Monthly Archives: July 2010

It’s about damn time

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Oscar Gordon

ACLU to challenge the “No Fly List”

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Campus CCW

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Phil Kadath

No, not me (at least not open carry, yet). Here is FIRE’s latest video on the subject of helping students get their First Amendments rights restored to talk about their Second Amendment rights.

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Bad News

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Phil Kadath

In regards to this post from yesterday, I am saddened to have to announce that this is NOT the closing shot from the new sparkly vampire movie.

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Items Big and Bigger

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Big: “Sea Monster” fossil found in Peru desert Researchers scanning the Peruvian desert for whale fossils have stumbled upon the remains of a “sea monster” three times the size of a modern day killer whale. The teeth of “Leviathan Melvillei” … Continue reading →

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Reading your DNA like a walkman

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Oscar Gordon

This is cool!

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Berate Bureaucrat, Get Results

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Alaska

One of my uncles (the one who only takes head shots when hunting, both because it wastes less meat and because he’s that good) is a bit of a character. Think John Wayne, but with the temper of Bruce Banner’s … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 07/01/10

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Words matter. Apparently, so does the number of them. Pythagoras’ Theory – 24 words Lords’ Prayer – 66 words Archimedes Principle – 67 words Ten Commandments – 179 words Gettysburg Address – 267 words US Declaration of Independence – 1,321 … Continue reading →

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Why I’ll never be on the Supreme Court

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Ing dong) from Minnesota was being “cute” during the Kagan confirmation hearings yesterday, mentioning that it appeared Kagan had not spent the night waiting for the opening of the new sparkling vampire movie. You can read the … Continue reading →

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Logic Test

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Phil Kadath

We’re in the second week of my Philosophy 106: Introduction to Logic class and we were introduced to a topic I’d never heard of until last night: Alternative Truth-functional Operators Despite what you might think, this is not going to … Continue reading →

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