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Of greater significance was the reconciliation with the Russian Orthodox Church, the traditional bastion of Russian nationalism and the tsarist regime, which now became associated with the cult of Stalin and resumed its role as a state church.
[Alan Bullock, "Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives" (Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, ISBN 0-394-58601-8), chapter, "Stalin's New Order," pp 906-907, on Stalin's wartime reconciliation with the church, showing that the the "atheism" of the communist party had nothing to do with the treatment accorded religions or the religious during Stalin's regime]
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: February 14, 2007 9:02 AM, by PZ Myers
This large squid, Taningia danae, has been caught on film, and it's amazing stuff. It swoops in on its prey, arms splayed wide, using its luminescence to disorient the target. It's beautiful!
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I wish, I wish, I wish I could view video footage on this computer. Reading the article only makes it worse.
Posted by: Markk | February 14, 2007 9:06 AM
Where can I get some glow-in-the-dark calamari?
I can't see the video either. )-:
Posted by: David Livesay | February 14, 2007 9:25 AM
Don't go towards the light!
Posted by: Saint Gasoline | February 14, 2007 10:05 AM
I'm curious, PZ. How many people sent you this? I did, but I assumed that dozens of others beat me to it.
Posted by: iain | February 14, 2007 10:14 AM
About two dozen, and every one of them was cherished and appreciated.
Posted by: PZ Myers | February 14, 2007 10:23 AM
That's just too cool, a completely freakin me out.
Showed it to a coworker and he said "okay... if I saw that I would scream like a thousand little girls"
Posted by: Steve_C | February 14, 2007 10:29 AM
One of those 2 dozen people who emailed PZ about this was me! I've also got footage of the vampire squid, which, in my opinion, is even more amazing.
Posted by: The neurophilosopher | February 14, 2007 11:48 AM
There's a much better version of the video, in Quicktime format, available on the news@nature site.
Posted by: Fatboy | February 14, 2007 12:17 PM
Thanks, Fatboy! That one worked!
Well worth the wait.
Posted by: David Livesay | February 14, 2007 4:29 PM
An eight-sided luminous asterisk, thast's gonna be my new atheist symbol.
Posted by: quork | February 15, 2007 9:25 AM
Did anyone send you the link about the giant ant scam yet?
Posted by: quork | February 15, 2007 12:02 PM
glad you caught this one, i came here to tell you but should have known you'd already seen it :)
Posted by: drcharles | February 15, 2007 8:25 PM