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New York city schools want to ban ‘loaded words’ from tests
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_bn13
In yet another instance of PC gone amok, New York city wants to ban these words from any standardized tests:
Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television.
Pretty …
I will be taking the next week off to devote full-time to our greenhouse/pool project, starting this evening and back on Monday the 9th. Historically in situations like this I have been too damn tired to do much of anything, …
Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight
In a limited trial, 16 overweight young adults taking various doses of green coffee bean extract lost an average of 17.5 pounds and 16% in body fat in 22 weeks. But questions …
‘Thermal cloak’ designed, could solve major chip, spacecraft issues
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/28/thermal_cloak_excellence/
Not so wild about the idea of scientist being referred to as ‘boffins’ (which sure sounds negative to me), but that seems to be the norm in Jolly Old England. …
So, this morning I was actually reading a cellulose-based carbon-marked news document (otherwise known as the Washington Post) as I performed my morning constitutional and found this really interesting article in the Health and Science section (this is the on-line …
This represents the first of what I plan on being a series of posts that I am hoping my boy will read as he gets older (perhaps, if I am really lucky, he will even reread a few). He isn’t …
I am unable to comprehend the huge objection that the GOP Tea Partiers have to Obama.
How Romney tricked the right
The key: Recognizing that conservative opposition to ObamaCare has nothing to do with the details of ObamaCare
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/how_romney_tricked_the_right/singleton/
I …
Personhood, the undead movement, marches on
It failed to restrict women’s rights in Mississippi and Colorado, but Personhood USA won’t quit. Next up: Oklahoma
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/personhood_the_undead_movement_marches_on/singleton/
First, a caveat: I am ‘pro-abortion’ because I am ‘anti-human’ and attach little value to …
Richard Hanna, GOP Congressman, Tells Women To Give Their Money To Democrats
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/richard-hanna-gop-congress_n_1373381.html
I am very sad to say this is surprising news to me:
…The Equal Rights Amendment, which Congress passed in 1972 but has not yet been ratified
America’s Most Corrupt States
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/03/22/americas-most-corrupt-states/
Interestingly, and most telling, is this:
……No state earned an A, and only five states received better than a B+. More than half the states received a D+ or worse. Scored from 1 to 100,