Wheels Falling off the “Straight Talk Express”?

I stumbled on this video today. The “reporter” clearly has an axe to grind, and it’s not so much an interview as a series of accusations. Not much to say about it because her attacks say it all. (Not surprisingly, quite a few republicans are describing her attack as “asking the tough [...]

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New Front in Evolution/Culture Wars?

There’s a article up on NewScientist about the Discovery Institute’s new attack on evolution / materialism. They’re apparently going to push the “the mind can’t be explained as a product of the brain” idea to advocate dualism:
“YOU cannot overestimate,” thundered psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz, “how threatened the scientific establishment is by the fact that it [...]

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Extended Car Warranty Phone Prank

You know those annoying “extend your car warranty” telemarketers? I liked this guy’s response:

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The Case for Faith, Objection 6, Part 3

(This is continued from The Case for Faith, Objection 6, Part 2; where Strobel raises nine objections to hell. The Complete Series can be found here.)
I’ve been thinking about Moreland’s presentation about hell. There’s really only two ways to dispute Moreland’s ideas about hell:
(1) Is Moreland accurately representing the Biblical description of hell? [...]

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Sarah Palin claims *real* ethics report clears her

In the last post, I mentioned how Sarah Palin’s campaign released their own ethics report (pre-empting the real ethics report from Alaska) clearing her of all wrongdoing. Now, Mudflats has a new post about Palin’s reaction to the real report (which found her guilty of ethics violations):
If there’s anyone else left out there who [...]

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Palin releases her own ethics report, clears self of all wrongdoing

Wow. I would expect this article to be satire, because I didn’t think anyone would have the cajones to pull something like this. She’s hasn’t won the election, but she’s already doing shady shit.
Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report [...]

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2012

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McCain-Palin Scare Me

(Only a month left, then I can lay-off the politics for a while.)
RollingStone has a new article about John McCain. In short: a child of privilege who’s parents sheltered him from consequences, a poor student and soldier (graduating fifth from the bottom at the Naval Academy — 894th out of a class of 899), [...]

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