October 25, 2008
Thank you Susan.
... but it is going to be a long time before I get that song out of my head.... What's the word? Tinklenberg! What's the word? Tinklenberg!
Oh, and while we are on the subject of Michele Bachmann, have you seen her latest ad? Her ad is so freakin' dumb that I'm posting it…
October 25, 2008
But wait, there's more!
Oh. Never mind.
What I think is really funny is that she carved the B on her face backwards. Note to self: if I'm ever going to carve a letter in my face and use a mirror, REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING IN THE MIRROR IS BACKWARDS ... (though, strangely, not upside down).
October 25, 2008
1975, winter, somewhere in the American Southwest. I am driving across a state border and there is a sign that reads "do not transport citrus fruit across state lines." There on the side of the road is a check point with uniformed federal agents, a place to pull off, some garbage cans. I look at…
October 25, 2008
It is time to be alarmed. An usual but possibly valid poll taken at Saint Cloud State indicates that Norm Coleman may be quite far ahead of Al Franken in the Senate race here in Minnesota. This is very disturbing for three reasons.
1) This is one of the only poll anywhere, and certainly THE only…
October 25, 2008
Corn (maize) was domesticated in the earlier part of the Holocene in Mexico from a wild plant called teosinte. Subsequent to the discovery of this area of origin by MacNeish, a great deal of research has gone on to track the spread of maize across the New World, its diversification, its effects on…
October 24, 2008
For starters, we are currently looking for hosts for the next Replace Michele Bachmann web carnival. We've been slugging along providing this great service for a month now, and suddenly she is all famous and stuff. Now is your chance to join in at the last second and take advantage of our hard…
October 24, 2008
Oh, this is just unbelievable. Thanks Mmme P for digging this up for our enjoyment. You must be assimilated. Into the suburban borg. Anything else is animalistic tribalism.
I literally became somewhat nauseated watching this. But then, I thought ... "Hey, we're putting this bitch, I mean,…
October 24, 2008
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
October 24, 2008
I was sitting in a meeting the other day, and two people who have lived in Minnesota a lot longer than I have brought up Governor Arne (pronounced "arny") Carlson. Carlson was governor years ago. Since I've moved here, I've heard Carlson now and then as a commenter on Minnesota Public Radio, and…
October 24, 2008
There is a new paper, just coming out in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that explores the idea that humans have undergone an increased rate of evolution over the last several tens of thousands of years.
By an increased rate of evolution, the authors mean an increased rate of…
October 24, 2008
Welcome to the 22 October Edition of the Four Stone Hearth Anthropology Blog Carnival. The previous edition of this carnival was on Clashing Culture. The Home Page of Four Stone Hearth is here, and the next edition will be at Archaeoporn.
And now, on with the show!
Archaeology
What is "The…
October 23, 2008
Happy Birthday Genie Scott!
Today is Genie Scott's birthday. Genie is loved by all in the community of biological scientists because of her central role, as director of the National Center for Science Education, in fighting the good fight against irrational efforts to teach creationism in our…
October 23, 2008
Wow, I think she's going to vote for the black guy! Good for her.
October 23, 2008
A brand new Rasmussen poll places Franken in a very slight, and statistically insignificant lead over Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race. The good news is that of the last five or so polls, over the last few weeks, all but one has put Franken ahead, but never by a statistically significant…
October 23, 2008
The Republican Party has assumed that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann would retain her seat in the upcoming election, but because of recent events it is now quite possible that she will not. As a result, the Republican Party has changed its tactics in Minnesota. Yesterday we heard that…
October 23, 2008
You will remember that Webster Cook is the young man who was involved in the first part of the Crackergate Event, the result of which involved two separate kinds of legalistic charges against him at his school, one by a more general disciplinary board, and the other by the student government (…
October 23, 2008
Focusing on the Bill of Rights and the Baby Polar Bears. Like a laser beam.
October 23, 2008
I honestly can't remember if I've blogged this already, but just in case: Click here, then click on EVERYTHING in the picture. In some cases, click more than once. Save the door over on the left for last, and click on it many times. REVISED: Don't touch the red phone until the VERY VERY end…
October 23, 2008
It is actually pretty hard to find a story of people vandalizing McCain signs. In one of the few cases I have seen of anti-McCain vandalism, there is strong evidence that it was self inflicted by a crazy Republican who wanted to make it look like his house had been hit by Democrats. Meanwhile,…
October 23, 2008
I'm putting up Four Stone Hearth Carnival later today: You have time to submit! Taking all anthropology posts.
HERE
October 23, 2008
My worst nightmare:
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Don't let this happen to YOU.
Go here, click things, do stuff.
October 23, 2008
Sarah Palin. The new low. Only a madman would cast a vote for you.
