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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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Antichrist is the pope and the Turk [Muslim] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul of Antichrist is the pope, his flesh or body the Turk.
[Martin Luther, Table Talk]
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May 31, 2007
Category: Politics
Errm, why haven't we started the impeachment proceedings on George W. Bush yet? Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!"...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:00 PM • 57 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Earlier, I was mildly perturbed that Canada was leading my country in the cheesy science "museum" race; this is, of course, a race to the bottom. Scott Hatfield has come to my rescue, though, and sent in some photos of...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 6:57 PM • 59 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Ha ha, pathetic Canadians. They've put up their own creation "museum"—just look at it. It's feeble. It's like someone took a cheap suburban ranch-style home and put a sign on it and started charging admission to come take a...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 3:22 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kooks
Laura Mallory wants to ban the Harry Potter books from public schools, and she took her case to court. This is a perfect example of a mixed message: At Tuesday's hearing, Mallory argued in part that witchcraft is a...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 2:30 PM • 87 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Suddenly, it makes sense. Schizophrenia is a methodology. Now we also know who is watching....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 12:56 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Sam Brownback has an op-ed in the NY Times today, in which he explains with much straining at gnats why he was one of the Republicans who did not believe in evolution. Short summary: he reveals his own misconceptions...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 12:13 PM • 195 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Environment
Long time readers will know how fond I am of the Index to Creationist Claims, a long list of common creationist arguments linked to short, pithy rebuttals with references. Now the gang at Gristmill have done the same thing for...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 10:56 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
If you're concerned about the military appropriation of an important fossil site, here's more information. It's not just some old rocks, it's a historical and ecologically significant site that's about to be overrun by a bloated military. The Picket Wire...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 9:31 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academics
People keep > Professors Who Blog > May 15, 2007" href="http://techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604461">keep interviewing me for articles on academic blogging. I'm always giving the same answers. I've got to start getting more creative—next time, I'm going to have to say something about...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 7:40 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I'm not a fanatic about gun control—guns are dangerous tools, but so are chainsaws—but sometimes…man, sometimes I think we ought to put more restrictions on them to keep them out of the hands of dangerously stupid people. Take this story,...
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