Climate can be a pain in the ass to blog because most of the time it amounts to this or that news item reinforcing what most of us already know. People who understand the science more or less agree that dumping carbon into the atmosphere has the effect of warming the Earth. When reports come …
Another Blow for Intelligent Design
This time from the Vatican: The official Vatican newspaper published an article this week labeling as “correct” the recent decision by a judge in Pennsylvania that intelligent design should not be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution. “If the model proposed by Darwin is not considered sufficient, one should search for another,” Fiorenzo Facchini, …
More ID
A cheap shot from Barney Frank: “It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party,” said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), a leading liberal lawmaker. Noting Bush’s Ivy League education, Frank said, “People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to …
The Coalition of the Stupid
By now you have probably already heard (the hazards of not blogging for a few hours) that Presiden Bush has endorsed the inclusion of intelligent design in public school curricula: President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life. During a round-table interview …
War for Ukraine Day 724: Did I Mention that the House of Representatives Went on a Two Week Vacation?
A quick note/reminder: You DO NOT need to go and watch the videos or look at the still imagery of traumatized Ukrainians or Ukrainian military wounded in action or civilians wounded in Russian strikes. That is not going to help Ukraine or Ukrainians and is only going to mess you up. I watch and look …
Sunday Morning Open Thread: Nancy Pelosi Says Follow the Money
Nancy Pelosi’s message at the annual South by Southwest festival could be summarized in three words: Follow the money, writes @JohnGHendy: https://t.co/481axDUzkc — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 18, 2023 House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s message at the annual South by Southwest festival could be summarized in three words: Follow the money. Pelosi uttered that specific …
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Late Night Open Thread: Rod Dreher’s Primitive Root Weiner Problem
a bad day for bad people is a good day for the rest of us https://t.co/wkcrofjfRa — GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) March 10, 2023 You ask me, I suspect someone showed Sugar Daddy Ahmanson the since-deleted tweet where Dreher delights at ‘watching fat Magyar men gnaw pork knuckles‘, and there was a mutual decision to yank the …
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