The opinionated fool declareth:

Nothing like some good old-fashioned common sense to save the day.

Nothing like some good old-fashioned common sense to save the day.

"Suppose that the eminent English biologist Richard Dawkins delivered a speech at the University of Regensburg in which he attacked supporters of Creationism and Intelligent Design theory as 'ignorant boobs' -- words that he has already applied in them in a written article. "Now, let us imagine that Christian fundamentalists all over the United States, outraged by this inflammatory language, went on a violent rampage. Suppose that they lynched an elderly professor of biology, and attacked biology departments at several universities. Suppose that teachers of high school biology went about in fear of their lives, while many simply quit their jobs. "What kind of article would [the Guardian's] Madeleine Bunting write about such a hypothetical incident? (...) Would Madeleine Bunting refer to Dawkins' speech as illustrating professorial stupidity? Would she imply that he was personally responsible for the death of the elderly American professor of biology, and ...

Pack a gun in your suitcase the next time you go to the airport: not only do they require your suitcase be locked (as it stands right now, locks are prohibited, to allow for bag searches - allowing TSA/airport personnel to take things from your bag) but they have another level of bag-tracking for baggage containing a declared weapons, making most unlikely your bags will be separated from you. Link.

Sub-title from CNN.com news article: "Authorities today were trying to pinpoint the cause of death for three children an investigator says were found decomposing inside the washer and dryer of their apartment, hours after a woman was accused of killing their pregnant mother and her fetus." Her fetus?

WHO GIVES A CRAP ABOUT THE WHOLE SPINACH DEAL?

You must read this. Best quote from the short article written by a wheelchair-bound former embryonic stem cell research supporter: When I read Reeve's testimony I almost fell out of my wheelchair. I could not believe that he would intentionally mislead the Senate or the American People regarding grave matters of public health. Either someone had lied to Reeve — had used him to mislead the Senate — was using him to mislead the public, or Reeve had said what he thought was the truth without bothering to check. I suspect he was misled. I have the use of my hands and arms, so I can sit for endless hours and search Pubmed. [Pubmed is an online comprehensive database maintained by the Nat'l Library of Medicine of peer-reviewed journal articles. -Chris] Reeve could not. He was at the mercy of 'experts.' Thus the Senate was misled concerning research issues that could effect whether I walked again, whether my neighbor with Parkinson's has a hope to recover, whether a frien...

Major Update: My snake molted. How awesome.