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Monthly Archives: August 2008
McCain’s “mild cognitive impairment”
Evolving in Kansas, linking to the Albuquerque Journal [link requires subscription]:
McCain Displaying Early Dementia
THERE IS is little public discussion about John McCain’s mental state. Although his legendary temper was briefly considered last spring, that topic seems to have fallen off the radar screen.
More important, in my view, is the possibility that McCain is suffering from [...]
Posted in Health / Medicine, Politics
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My choice for VP: Tina Fey
Maybe Tina Fey will be making some appearances on SNL this fall: she’s a dead ringer for Sarah Palin! Put her hair up and give her more squareish glasses and BINGO!
Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Politics, Television
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McSame makes pick; seeks to trump ‘black’ with ‘girl’
Presumptive Republican Nominee John McSame has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate:
Palin’s selection was a stunning surprise, as McCain passed over many other better-known prospects, some of whom had been the subject of intense speculation for weeks or months.
Obviously, McSame picked the governor for her vast experience: Palin served multiple terms as [...]
Posted in Politics, Wacky Shit
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Titans fail to impress in win over Packers
The Tennessee Titans “beat” the Green Bay Packers last night, 23-21. However, the Titans’ “first team” failed to score a touchdown…
Hope they can do better than that next week, I mean, we’re only playing the Jacksonville Jaguars!
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Hurricane Katrina +3
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana on this date in 2005.
Posted in Environment / Weather, History
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Titans final preseason game tonight at Green Bay
The Tennessee Titans play the Green Bay Packers tonight at 6:00 pm CDT. The game can been seen in Nashville on WKRN Channel 2.
One can only hope that the Titans will get it together tonight and make believers out of us fans–seeing Vince Young throw a touchdown pass (which would be a first for this [...]
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TVA asks to renew build permits for two nuclear reactors
The Tennessee Valley Authority has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to renew construction permits for two unfinished nuclear reactors, and has budgeted $10 million to study what would be involved in completing the construction.
Posted in Energy, Environment / Weather
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Another faith-based initiative is shown to be unconstitutional
Teen Challenge of Kentucky, a fundamentalist Christian group, that pushes religion under the guise of a drug and alcohol recovery program, have voluntarily returned a $50,000 federal grant upon the protest of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The money was allocated through the Compassion Capital Fund, a special program created as part of [...]
Posted in Government / Law, Psychology / Human Nature, Religion
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ID and flagella myths
Mark Perakh, writing in eSkeptic for August 20, 2008, Flagella Myths:
An interesting question arises: Why ID advocates and other creationists, who so eagerly and persistently display pictures like those in Figures 1, 2, and 3, never deign to show much more realistic representations of flagella structure such as those shown in Figures 4, 5, and [...]
Why the candidates should have a science debate
Joel Stein, A presidential science test for Obama and McCain:
Our next president is certain to be very smart, but probably not scientist smart. Deep down, both Barack Obama and John McCain know this. That’s because sometime in high school, each surely got frustrated by physics or calculus and said to himself, “You know, I really [...]
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Red-light cameras just don’t work
Vito Rispo writing at RideLust.com:
In fact, six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the yellow light cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with cameras meant to catch red-light runners. Those local governments have completely ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light [...]
New Orleans three years later
New Orleans will never be the same, but is recovering:
The Brookings Institution and Greater New Orleans Data Center reported this month that the city has recovered 72 percent of its pre-Katrina households, nearly 90 percent of sales tax revenues, 86 percent of jobs and 76 percent of all previous public and private school students.
One of [...]