Chalk one up for religious intolerance. Pakistan’s only Nobel Prize winner, Abdus Salam, who pioneered theoretical work leading to the God-damn particle, worships the wrong God, or the wrong prophet, or something. So Pakistan’s government, being the nuclear armed medieval embarrassment they are, has stricken his name from textbooks. [Read more…]
Now live streaming (Remarks concluded). President Obama is scheduled for a presser within the hour. Topic: tax cuts for the middle class vs the rich. The chart above revisits the source of the deficit Republicans like to howl about — whenever democrats are in the WH: the Bush tax cuts, the Bush wars, and the Bush recession. Prepared remarks below the fold.
A video has surfaced of resurgent Taliban chieftains executing a women for the horrific crime of … adultery. She was tortured and shot for allegedly cheating on her husband, summarily killed while dozens of male onlookers cheered: [Read more…]
Ernest Borgnine has passed away. The iconic actor was best known — at least to me — for his role as Lucifer in Devil’s Rain, a movie so panned by critics it ended the film career of director Robert Fuest. Borgnine was 95 years-old.
Democrats are homing in on Mitt Romney’s offshore holdings and presumed penchant for avoiding US taxes: [Read more…]
Most of the time the discussion between creationists and everyone else centers on science. Creationists feel they can discredit the science and weaken acceptance of evo, we knock down the zombie lies hoping they will come to their sense. But theologically, they can’t do that, ever, and still be consistent: [Read more…]
Sometimes when I hear the old ‘both sides do it’ mantra so beloved by the Beltway press, I think back to my childhood and a campy episode of Star Trek. Come on! Maybe you remember this one, The Savage Curtain, where Kirk and Spock join forces with Surak and Abe Lincoln to fend off Genghis Kahn and three more megalomaniacs who might feel right at home leading a teaparty militia? [Read more…]
Mitt Romney has an IRA reportedly worth upwards of $100 million. Which is amazing, especially considering the contribution limit is $6000 per year and was lower in the past. The Romney campaign isn’t saying how he pulled it off, but here’s some educated guesswork: [Read more…]
The Mars rover Opportunity stirred in the midst of its slumber in the long Martian winter and snapped this beautiful composite image. One month from today it will be joined by the much larger Curiosity and the search for ancient life will begin in earnest. Assuming Curiosity survives NASA’s Rube Goldberg reentry and descent contraption. And a new study suggests signs of ancient life could be lurking just under the surface for it to find: [Read more…]
Woman thanks President Obama for healthcare with tears in her eyes. Click for her story at HuffPo.
As expected the June jobs report was weak, the nation added only 80,000 new jobs last month. A far cry from the number needed to match the always growing US workforce. Unemployment remained at 8.2%, so, GOP trolls in congress, grats! [Read more…]