not be the best analogy.) In any event, this is a great example, from Rachel Maddow, of how life is more complex than much of our discourse allows for. And she does it with Walter Cronkite, and all the others on her…
Golden Eagle # 49 has Entered the Building
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 You know the drill: Someone claims to see a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) but then some wise-ass bird expert has to tell them that “Immature bald eagles are often mistaken for golden eagles. You saw a bald eagle, not a golden eagle.” Reminds me of the bird expert lady in The Birds (which we watched…
Trumpet-Playing Legislators
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Now, what you should probably appreciate is that bar bands in the suburbs are by and large cover bands. This band doesn’t really have a repertoire of their own compositions, but they do classic rock, folk rock and alternative rock. Tom joined them for their version of “Margaritaville.” Very good, but I don’t think Tom…
Which one of these is Apple, which one of these is PC?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 10:1 the DSCC gets spanked by Apple Corp for infringement. In the meantime, enjoy this, there will be more to follow, or so I hear:
Britains got … a lot of singers who sing like this, apparently.
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Greg Pritchard – Britain’s Got Talent – Show 5 – The most amazing videos are a click away
The question every man needs to know the answer to …
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 Do Individual Females Differ Intrinsically in Their Propensity to Engage in Extra-Pair Copulations?
Oscar J. Polaco has died
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 From his colleague, Eduardo Corona-M, via the Zooarch list server: He was a great researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia and taught zoology at Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas in the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. In 2006 he received the Fryxel Award by the Society of American Archaeology. For many year he promotes…
Brother Mike Drinks the Kool Aid
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 My blogging brother Mike Dunford steps in to save poor old Apple Corporation from me and a few others who consider building corporate ads into an operating system to be evil. He’s wrong, I’m right, but if you must go read his post and decide for yourself.
The Public Option … OMG … Holy crap. From now on we’re doing it this way, no kidding…
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2009 You must watch this. You. Simply. Must. Watch. This.
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