Comments by righton

Comment #259637 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Just stop. This is not even debatable.

Comment #259632 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Thanks Steve.

DP,

What did she mean by asking a rhetorical question about books being banned? Why would you ask a rhetorical question about books being banned? It makes no sense.

303. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259619 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 4:20 pm

DP

Palin DID ask a librarian how she could ban certain books or if it was possible to ban certain books. She admitted to this.

304. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259617 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Darwins Pitbull

I disagree on the teaching thing. You are buying into the stereotype of academia. Having a faculty position at a very good law school for twelve years does show intelligence. Faculty positions are competitive and if you cannot keep up with your peers, you will be replaced.

Although, I have heard that the sportscaster job market in Ancorage is cutthroat.

305. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259600 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 3:42 pm

Darwins pitbull

NO.

Obama went to Columbia for his undergraduate degree then went to Harvard law where he graduated with honors. He then taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years before getting into politics.

Palin just has an undergraduate degree from Idaho State.

I think we know who is "smarter" or more educated at least. Smarter is tough to define but Harvard law with honors and teaching for twelve years is a good indication that he is much, much smarter than Palin.

306. Bill Maher's Religulous Opens Today

Comment #259415 by righton on October 3, 2008 at 10:41 am

Seeing this tonite. It needs to outgross Expelled.

Good point DiveMedic. I think this might help a lot of people ditch religion or even prevent some from being "born-again". Also, I think it will make atheism look cool and edgy for the younger crowd.

307. 'God as Science Fiction'. Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Comment #259096 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 10:06 pm

BibleBeletAtheist-

No.

Stop.

308. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259095 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 10:04 pm

I LOVE Katie Couric!

I think her interview did irreparable damage to Palin.

309. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259034 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 7:11 pm

Say maverick one more time.

Does anyone think drilling in ANWR is a good idea besides Palin?

310. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259028 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Nuculer???

311. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259017 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 6:34 pm

She also sticks to the small area of topics that she is familiar with, continually changing the subject and dodging questions.

Biden needs to go after her.

312. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259016 by righton on October 2, 2008 at 6:31 pm

diacanu

Dont forget "mainstreet", like five times.

313. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #256642 by righton on September 29, 2008 at 9:48 am

Sorry, off topic.

Does anyone know if there has been a thread on here about this "Obsession" movie? Its about radical islam, website below.

I live in Portland Or. A DVD of this movie was distributed with the Sunday Oregonian. I guess the group who made this DVD took out advertising with the Oregonian. The Oregonian is our only major newspaper so a lot of people will get this DVD.

http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

314. Conservative Pastors to Break Law by Endorsing a Candidate

Comment #256182 by righton on September 28, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Sorry, off topic.

Does anyone know if there has been a thread on here about this Obsession movie?

I live in Portland Or. A DVD of this movie was distributed with the Sunday Oregonian. I guess the group who made this DVD took out advertising with the Oregonian. The Oregonian is our only major newspaper so a lot of people will get this DVD.

http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

315. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #255406 by righton on September 27, 2008 at 1:07 pm

Nice link quine. The Olbermann one was very good.

I think the president and vice president should have to take a standardized test, like the GRE or something. Could you imagine what Palin would score on the GRE?

316. Diamonds May Be Life's Birthstone

Comment #254969 by righton on September 26, 2008 at 2:03 pm

If this is ever proven, the irony is just amazing in that we wear diamonds as jewelry and they are very expensive and are highly sought after.

317. Zehirli Yilanlar, Kaygan Yilanbaliklari ve Harun Yahya

Comment #252559 by righton on September 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

Ha!

Good idea!

318. When Atheists Attack

Comment #251888 by righton on September 22, 2008 at 9:46 am

What is this? Tony Blair? Speaking about Religion? At Yale?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080922/ts_alt_afp/usbritainpoliticsreligionpeopleeducationblair

319. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249278 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 11:30 pm

I wonder if this book is used as a texbook in Turkey or if it is really popular?

If anyone living in Turkey reads this let me know.

I'm funny.

320. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249265 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Seriously! Some guy made a book. The book was criticized on a website, now the entire country of Turkey cannot go to that website?

WOW...

321. Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Comment #249262 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 10:56 pm

Ha!

I can't believe that happened! Pathetic.

