Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Since I changed my profile photo, the ideas for radical revision of the site have come pouring in. Here’s a possible new logo:
What do you think? I thought it was keen, until I read all the new speculation about why I was kicked out of a movie theater. Oh, no!
In the same freakishly weird spirit, here’s a new poll for you to crash: it asks what your favorite marine animal is, and the choices are otter, squid, blowfish, and “land animals are far superior”. You know what to do.
Remember that poll we crashed over the weekend? Apparently, whoever is administering that web page went to work today, approved a bunch of new suck-up comments, and deleted it. Heh.
You can still view the poll at polldaddy: 98% (418,948) said ID shouldn’t be taught in schools, 2% (8,901) asked what ID is, and less than 1% (902) think it should be taught. Good work running up the score, gang!
So you’re pining away for ERV, hoping either that her site will be restored or that she’ll bring her new site up quickly. Don’t sit there weeping and wailing, she’ll be back online soon enough. Cheer up and laugh! Here are a few links to help you out.
Conservapædia discusses “professor values” (this one is not intentionally humorous, but it still gets the job done.)
You feel better already.
Paul Verhoeven is making a movie that claims Mary, the mother of Jesus, was raped by a Roman soldier. There is no historical evidence for Jesus, let alone the nature of his conception, so this is pure fictional speculation, from a director known more for over-the-top, superficial flamboyance than historical accuracy — expect a crotch shot of Mary, and lots of silicon breasts in the shower scene.
But of course Bill Donohue is outraged.
“Here we go again with idle speculation grounded in absolutely nothing,” Donohue told FOXNews.com. “He has no empirical evidence to support his claim, which is why they say ‘may have.'”
Hmmm. A lack of empirical evidence and a grounding in mere speculation has never stopped the Catholic church before…
Since we were just talking about those authoritarian science instructors, here’s an example from 1956 (even older than I am!). Although I’m going to have to say that the kid is a bit snotty.
I knew the Beagle Project was planning to rebuild and resail the Beagle, Charles Darwin’s old ship … but who knew their plans were even more ambitious? They’re going to resurrect Chaz D!
And you can get the whole evil scheme on a poster.
