tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52352872012-01-23T07:19:59.140-07:00My thoughts both political and social. Please comment freely. Best viewed through the bottom of a beer glass.Wolfienoreply@blogger.comBlogger31911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235287.post-955931891945279922010-06-25T17:25:00.001-06:002010-06-25T17:25:54.126-06:00

Woot:"By a strong majority Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a setback for opponents of gay marriage who wanted to keep their identities secret. The justices favored transparency over privacy in a case testing whether signing a petition is a public act. The case began with a bill that the Washington state legislature passed in 2009, expanding the state's domestic partnership law. The new

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Icelandic Volcano

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The Chemist's War: How the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during ProhibitionIt was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the man afraid of Santa Claus stumbled into the emergency room at New York City's Bellevue Hospital. He was flushed, gasping with fear: Santa Claus, he kept telling the nurses, was just behind him, wielding a baseball bat.Before hospital

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I hope he is able to die when he is ready:Sir Terry Pratchett ready to be suicide law 'test case' Sir Terry Pratchett says he is ready to be a test case for assisted suicide "tribunals" which could give people legal permission to end their lives.

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A picture of the solar eclipse that was the other day.

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A picture of the solar eclipse that was the other day.

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Doesn't Goggle know you never get into a LAN war in Asia. From Slashdot:Researchers, examining the attacks on Google and over 20 other companies in December, have determined 'the source IPs and drop server of the attack correspond to a single foreign entity consisting either of "agents of the Chinese state or proxies thereof."'"

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Mind chemical 'controls choice' Dopamine, a chemical which sets mood, could have a much wider-ranging impact on everyday life, research suggests.

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Swiss man defies law, builds minaret on his shoe warehouse <img src='/imgs/story/83051-83051-minaretbanman.jpg' width='165' height='249'>In November, Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets, the towerlike structures that adorn mosques. A week or so later, in an apparent act of defiance, a new minaret unexpectedly sprang up here.But the new minaret is not attached to a

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Happy Xmas

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Of course having a ring system would make a lot of space flight impossible

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For kate and stephan:

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Stole this from Slashdot:Microsoft and various retailers have teamed up to bring you cashback on purchases made via Bings price comparison feature. There is a little snag though — it seems that when you have a Bing cookie living in your browser, some retailers will quote you a higher price than if you come with no Bing cookie in your system.

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Cern Collider makes fast progress Researchers working on the Large Hadron Collider are delighted with the progress made since the machine restarted.

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How charming that the Washington Archdiocese believes discrimination towards homosexuals is a higher calling than helping the poor. Sounds like they really have their priorites in the proper order.A quote from: http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2009/11/religion_and_gay_rights.php#more

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3d Fractal:from http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html

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Lets Go Into Space! It'll Be More Fun Than Idiotic Wars & Banking Schemes!

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Caffeine, Alcohol Drinks Targeted WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at caffeinated alcoholic drinks, saying it will pull them off the market unless manufacturers can prove the beverages are safe to drink.

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Catholic church is lead by a bunch of Bigots:The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.Not only full of nasty people that

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Important, important, important:Orrin Hatch Puts Christian Science Treatments Into Health-Care Reform Bill -- With Kerry and Kennedy's Help.

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This is one fucking nutty bitch. I am surprised people actually think this way.

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I thought this was an interesting story. I agree with it. One of the reasons I try not to use any apple software.

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Stellar blast is record-breaker A huge explosion known as a gamma ray burst is confirmed as the most distant cosmic event seen from Earth.

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OK so this is a fantastic article by wired about the current war on children's lives other wise none as fighting vaccines. You can read it here.

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NOOOOO!!!WHO launches worldwide war on booze HUMANITY's relationship with alcohol has never been easy. Now it is about to undergo as great a change as our attitude to tobacco, which has seen smoking plummet from the height of cool to the lowest of unpleasant habits.

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If classic games had achievements you might see them here

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The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.--Einstein

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I'm glad I'm not doing Census work in kentuckyCensus worker hanged with 'fed' on body The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law enforcement official told The Associated Press the word 'fed" was scrawled on the dead man's chest.

