(from Pharyngula) The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church was caught on camera wearing a $30,000 Breguet watch. I can think of little that’s more worthless than spending the entirety of a middle-class working person’s yearly salary on an ostentatious geegaw that has no function that isn’t[...]
Archive for April, 2013
April 7th, 2013 - 3:31 pm § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Russian Patriarch Denies He Has a $30,000 Breguet Watch.
April 7th, 2013 - 6:10 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Mary was a Neanderthal!
from escience Mary was a Neanderthal! Damian Labuda of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center published in the July issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution the discovery of Neanderthal genes in the X chromosome of non Africans. . [...]
April 7th, 2013 - 5:04 am § in America
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: YAB
Yet Another Bible: one more version of the Christian Bible As a non-Christian, I am overwhelmed by the number of versions of the Christian Bible. There is the “original” in Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Coptic, New English and Shakespearean English. Then there are the VATs … versions [...]
April 7th, 2013 - 4:02 am § in Misc.
HYPE: Is Benyamin Netanayahu the smartest person ever to live.
The Huff Post has an article claiming that Neha Ramu. a 12 year old london girl, is smarter than Einstein abd Bill Gates! Ramu, 12, achieved the highest possible score of 162 on the Mensa IQ test, the Telegraph reports. To put it in perspective, that’s a higher IQ than Einstein, Bil[...]
April 6th, 2013 - 4:54 pm § in Uncategorized
Bad Art
Seattle Art Museum’s Used Cars hanging From the Ceiling For No Obvious Reason by Cai Guo-Qiang. ……………………………….and other examples.[...]
April 6th, 2013 - 10:19 am § in Misc.
THE UW: Who pays for all the Chinese students?
There is a debate going on at a campus list serve over about legislative proposals to surcharge foreign students. The central issue for me is the huge number of students coming here from China. Shouldn’t they be paying more? The US academic product is the best in the world. “We,[...]
April 5th, 2013 - 4:54 am § in Schools & Colleges
More WGU: “2.6% grad rate for students attending 4 years”
I am wondering if this was written by a WGU PR flack, It certainly attempts to gloss over unpleasant facts Over at the Business Week blog, there are few positive and negative comment about WGU that are worth reading. The one I found most interesting was this defense of WGU by “Russel.”[...]
April 4th, 2013 - 4:11 am § in Misc.
Applesauce: jOBS dumped, Jobs delayed
The Hollywood Reporter relates that jOBS the biopic about Steve Jobs invention of the computer has had to be renamed “Jobs,” and will not come out on April 19 as had been expected. Early reviews are not so good. “The story maintains the subtleties of a made-for-TV movie and[...]
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:50 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Who is it?
A. Mother of Gabby Douglas (Olympic Gymnast) B. Mother of Michelle Obama C. Whoopi Goldberg D. Newest Iran Chef e. Oprah Winfrey[...]
Slur of the Day: I like Ike, the Jew
Did you know Eisenhower was a Jew? Ikey / ike / iky a Jew [from Isaac][108] Ikey-mo / ikeymo a Jew [from Isaac and Moses][109] READMORE[...]