(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, January 15, 2010) 2. CIA: HOW MANY SPIES HAS THE POLYGRAPH EXPOSED? According to a CBS News account of the suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan, “The double agent was brought onto the base without first being given a polygraph test, one of the basic … Continue reading “Again: Are polygraphs worthless?”
Month: January 2010
Stupidity from Conservapedia
(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!) If you find the math in relativity fun, great, but relativity is not going to help anyone. It never has. Pick up a Bible in between some equations. Andy Schlafly, Conservapedia Andy Schlafly must not be aware that the Global Positioning System needs to correct for errors introduced by relativistic … Continue reading “Stupidity from Conservapedia”
Yet Another Angry Hitler Video
Friday Random Ten: 2010-01-15
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fragolino | Billy Cobham | The Traveler | Jazz |
| 2. | Cinnamon Girl | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 3. | The Big Heat | Stan Ridgway | The Big Heat | Rock |
| 4. | Bang And Blame | R.E.M. | Monster | Rock |
| 5. | Pull Me Under | Dream Theater | Images And Words | Metal |
| 6. | Dazed and Confused | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin I | Rock |
| 7. | The Calling | Yes | Talk | Rock |
| 8. | The Gates Of Delirium | Yes | Relayer | Rock |
| 9. | Twisted | Stan Ridgway | The Big Heat | Rock |
| 10. | Help Me | Joan Osborne | Relish | Rock |
Truly Awful
Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for ‘pact to the devil’
PAT ROBERTSON: And, you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, “We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.” True story. And so, the devil said, “OK, it’s a deal.”
And they kicked the French out. You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. Desperately poor. That island of Hispaniola is one island. It’s cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti; on the other side is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, et cetera. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God. And out of this tragedy, I’m optimistic something good may come. But right now, we’re helping the suffering people, and the suffering is unimaginable.
KRISTI WATTS (co-host): Absolutely, Pat.
Radical cleric Pat Robertson weighs in on yet another tragedy giving it his own “special” spin. He must be truly a shit of human being to be able to put such a spin on the deaths of thousands of people.
(more…)Terror!
What [Obama] should be doing is following the right things Bush did. One of the right things he did was treat this as a war on terror. We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama. — Rudolph Giuliani We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s … Continue reading “Terror!”
Joe the Plumber
(via Eschaton) For those of you keeping score at home, “Joe” the “Plumber” is not: really named “Joe” really a plumber a Constitutional scholar
Friday Random Ten: 2010-01-08
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | In The Marketplace (Interlude) | Earth, Wind & Fire | All ‘N All | R&B |
| 2. | Overture 1928 | Dream Theater | Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory | Metal |
| 3. | Mulu The Rain Forest | Thomas Dolby | The Flat Earth | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Planet Of Lost Souls | Thomas Dolby | The Gate To The Mind’s Eye | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | Mama, You Got A Daughter | John Lee Hooker | City Of Angels | Soundtrack |
| 6. | All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club | Rock |
| 7. | Man On The Corner | Genesis | Abacab | Rock |
| 8. | Last Dance | Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing | Rock |
| 9. | Wait A Minute | Frank Zappa | Sheik Yerbouti | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | Roundabout | Yes | Fragile | Rock |
Coast Guard to Terminate Loran-C on Feb. 8
(via marinelink.com) The U.S. Coast Guard’s Director of Prevention Policy announced Thursday publication in the Federal Register of plans to cease broadcasting the North American Loran-C signal Feb. 8. As a result of technological advancements during the last 20 years and the emergence of the U.S. Global Positioning System, Loran-C is no longer required by … Continue reading “Coast Guard to Terminate Loran-C on Feb. 8”
Oh, Really?
Mr. 9/11 Gets Amnesia: ‘We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We’ve Had One Under Obama’
“What [Obama] should be doing is following the right things Bush did. One of the right things he did was treat this as a war on terror. We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama,” Giuliani said.
Even if Giuliani misspoke and meant since 9/11/2001, he is still lying. Let’s not forget the anthrax attacks and Richard Reid.
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