June 2010

  • “Climategate” deflated, but the damage is done

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    “A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.” Some media outlets have finally come around to admitting their mistake in the “Climategate” fiasco, but it may be too little, too late.  After the computer break-in that revealed supposedly damaging emails from scientists at the East Anglia…

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  • A suggestion for the Pope

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    PZ Myers has a suggestion for the Pope in regards to his “outrage” over the Belgian raids of Catholic church offices: He’s doing everything all wrong. Here’s what he should be doing: he should be calling the actions of priestly sex abusers deplorable and wrong, and insisting that the church will do everything in its…

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  • Paris and London 2010

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    Danielle and I took a trip to Paris and London recently.  I’ve been holding off on sending around our photo album because I wanted to curate it a bit more – I’ve whittled it down to mostly the better pictures, but I wanted to add some more captions and reorganize them a bit.  We took…

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  • Elsewhere: When Fat-Free Makes No Sense

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    …or Why I NEVER Buy Reduced Fat Sour Cream!  From the always great Fooducate Blog: Regular’s Ingredients [3 of them]: Cultured pasteurized grade A cream and milk, enzymes. … Fat Free’s Ingredients [12]: Cultured Lowfat Milk, Modified Corn Starch,Whey Protein Concentrate, Propylene Glycol Monoester, Artificial Color, Gelatin, Sodium Phosphate, Agar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Citrate,…

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