1. Why albino monks won't conduct stem cell research

Comment #252218 by Planeten Paultje on September 22, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Maybe I got this mixed up, but aren't the Opus Dei a Catholic terrorist group, some time ago implicated in maintaining weapons staches in Belgium and the (Catholic) south of The Netherlands?

2. Kenya mob reportedly burns 11 'witches'

Comment #183700 by Planeten Paultje on May 22, 2008 at 2:22 pm

@ 2 #183457

> You know how it goes: Burn first, ask questions later.

No. You never question. Not EVER! Doing so will open the door to the possibility that you are wrong (to some degree). You are NEVER wrong.

3. Double-checking Dawkins

Comment #93011 by Planeten Paultje on December 2, 2007 at 1:06 am

Be sure to check out the excellent "Biomorphs" (and other programs) from this site: http://www.gsoftnet.us/GSoft.html

It's from 2002, but works flawlessly in OSX Leopard. I don't know about Windows, though I assume there are no problems there either.

4. You big, fat pile of bacteria

Comment #84860 by Planeten Paultje on November 4, 2007 at 1:33 am

@14. Yes, abysmal hygene kills a lot of people. However, the piont here is that the balance between hygene and building and maintaining our immune systems has been moving to another extreme, one that may very well result in a significant rise of earlier-than-necessary deaths.

5. You big, fat pile of bacteria

Comment #84858 by Planeten Paultje on November 4, 2007 at 1:13 am

I can remember when the slogan "Kills 99% of all household germs!" was released. There must be whole hordes of people who have been brainwashed (is that a pun?) with this bacteria scare. And for many it has become a religious thing; If you don't disinfect your surroundings, you're bad and bad things will happen to you and the ones you love. Don't listen to those who say otherwise; they are wrong and will be eaten alive by germs. People have become addicted to disinfectants like many are to nicotine. Ultimately it's all just a way for companies to consolidate their profits.........

6. The benefits of 80 million years without sex

Comment #78395 by Planeten Paultje on October 12, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Some very nice pictures of these beasties are to be found here:
http://www.microimaging.ca/rotifer.htm

7. In Depth: Christopher Hitchens

Comment #71476 by Planeten Paultje on September 18, 2007 at 9:07 pm

OK, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-749136266511341921&hl=en will get you the whole thing in one go. Maybe paste it into http://keepvid.com/ or use an off-line tool like TubeTV to download and convert if the direct download link from Google doesn't work.

8. Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World

Comment #56926 by Planeten Paultje on July 17, 2007 at 9:22 pm

Me gots one with a blue cover.
http://web.mac.com/planeten.paultje/iWeb/Planeten_Paultje/Images/AoC.gif

Still crap though......

9. Comic in US 'hate speech' row

Comment #54712 by Planeten Paultje on July 8, 2007 at 4:28 pm

Just for completeness sake, here are Patrick's home page:

http://www.patcondell.net/

and all his video messages:

http://www.liveleak.com/browse?user=patcondell

Oink, oink.

10. Floods are judgment on society, say bishops

Comment #53449 by Planeten Paultje on July 1, 2007 at 1:50 pm

"In the Bible, institutional power is referred to as 'the beast', which sets itself up to control people and their morals."

Guess who is talking? Give these guys some mirrors.

11. Scientists Link Housecats to Wildcat Subspecies

Comment #52948 by Planeten Paultje on June 28, 2007 at 4:29 pm

Way to go, cats!

12. Review of 'Growing Up in the Universe' DVDs

Comment #50229 by Planeten Paultje on June 15, 2007 at 11:17 pm

I saw the series when it was aired by the BBC. I'm very glad it's om DVD now and got me a copy right away. I wish all the other Christmas Lectures were available this way, especially since they completely dropped below the horizon (as seen from Holland)......

13. Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter

Comment #48741 by Planeten Paultje on June 8, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Apart from the not-wanting-to-hear-HP-being-read sillyness, I can relate to the first-aid-glove part of the story as a typical thing someone working in education can be confronted with.

14. Cardinal: homosexuality a form of prostitution

Comment #39053 by Planeten Paultje on May 9, 2007 at 9:36 pm

> "missiles and human excrement were thrown at participants"

The united opposition against the Gay Parade is happily showing the colors of their shirts: shades of brown.

15. Cardinal: homosexuality a form of prostitution

Comment #39049 by Planeten Paultje on May 9, 2007 at 9:29 pm

The cardinal talks about "an unnatural form of prostitution", implying that there is also a "natural form of prostitution".

Is that progress?

16. New Noah's Ark ready to sail

Comment #35786 by Planeten Paultje on April 28, 2007 at 9:26 pm

Fun fact: He built the thing on top of a big steel pontoon. Without that the ship would probably have rolled over....

17. Hubble Celebrates Its Seventeenth Birthday with the Birth of a Star

Comment #35784 by Planeten Paultje on April 28, 2007 at 9:08 pm

Surely everyone can see the deranged monkey in this picture? Or is it the devil himself?