Author Archives: Mark

Boy Scouts of America traverse the slippery slope of godlessness that will inevitably bring about the end of mankind

[This post, of course, was inspired by the likes of the great Rick Santorum, who once famously equated homosexuality to bestiality, and political commentator Michael Reagan, who so eloquently warned of the "slippery slope" between homosexuality and man-dog love, murder, etc. Personally, I'm very happy to hear that the Boy Scouts of America decided today [...]

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Michigan anti-choice activists seek to end-run Snyder’s veto and force insurers to drop abortion coverage by way of petition drive

Last December, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal for insurance companies to include abortion procedures as part of their standard coverage, even in cases of rape, incest, or where the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Undaunted by Snyder’s action, anti-choice activists kept at it, though, and yesterday they [...]

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To stay put and fix what’s broken, or to leave the earth altogether and try our luck elsewhere…

NASA’s Chief Technologist, Mason Peck, took to Reddit this afternoon, answering questions on everything from the democratization of space, and our current research into warp drives, to the role of 3D printing in the colonization of other planets, and the possibility of encasing our astronauts in water during the voyage to Mars in order to [...]

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No Kissing, No Knives

A friend who teaches first and second grade sent me the following today. She says that she found it waiting for her when she entered her classroom this morning.

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Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of traveling along the Detroit River lately, there’s apparently a new landmark on the Motor City waterfront – a three-story tall pile of petroleum coke, which covers an entire city block. According to a report in today’s New York Times, we have libertarian industrialists Charles and [...]

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