December 7, 2009
This is police dash cam video of a cougar just across the Mississippi from my place, in the town of Champlin. The Cougar was spotted heading towards the river. Strangely, a few hours after this cat was spotted by Champlin cops, there was a report of another cougar a few miles east on the other…
December 7, 2009
Jeremiah Wobbe, of Saint Paul, chucked tomatoes at Sarah Palin ... at the mall of America ...
... He missed. He threw two tomatoes, and both missed Palin, but one did hit a cop in the face. Apparently a second police officer was hit as well. Mr. Wobbe was arrested with the help of angry citizens…
December 7, 2009
I have yet to meet anyone who has read this book, myself included. But apparently some sciency blogger picked up a copy the other day and noticed a near absence of female scientists represented in the anthology. Why? Y, apparently.
As you probably know, Richard Dawkins is presently being raked…
December 7, 2009
For the US, World War Two started today, 68 years ago, when the Japanese wiped out much of the US Pacific Naval fleet and President Roosevelt declared war.
The dissenting vote was by Jeannette Rankin, of Montana (House), who also voted against engagement in WW I. Her statement on casting her…
December 7, 2009
Hat tip: Desiree Schell
December 6, 2009
Dogs:
Cats:
December 6, 2009
Cannibalism has been documented again and again in archaeological contexts, as part of normative human behavior. Here's a recent report (I've not looked yet at the original) from the German Neolithic:
Archaeologists have found evidence of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in…
December 5, 2009
The e-mail archives stolen last month from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK, have been greeted by the climate-change-denialist fringe as a propaganda windfall (see page 551). To these denialists, the scientists' scathing remarks about certain controversial…
December 5, 2009
"We really have this strong belief [about vaccination]. If it wasn't that strong I would never jeopardize my job, knowing I have five kids, a wife, a mortgage. That's how deeply we feel about this." Orf so say's Christian Gary Cowlay, one of several individuals fired from the Children's Hospital…
December 5, 2009
My review.
The last movie of this genre I watched had Christopher Lee as the Werewolf Hunter. In this movie, the Werewolves engaged in a periodic orgy in which a newly converted nubile female would would be converted into a wolf-like form to have repeated dog-like copulations with a male vampire…
December 5, 2009
Digital Rabbit is a web site that focuses on conservation and social justice issues related to H2O. The next 12 days of gift suggestions from Digital Rabbit should prove interesting. Check it out.
December 5, 2009
Subtitled "The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity," this might be a book you should read.
James Hansen is probably the world's best known climate scientist, partly because of his own work and his testimony before Congress, and partly because he has…
December 4, 2009
We brought Huxley in for his first doctor visit yesterday. Everything was fine. But since we were going to a clinic with an urgent care unit, I expected to see a lot of people with the flu in the waiting room. There is always a lot of messing around in the waiting room, with a two stage sign in…
December 3, 2009
... or ... Republicans Attack Franken for Opposing Rape
No, no ... maybe this ..
Thirty Senate Republicans Prefer Rape over Justice
Or perhaps ...
Al Franken Does Right Thing: Republicans Get Mad
Oh, forget it. I'll never decide on a title for this post. Just watch the story:
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December 3, 2009
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann wins a major award, and we Minnesotans are all so freakin' proud of her! Watch:
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Hey, next time maybe you'll win the gold!
December 3, 2009
More are expected to die prior to December 17th gathering.
Every year in December, and this has been true for a quarter of a century, there is a memorial gathering and march to commemorate all those who died in the previous year of one of our most insidious social ills: Homelessness.
This year…
December 2, 2009
Welcome to the 45th installment of the Circus of the Spineless Blog Carnival.
The previous installment of this panoply of boneless metazoans was at Marmorkrebs, and the next edition will be at Life Photo Meme. Please check with the carnival's home for information on how to submit your spineless…
December 2, 2009
Raptors and their Talons are the subjects of a blog post on the DC Birding Blog called "How Raptor Talons Fit Their Prey"
This post, which is quite excellent and that I highly recommend, on the November Plos Blog Post of the Month Award. We hope blog post author John Beetham will enjoy his trip…
December 2, 2009
As pointed out moments ago by DrugMonkey, the brain of HM is at this very moment being cross sectioned at The Brain Observatory.
Here
December 2, 2009
Chosen by a selected, secret jury, this entry comes from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Just when you think you've seen all the viral videos, another one comes along ....
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December 2, 2009
As a strategy, Obama's plan for Afghanistan is an order of magnitude better then what we were doing before, and an order of magnitude worse than walking away from the region. Or at least, that is my opinion at the moment. Here's some interesting discussion on it:
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December 2, 2009
The Bird Count is Coming Up!
110th Annual Audubon Count Yields Data Vital to Conservation
New York, NY, December 1, 2009 - The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2009 through January 5, 2010. From…
December 1, 2009
And I say "Crap" because this is, for once, going to be a science talk and that would be really interesting, BUT Stephanie Zvan, Mike Haubrich and I will be busy making a TV show at the same time. (Our new sitcom!) But YOU can go to the talk. Here are the details:
The talk is hosted by the…
December 1, 2009
This is not about "Man against fire" but rather "Man and fire working together."
Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire
December 1, 2009
According to The Scientist
This year's most exciting innovation, announced in April, circumvents the complications that come with the most common technique for reprogramming cells to an embryonic-like state. For the first time, Sheng Ding of Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and his…
December 1, 2009
You tell me. Vote for your favorite internet video in the comments section below.
December 1, 2009
Take the quiz
Hat tip: Primate Diaries
December 1, 2009
It has now been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that stuff has been made up and foisted on the American Public.
Tim Lambert has nailed it. He shows the code that was used to adjust climate data, he shows how the adjustment was made, what it was used for, and does an excellent job of…
December 1, 2009
Rhett Allain is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. He enjoys teaching and talking about physics. Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together....
And now he blogs HERE! Welcome Rhett.
December 1, 2009
When my baby nurses from his mom, he can see her face and bond with her because he was designed to do so by god. Like how a banana is designed by god to fit comfortably in the hand for eating, or maybe just carrying around.
What am I talking about?
Imagine the following two alternative scenarios…
