I Love Cynics!

The New York Times ran an excellent Op/Ed article yesterday on Intelligent Design by Daniel Dennett. The article, Show Me the Science, is an in-depth look at the tactics used by proponents of ID and how they fail at anything even remotely approaching science.
Instead, they rely on creating false controversy, misleading statements and ideas for […]

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Oh, Pat, you’d make me smile, but then I remember how many people take you seriously. Despite being on video, in front of thousands (millions?) of people saying wonderful things like:

If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it.

You want us to believe that you […]

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What would Jesus do? Taking a page from the mythical terrorist handbook, Pat Robertson, influential religious leader that he is, is calling on the United States to assassinate Venezuela’s leader, Hugo Chavez.
Claiming that Chavez wants to make Venezuela a springboard for Communism and Muslim extremism, Robertson continues to prove he has little understanding […]

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Continuing my departure from political books once again (I’ll get back into it soon enough!) I picked up a copy of The Alaskan Bootlegger’s Bible by Leon Kania. Having recently developed an interest in home brewing, I figured it was about time I looked into how it fit into Alaskan history.
Now, home brewing has been […]

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Controversy continues to swarm around pictures taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. A number of photographs and video tapes still remain unreleased as Pentagon leaders continue to wage a war of disinformation on the American public. So much for checks and balances.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued to obtain the photos and videos […]

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There are few things more satisfying than good food and drink. Even better is if these are the results of your own labor. Mead making is an ancient art that, with a little work and a few ingredients, can reward you for years to come.
The Complete Meadmaker takes you through the history and tradition of […]

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I wouldn’t normally post a review of anything other than a book here, but hey, I just bought a new toy and thought I’d spread the love.
I recently decided it was time to buy a new digital camera. This was brought about by the simple fact that my old one died.
The old one was […]

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