January 31, 2006
Category: Personal
There's a great story in the Rake about the Dakotas—that place just a few miles west of where I'm sitting. This is an odd part of the world, where population is actually contracting and drifting away to leave our...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 4:39 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: Weirdness
Our vampire candidate for governor, "the Impaler", has been arrested for "escape" and "stalking". I just have to say…Duh. What do you expect from a vampire? (via MNSpeak)...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 2:46 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Personal
…so go wish them a happy birthday....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:50 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Weblogs
I've got a couple of posts that have been nominated for The 2005 Koufax Awards: Best Post, so I've quickly brought them on board here at the new site. Voting isn't yet open, but here they are: Idiot America. This...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:35 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Science
Some people might think I'm a rather morbid fellow. Years ago, when I was an undergraduate lackey at the University of Washington and working at the med school, there, I made a wonderful discovery one lunch hour: a bone...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:22 AM • 55 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
I know you will not believe me, but I swear it's true: I'm not of this earth. I fled here years ago because my home planet was driving me crazy. Let me explain. My home world is very much...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:21 AM • 46 Comments •
Category: Politics
I love this article. Ctenotrish sent along a copy of Greetings from Idiot America, by Charles P. Pierce (sorry, but it's behind a firewall, and you have to pay $2.95 to see it) from the latest Esquire. I don't...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:13 AM • 48 Comments •
Category: Politics
Oh. My. Nonexistent. God. Debbie Schlussel. How does anyone take these "conservative commentators" seriously? She read a NYT article that shows a genetic link between Asians and Native Americans, and guess what that means? It was OK for Europeans to...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 8:43 AM • 44 Comments •
Category: Creationism
We're getting signs that the Discovery Institute is going to be shifting their strategy a little bit. Thoughts from Kansas has an excellent discussion of the subject. Basically, they're going to embrace more of the actual science, and focus their...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 8:06 AM • 39 Comments •
Category: Politics
Well, Kevin Drum's prediction about the State of the Union address is a bit vague and general: Bush's theme may well be that he's right and his critics are wrong; and his vision may well be of a year of...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 6:57 AM • 15 Comments •