Monthly Archives: January 2009

Separation of Church and State works for all of us

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2009

It’s simple: if you receive government funds, you have to play by a well-defined set of rules, if you don’t then you only have to play by a much smaller set of rules. This, it seems to me, works fairly well for all of us.
California’s 4th District Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a Christian [...]

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Holy Shit: Sarah Palin launches political action committee (PAC)

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2009

Associated Press:
NEW YORK (AP) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin launched a political action committee Tuesday to help support candidates for federal and state office.
The committee, SarahPac, is dedicated to supporting “fresh ideas and candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation,” according to its Web site.
Personally, I don’t see a return to the Dark [...]

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Space Shuttle Challenger +23 years

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2009

On this date in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed less than two minutes after launch, claiming the lives of the crew.

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Remembering Apollo 1

By thecodepounder | Published January 27, 2009

On this date in 1967, at Pad 34, the command module of Apollo 1 was destroyed by fire, killing all three crew members: Commander Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
This is a tough week for us space buffs. Tomorrow marks the 23rd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and Monday will mark the [...]

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Vaccinate your children

By thecodepounder | Published January 26, 2009

Phil Plait, An unvaccinated child has died from a preventable disease:
Folks. Please. Vaccinate your children. The science is in, the tests have been done, the results are solid: vaccinations do not cause autism. What vaccines do is save the lives of thousands of children who would otherwise be suffering the effects of preventable diseases… and [...]

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Moments of silence ruled coercive in Illinois

By thecodepounder | Published January 26, 2009

David Silverman, Moments of Silence Defeated in IL:
Moments of silence include mandatory attendance. Unlike Church, you can’t opt out. You can’t go to the bathroom. You can’t come to school when it’s over. You MUST attend
[via NoGodBlog]

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President Obama continues reversing bad Bush policies

By thecodepounder | Published January 24, 2009

Associated Press, Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy:
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information – an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.
Supporter of the “Mexico City policy” [...]

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More skeletons come marching out of Ted Haggard’s closet

By thecodepounder | Published January 24, 2009

Associated Press, Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex accusations:
DENVER (AP) – Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard’s former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard – a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his [...]

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The White House establishes Channel on YouTube

By thecodepounder | Published January 21, 2009

The White House has established a new channel on YouTube. I’m sure there’s lots more to come over the next several years, but already the channel is sporting, among other things, the full video of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address (including oath of office), along with a convenient download link (for those of you who [...]

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Take time to talk to your child about whatever crap they like

By thecodepounder | Published January 21, 2009

The Onion:
Does your child like dinosaurs? Fine. Dinosaurs it’ll have to be. Learn some of those fuckers’ names. Quick tip from me to you: Most of them end in “saurus,” so you can fake your way along pretty good by just adding that to the end of a word you already know.
Yeah, I know this [...]

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It just keeps getting worse and worse in Louisiana

By thecodepounder | Published January 19, 2009

The pro-superstition and anti-evolution Discovery Institute must be doing backflips over their wild successes in Louisiana.
Science Magazine, Louisiana Creates: New Pro-Intelligent Design Rules for Teachers:
Last year, Louisiana passed the Louisiana Science Education Act, a law that many scientists and educators said was a thinly veiled attempt to allow creationism and its variants into the science [...]

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Abstinence-only education to become thing of the past?

By thecodepounder | Published January 19, 2009

Let’s hope so, what with the fact that it doesn’t fucking work!
Associated Press, Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo:
With the exit of the Bush administration, critics of abstinence-only sex education will be making an aggressive push to cut off federal funding for what they consider an ineffective, sometimes harmful program.
[...]
Obama is considered an advocate [...]

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