April – 2010 – Yet Another Website

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Volcano Monitoring

Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C. — Bobby Jindal (February, 2009) <sarcam> Because there’s no possible reason why we would ever need to monitor volcanoes. </sarcam> See also: Jindal Versus the Volcano

My Congressman is an Idiot, Part II

Akin breakin’ heart

The decision by the Obama administration to gut NASA’s manned flight program does more than jeopardize the long term goals of solar system exploration, the cancellation of the space shuttles replacement will effectively leave the United States reliant upon the Soviet Union to grant us access to low earth orbit. As a member of the Armed Services Committee I am very concerned with that possibility, and as an American I am disappointed by the prospect.
— Todd Akin (R-MO)

Soviet Union – WTF?

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The Key to Science

(via @lancefinney)

Richard Feynman succinctly describes science:

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Pull Me Under

Here’s Dream Theater’s greatest hit (not necessarily their greatest song), “Pull Me Under.”

Friday Random Ten: 2010-04-16

	Name	Artist	Album	Genre
1.	The Count Of Tuscany	Dream Theater	Black Clouds & Silver Linings	Metal
2.	Niner Two	Don Ellis	Live At Montreux	Jazz
3.	The Highs Are Too High	Pretty & Twisted	Pretty & Twisted	Alternative & Punk
4.	End Credits	Jerry Goldsmith	Star Trek: First Contact	Soundtrack
5.	Can’ t Cry Anymore	Sheryl Crow	Tuesday Night Music Club	Rock
6.	Overture	Monty Python’s Spamalot	Original Cast Recording	Soundtrack
7.	Another Day	Original Broadway Cast	Rent [Disc 1]	Soundtrack
8.	Songs From The Wood	Jethro Tull	Original Masters	Rock
9.	Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Company Bow)	Monty Python’s Spamalot	Original Cast Recording	Soundtrack
10.	Rockin’ In The Free World	Pearl Jam & Neil Young	Greatest Hits	Rock

Quantum

What PZ Myers said: When anyone other than a particle physicist talks about “quantum”, it is almost always a magic word used to project a pseudoscientific aura onto sheer raving lunacy. “Quantum” as a prefix is almost universally used to signify that the noun it modifies is about to be made crazy stupid. So simple, … Continue reading “Quantum”