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Archive for May, 2010

What If Science Were Like Religion ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under Religion, Science

The always interesting Richard Dawkins takes a look:

H/T: Ron Chusid

The Unfortunate Return Of The Line-Item Veto

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, U.S. Constitution

Like nearly every President before him, Barack Obama is apparently going to be seeking the authority of the line-item veto:
WASHINGTON — President Obama, in his latest effort to signal fiscal responsibility against the rising debt, plans this month to ask Congress to give him and future presidents greater power to try to delete individual items [...]

“No Credible Evidence” Times Square Bomber Trained By Terrorists

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under Homeland Security, In The News, War On Terror

The ties between Faisal Shahzad and the Pakistani Taliban, or any other terrorist group, appear to be far less substantial than first thought:
WASHINGTON — No credible evidence has been found so far that the Pakistani-American man accused in the Times Square bombing plot received any serious terrorist training from the Pakistani Taliban or another radical [...]

Conservative Columnist Asks FCC To Censor Family Guy

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, Television

Brent Bozell isn’t happy with Family Guy:
This is a cartoon watched by millions of children on broadcast television at 9 pm. Many parents have seen the kind of spoiled child who finds a line he’s not supposed to cross and then crosses it with bravado, daring anyone to discipline him. Not many have seen this [...]

“Let’s Make A Deal” Continues In Britain

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

There’s still no resolution to the muddy election outcome over in the United Kingdom, but everything now seems to hinge on whether Nick Clegg can convince his Liberal Democratic Party to accept a deal with the Tories:
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is meeting his MPs and peers to discuss a power-sharing offer from the Conservatives.
The [...]

Study: Attractive Waitresses Get Better Tips From Men

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Filed under In The News

Yet more information from the Department Of Blindingly Obvious Research:
Prof. Michael Lynn, marketing and tourism, surveyed 374 waitresses about their perceived “sexiness,” breast size and other physical characteristics and correlated these results with the amount of tips the waitresses received.
His results indicate that evolutionary instinct trumps the ideals many patrons profess. Though most customers say [...]

Photo Of The Day: A Star Is Born

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 7th, 2010. Filed under Science, Space Exploration

A cloud of gas and dust called RCW120 as seen by the Herschel Space Telescope. The large blue bubble is being blown out by a massive star (unseen) in the centre. This creates the conditions for a giant young star to form on the bubble’s bottom edge (white blob)
H/T: BBC

Congressman James Clyburn: People Are Against Obama Because He’s Black

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 7th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Democrats, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Here we go again:

WASHINGTON POST: How worried are you about the violent elements of the tea party-ization of the country. Are you worried about the president’s security? Are you worried about your own security as a black leader?
REP. JAMES CLYBURN (R-SC): Not one bit. . . .
You’re wrong, Congressman.
Are there people opposed to Obama [...]

31% Of Republicans And Tea Partiers Believe Barack Obama Was Born In Another Country

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 7th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll takes a look at the birther movement:
Fourteen percent of Americans say without prompting that they think Barack Obama was born in another country, rising to one in five when those with no opinion are offered that as a possibility. But for many it’s not a firm belief and [...]

Tories And Labour Play “Let’s Make A Deal” With The Lib Dems

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 7th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

Over in London, the deal making is underway:
David Cameron and Gordon Brown competed to win over the Liberal Democrats today as they made rival offers to Nick Clegg in a bid to form a new coalition government.
The three main parties are locked in frantic horse-trading as they vie for power after the election ended with [...]

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