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Creating 'Schrödinger's virus' in the lab In 1935 Erwin Schrödinger devised his famous thought experiment – in which a cat is both alive and dead at the same time – to highlight the paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics. Now, a group of physicists in Germany and Spain believe that it should be possible to build an experiment in which an actual living creature such as a virus is held in a

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I don't think this comes as a surprise to anyone. Ignorance is not the best policy.Teen birth rates highest in most religious states U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs (a literal interpretation

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From Slashdot: NASA and the Air Force said today they had successfully launched a 9-ft. rocket 1,300 feet into the sky, powered by aluminum powder and water ice. This combination of fuel elements, referred to as ALICE, has the potential to replace some liquid or solid propellants. The technology is being developed at Purdue University and Pennsylvania State University. Aside from its

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No kidding:Programs to change gays to straights don't work, report says The American Psychological Association concluded Wednesday that there is little evidence that efforts to change a person's sexual orientation from gay or lesbian to heterosexual are effective.The report looks at 87 studies conducted between 1960 and 2007.

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Ok this is super cool see the cool things you can do with science.In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to

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Manam volcano in Papa New Guinea as imaged by Nasa's earth observing-1 satellite.

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One of the unfortunate things about living in Albuquerque is dealing with the Albuquerque Journal which as newspapers go is generally worthless. Their reporting is mostly sensationalist with little to no in depth perspective. Time and time again the front page is full of either fear mongering or feel good drivel. Where is the international news? Where is the rational thought driven reporting?

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WHAT THE FUCK:Franklin Park Zoo may have to close, euthanize animalsThe Franklin Park Zoo, a Boston institution that has drawn generations of city and suburban families, might be forced to close its doors and possibly euthanize some of its animals as a result of the deep budget cuts imposed by Governor Deval Patrick, zoo officials said Friday.

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A great post about crazies of the past Read it

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The way media reads science papers is crazyBen Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 4 July 2009 There’s nothing like science for giving that objective, white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for Telegraph readers when they came across the headline “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. Ah, scientists. “Women who drink

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Freaking Japan:Whaling talks target compromise Officials have gathered in Madeira to hammer out a deal on whaling, with Japan and Iceland likely to insist on their right to hunt.

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Despite this looking like penguins flying through space it's actually penguins swimming in the arctic ocean through a hole in the ice.

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Awesome awesome video of the moon from the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya:

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So what they did was fly a plane through clouds over Montana and they measured every tiny ice particle that made up the clouds. Fascinating stuff you can read more about it here.

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This is another cool little discovery. A 100 million year old termite trapped in amber. A very cool example of evolution of mutualism which is the relationship between termites and the microorganisms that allow them to digest cellulose.

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This is an amazing story and if it pans out it might be one of the great milestones of mankind.

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When your religion advocates torture for eternity this is what you get.

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I feel like this today:

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A couple little news stories I found kinda interesting.Abusive tactics used in effort to find Iraq-al Qaida link The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former Army

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A picture of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraftRhea passes in front of Saturn's larger hazy moon Titan

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Freaking awesome.What if homer's odyssey was spread via twitter

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Quite possibly the best use for a time machine ever!!

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From the Progress Report:EUGENE ROBINSON HITS GEORGE WILL FOR HIS INACCURATE GLOBAL WARMING COLUMN: On Feb. 15, Washington Post columnist George Will published a factually inaccurate and misleading column on climate change. His claims were promptly eviscerated by Brad Johnson at the Wonk Room, along with ClimateProgress, The Loom, TPM Muckraker, The Vine, Island of Doubt, and New Mexico Science.

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Dave Arneson Loses Saving Throw vs Cancer For the second time in just over a year, the dice are silent in the gaming world. News has reached us that Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away last night at the age of 61.While not as famous as Gary Gygax, who passed away in March of last year, Arneson was a driving force behind D&D's creation and his contribution to the world of

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I play eve online and there are a lot of cool player made movies. Here is a new one that is just fantastic

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Retail | Rio Rancho, NM, USA Coworker: “Yes, miss. I understand it’s an emergency, But let me ask my coworker. He probably knows what your looking for!” Me: “What’s going on?” Coworker: “This woman was sent in looking for an item. She said it’s called a … a … something capacitor.” Me: “Well, we don’t really carry any capacitors here. That’s more of a true electronics store thing.” Customer

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Birth control at religious whim of Idaho pharmacists House committee on Wednesday approved a bill to give pharmacists the ability to refuse to dispense birth control and other medications.The so-called conscience protections are for pharmacists who have moral, ethical or religious objections to dispensing certain medications. Idaho law already gives hospitals and doctors authority not to fill

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Just freaking terrible:Lesbians subjected to "corrective rape" in South Africa A report by the international NGO ActionAid, backed by the South African Human Rights Commission, said the horrific crimes against lesbians were going unrecognised by the state and unpunished by the legal system.The report called for South Africa's criminal justice system to recognise the rapes as hate crimes in an

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The unedited interview between John Sterwart and Jim Cramer.Pt 1.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:

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I thought Jon Stewart did really great with Jim Cramer.

