If the terrorists attack, we know who will be
pleased

post from Pharyngula on 02 January 2007 10:45:46 PM. © Pharyngula

In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson predicted Tuesday that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in "mass killing" late in 2007.
"I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."

Hang on there. A possible nuclear attack by terrorists? We've heard this possibility discussed before as a justification for torture. Robertson knows something. Quick, call Kiefer Sutherland and let the waterboarding begin!

Once he breaks, he'll lead us to the terrorist mastermind (codename: Lord), and then we can send in a Ranger battalion to take him out.

Later in the article, though, he admits that last year's prediction of a tsunami striking the US was fulfilled by heavy rain in New England; given that level of slop in his prediction, next year he'll be able to claim that the nuclear attack prediction was met by that time Dick Cheney had a particularly gassy burrito.

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Germany Takes Lead of EU and G8 Nations

post from Renewable Energy Generation on 02 January 2007 10:28:58 PM. © Renewable Energy Generation

After Nancy Pelosi took over speakership of the US Congress (actually, its will take over speaker-ship since Congress starts on January 4), comes Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is taking leadership of the EU and the G8 nations. With their primary agenda consisting of energy security, Middle-east peace, and Europe’s stalled constitution, the work [...]

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Glossary of terms related to Non-linear Time
Field Frequency Acceleration

post from Gravity Control Idealism on 02 January 2007 09:49:00 PM. © Gravity Control Idealism

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Should we care

post from Neo Commons on 02 January 2007 09:42:43 PM. © Neo Commons

I came across an interesting article in the U.K. Independent, The Big Question: How quickly are animals and plants disappearing, and does it matter? It presents several questions regarding the future of all wild things on our small planet called...

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Here's something else you can blame the atheists
for

post from Pharyngula on 02 January 2007 09:10:06 PM. © Pharyngula

Global warming. It's all our fault.

As the world becomes over run with sin more and more souls are sent to stoke the fires of Hell. As the Earth produces more heat our environment becomes more hostile. We must repent in order to stop our polar ice caps from melting.

At least the Muslims are to blame for the tsunamis.

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The troublemakers have been identified

post from Pharyngula on 02 January 2007 07:24:13 PM. © Pharyngula

They will be dealt with severely.

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South Park comes to Vega$ and The Amaz!ng
Meeting!

post from Bad Astronomy Blog on 02 January 2007 07:07:19 PM. © Bad Astronomy Blog

Speaking of Skepchicks…For those of you new to the BA Blog (and there are a few; my post about the Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006 brought in lots of new shiny keyboards), I am an astronomer, so duh, I write about astronomy. But I also comment on politics, religion, and skepticism (and sometimes, yes, [...]

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Being particular about DNA

Surface-enhanced Raman spectra (SERS) of DNA and RNA mononucleotides can be detected with high sensitivity, according to UK researchers. Using citrate-reduced silver colloidal nanoparticles aggregated with magnesium sulfate instead of the more common halide ions, reduces inappropriate enhancements and produces spectra that are sufficiently different to allow each to be distinguished. “The main advantage of [...]

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Thanks Mom and Dad

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 02 January 2007 05:58:41 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

A new research study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry revealed that people who were either physically abused or neglected or both when they were children have as much as a 75% chance of suffering from major depression when they reach adulthood;

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Skepchick calendar preview

On the right side of my blog you will see a small image of a woman in a state of repose on a sand dune. She is the cover model for the Skepchick calendar, and if you click on her you’ll go to Rebecca’s site, where she is selling these calendars to raise money for [...]

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