Monthly Archives: May 2009

Taxon Bingo

Posted on May 31, 2009 by arensb

Okay, so I’m a geek. When I saw a story in the Washington Post Maryland RSS feed with the headline “Chesapeake Beach Can’t Raise Taxon Bingo Machines” I wondered what Taxon Bingo would look like, and had to whip this … Continue reading →

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Disco ‘Tute Fails Some More

Posted on May 28, 2009 by arensb

The latest new project by the Disco Tute’s Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture is faithandevolution.org. Evidently the new creationists are feeling threatened not only by their traditional enemy, outspoken atheists like Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers, but … Continue reading →

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Activist Judges Uphold Prop 8

Posted on May 27, 2009 by arensb

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, which took away gays’ right to get married in that state. This sucks, which obviously means that it constitutes judicial activism. (Update, May 27: Yup: BillDo … Continue reading →

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Typical Evasion

Posted on May 16, 2009 by arensb

Back in the stone age, when I was a student, there was this thing called Usenet, which had a newsgroup called talk.origins, where creationists and evolution proponents argued. I saw a pattern emerge: the evolution side had a number of … Continue reading →

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More Catholic Idiocy

Posted on May 15, 2009 by arensb

While in Israel, pope Benny said: “Those deeply moving encounters brought back memories of my visit three years ago to the death camp at Auschwitz, where so many Jews – mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, friends – were brutally … Continue reading →

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Foreign Word O’ the Day

Posted on May 6, 2009 by arensb

The English language desperately needs the word “Backpfeifengesicht“, meaning “a face badly in need of a fist”. (from Cracked.com, item #7.) PS: Yeah, I know UD says “slapped” instead of “fist”, but what the hell do they know?

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