The times they are a changin’ … Minnesota Leads in Modernizing Bar Rules: Ladies Night will Be No More.

Today’s subversive activity tip: Let’s play Disability Bingo.

Scott Gavura on vitamins and Steve Wereley on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

The southern end, to be exact:

(Or, so it is called. One could debate the point.)

Here is some data on the impact of outside individuals as targets or important components of blog posts on the You’re Not Helping blog. Sample of the last several blog posts plus all known posts related to Yours Truly.

Clearly, while PZ Myers is not helping, he is not helping at the same order of magnitude of, say The Friendly Atheist. Greg Laden, on the other hand, is Totally Not Helping at All and probably deserves some kind of an award.

While this study is very interesting, the main purpose of the present exercise has been to test the table making facility in emacs org-mode. I would say it works pretty well.

If you want to see something REALLY impressive, check out the PDF exporting abilities of org-mode: YNH_count.pdf

Remember the Saint Paul RNC 8? Here’s the latest news:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Court Affirms Prosecution’s Attempt to Criminalize Activism, Proceeds in Case Against RNC 8

June 10, 2010

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Yesterday, the RNC 8 completed the probable cause hearing, begun last month, a key step in determining whether their charges of conspiracy to riot and conspiracy to damage property will go to trial in October. Judge Teresa Warner is expected to issue a ruling on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the charges due to a lack of probable cause sometime in August.

The probable cause hearing concluded without the testimony of paid FBI informant Andrew Darst, who has successfully evaded a subpoena for the hearing. Darst is currently being paid $1500 per month by the FBI to be on hand for testifying in the case and is legally required to keep a current address with his probation officer. Even so, all attempts to locate Darst have failed and Warner declined to compel him to appear.

“The prosecutors seem intent on using twisted logic to continue pursuing these trumped-up charges,” said Jude Ortiz of the RNC 8 Defense Committee. “We hope that a respect for the right to engage in political organizing will guide the ruling on the probable cause motion and that the charges will be thrown out.”

Read the whole press release here.

And other matters, from the Amazing Atheist:

Who knows, but maybe you can find out on Friday Night when you listen to Skeptically Speaking.
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