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pharyngula | June 7, 2009One of those right-wing circle-jerks has been going on in Virginia, and the wingnuts are vying to see who can be holiest — it looks like a contest between Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee. It's boring, except, I think, for the revelation about the nature of God.
Huckabee was not to be outdone in the use of hyperbole. The former Republican presidential candidate called the United States a "blessed" nation whose victory against the British in the Revolutionary War was "a miracle from God's hand," indeed the same type of miracle that defeated the legalization of gay marriage in California.
Since…
grrlscientist | June 7, 2009tags: disease, god, religion, creationism, humor, funny, satire, Edward Current, streaming video
In a live webcast, Edward Current explains how God created a perfect world and had nothing to do with creating disease. But letting just anyone write in and comment probably wasn't the best idea [3:51]
grrlscientist | June 6, 2009tags: child stars, Disney, geneticists, satire, humor, funny, social commentary, streaming video
In this amazing news report, Disney claims its latest batch of child stars is so lifelike, you'll barely be able to tell they have no souls [2:40]
oracknows | June 5, 2009SETTING: A NONDESCRIPT CLINIC IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
TIME: AFTER DARK
It had been a long, hard day at the clinic. The man trudged to the back of the building and plopped himself down on a large, cushy leather office chair, causing it to spin around. He was fiftyish, but still boyish in appearance, possessed of a seemingly unflappable self-confidence. Even so, he was not happy.
Damn, I hate being here. He thought. I'd much rather be back in London than stuck in this hick state. At least Austin is about as good as it gets here. I suppose it could be worse; I could be in Arkansas.
He sighed. "Damn…
grrlscientist | June 5, 2009tags: Snickers Bar, candy bar, Kitchen Science, cloning food, Todd Wilbur, streaming video
Famous food cloner, Todd Wilbur, wraps his head with tape and attempts to duplicate the world's most popular candy bar [5:59]
oracknows | June 3, 2009What should a drug company do if it spends millions of dollars on a compound and it doesn't do anything? Easy:
(Click on the panel to see the whole cartoon.)
In fact, I'm surprised more pharmaceutical companies don't do this...
oracknows | May 31, 2009Want to know how Jenny McCarthy, J.B. Handley, other anti-vaccine advocates, creationists, quacks, 9/11 Truthers, and cranks and pseudoscientists of all stripes manage to be heard when they have no science, evidence, reason, logic, or facts on their side?
Sadly, The Onion knows: Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!
At first, it looks as though the forces of reason can win:
Goddamn it, nothing's working! It's trapped us in our own unsubstantiated claims! We need to switch fundamentally unsound tactics. Hurry, throw up the straw man! Look, I think it's going for…
mikethemadbiologist | May 31, 2009Friends, this is compassionate conservatism we can believe in:
Heh.
oracknows | May 31, 2009I've noticed that a hilariously literal-minded parody of that 1980s chestnut "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler has been making the rounds in the blogsophere. I was suitably amused, but I also found this new tidbit amusing.
I haven't seen the latest Terminator movie yet, but I've been a big fan of the Terminator movies since the very first one back in 1984. I even kind of liked Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. At least, it wasn't as bad as I had feared, and parts of it were pretty entertaining. However, what the Terminator movies have always lacked is one thing. That's right: A…
grrlscientist | May 31, 2009tags: religion, atheism, godlessness, Keep Porno Out of Day Care Centers!, humor, funny, satire, edward current, streaming video
This video reveals Hollywood's latest assault on our culture; stripping preschoolers of their innocence and filling them with unchaste ideas. [4:15]
sa smith | May 30, 2009Continuing this weeks theme of spewing--
Drove home to visit the parents for a few days (dial-up country w00t!-- expect spammed comments to stay spammed for a while, sry). While Im sure you all are under the impression Im high-society and enjoy luxury, there are few things that make me happier than a bag of Doritos, and an ice cold bottle of the best soda ever made, Mountain Dew (Red Mountain Dew and Blue Mountain Dew are close seconds).
However I cant justify buying these items very often, so normally I buy them as a treat for the (long) drive home to visit the parents.
This time I tried a…
pharyngula | May 30, 2009OK, who's the wise guy who gave one of our creationists a writing gig at The Onion?
grrlscientist | May 30, 2009tags: religion, atheism, godlessness, god is nonexistent, humor, funny, satire, edward current, streaming video
This video talks about how Our Lord goes to extraordinary lengths to create the illusion that he does nothing. Why? Because he can do anything! [4:20]
clock | May 29, 2009From Arikia (The Millikan Daily) comes this LOL/LMAO/ROFL video of the day - Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version:
clock | May 28, 2009It appears that Jorge Cham has been reading some of these posts or associated FriendFeed threads, because today's PhDcomics strip is this one:
I am wondering how many of 'weissberg's' comments have been removed by the moderators over the years.
Also, if duplicate comments are posted 14 years apart, is it because MoveableType stalled that long? Do they even count as duplicates any more?
And why did the reviewer take so long to post the review? And how does one get scooped by a 14-year old paper? Just the lack of habit of reading historical literature?
Task: identify the paper this is…
pharyngula | May 28, 2009This is a song called Alone in the Universe, and it's not what I thought it was about at first. I had to laugh.
It's perfectly safe for work, unless you listen to the lyrics carefully.
oracknows | May 27, 2009I'm a bit envious of Dawn Crawford. Why am I envious? She has a badge of honor I have yet to obtain.
Jenny McCarthy has blocked her on Twitter.
Darn. I'm going to have to see if I can get Jenny to block me too.
pharyngula | May 27, 2009I took the test, and it said,
You are a heady mix of the most evil Popes - Paul III, Benedict IX, Urban II and "Hitler's Pope" Pius XII.
Oops. I knew I shouldn't have admitted that vanilla was my favorite ice cream flavor in that last question.