(I’ve done so many entries on the whole “evolution in schools” thing that you’d think I would be getting tired of it. But, no. I am fuelled by sweet, sweet rage.) Lots of more rage after the jump. Read more →
Category: Head-Explodes
Not this again
“We’re becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world.” I feel for her, I really do. Read more →
I Am Not Making This Up
You know, this is so silly I would have had to blog it no matter where it had occurred. The fact that it happened in Kentucky (and hence, can be used to get a small dig in at my friends there) is just gravy. Kentucky lands grant to protect bingo halls from terrorists FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has been awarded… Read more →
Civil liber-what-nows?
USA PATRIOT Act, Domestic Security Enhancement Act, C-7 (see), etc. It just never seems to stop, does it? My thoughts, I’m pretty sure, can’t top the supposed Franklin quotation about people who would trade liberty for security. I’ll quote someone else, just as concise and valuable, for the sake of diversity: “Experience should teach us to be most on our… Read more →
A Friday Miscellany
Best paragraph on technology I’ve read today: I don’t think we’ll ever have the feeling of the one place you have to be ever again… Increasingly, the name of the game will be software agents that bring the “places” to you and streamline their interfaces together for you, until it feels once again that there is just one place you… Read more →
Fiscally Conservative?
So I just want to make sure I understand things–is it the received wisdom that the Republicans are fiscally conservative, and the Democrats are the ones who spend money they don’t have? Interesting. Over at Calculated Risk there’s some posting going on about the US National debt: The US Treasury Department reports that the US National Debt increased $553.7 Billion… Read more →
*Boom*
It’s always good to get your head explody out of the way early. ‘Ten Commandments’ Judge To Run For Ala. Governor GADSDEN, Ala. — Roy Moore, who became a hero to the religious right after being ousted as Alabama’s chief justice for refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse, announced Monday that he is running… Read more →
Oh good: depressing and cynical
So, I’m happy about old Tom, but let’s do a quick pass over some other news: * * * Colorado parents burn books – Wikinews Norwood, Colorado parents recently burned copies of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima after having them pulled from the area high school’s curriculum. Millie Davis, of the National Council of Teachers of English, said “I’m flabbergasted… Read more →
As I suspected
Track 14 Yesterday’s Times brings an article describing of a new study looking at how the degree to which a society is religious affects the moral and ethical foundations of a society. The results are no surprise to me. The paper, published in the Journal of Religion and Society, a US academic journal, reports: “Many Americans agree that their churchgoing… Read more →
Even More On Evolution
The Reuters story on the PA (here it is at Yahoo) case contains these depressing facts. New evolution spat in U.S. schools goes to court At least 31 states are taking steps to teach alternatives to evolution. A CBS poll last November found 65 percent of Americans favor teaching creationism as well as evolution while 37 percent want creationism taught… Read more →
Darwin has a posse
OK, I can’t believe I’m writing about this stuff again (put “evolution” in the search box and you’ll get lots of other posts with related rants), and we’re still in the 21st century. Why do so many people just want to throw their hands up and give up on trying to understand the world… ‘Intelligent design’ taken to court Eighty… Read more →
Bush appointed dictator
Okay, so maybe that’s a bit hyperbolic, he’s not quite Sulla yet (and I doubt he will be returning his powers to the more general government at the end of his term!), but apparently the courts have decided (again) that he has the power to abrogate the Constitution more or less at his whim, and hold American citizens without habeaus… Read more →
We’re still living in a Dilbert strip
There’s a simple test to see if you are ready for the position of Senior Vice President at a large, North American-based, global software company. Can you say this: To deliver products of the highest quality, we must implement a world-class development process that requires stringent approvals and ensures all development activities are business related to provide value to our… Read more →
United States Homeland Security network monitors suspicious activity
Man, so many things to say about this item in today’s Wikinews. Instead of trying to write something clear and sensible (I’ve slept about 5 hours since Monday) I’m just going to pull quotes from the article and comment on them. “The secret network is a component of the HSIN, which is the primary conduit for DHS to share information… Read more →
Yardarm be damned
It is 11:15AM. There is a very cold and unopened can of Strongbow Cider now sitting on my desk, beading up nicely with condensation, which I have just released from the fridge. Just one more tiny annoyance this morning, and I am going to have to crack this open. Working from home occasionally has some excellent fringe benefits. Read more →
