1. 15 Evolutionary gems

Comment #311475 by stephensmith on January 3, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Great information. Thanks for posting.

And I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one to be caught up short by #9!

2. ELECTION DAY IN THE USA. GO VOTE.

Comment #278441 by stephensmith on November 4, 2008 at 7:59 pm

I voted early. I wrote in my dog for President.

3. For many evangelicals, it will be the end of the world if Obama wins

Comment #277152 by stephensmith on November 3, 2008 at 6:23 am

Worst. Election Choice. Ever. (IMO). I voted early. I wrote in my dog for President.

4. Dole Ad Fabricates Audio Of Opponent Yelling 'There Is No God'

Comment #274596 by stephensmith on October 30, 2008 at 8:23 am

I live in North Carolina.

A couple of weeks ago, I called Dole's office to thank and congratulate her for voting against the Billionaires' Bailout. Then a few days later I called her and blasted her (via one of her staff members, of course) for a flyer I received making the same Hagan-is-an-atheist and atheists-are-bad insinuation that the TV commercial does. I said I was an atheist living in North Carolina and was totally disgusted with this tactic.

I went and early-voted the other day. I voted for the Libertarian candidate against both Dole and Hagan.

5. How 'Secondary' Sex Characters Can Drive The Origin Of Species

Comment #242639 by stephensmith on September 4, 2008 at 8:55 am

"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." - Daniel 7:8

Just had to throw that in to all this discussion of horniness.

6. How 'Secondary' Sex Characters Can Drive The Origin Of Species

Comment #242003 by stephensmith on September 3, 2008 at 9:51 am

"... the four O. taurus populations Moczek and Parzer studied in the U.S. (North Carolina), Italy, and western and eastern Australia, exhibit substantial changes in both horn and genitalia length ... ."

So, which of the four has the biggest genitalia? As someone who lives in North Carolina, I have a lot of prestige riding on this one.

7. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #241937 by stephensmith on September 3, 2008 at 8:34 am

McCain, Obama and Biden are political hacks. Palin comes off as fresh and not yet completely degraded by the process (but give her time). And for me, yeah, the religious goofiness just adds to her, well, cuteness. More seriously, I like her libertarian streak, as evidenced by her association with the Alaska Independence Party. But now that she's being assimilated into the GOP Death Star I don't expect that will help her, or us, very much. I'll probably vote for Bob Barr in November --yep, he's another political hack, but he says more things that I agree with than any of the others. (But this isn't supposed to be a political blog, is it? Sorry.)

8. Rochester Physicist's Quantum-'Uncollapse' Hypothesis Verified

Comment #226063 by stephensmith on August 7, 2008 at 4:45 pm

I understand almost nothing of any of this. Just please tell me it means that Schrödinger's Kitty Cat doesn't have to die!

9. Car dealership advert tells atheists to 'shut up'

Comment #185431 by stephensmith on May 27, 2008 at 7:20 pm

For those who are totally mystified by my previous comment, see this: www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2031

Jeez, I just read the "August 2005 Update" at that link. I am crying.

10. Car dealership advert tells atheists to 'shut up'

Comment #185426 by stephensmith on May 27, 2008 at 7:14 pm

Don't worry, these yokels are out in the middle of nowhere (literally between Bakersfield and Barstow) and are too dumb to realize that a big slice of those religious Americans also believe in separation of church and state.

Just curious: Is that anywhere near the Wheel Inn dinosaurs? I sat inside one of their heads once, just like Pee Wee Herman! (Can't remember if it was the Bronty or the T-Rex, though.)

11. Texas Megachurch Minister Busted in Internet Sex Sting

Comment #181837 by stephensmith on May 18, 2008 at 11:00 am

Undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl communicated with Joe Barron, 52, of Plano for about two weeks.

Aside from having a chortle at religious hypocrisy, I'm disturbed over sting operations such as this. Yes, yes, courts have ruled otherwise, but to me this is still entrapment. Most importantly, there was no victim -- that 13-year-old girl did not exist except in Joe Barron's mind and in the script that the (presumably adult) police were using.

Lock him away and never let him out!

Whom did he hurt? What actual child did he molest or attempt to molest?

Interesting how the church is praying for this creep's family instead of for his victims.

What victims?

Seems like the worst he was guilty of was ignorance of the law of online identity: "The Internet ... where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents."