Archive for January, 2006
« Previous EntriesCarbon Dioxide is like cigarettes?
Monday, January 30th, 2006But Myles Allen, a lecturer on atmospheric physics at Oxford University, said assessing a “safe level” of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was “a bit like asking a doctor what’s a safe number of cigarettes to smoke per day”.[1]
I wonder if the good professor is aware that we need at least some carbon dioxide, but [...]
On the road to no Roe
Thursday, January 26th, 2006TheFactIs.org provides some interesting details on South Dakota’s attempt to overturn Roe.[1] I am including it below as is authorized by their copyright notice.
State Legislative Taskforce Provides Roadmap for Overturning Roe A new report from a South Dakota legislative taskforce may provide a roadmap for challenging and overturning Roe v. Wade. The taskforce’s report enumerates [...]
Homo Sapiens changes over time
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006Scientists looking at the differences between 14Th Century skulls and modern skulls were surprised to find significant differences.[1] I would like to consider, briefly, something the article does not. If skulls have changed noticeably in the last 650 years, how much more must they have changed in the last 2000 years? In the last [...]
The United States contains the only fanatics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006I find it interesting that Mr. Richard Stallman is hesitant to believe that the president of Iran might be a fanatic, when he never hesitates to believe the worst of the United States, particularly the republican party thereof.[1] It is, from what I gather, sadly typical of the political left.
Mr. Richard Stallman. “Oil on [...]
The commerical services go (somewhat) interoperable
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006Google Talk works with other jabber servers.[1] Google Talk is to become compatible with AIM.[2] Sametime is to be compatible with AIM, Yahoo, and Google.[3] Yahoo is to be compatible with MSN.[4]
This is going to be nightmare-ish. I am seriously going to start getting reports about how user A can talk to user [...]
1 year
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006This log, through its various iterations and post formats, capabilities, and backend software, has now been up for exactly one year. Is that good, bad, or indifferent? I do not know.
Scandal in the schools
Monday, January 23rd, 2006The Associated Press reported last year that in some states sexual abuse is the main reason public school teachers lose their licenses. Colorado public schools are not exempt from the abuse problem. Professor Charol Shakeshaft of Hofstra University, among others, argues that up to 15 percent of all public school students nationally are [...]
The State fails to protect children
Monday, January 23rd, 2006For all those who would tout the state as a check on the flaws in some parents, look at the sort of thing that can still happen after the state takes over. After removing her from abuse in a prior home, they totally ignored reports of abuse in her new home.[1]
Admittedly, some parents go [...]
A book for the wishlist
Monday, January 23rd, 2006Dr. Vij Sodera’s One Small Speck to Man: the evolution myth looks to be a tome worth owning. Unfortunately, for ease of wish listing, it is not available (at least not yet) from Amazon. You can read about it (and order it) here.[1]
Mr. Dennis Wagner. Review of One Small Speck to Man: [...]
An attempt to overturn Roe
Monday, January 23rd, 2006South Dakota is considering stepping up to the plate in the fight to overturn Roe v. Wade.[1] The state legislature has before it a bill to criminalize abortion. Though it has been vetoed once already, it was because of some technicalities, and lawmakers think that this version of it might become law.
Obviously such a bill [...]
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