I know, I’ll just go change the expression of my genes! Why didn’t I think of that before?
Deepak Chopra’s latest blog entry, (also published in the San Francisco Chronicle, sadly enough) “The Perils of Skepticism,” is really disturbing and displays an incredible level of ignorance and cynicism. From it: Statistically, cynical mistrust is correlated with premature sudden death from cardio vascular disease. Since the skeptics who write venomous blogs trust in nothing, [...]
Accommodationism gives up the battle before it has even begun
Ugh. Michael Shermer has written an article at The Huffington Post, called “Theism v. Atheism: I’m a Realist, not an ‘Accommodationist.’” It’s in response to criticisms of his recent CNN Opinion piece, “Religion, evolution can live side by side,” in which he attempts to explain why so many people reject the fact of evolution, starting [...]
Surreal!!!
Wow. Laurel and Hardy’s March of the Wooden Soldiers (a computer-colorized version of 1934′s Babes in Toyland) is SO SURREAL. I watched the final half-hour of it this morning and I have NO idea what was happening. But it was charmingly, delightfully bizarre, random, and mesmerizing. For some reason, I really enjoy the look of [...]
The main thing is to try (repost from my previous blog)- July 2009
(Originally posted on my previous blog in July 2009) (Edward R. Murrow, 1957) Lately, I’ve found myself cringing when I see or hear television, radio, or print media using Twitter or Facebook as their sources for information. It comes across as a desperate attempt to be relevant and to stay afloat in today’s media culture. [...]
Liebermeme!!!
Oh, Joe Lieberman, whatever shall we do with you? You’re out there, running around looking for things to filibuster, talking about how “relevant” you’re feeling, and inflicting that slow, whiny, holier-than-thou, slow, monotone, SLOW voice on anyone who will listen. Oh, Joe, you’re like Droopy Dog, if Droopy Dog lost the low self-esteem and instead [...]
I’m so grateful for this
In January, the British Humanist Association started the
Ray Comfort is a lying, vile coward. Also, he’s really, really into bananas.
Being ignorant is bad enough. Being willfully ignorant in today’s world of instant access to information is not acceptable. Being willfully ignorant and knowingly and intentionally spreading deceitful information to anyone foolish enough to listen or vulnerable enough to be preyed upon is just disgusting. Case in point: Ray Comfort. It’s bad enough that he’s [...]
Gee golly, that’s so maverick-y of you, Sarah!
Remember that interview with Katie Couric, the one in which Sarah Palin made a complete fool of herself? She couldn’t even answer simple questions like “what newspapers and magazines do you regularly read?” And, even more disturbingly, other than Roe v. Wade, she couldn’t name another Supreme Court decision: Couric: What other Supreme Court decisions [...]
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