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An image of a collision between two galaxies elliptical M86 (right) and spiral NGC 4438 (left).

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I thought this was kind of interesting article. A step closer to reading the mind Scientists say for the first time they have understood someone's thoughts by looking at what their brain is doing.I'm kind of curious if this will be the next round of lie detectors.

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Next we design hamster exo skeletons then finally hamster power armor. Then hamsters will rule the world. Muhahaha

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Scott Dikkers, Editor of The Onion . . . Brings Us Back to Reality This speech was presented at the 2008 National FFRF Convention in Chicago on Oct. 12, 2008. This is the script–minus a PowerPoint presentation of Scott’s favorite irreverent Onion headlines and stories. By Scott Dikkers I’d like to start out, if I may, with a few insults. I’d also like to show you some articles from The Onion

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I know not everyone might agree with this but I think the most recent treaty between Pakistan and the Taliban is horrible. There should not be sanctioned oppression of women in either state.

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Happy V-day

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I would like to point out the only truly sustainable fuel source is fusion.Although scientists are agreed that we must cut carbon emissions from transport and electricity generation to prevent the globe's climate becoming hotter, the most advanced 'renewable' technologies are too often based upon non-renewable resources including indium and platinum — resources that could dry up in 10-15 years if

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I am really enjoying Athiest eve

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Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

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Drinkin' Settlers of Catan isn't so hard. One way is to take a shot anytime someone has wood for sheep.

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Still have many verses to learn:And now the nations of the world, brought to you by Yakko Warner!Yakko:United States, Canada, Mexico, PanamaHaiti, Jamaica, Peru,Republic Dominican, Cuba, CarribeanGreenland, El Salvador too.Puerto Rico, Columbia, VenezuelaHonduras, Guyana, and still,Guatemala, Bolivia, then ArgentinaAnd Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, BermudaBahamas, Tobago,

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Cleaner air 'adds months to life' Cuts in air pollution in US cities have added an average of five months of life to their inhabitants, research suggests.

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I thought this was a really beautiful piece:

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More funny stuff:div#main{overflow:visible;}

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And now for something completely different Thomas Edison electrocuting an elephant:

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I think this is a great paper. I have long thought that Space Solar power is a great way to expand our energy resources significantly. Give it a read.Space Solar Power (SSP) — A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change Publish at Scribd or explore others:

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Michael Berger at Nanowerk has compared the centralized strategy of Russia’s new nanotechnology program with the national nanotech strategies of other countries. From “Russia’s nanotechnology crash program“: This week’s successful international nanotechnology forum Rusnanotech in Moscow has put a spotlight on Russia’s ambitions to catch up with the leading nanotechnology nations. While Russia

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I think this is pretty interesting: Religious 'shun nanotechnology' People's attitudes to nanotechnology are influenced by religious and cultural beliefs, say scientists.

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I thought this was just great. Talk about unique solutions:Ugandan men, particularly traveling salesmen with hefty wallets, have been beset by bandits employing femmes fatale outfitted with chloroform-laden bosoms, the Telegraph reports. After being stripped and relieved of all his possessions, a typical victim “just remembers being in the act of romancing” and nothing after, says one official.

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Coal Mining Debris Rule Approved by Bush Administration The White House on Tuesday approved a final rule that will make it easier for coal companies to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into nearby streams and valleys.The rule is one of the most contentious of all the regulations emerging from the White House in President Bush’s last weeks in office.James L. Connaughton,

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Military proselytizers target Darwin - Using the “The Purpose Driven Life” to continue proselytizing in the military.

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BUSH STRIPS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS FROM FEDERAL EMPLOYEES: Yesterday, President Bush issued an executive order "that denies collective bargaining rights to about 8,600 federal employees who work in law enforcement, intelligence and other agencies responsible for national security," the New York Times reports today. Nine hundred of the employees affected were already represented by

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