Polling Report: Evolution

09Jun06

So, here's what the public thinks about the origins of life and evolution: Polling Report: Science and Nature "Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? Human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life and God guided this process. Human [...]

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Chris Floyd on Zarq’s timely demise

09Jun06

This is good stuff. Go read the whole thing!  Chris Floyd – Hubub in Hibhib: The Timely Death of al-Zarqawi [...] Zarqawi, the notorious shape-shifter who, according to grainy video evidence, was able to regenerate lost limbs, speak in completely different accents, alter the contours of his bone structure and also suffered an unfortunate binge-and-purge [...]

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Keeping Zarqawi Alive

09Jun06

 [via BoingBoing]  War Room – Salon.com [...]  In fact, there's evidence that the war actually helped keep Zarqawi alive longer — and certainly presented him with more easily accessible targets — than would have been the case if the United States had not invaded Iraq. As NBC News reported back in 2004, U.S. military planners [...]

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MPAA gets sued!

09Jun06

Just for the laughs: TorrentSpy suit accuses MPAA of hacking [...] TorrentSpy alleges that in July last year the MPAA paid the hacker $15,000 for the information. TorrentSpy also alleges that the MPAA told the hacker it didn't care how he got the information and that it would protect him from any liability in obtaining [...]

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