DJ Grothe and JREF vs. Psychic James Van Praagh.
Bwahahahahaha!!!
Below the fold because of the blood and gore.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Is Findings any good?
Looks interesting, but so far my “highlighting” in ebooks is fairly quirky and has to do with specific objectives I have that others may not know. In other words, sharing them would be potentially problematic considering how easy and common it is to take anyone’s words off the web and get all whingy about them.
Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.
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One still on run in Florida after double prison break
A Statue Of Jesus In A National Forest Violates Church-State Separation
In a postcard-worthy spot on Big Mountain in Montana stands a statue of Jesus Christ. The statue is in close proximity to Whitefish Mountain Resort in Whitefish, Mont., and it has been something of a curiosity to skiers over the years.
The statue was put there more than 50 years ago by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, to honor World War II veterans.
Problem is the statue is on land that is part of a national forrest, so its placement constitutes a church-state separation violation. The U.S. Forest Service had planned to remove the statue after receiving a complaint from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) until it learned why the statue had been placed there.
Morning Joe Mocking Rick Perry
I am not a big fan of Morning Joe, but this is fun:
Gun Nuts Attack NRA
Let’s just hope this does not lead to anyone … targeting anyone.
My Blog Post on Global Warming Won an Award!!!
w00t! My blog post on Urban Heat Islands has won the prestigious Editor’s Selection Award from ResearchBlogging.org News!
See the awarding blog post here, and the awarded blog post here.
Thank you Sarah Kendrew.
Two other posts won the award as well: Ovarian Cancer at Microfluidic Future and In Praise of the Comet at the.soft.anonymous. I suppose we will be splitting the prize money.
“Copiale Cipher” Cracked
It is a document linked to a secret society.
Michele Bachmann on Health Care
“We will always have people in this country, through hardship, through no fault of their own, who won’t be able to afford health care. That’s just the way it is.”
Here’s the video:
Bachmann’s solution for health care: Get in a time machine and go back to when medicine was cheap.
See Bachmann on the spot in Iowa. As pointed out by Avidor, this could be why Bachmann hasn’t held more tan one town hall meeting in her own district.
Five Dollars. Indeed. Have a sandwich, Michele:
Michele Bachmann Campaign in Death Spiral
Bachmann’s New Hampshire campaign staff, noting that their main goal was still to make sure that Obama is a “one term president,” has walked away from Michele Bachmann’s campaign citing disgruntlement with Bachmann’s national campaign staff.
Psychic Arrested in Alleged Child Scam
The psychic told the kid that she was cursed, but could buy her way out of damnation.
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Is Gun Control Racist?
This is an assertion that has made the usual rounds. Here’s a recent essay on the topic, a worthwhile update:
Wikileaks suspends operations
This announcement was made at a meeting of the Frontline Club:
“In order to ensure our future survival, we are forced to suspend all publishing operations to direct all our resources to fighting the blockade and raising funds”.
NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery
A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. New infrared observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, reveal how the first supernova ever recorded occurred and how its shattered remains ultimately spread out to great distances.
The findings show that the stellar explosion took place in a hollowed-out cavity, allowing material expelled by the star to travel much faster and farther than it would have otherwise.
“This supernova remnant got really big, really fast,” said Brian J. Williams, an astronomer at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Williams is lead author of a new study detailing the findings online in the Astrophysical Journal. “It’s two to three times bigger than we would expect for a supernova that was witnessed exploding nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, we’ve been able to finally pinpoint the cause.”