By Mark | January 28, 2013 Had a vengeful God not struck him down for heresy, the famed naturalist Charles Darwin would be turning 204 years old on February 12, and literate folks around the world are marking the occasion by planning celebrations in his honor. I had forgotten that “Darwin Day” was upon us until earlier this evening, when a [...]
Posted in Other, Religious Extremism, Science, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-science, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Darwin Day, dino nuggets, Dinosaurs in Eden, evolution, Hitler, humans coexisting with dinosaurs, Kirk Cameron, Mark Chancey, Michigan Skeptics Association, Origin of Species, Phylum Feast, public education, religious fundamentalism, Science, separation of church and state, Texas, Texas Freedom Network, the rapture, threats to public education | With tomorrow’s launch of the Space Shuttle, the age of manned space exploration, after more than 50 years, will officially draw to a close in America. It’s a sad day, and I think that it speaks volumes concerning where we are as a country. The optimism that we once had as a nation is gone. [...]
Posted in Education, Science | Also tagged Afghanistan, anti-intellectualism, big bang, budget cuts, dumbing down of America, Gene Cernan, Iraq, James Webb Space Telescope, JFK, Jim Lovell, John F. Kennedy, NASA, Neil Armstrong, putting a man on the moon, research funding, space race, tax the rich, Whitey on the Moon | By Mark | September 26, 2010 Over the last week or two, we’ve been having some fun here at the expense of Christine O’Donnell, the Tea Party-supported Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware. We joked around about her puritanical views on masturbation, and we shared some laughs over her confession to having “dabbled” in witchcraft. Oh, and then there was that [...]
Posted in Other, Politics, Science | Also tagged anti-science, Bill Maher, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, evolution, mice with human brains, Politically Incorrect, sarcasm, stupid Americans, tea party, Tea Partyfication, those anti-science Republicans, witchcraft | By Mark | August 20, 2010 Guess what? Our old friend Ken Ham, the charlatan behind the much maligned Creationism Museum, is now publishing books for kids, spreading his nonsense about how dinosaurs and men once coexisted. The photo above was taken by my friend Mike Ambs in a Kentucky Kroger. If you can’t read it, this page has a Ham’s [...]
I’m stealing this from my friend Leighton. I’m not sure where he stole it from. But, knowing Leighton, I’m sure he stole it from somewhere. (He’s from Florida.) I like it because it reminds me of this old thread of ours about pterodactyls carrying olive branches.
