June 30, 2008
Monday Mustelid #21
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Wolverine, Gulo gulo Pallas 1780. (source)...
Posted by John Lynch at 4:41 PM • 2 Comments
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June 29, 2008
Euro 2008
Happy to see that Spain beat Germany today. Better team definitely won. Perhaps the Germans should have fielded the squad seen above?...
Posted by John Lynch at 6:54 PM • 2 Comments
June 26, 2008
Who's to say he's not a terrorist
Category: Politics
Meet Kirstie Hartle, registered Democrat, Clinton supporter, and "a Republican all the way now": She said she doesn't like Obama's name and thinks he has a questionable background. She also said she thought Obama was deceitful when he broke from...
Posted by John Lynch at 6:40 PM • 17 Comments
June 24, 2008
Latest Gallup Poll on Evolution Denial
Category: Anti-evolution • Intelligent Design • Politics • Young Earth Creationism
(source; click for larger version) So 60% of Republicans - versus 40% of Independents and 38% of Democrats - think that God created humans as is, 10,000 years ago. Let's get this clear - this isn't 60% accepting some...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:19 PM • 17 Comments
June 23, 2008
George Carlin, dead at 71
Category: Humor
It is sad to note that George Carlin died Sunday at the age of 71. When he was funny, he was hilarious. His distillation of the Ten Commandments into two was a classic: Thou shalt always be honest and...
Posted by John Lynch at 2:08 AM • 2 Comments
June 21, 2008
More on Timaeus
Category: Books • History and Philosophy (often of Science)
A few months ago, I quoted George Sarton's low opinion of Plato's Timaeus. Jonathan Barnes has reviewed David Sedley's Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity and has this to say about Timaeus: Above all, Sedley lauds the Timaeus. It is...
Posted by John Lynch at 7:37 PM • 2 Comments
Euro 2008
Category: Sports
Just finished watching the Dutch implode and get beaten 3-1 by Russia, making them the third group winner to lose. I can now only hope that Spain beats the Italian Diving Squad tomorrow to avert any possibility of a Germany...
Posted by John Lynch at 5:25 PM • 6 Comments
June 20, 2008
FISA Amendments Act
Category: Politics
I'm disappointed to note that both Harry Mitchell and Gabby Giffords joined the other 103 Democrats who voted for the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. (Ed Pastor and Raúl Grijalva voted against.) The 105 Dems have covered themselves in shame,...
Posted by John Lynch at 8:26 PM • 3 Comments
June 19, 2008
Ice on Mars
Category: Earth and Planetary Sciences
To quote the Lander: "Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!" More here....
Posted by John Lynch at 10:17 PM • 11 Comments
Reality Check on Off-shore Drilling
Category: Earth and Planetary Sciences • Politics
From the Wall Street Journal: If the bans were lifted tomorrow, it would be at least seven years -- and likely as long as a decade -- before the first oil began to flow off the coasts of Florida, California...
Posted by John Lynch at 4:19 PM • 10 Comments
June 18, 2008
Stay classy, Texas.
Category: Politics
Button being sold at last week's Texas GOP convention. [source]...
Posted by John Lynch at 8:11 PM • 3 Comments
June 16, 2008
Confidence in Bush as a World Leader
Category: Politics
A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 20 nations (nearly 20,000 respondents) around the world finds that, while none of the national leaders examined inspire wide confidence, our glorious leader is one of the least trusted leaders, to such a degree as...
Posted by John Lynch at 5:24 PM • 7 Comments
Monday Mustelid #20
Category: Monday Mustelid
Lesser grison, Galictis cuja Molina 1782....
Posted by John Lynch at 10:25 AM • 0 Comments
Arizona as Swing State
Category: Politics
Apparently the McCain campaign sees Arizona as a "swing state" ... this despite the fact that Arizona has voted Republican in every election bar one (1996) since 1952. It says something about McCain that he can't even feel comfortable about...
Posted by John Lynch at 10:21 AM • 4 Comments
June 11, 2008
Surfing Hippo
Category: Bits and Pieces
Young male hippo in the surf, South Africa [source] Courtesy of Phil Plait, I've stumbled across The Big Picture, a site run by the Boston Globe which features some wonderful photos arranged thematically. Do wander over and have a...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:05 PM • 0 Comments
June 10, 2008
Scientific specialities, political affiliations and support for “Darwinism”
Category: Anti-evolution • History and Philosophy (often of Science) • Politics
Razib presents some interesting data on donations to the two main political parties by scientists. What struck me is that if you rank the professions from most Republican to most Democrat, you get the following: Civil Engineering [0.75] Chemical Engineering...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:32 PM • 4 Comments
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