Wesley Smith as Attack Dog for the Right

post from blog.bioethics.net on 27 May 2006 11:41:00 PM. © blog.bioethics.net

Wesley J. Smith, who has become a prominent mouthpiece of conservative bioethics in the United States, testified in front of Congress last week. The national uproar last year following the attempts by Bill Frist and colleague to intervene in the Terri Schaivo Case sent a strong message that the people of the United States did not want politicians interfering in their private decisions at the end of life. In fact, a number of pundits have written that the misstep by Frist in the Schiavo case cost him his shot at the Presidency.

Smith, drawing on the experience of the Dutch, argues that euthanasia results inevitably in a slippery slope: "Once we accept the killing of terminally ill patients, as did the Dutch, we will invariably, over time, accept the killing of chronically ill patients, depressed patients, and ultimately perhaps, even children."

Inevitably? Let's try that logic on another case: "Once we accept the killing of murders, as do the Americans, we will invariably, over time, accept the killing of embezzlers, shoplifters, and ultimately perhaps, even jaywalkers."

Slopes aren't always that slippery, Wesley.
- Paul Root Wolpe

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Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith will Testify to
Congress that "there is a proper public policy role for the federal government against assisted suicide": Financial News - Yahoo!Finance

post from blog.bioethics.net on 27 May 2006 11:40:00 PM. © blog.bioethics.net

Wesley J. Smith, who has become a prominent mouthpiece of conservative bioethics in the United States, testified in front of Congress last week. The national uproar last year following the attempts by Bill Frist and colleague to intervene in the Terri Schaivo Case sent a strong message that the people of the United States did not want politicians interfering in their private decisions at the end of life. In fact, a number of pundits have written that the misstep by Frist in the Schiavo case cost him his shot at the Presidency.

Smith, drawing on the experience of the Dutch, argues that euthanasia results inevitably in a slippery slope: "Once we accept the killing of terminally ill patients, as did the Dutch, we will invariably, over time, accept the killing of chronically ill patients, depressed patients, and ultimately perhaps, even children."

Inevitably? Let's try that logic on another case: "Once we accept the killing of murders, as do the Americans, we will invariably, over time, accept the killing of embezzlers, shoplifters, and ultimately perhaps, even jaywalkers."

Slopes aren't always that slippery, Wesley.
- Paul Root Wolpe

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Baycon Post III: The Search for Sleep

post from Bad Astronomy Blog on 27 May 2006 10:14:20 PM. © Bad Astronomy Blog

Chapter 3, in which I almost sleep through my panel.After lunch with Seth, I perused the dealer room, which was fun (I found an incredible carved wooden dragon that I may get for the Little Astronomer). But I was exhausted after getting so little sleep, so I checked into my room and took a nap. [...]

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Draw a Pig Personality Test

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 27 May 2006 08:50:48 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

This is an online personality test, based on your drawing of a pig. I wanted to save my picture of a pig to share with you because I thought it was rather nice, especially considering that it was drawn online and freehand. Unfortunately, this site does not keep your picture available for very long after you've finished drawing it so be sure to "grab" it before it goes away forever.

I'll show you mine results if you show me yours!

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Bubbly extractions

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 27 May 2006 07:00:00 PM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

Air-assisted solvent extraction (AASX) process is an important new technique for the extraction of valuable metals such as copper, nickel, cobalt and uranium, as well as wastewater treatment where metal concentrations are typically low.Now, a Canadian research team has discovered that it is the bubbles that play a critical role in providing a high solvent-specific [...]

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BayCon Post II: The Wrath of Khan

post from Bad Astronomy Blog on 27 May 2006 05:32:46 PM. © Bad Astronomy Blog

(You knew that would be the second title, didn’t you?)Chapter 2, where I am empaneled and have lunch.After I wrote part I of this saga, I waited around outside the room for my panel talk, waiting to see if anyone would show up early. No one did, so I did a quick tour of the [...]

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Web Phylogeny of This Blog

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 27 May 2006 03:45:21 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

Image: created by Websites as Graphics.

KEY: What do the colors mean?
blue: for links (the A tag)
red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD tags)
green: for the DIV tag
violet: for images (the IMG tag)
yellow: for forms (FORM, INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT and OPTION tags)
orange: for linebreaks and blockquotes (BR, P, and BLOCKQUOTE tags)
black: the HTML tag, the root node
gray: all other tags

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Bush is so Funny.

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 27 May 2006 01:52:56 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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After watching this video, I am not sure if I should shake my head or just drink excessively.

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Baycon Post 1: The Motion Sickness

Chapter 1, in which I arrive at BayCon.So I got up at freakin’ 5:45 this morning after a night of tempestuous sleep. Shower- check. Shave- hmm, nope, Mrs. Bad Astronomer is still asleep. Bigger suitcase than the one I packed last night so I can fit all the crap I’m bringing to the convention- check. [...]

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Structural Engineering

Anonymous Coward writes: I am building a canopy for a loading dock. I need to span distances of 40 feet and 20 feet. I will be supporting a deck comprised of 1"x3"x.60 Hat Channel covered with corregated steel sheets on top of ladder trusses that I will build with angle steel and steel pipe welded....

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