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Published December 6th, 2007
So, apparently Mitt Romney believes that “Freedom requires religion, and religion requires freedom.”
At the same time, he decried those who would remove from public life “any acknowledgment of God,” and he said that “during the holiday season, nativity scenes and menorahs should be welcome in our public places.”
I’m sorry - what? I have no problem […]
Published August 2nd, 2007
Russia has claimed the north pole through a cunning use of flags. They must have been watching Eddie Izzard.
Published July 24th, 2007
I’ll put a sort-of transcript behind the cut.
Published June 27th, 2007
Paris Hilton - I guess this is what I have to say about that.
Published June 27th, 2007
Just some minor thoughts I guess:
CNN recently covered “The Secret” - they got some skeptics opinions, and they make a whole lot of sense. Cancer survivors? Sexual assault victims? Holocaust prisoners? It’s your fault - your negative thoughts attracted bad things!
Yahoo finally does something to get a bit of a leg-up on google. They’ve integrated […]
Published June 26th, 2007
Mostly because today is a Day of Silence. Many netradio stations across the web have gone silent to protest the impending doom of excessive rate hikes. It will instantly shut down a huge number of stations. There is a campaign to stop it, but people need to do their part. You can find more information […]
Published June 21st, 2007
This morning there seemed to be a ridiculous glut of commercials on the radio. I kept flipping between the two shows I listen to in the morning, finally finding some content on my B option. They had some reporter on from Entertainment Tonight - I believe it was Kevin Frazier. Mr. Frazier was basically denouncing […]
Published May 10th, 2007
And by “party” - I mean your political party. And mine. And everyone else’s. Why is it that in America, Land of Individualism, we’re so obsessed with categorization and party lines? Doesn’t it bother anyone that you as an individual are represented by a “party”? I dunno. It bothers me. I hate my party. I […]
Published April 26th, 2007
For a long time now, 6 years in fact, I have been an active member of the grid.org distributed computing project. But now, the project has ended and they are closing down. I helped work on research into cancer, anthrax, proteome folding and smallpox. I do believe that this project and my contributions were helpful […]
Published April 25th, 2007
Almost there - and this was was a bit of a surprise so soon. I thought it would take another 3-5 years. But I’m pretty excited for the sake of excitement!
Scientists, for the first time, have detected an extrasolar world that could harbor forms life as we know it. It’s a heavy planet, 1.5x the […]
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