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Category: Pointless polls
A newspaper in Rochester, Minnesota (yes, my backyard extends 250 miles to the southeast) is running dueling editorials by a pro health care local Democrat and a Satan-spawned humanity-hating Republican on the issue of the current health care reform...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:27 PM • 126 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
It looks like justice was defeated in Maine, but we got a glimmer of success in Washington (Hooray for my home state!). I think everyone who is unhappy with Maine voters should go tromp on this Canadian poll just to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:22 PM • 307 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
A story on NPR reports that there's a bit of a tiff between the White House and Fox News: spokespersons for the administration and media have basically stated that Fox is a conservative propaganda outlet, deeply hurting Fox's dewicate widdle...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:38 PM • 183 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
Here's a good science blog you can help: Biofortified, a group blog on plant genetics and genetic engineering (and, by the way, Sb's recent addition, Pamela Ronald, is part of the team). They are in a contest to win a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:06 AM • 146 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
Why do we even have to ask this question? And at a university? Should Auburn University and the University of Alabama follow UAB's lead and offer domestic partner benefits? Yes 49% No 45% I'm not sure 6%...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:28 PM • 77 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
This is Ali, a six month old baby in Southern Russia. It's a miracle! Every Monday and Thursday, fresh quotations from the Quran 'magically' appear on his legs, belly, or arms when he's home alone with his mommy and daddy,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:06 AM • 95 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
I already sent you off to vote on this German poll that would have awarded homeopaths a prize…and you all did good, giving the good guys, SOZIALHELDEN (Social Heroes), a solid lead over the dangerous crackpots, Homöopathen ohne Grenzen (Homeopaths...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:23 AM • 61 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
Lately, all the polls people have been sending me are already going in the right direction — have I become superfluous? Are atheists everywhere already gleefully clicking buttons in polls without my prompting? Oh, well, here's another one. An ambitious...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:36 AM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
Remember that ridiculous pro-faith Alpha Course that had the transit ads that looked like a poll? Now they've actually put up an online poll. Best thing about it: look at the results already. Does God exist? Yes 20%No 74%Probably 6%...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:46 PM • 82 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pointless polls
It's a poll. A poll with a stupid question. Do psychics have a role to play in criminal investigations? Yes: 31%No: 69% What role is that? To generate red herrings to keep the mystery alive? Come on, New Zealanders. I...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:46 AM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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