October 22, 2008
Check it out:
I don't believe in a shoe-in. I know better now. They cheat, they lie, they fix elections, they want to remain the select privileged while we get foreclosed on, our health insurance becomes unaffordable, and our young people die in a winless, needless war, and they will do ANYTHING to…
October 22, 2008
An Email from El Tinkenberg:
Even as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann tries to backpedal from her outrageous comments Friday, comments which have inspired more than a million dollars for our campaign in the last four days alone, people across the country are just beginning to learn the truth about…
October 22, 2008
We have photos:
From the Strib and WCCO
October 22, 2008
The Wicked Witch of the West Metro, Twin Cities, has taken the final blow in her political career. The National Republican Congressional Committee has CUT OFF Michele Bachmann like a bad wart.
Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was…
October 22, 2008
The homes of Senator Amy Klobuchar , Senator Norm Coleman, U.S. Representatives Kieth Ellison, John Kline, Michelle Bachmann and Jim Ramstad were hit with spRay paint graffiti last night. Phrases, written in partial LOL cat langauge and a biblical reference were written mainly on garages (but…
October 22, 2008
"If the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry Left never will." -- President George Bush, addressing the RNC via satellite feed, September 1, 2008 "I Am The Angry Left." -- T-Shirt seen at demonstration outside RNC,…
October 22, 2008
Homo floresiensis more widely known as the "Hobbit," may have had arms that were very different from those of modern humans.
A paper in the current issue of the Journal of Human Evolution explores the anatomy of H. floresiensis. To explore this we first have to understand the concept of "…
October 22, 2008
John McCain just picked up an endorsement that may well turn the election around and put him in front.
The endorsement is from the Anti-American group Al-Qaeda. Since it is known that over half of Americans are Anti-Americans (according to Michele Bachmann), this endorsement is likely to change…
October 21, 2008
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October 21, 2008
It has always been suggested, by a wide range of evidence, that australopiths in general, and robust australopiths in particular, have a higer degree of sexual dimorphism than chimps, and possibly, dimorphism in body size as high as one sees in any ape. Resent research on growth patterns, just…
October 21, 2008
You will recall that John McCain has been trying to get the Cold War going again as part of his ill-fated and hapless campaign for the US Presidency. Now this:
The Russian mission to the UN in New York says it has turned down a request from John McCain to help fund his presidential campaign.…
October 21, 2008
... wait, wait, does this make any sense at all? Wouldn't the conservative Muslim clerics normally call for the gruesome execution of children who play video games because they involve the creation and manipulation of images of humans and animals? So Koranic lyrics in a background song ... that…
October 21, 2008
Every few years a paper comes out "explaining" short stature in one or more Pygmy groups. Most of the time the new work ads new information and new ideas but fails to be convincing. This is the case with the recent PNAS paper by Migliano et al.
From the abstract:
Explanations for the evolution…
October 21, 2008
If you live in or near Boston, Raytheon is one of those companies that you know about because you know someone who works for them. Or, you've been to the "Raytheon ... something or 'nuther" funded by the Defense contracting giant. Back when I lived in the vicinity, they were famous for making…
October 20, 2008
Tim Tingelstad says: ".... I believe that justice is served when judges fear God and love the people, and as a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, I will be impartial to the parties, while partial to the original intent of the Constitution."
And of the Constitution, on his web site, he notes:
"We…
October 20, 2008
African American children may have reduced verbal ability compared to other children to a degree that is roughly equivalent to missing a year in school, according to a recently published paper.
Is this evidence of a racial difference?
The study by Sampson et.al., published in the Proceedings of…
October 20, 2008
.... your Anthropology Posts, for the next Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival. I'll be hosting the next one in Two Days. Email me your links!
October 20, 2008
This week's edition of the Replace Michele Bachmann Web Carnival is the fourth in the series, and is named the "We Told You So" edition.
This is because there are several of us living here in Minnesota who have been blogging about Michele Bachmann for some time. There is the Dump Bachmann web…
October 20, 2008
An Open Letter to John McCain
October 20, 2008
An Overhead Projector I was recently contacted by Glen Gould, a reader who is also a relative regarding the repeated mention by Republican Candidate John McCain of the "Overhead Projector" earmark for a planetarium in Chicago. Glen, together with my sister, Bunny Laden, are very serious…
October 19, 2008
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it."
-Isaiah 35:8
So, I'm having dinner over at Lynn Fellman Studios with Lynn, Genie Scott of NCSE who is in town for…
October 19, 2008
A Republican Challenger has risen in the ranks of the Congressional Sixth District in Minnesota to directly challenge incumbent and Republican Nominee Michele Bachmann. Aubrey Immelman, a professor of poly-psy at St. John's University and College of St. Benedict, has registered as a writ-in…
October 19, 2008
The North End, Boston, Massachusetts I'm standing outside Luigi's restaurant having a smoke, and Luigi's doorman had joined me. Across the street yellow stingray is parked, as usual, to block the alley. The word is, the fire escape down into that alley leads directly from Baronelli's office…
October 19, 2008
In my opinion, it is time to bring McCain and Palin in for questioning. There is currently a $5,000 reward being offered for information leading to the capture and conviction of the members of the McCain gang who are responsible for this latest outrage.
Boston:
ACORN Massachusetts' head…
October 19, 2008
An active following of unrepentant racist scum. Click the Obama is a Monkey Man to read more about it at TUIBG.
October 19, 2008
Did you see Oliver Stone pop his head up in the audience on Saturday Night Live last nigh?
I have not yet seen W but I plan to. I know a lot of you find Oliver Stone annoying, but I want to make an argument that he is less annoying than you think.
Oliver Stone
I think most people who are…
October 19, 2008
I would like to begin by reminding you to submit your entries to a Special Edition of the Replace Michele Bachmann Web Carnival, which will be up tomorrow morning some time as scheduled. The current edition of that article is here, at Almost Diamonds.
And now, today's carnivals:
Friday Ark #213…
October 19, 2008
Looking it up ... so you don't have to.
This post is a resource for those interested in learning more about Michelle Bachmann, who represents Minnesota's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
The first thing you need to know is…
October 19, 2008
It is very significant that one of the main reasons Powell chose to endorse Obama is the vicious and untruthful attack campaign being run by McCain and Palin. Bachmann's connection to this is noted in this video (the link kindly sent to me by The Science Pundit).
