Kid Rock for President

Ed Brayton found this gem from Kid Rock
Kid Rock performed his “What if Kid rock were president of the U.S.” and pledged he would “turn churches into strip clubs” but promised, “We would remain one nation under God.” Both comments got cheers from the audience.
Looks like the Romney campaign needs to hire Kid Rock.  Romney [...]

Juno

I saw Juno this afternoon.  While I had heard good things about the film, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  I was impressed.  While Ellen Page was great in the title role and Jason Bateman and Michael Cera were really good, it was something more than the acting.  While the soundtrack had a lot [...]

Cheaper than coal?

Last week, the New York Times reported that Nanosolar, a Silicon Valley start-up company, had begun selling solar panels at a cost of $1 per watt.  This would allow the production of $2 per watt systems, making new solar power systems cheaper than coal.  (New coal power plants cost $2.1 per watt.)   They managed to [...]

Benazir murdered

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today at a political rally by an apparent suicide bomber.
Her father was murdered by Zia.  Now she is murdered while another general holds power in Pakistan.  While she was far from perfect, and her government was plagued by corruption, I will always remember her as she was when she first came [...]

Merry Christmas

Wishing you the best for the season

Flying Spaghetti Monster defeats Intelligent Designer?

A few weeks ago it looked like Polk County, Florida, was going to be the next Dover, Pennsylvania. With five of the seven school board members in favour of including intelligent design in science classes, it seemed likely that things might come to a head. But just a few weeks later, things appear [...]

Making ID science?

One of the major arguments made by the intelligent design crowd is that people can recognise design.  They argue that if it looks designed, then the default argument should be that it is designed.  This leads to arguments that run something like “you [scientists] need to provide a complete, step by step account of how [...]

That about sums it up…

PZ Myers on Michael Behe
It’s a good review, but does anyone care anymore? His thesis is rejected by biologists and ignored by creationists, and the man is on his way to well-deserved obscurity.
And in the comments, Abbie is informed, in no uncertain terms, that she’s a Southerner.  I suppose she’ll have to drop her Midwestern [...]

Oekologie #12

The 12th installment of the Oekologie blog carnival is up at Behavioral Ecology Blog.

LOLCreationists

Larry Moran details a conversation he had with one of the “intellectuals” over at Uncommon Descent, specifically one who goes by the name gpuccio
You ask:

“Let me ask you a question. Did the intelligent designer allow naturalistic evolution to do most of the work, saving a few well-chosen examples for special attention? Did he (making an [...]