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GIVE MONEY NOW TO WISCONSIN, QUICK!!

Greg Laden — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:55:30 +0000

Seriously. The latest polling shows a 49-49 dead heat race between Barrett and Walker. This is a defining election. The election itself is in less than one week from now. There is evidence that a soft independent vote may break against Walker. This is the perfect time to put out a nice ad explaining to [...]...

Perhaps it is time that DJ Grothe resign as the President of the JREF

Greg Laden — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:43:50 +0000

DJ Grothe has done some great things and he’s taken the James Randi Educational Foundation a long way; he’s made an important mark and we should all appreciate him and his prior efforts. Hell, we should create an award named after him and give it to people every year. Thank you DJ Grothe for all [...]...

What is a SuperPAC, Animated

Greg Laden — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:09:54 +0000

I love the “Bwahahahaha” parts:...

Let’s treat women badly, destroy resources to help them, and help the Republicans take over everything state by state

Greg Laden — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:56:24 +0000

Sexism and Atheism: mutually exclusive, surely? A single woman went to an atheist conference in a country she was not familiar with. While there, she spoke at this conference, about how she does not like to be sexualised out of context. Basically, her talk was about how to avoid making women feel uncomfortable, so as [...]...

New “Signature” Found on US Constitution

Greg Laden — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:26:24 +0000

For years scholars have argued over the meaning of a small smudge in the lower right hand corner of the signature page of the US Constitution. Finally, modern graphic enhancement techniques have been applied to clarify what the smudge means, and it does, in fact, seem to mean something. What do you think?...

Sunday Funnies

Greg Laden — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:49:49 +0000

Below the fold:...

Tropical Cyclone Names 2012

Greg Laden — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:07:01 +0000

For the Black Lake Basin: Albus Bellatrix Cedric Draco Everard Fluffy Ginny Hermione Isla J.K. Kreacher Luna Minerva Natalie Olympe Percy Quigley Ron Severus Tom Ursula Vernon Winky Xenophilius Yvonne...

Sunday “Funnies” … Same Sex Marriage

Greg Laden — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:17:38 +0000

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Sunday Funnies – Science

Greg Laden — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:12:20 +0000

Below the fold because there are a lot of them:...

Emacs Mail Amusements

Greg Laden — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:44:13 +0000

Apropos this, cribbed from the GNU Emacs manual by (originally) Richard Stallman: 35.6 Mail Amusements ==================== `M-x spook’ adds a line of randomly chosen keywords to an outgoing mail message. The keywords are chosen from a list of words that suggest you are discussing something subversive. The idea behind this feature is the suspicion that [...]...