Imagine if I, as a UW Professor, told my students that I felt differently toward the Jews in my class than toward the Baptists. I would be fired. Well, read what Gov.-elect Robert Bentley of Alabama said: from Alabama Al.com “There may be some people here today who do not have living wit[...]
Archive for January 18th, 2011
“God is Not Capricious”
adapted from By Don Shelby at Minn Post | Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 State Rep. Mike Beard, Republican, from Shakopee, Minn., is the former president of the local chamber of commerce. He says he cares about humanity. He is a man with deep Christian values, a free-market conservative and a veteran of[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 7:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Censored: Fire in my Belly by David Wojnarowicz
Pulled From Smithsonian at Request of Republican Leaders[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 6:56 pm § in Uncategorized
Jerry Brown shows the level of courage no one expects in our state.
Reality surfacing in California by Michael O’Hare from The Reality Based Community Jerry Brown has issued a budget that engages a $25b deficit. Note the word engages; not “papers over” or “hides with wishful thinking” or “lies about”; engages. There’s plenty of work not done [...]
January 18th, 2011 - 1:31 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Guns on Campus
Some months ago I went to a Beck rally armed with faux pellet guns .. gifts to the crown, intended to make a point. I was taken seriously by the Beckies, even invited in (at their cost) to hear the great man speak. But some gun totin liberal friends, including faculty colleagues, tried to scare [&[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 12:54 pm § in Misc.
Aprikyan: Scientific smear campaign?
The issues relating to the need for due process in scientific fraud at the UW, are illustrated by this frightening report from the Scientist about a scandal in Germany. There is, however, one very important difference. The investigation at at Research Center Borstel seems to have fol[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 9:00 am § in America
Humor: Listen to this!
FCC: Fox Commits to Civility SNL mocks focks or this (from earlier post): Wonderful NPR parody. fundraising[...]
China: A village with only one restaurant
from Notes on China There is a fantastic joke circulating in the chinese social media sphere. This joke is funny as it is thinly veiled. There is a village that only has one restaurant. Everyone in the village has to eat at that restaurant. Villager: Why can’t we have more than one restaurant? Wa[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 5:26 am § in Misc.
Caligula’s Statue Found!
(from The Guardian) The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site…..The statue is estimated to be worth €1m. Its rare Greek marble, throne and god’[...]