Evolutionary biologists of today are confronted with the problem of explaining how such an enormous amount of information contained in the most basic cell could have been organized into a life form using only chance, material, and time. The historical explanation has been to claim that time on the o[...]
Archive for March, 2013
While Stocks Surge and Bankers Make Money, The Folks Fear
US consumer confidence at five-month low New York, March 12 : US consumers’ confidence about their financial prospects and the course of the economy is at the lowest level in five months, according to a report released Friday. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of con[...]
March 11th, 2013 - 7:55 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: Presidential quotes about guns
“I don’t know why any individual should have a right to have a revolver in his house,. ” “I know the rifle association will be against it, the gun makers will be against it.” But “people should not have handguns.” Who said this? A. Barack Obama B. Dwight E[...]
March 11th, 2013 - 1:12 am § in Misc.
No Gender With Your Coffee!
Cairo’s debut Islamic coffee-shop allows no gender-mixing[...]
March 10th, 2013 - 2:17 pm § in America
Fewer Guns in Homes
NY Times: Gun Ownership Rate Has Fallen in U.S. Homes Over 4 Decades By SABRINA TAVERNISE and ROBERT GEBELOFF The rate has fallen from an average of 50 percent in the 1970s to 35 percent in the 2000s, suggesting a shift in demographics even as the debate over gun control remains contentious.[...]
March 10th, 2013 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When a Medical School Converts to Judaisam
Medical College Shifts Its Religious Affiliation VALHALLA, N.Y. — An employee approached Rabbi Moshe D. Krupka in the cafeteria, voice raised and finger wagging, and demanded, “When you take over, will I be able to eat my ham sandwich here?” The rabbi, a senior vice president at Touro, cut the[...]
March 10th, 2013 - 8:06 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS:God reveals Pi to man.
Imagine the deity giving Pi to Moses.[...]
March 10th, 2013 - 4:06 am § in America
End of the Book Stores
B&N to Close a Third of Stores So, the gods of capitalism caused there to be the mega bookstore. Soon, all the small bookstores gave up and went out of business. Even university book stores became faux fronts for Barnes and Nobel. B&N faced off with Borders, but the inevitable triumph [...]
March 10th, 2013 - 4:05 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Sainthood by PR
A study conducted by Canadian researchers has called Mother Teresa “anything but a saint”, a creation of an orchestrated and effective media campaign who was generous with her prayers but miserly with her foundation’s millions when it came to humanity’s suffering. READMORE [...]
Antisemitism hits Harvard
Jewish Harvard Students Receive Mock Eviction Notices Jewish students at Harvard University receive mock eviction notices in light of “Israel Apartheid Week.” Is this antisemitism? Imagine all Asian students getting this notice next time a Tibetan is immolated. Or imagine all Catholic Studen[...]