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The true man walks the earth as the stars walk the heavens, grandly obedient to those laws which are implanted in his nature.
[Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911]
December 28, 2007
Category: Politics
Someone was willing to try waterboarding on himself — he was in complete control, but he still found it a terrifying experience. Now we just need to get all our representatives who claim it is not torture to try it...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:07 PM • 324 Comments •
Category: Cephalopods
It's still Friday, isn't it? Some of you have noticed there was some screw-up in post scheduling, which has been fixed now…and here at last is the Friday Cephalopod. Sepia sp. Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:53 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Humor
From Cectic: Quote of the week: "Either the theory is wrong, or I'm just incredibly stupid." -Todd Friel on Evolution, from The Way of the Master Radio for 24 Dec. The first true utterance I've heard on that show since...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:05 PM • 64 Comments •
Category: Humor
Next time I'm told by some "scientific" racist that he has evidence backing up his contention that certain races are inferior, I'm just going to tell him that there is one more experiment he has to do....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:27 AM • 310 Comments •
Category: Weblogs
Jon Swift asked for various blogs to submit a "best of" post for his end-of-year list, and it's a clever way to get an idea of a blog's content and introduce yourself to some interesting blogs. My entry is a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:33 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Denyse O'Leary is a very silly person, but you all knew that. One of her latest entries on her silly Design of Life blog, which purports to be promoting Dembski's silly book of the same name, is treading old ground....
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:28 AM • 19 Comments •
Category: Religion
When I read this tale of woe, I have to admit I had a hard time feeling much sympathy for the victim. The message flickered into Cindy Fleenor's living room each night: Be faithful in how you live and how...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:11 AM • 130 Comments •
December 27, 2007
Category: Creationism
Scarcely do I mention Ann Coulter and my challenge to her fans, than one such fan shows up in the comments. You will not be surprised that this person didn't even try to meet the challenge, which is to cite...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:11 PM • 326 Comments •
Category: Weirdness
A 2 year old girl picks up a screwdriver, runs around, falls, and… She's fine now, fortunately — it somehow missed her brain. The father calls this event a "Christmas miracle." That God fella. He's such a card, poking little...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:37 PM • 65 Comments •
Category: Politics
Well, they've got one Republican and one Democratic congressman to agree to co-chair a presidential debate on science, which is good news. The framework for the debate is coming together…now all they need is some debaters....
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:20 AM • 7 Comments •
