Pope Knocked Down

I'm reading that Dan Browne book about the Illuminati. Given that, I doubt this could really happen:

This, however, seems very likely to happen:

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I'm about to head home from the conference; so I don't have much time to do one of my usual posts. However, there is a brief bit that irritated me regarding the Hannah Poling case, and it comes from Dr. Sanjay Gupta: I want to continue the discussion today. Couple of points. First of all, it seems…
I realize that PZ seems to have all the fun when it comes to entertaining e-mails from cranks, but that doesn't mean I don't sometimes get my share of such amusement. For example, yesterday, waiting for me in the morning in my e-mail in box was this delightful gem: From: jockdoubleday@hotmail.com…
Some time back, I was offered a review copy of Why the Sky Is Blue by Götz Hoeppe by Princeton University Press. Looking at their web site, I noticed a forthcoming book by an emeritus professor at my alma mater, so I asked if they'd send me a copy of that, too. I'm all about the free books. The…
I wil probably lose some respect from some of my readers by admitting this, but I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Dan Brown novels. I actually enjoyed The Da Vinci Code immensely as a jolly good read, as long as you're not too much of a stickler for anything resembling historical accuracy.…

"They had red coats, they were commies! It's a communist complot!"

I reclaim the copyright for that quote and all the variants, we know the fundies are going to say it, so I'm going to win a lot of money por copyright infringement.

"I may not know much about art but I know what I like."

By NewEnglandBob (not verified) on 25 Dec 2009 #permalink