Bennett Gordon has a post on the Har Mar Science Fair:
...Every diorama in the Home School Science Fair, which took place inside a shopping mall in Roseville, Minnesota, had a biblical quote attached to it. A young woman whose project involved teaching her dog how to run circles between her legs decorated the words: "If you love me, you will obey what I command." (John 14:15) in pink lace fabric. This quote got to the crux of the science fair, in my opinion: parental commandment. These parents pulled their children out of school, away from their peers, and said, "Now prove that Darwin was wrong."...
Great post, interesting comments. Here.
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This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on.
Jon Rowe has another excellent post fisking the commonly heard argument that the Ten Commandments are the basis of the US legal system.
I'm putting the following below the fold because it may be offensive to some. But it's really funny.
Normally I don't like humor that makes fun of PC, because it is usually not funny. But this is Linux humor, and there are some gems. Like the "less" and "more" command joke. Ha!
I reported a couple weeks ago about the hearings held in the Louisiana state legislature to try and edit the ten commandments to come up with a single set that would satisfy all religions (most people are unaware that there are at least three different versions - one Protestant, one Catholic and
So see this is a yearly thing? http://www.tccsa.tc/fair.html
A couple of us are planning to go on the same mission to ask these kids about their scientific data. Hopefully we won't flake out due to pity. It's bad enough these kids are indoctrinated this badly beyond the 7th - 12th grade level.
Probably won't be pity though, it would be sheer anger that causes us to walk out before we go barking at some poor bystanding kid.