Cross-posted from Slacker Astronomy As I awed over another unbelievable Hubble image I couldn’t help but think the Universe is teeming with life. With billions of galaxies with billions of stars over billions of years — the math is undeniable: even the most unlikely situations will occur a great number of times. This is articulated [...]
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PZ points out that the retards are at it again. A ridiculous book “What you aren’t being told about astronomy” and its idiotic web site, creationastronomy.com are there and ready to confuse the confused and insult the knowledgeable. It’s ironic that the author quotes published open questions in solar system research as evidence for his [...]
(I’m currently on vacation. This is cross-posted from Slacker Astronomy. ) We remodeled our basement and in preparation we boxed up a lot of stuff. The basement is finished now and the boxes are down there ready to be unpacked. One of them has all of my old beginning astronomy books in it and I [...]
I noticed I haven’t been posting too much here lately and it’s because I have been posting elsewhere. I added The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast to my blogroll. Check it out! It’s going to be really cool and I need your help to spread the word. We also have a few new things over [...]
1. Executive experience is required to be President! But McCain doesn’t have any! Neither does Obama! Neither does Biden! But Palin does, 18 whole months of it! 2. Foreign policy experience is required to be President! Obama doesn’t have any! Neither does Palin! Both McCain and Biden do! 3. Washington insiders are bad. McCain is [...]
Holy incompetent police state, Batman, the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota has completely lost its fucking mind. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here. [...]
PZ points out this little gaff.
Sarah Palin is asked:
Will you support the right of parents to opt out their children from curricula, books, classes, or surveys, which parents consider privacy-invading or offensive to their religion or conscience? Why or why not?