Start basting that hat.
Some creationists have established this silly boundary: little bits of evolution could happen, but not lots of it. So a species of bird could come to have a longer beak, an species of elephant a trunk, or a species of monkey a new color of fur. This could even happen in just a [...]
Lynchburg’s bright future.
I was both a witness and, to a limited extent, a participant in the revitalization of Charlottesville downtown in the early 90s. When I was a kid — 14 years old — I remember spending entire weekends sitting in front of the boarded-up Paramount Theater, noodling around on guitar and reading comics. The [...]
Bush’s approval rating drops to 36%. That’s right, keep on ignoring Cindy Sheehan. Never mind her. Just look at the shiny thing over there.
Kilgore: Al-Qaeda working with MS-13.
Last Thursday, Republican candidate for governor Jerry Kilgore was on WINA’s “Charlottesville Live,” with guest host Coy Barefoot interviewing him. (Coy interviewed me and Rick Sincere on the show the day before.) During the show, Kilgore said something that really caught Coy’s attention, and presumably the attention of listeners:
JK: Now there’s a move [...]
Where the push meets the flip.
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Carroll writes:
Suppose there were a conference on child development and parenting. And some people are saying that children should start early on a rigorous academic program, and others are saying no, they should have real childhoods and be allowed to develop their creative abilities naturally. And some people say [...]
Pre-wedding wedding.
Amber and I returned late last night from a three-day trip to New England to attend my cousin’s wedding.
Thursday evening found us visiting friends in northwestern Connecticut, with whom we stayed the night, acquainting ourselves with their two-year-old daughter and trio of cats. They’ll be visiting for our wedding — which is two weeks [...]
Intelligent Falling Theory.
It’s a joke, but only barely.
As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held “theory of gravity” is flawed, and they have responded to [...]
Colonel Joe Kittinger, Jr.
The Air Force has an amazing story about Colonel Joe Kittinger, the first man to exceed the speed of sound by skydiving from 102,800 feet:
In freefall for four and a half minutes, Kittinger fell at speeds up to 714 mph, exceeding the speed of sound. He experienced temperatures as low as -94 degrees Fahrenheit. Kittinger [...]
Creationists: NASA says the earth stopped.
From the New York Times, about the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools‘ work to put creationism, etc. in public schools::
Some of the claims made in the national council’s curriculum are laughable, said Mark A. Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, who spent seven weeks studying the syllabus [...]
Does capitalism require competition?
Darn near 100% of road construction in Virginia is done by private contractors, and some people (Republicans, in specifically) want the actual road ownership to be private, too.
This group blog reports on the hidden costs of toll roads:
Sometimes, non-compete agreements aren’t even written down. In Virginia, the Dulles Greenway consortium didn’t have a written [...]
An MZM by any other name…
A company named Veritas Capital has announced their acquisition of “selected assets MZM, Inc.” MZM, you’ll recall, was taken down by their bribery scandal, which thus far has ensnared Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, and threatens to taint Reps. Virgil Goode and Katherine Harris, as well.
Which selected assets are they acquiring? It “includes, but [...]
Kilgore on WINA.
Host Coy Barefoot will have Republican candidate for governor Jerry Kilgore on his show from 9:30am-10:00am on WINA tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Locals should be sure to tune in.
Extra special bonus points for anybody who asks this:
Jerry Kilgore believes that sexual orientation is a “choice.”
Two points to the first reporter to ask Jerry Kilgore when [...]
Washington Times: Yay for North Korea.
I have virtually no patience for accusations of systemic media bias. That said, The Washington Times really is run by a bunch of fruitcakes:
Kim Jong Il Receives President of Washington Times Corporation
Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) — Leader Kim Jong Il Tuesday received Joo Dong Mun, president of the Washington Times [...]
NARAL endorses nobody.
Good for NARAL for their decision to endorse nobody in the Virginia governor’s race, but to condemn Republican Jerry Kilgore. A NARAL endorsement would have been waved around by the Kilgore campaign as “proof” that centrist Democrat Tim Kaine is “way out of touch” and “much too liberal for Virginia.” The fact is [...]
Government transparency and XML.
I see via Charlottesville Blogs that Colten and I are on the same wavelength:
I’m looking at some houses in areas of town that used to be plagued by crime and are getting better. However, I wanted some statistics to make me feel a little better so I checked out the Charlottesville City Police Department website [...]
On WINA Wednesday morning.
Wednesday (tomorrow) morning, I’ll be a guest on Charlottesville talk station WINA along with fellow Charlottesville blogger Rick Sincere (who mentioned this last Friday) for an hour-long show about Virginia political blogging. It runs from 9am-10am. Host Coy Barefoot is sitting in for the show’s regular pair of hosts, hence the interesting topic. [...]
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