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Archive for February, 2014
February 12th, 2014 - 10:49 am § in Misc.
Darwin’s Birthday
Today is Darwin Day, the 204th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. The International Darwin Day Foundation notes a wider purpose to the day, as well: “More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity an[...]
February 12th, 2014 - 9:34 am § in Misc.
God Spews: My Will Be Done: The penalty for blasphemy
God is vengeful. The people of the former Confederacy have blasphemed against the messages given to scientists. Now the people must suffer. HISTORIC ICE STORM UNFOLDS... GEORGIA WARNED: 'CATASTROPHIC'... SEEN FROM SPACE... NWS: Travel 'Impossible'... Thousands of flights cancelled... AMTRAK su[...]
February 12th, 2014 - 9:18 am § in Misc.
Darwin’s 205th Birthday
Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle solidified much of his view of geology and biology….The Voyage is not a complete story, it is a journal of observations on the biology, people, and, especially, the geology of the Beagle’s five-year cruise to map the coastlines of the southern part[...]
February 12th, 2014 - 4:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Dumbing Down Math .. a Step Toward Abortion?
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February 12th, 2014 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
Can You Help Me Find Professor Kvamme in Olso?
I hope someone with contacts in Oslo can help me. I am trying to contact a Professor Elling Kvamme in Oslo for help with the WWII matter already discussed a lot here. , I would like to find out if Professor Kvamme is still alive. His daughter is the filmmaker Elsa Kvamme This picture of him [[...]
BREAKING NEWS: The home of climate denial feels God’s wrath
The US Weather Service is predicting a msssive ice storm to cover the red states of the Confederacy. This sounds almost like biblical revenge for the sins of blaspheming against science. God or Science, the states that have denied the reality of climate change seem to be in for a raster of God&#[...]
February 11th, 2014 - 4:30 pm § in The Ave Scene
Googling Google: Losing $10,000,000,000 did not take long!
STEVE BALMER MAY BE LOOKIN GOOD! Google sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9B The deal marks one of the worst investments in Google’s history. In 2012, Google completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. At the time, it was thought that the primary reason for the acquisition[...]
Was Shirley Temple A Communist?
Spoiler Alert: No! Absolutely not! Emphatically … no! Shirley Temple died yesterday. As we pause to remember her unique contributions to American culture, let us not forget that rightwing charlatans hell-bent on rooting communists out of Hollywood dragged her before a congressional star chambe[...]