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Progress marches on!

Kansas school board redefines science New standards question accuracy of evolutionary theory In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena. In a related decision … Continue reading

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The pissing contest, Or how I learned to stop worrying and love Alfred Lehmberg

The Imperial postmaster delivered a stunning letter the other day, it was from my fun-bud Alfred — regarding a couple of comments I made on the now defunked RR group. There was some ugliness there, people got bent out of … Continue reading

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Is this the Future?

A flock of enterprising collage students are reshaping the space program. Big expensive rockets? Hypersonic shuttles with millions of parts? Complex systems that take thousands of support people every time they get off the ground? None of the above. These … Continue reading

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Alf in the News

I guess I’m not the only one! Check this blurb on my best buddy Al. From the Phenomena, Area 51′s interveiw with Andy Roberts. “But there are worse creatures in the US, creatures of limited intelligence and little knowledge, who … Continue reading

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Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke.

From the New York Times busness section ….You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the … Continue reading

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Snarf of the day.

From Bizarro creator Dan Piraro

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Now this is some sick crap.

Just when I thought I’d seen everything. There is something incredibly unwholesome about these two girls. Don’t let the cute smiley Hitler-tees and braces fool you. This is Prussian Blue. “Charming and loving sisters –  white nationalist folk singers. Bleeck!

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Aaron Sakulich on Amityville

Amityville Horror based on little fact, mostly fiction

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Al’s last one.

…Just can’t get passed that it’s ~you~ in arrears, can you bunky? Just like any other hubristically smothered mook with an ISP who thinks the world should readily readily acknowledge their erstwhile *contribution* if not the crystal clarity of their … Continue reading

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Not so idle musings.

“What is astonishing in the realm of science is the opposite of what is astonishing in the art of the conjurer. For the latter wants to persuade us to see a very simple causality. Where in truth a very complicated … Continue reading

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