I love the fact that the tide is turning on Fox. (That might not be the best analogy.) In any event, this is a great example, from Rachel Maddow, of how life is more complex than much of our discourse allows for. And she does it with Walter Cronkite, and all the others on her side.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Golden Eagle # 49 has Entered the Building
You know the drill: Someone claims to see a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) but then some wise-ass bird expert has to tell them that “Immature bald eagles are often mistaken for golden eagles. You saw a bald eagle, not a golden eagle.” Reminds me of the bird expert lady in The Birds (which we watched just the other day) … boy was she wrong!
Anyway, golden eagles have been traversing the state of Minnesota, and occasionally wintering here, for quite some time, and only recently are people really taking notice, counting them as real, and even starting to study them.
Trumpet-Playing Legislators
Now, what you should probably appreciate is that bar bands in the suburbs are by and large cover bands. This band doesn’t really have a repertoire of their own compositions, but they do classic rock, folk rock and alternative rock. Tom joined them for their version of “Margaritaville.” Very good, but I don’t think Tom plans to resign from the legislature to head to Hollywood for a record contract…..
Which one of these is Apple, which one of these is PC?
10:1 the DSCC gets spanked by Apple Corp for infringement. In the meantime, enjoy this, there will be more to follow, or so I hear:
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Britains got … a lot of singers who sing like this, apparently.
The question every man needs to know the answer to …
<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000952">Do Individual Females Differ Intrinsically in Their Propensity to Engage in Extra-Pair Copulations? </a>
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Oscar J. Polaco has died
From his colleague, Eduardo Corona-M, via the Zooarch list server:
He was a great researcher at the Instituto Nacional de AntropologÃa e Historia and taught zoology at Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas in the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. In 2006 he received the Fryxel Award by the Society of American Archaeology. For many year he promotes the archaeozoological studies in Mexico and Latin America, he was part of ICAZ Comitee and one of the organizers of the 10th ICAZ Meeting in Mexico. Rest in peace Se comunica a ustedes el lamentable deceso del Profesor Ã?scar J. Polaco, destacado investigador del Instituto Nacional de AntropologÃa e Historia, Profesor de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del IPN. Premio Fryxel 2006 de la Society of American Archaeology por su trayectoria. Por muchos años el promovió los estudios arqueozoológicosen México y Latinoamérica, el fromó parte del Comite de ICAZ y fue uno de los organizadores del 10o. Meeting de ICAZ. Descanse en paz
Brother Mike Drinks the Kool Aid
My blogging brother Mike Dunford steps in to save poor old Apple Corporation from me and a few others who consider building corporate ads into an operating system to be evil.
He’s wrong, I’m right, but if you must go read his post and decide for yourself.
The Public Option … OMG … Holy crap. From now on we’re doing it this way, no kidding…
You must watch this. You. Simply. Must. Watch. This.
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Religion Hunter Bites the Dust
Heather Rosa:
Five days a week I’m a news junkie. On weekends I take a complete break. Come Monday morning, I’m again ready for the news, catching up on whatever happened over the weekend. The first thing that slapped me in the face Monday morning, even before the every-five-minute repeat of the weather, was this story: a local woman had died after traveling to Arizona to participate in somebody’s idea of a sweat lodge ceremony. After keeling over from excessive heat (possibly literally biting the dust), she was taken to a hospital and later died. Authorities stated homicide charges were pending….
Here on Quiche Moraine.
Opinions Void of Facts are Just as Valid as Those Based on Facts
… well, that would sure make things a lot easier…
Sean Hannity’s … feigns dismay at the idea that Christians don’t have any signs up in the NYC Subway system.
I am trying to imagine the outrage, because it isn’t happening. There are pro-Christian signs all over the NYC subway system. It shouldn’t take too much to ask one of his underlings about this kind of thing before he makes this kind of statement. But, this is another example of how he likes to fan the flames of a nearly non-existent “culture war” being waged by what his cohort Bill ORLY refers to as the “Secular Progressives.”
The Power of the Pentatonic Scale
The corporation = one of the best documentaries ever.
I first watched The Corporation
when it was first shown around, at the Minneapolis Film Fest, with the producers and the director. The Corporation
could be termed a forensic personality profile of the American Corporation, but I viewed it as an insightful ethnography of the most important tribe to emerge in human history. The most important, and the most dangerous tribe. In fact, I showed The Corporation as an ethnography in my anthropology classes a number of times.
Here is Part I:
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Ubuntu 9.10 RC Released
Move Over Windows 7!
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