Vaccine exemptions and herd immunity
There was a good piece a while ago on some of the legal issues around mandating vaccines for school children on Science Based Medicine. Basically it lays out that for […]
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There goes Ron Paul’s libertarian creditials
Ed Brayton of the Dispatches from the Culture Wars has a great post on why Ron Paul needs opposed. Paul has a lot of good ideas for trimming some of […]
Tuesday Science News – Space tourism, elephant population, a very old galaxy, and more!
Zero2Infinity is a new “space tourism” company that’s taking an interesting and more environmentally friendly approach to getting people high above the earth: balloons! People generally consider space to start […]
The SCA presidential candidate scorecard
In case you’ve missed it, the Secular Coalition for American did a recent scorecard on the current slate of presidential contenders. On the SCA site you can find a link […]
Merry Christmas!
Today is the day that celebrates the birthday of the real historical great named Isaac Newton as well as the the mythical characters of Mythra, Horus, Hercules, Zeus, Sol Invictus, […]
Don’t forget the reason for the season
Oh, you thought it was Jesus? Nope, it’s just the fact that it’s really dark. More on this tomorrow.
Cross-dressing Mormon missionaries
The name of the band is “Tranny Mormons” and yes, I am aware that “tranny” is not the proper term for transexuals, but their sacrilegious costumes make this video worth […]
What to do if you’re family’s not as awesome as mine
It’s the holiday season so I’m guessing that most of you will be spending this weekend with family members. That wouldn’t be a problem for me since my family is […]
Happy Festivus! – The Airing of Grievances
Happy Festivus! In keeping with the traditions of this most satirical of holidays we should have the Airing of Grievances. It should take place with friends and family that you […]
The Solstice Rose
In May I shared the story of my mom’s December rose bud. Well, it’s back again this year: The bud first appeared around the first week of December and this […]