322. Genes might not be so selfish after all

Comment #249217 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 6:06 pm

I was not defending this crap, just giving general knowledge.

This kind of article is definitely not the place to talk about unpublished data. It is mainly talked about by those who actually did the research. I am sure this guy has no idea about any unpublished data on epigenetics unless he frequents biomedical research seminars... Doubtful.

EDIT: Also, scientists will say, "unpublished data", which can also mean, "preliminary data", not to be taken too seriously yet. It may be something interesting but more work needs to be done to confirm the results.

323. Genes might not be so selfish after all

Comment #249196 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 5:20 pm

info_dump

Actually it takes several months after the peer review process and final acceptance of a paper before it is actually seen in a publication. This is not true for all journals but many of them take several months before it is actually published.

Edit: It is also common for scientists to give lectures on unpublished data.

324. Genes might not be so selfish after all

Comment #249179 by righton on September 17, 2008 at 4:23 pm

This is ridiculous. Knowledge of epigenetics has been around for years and much research is being done on it. It is still ultimately controlled by our genes. Seems like some sort of protection mechanism against the environment, which can go wrong just like any other genes.

325. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245773 by righton on September 11, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Yes, I have been to Reykjavik, the capital. I saw the place where Bobby fisher won the world chess championship. Its kind of their claim to fame.

Wouldnt want to live there though.

326. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245769 by righton on September 11, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Seriously, Who would want to live in iceland? Any takers?

327. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245756 by righton on September 11, 2008 at 11:51 am

Yea some index... I dont think I am going to move to iceland,

328. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245749 by righton on September 11, 2008 at 11:49 am

Ahh, another america hating thread. On 9/11 no less.

We deserved that anyway, right?

329. Opening minds

Comment #242862 by righton on September 4, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Don't yell at me robot.

330. Opening minds

Comment #242861 by righton on September 4, 2008 at 3:34 pm

"Teach the controversy" right???

331. Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque

Comment #238632 by righton on August 28, 2008 at 12:31 pm

TWP wrote:

"Al

May I ask why you decided to get your degree in IS?"

I got this one Al.

TWP, he is a muslim.

332. To beat extremism we must dissolve religious groups

Comment #221934 by righton on July 30, 2008 at 10:25 am

Its funny how the "moderate muslims" are almost always in better situations. If you compare the muslims in the US to muslims in afghanistan, im sure there would be more moderate muslims in the US.

Do you think the quality of life has anything to do with the tendancy to be an extremist?

333. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221459 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Apathy,

You look older than 21 but ill give you a go.

334. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221452 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:22 pm

51 Oh. Nevermind we are too much alike.

What about you TWP? Oh yea you live in Texas. Too far.

335. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221450 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:21 pm

Hey TWP,

I asked.

Are you jealous?

336. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221446 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:15 pm

NW?

337. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221441 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:08 pm

NW, SW, NE, SE?

338. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221438 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Im too young and poor to be a sugar daddy.

339. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221432 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 3:58 pm

44, Just a little bicurious.

340. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221421 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 3:51 pm

kkelly,

What region of the US do you live in?

341. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221418 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 3:47 pm

AWWWW. Schuermannator, dont bring up brazillian steakhouses. My favorite!

342. Faith is not the answer

Comment #221417 by righton on July 29, 2008 at 3:44 pm

tera makes me want to go for a drive. I will be back in a few hours.

343. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218829 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 6:12 pm

Is this any better? Not really huh.

344. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218822 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Sorry about my avatar. Its immediately post sex. You should see the whole thing.

345. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218818 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Christian a,

Stop.

346. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218811 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:55 pm

TWP

BTW, what was the DK in front of righton?

347. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218801 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Sorry TWP,

Thats actually a good point.

Drugs=optional
islamic terrorist=not optional.

I like that.

348. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218798 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Tera

"Getting drunk or stoned drastically increases a person's odds of:"

How drunk and how stoned do you have to be to "drasticaly increase these odds."

Does three or four drinks spread out over a night drastically increase these odds?

349. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218791 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:35 pm

TWP

Ummm? How many people do you think islamic terrorists killed in the US this year?

350. Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup

Comment #218770 by righton on July 25, 2008 at 5:03 pm

"Some statements do not need to be refuted, just underlined"