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Archive for April, 2013
April 23rd, 2013 - 5:58 am § in Misc.
The Ave Challenge: What happened on this day 378 years agO
Steve’s high school was founded Manchu raiders reach Beijing Elizabeth Stuart meets with her father before his execution. Obama’s 11th generation grandfather was enslaved in Kenya. First coffee house opened in England [...]
April 22nd, 2013 - 11:07 pm § in Misc.
Is Steve Meyer One of Seattle’s Great Biologists?
The Discovery Institute’s mask just slipped a bit more Atheism, Creationism by PZ Myers That ghastly collection of homophobes and right-wing zombies, Focus on the Patriarchy, is starting a new initiative to take on the happily growing army of student atheists. They’re launching a series of ‘ed[...]
April 22nd, 2013 - 12:58 pm § in Misc.
How POverty Is Transforming Greece
Stefanoudaki certainly misses what money used to buy, but even more than that, she says she longs for the peace of mind that her salary once provided. “I am in a constant battle with myself. I’m tired. I’m stressed. I miss being calm. I want to daydream about things I will do in the future[...]
April 22nd, 2013 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
Airlines: No Free Lunch, then no lunch, then np flights
Flight delays pile up Monday after FAA budget cuts It was a tough start to the week for many air travelers as federal budget cuts led to cascading delays along the East Coast Monday morning. One commentator at the Seattle Times: “Perhaps we should raise the cost of airline tickets to cover the[...]
April 21st, 2013 - 11:35 pm § in Misc.
RIP Francois Jacob .. a true father for molecular biology
Nobel prize-winning French biologist dies Sunday, April 21, 2013 – 16:30 in Health & Medicine French biologist Francois Jacob, who won the 1965 Nobel prize for medicine for his research into enzymes, has died at the age of 92, a relative told AFP on Sunday.[...]
April 21st, 2013 - 4:39 pm § in Uncategorized
Justice is Hungry
That indispensible newspaper, the Economist, includes an amazing and disturbing article this week on judicial decision-making. The article profiles exhaustive research on parole decisions made by Israeli judges. The good news is that neither the sex nor ethnicity of offenders influenced parole decis[...]
April 21st, 2013 - 9:53 am § in Misc.
Senator Supports Rewarding Terorists
Chuck Schumer: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Should Face Death Penalty Schumer simply does not get it. The Tsarnaev brothers and their like mnded see execution as a reward. A life sentence … a life of humilation .. is a far worse punishment then the kindly act of death admistered by injection or [...]
April 21st, 2013 - 7:44 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: WWJD about Prop 8
“Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from Jack Black[...]
April 20th, 2013 - 11:23 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The meaning of Easter when Radicals Disrupt Christian Religous Service
Topless German Tries to Ruin Mass Thinking about the radical meanings of Christianity …. a deity who sacrificed Himself by crucifixion, perhaps it is understandable when others use Hid ass as a platform for their own radical opinions. Of course, the conservative commentator, [...]