It’s been awhile since I spoke explicitly about the War God, but he still seems to have plenty of followers. Let’s take a look.
Fruitcake radio commentator Michael Savage seems to be in his sphere of influence, as he’s now suggesting the Christian God has removed his protection from America and is instead
using Muslim [...]

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If I may quote Pinky, it’s a yummy sunny day. But sometimes I grow so tired.
So stay indoors and guess the artist and song associated with each of these lyrics. The answers for
the last game and the
game previous to that have been posted.

John Lee Hooker, “Boom Boom” When you talk like that you [...]

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In the comments, Matt Smith
provides a link to some of the teaching materials used in the Oregon creationism schoolroom case. I can expand on it a little bit:

Here is the associated news article:
http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=3900.
Here’s the “Eugenics” presentation:
http://www.bendweekly.com/ppt/Eugenics-WEBPAGE_files/frame.htm (requires MSIE)

Here’s the “Human” presentation:
http://www.bendweekly.com/ppt2/Human-WEBPAGE_files/frame.htm (requires MSIE)

The material is filled with propaganda and half-truths just [...]

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If the albums get much longer, this isn’t going to work very well. Below is the review graph for the most recent snoozer from Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked Ladies are Me (BLAM). As you can see, it’s solidly mediocre with one high point in the middle surrounded by the album’s weakest songs.

Given a map like [...]

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Typical Blacksburg weather.
Thudfactor is about to become a Southwest Virginia weblog. I accepted a new job this week in Blacksburg, Virginia and the Elf and I are moving to the mountains. We’re very excited about this move and can’t wait to get out of Northern Virginia.
We thought we enjoyed living here, but we don’t. I [...]

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