I am officially boycotting Brian de Palma–not that I was a big fan of his before. Other people might consider doing the same thing. Mr. de Palma is in the process of releasing his new movie, “Redacted,” crafted specifically to hurt the U. S. war on terror. It consists of several stories of military members …
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Lodge
I attended Lodge last night, for the first time since I started my new job in March. If you aren’t aware, this would be Acacia Lodge #602, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. I served as an officer in two first-degree initiations; it is really impressive to take part in the ceremonies as an officiant, remembering …
Post on Scientific Article
Posted at: http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/06/04/it-does-matter-what-people-think-about-how-the-world-works/—–On the subject of virgin birth:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/sex2.htm On the idea that scientific propositions are never provably true or false: this is absolutely incorrect. Hypotheses *must* be provably false; that is the primary mechanism of scientific inquiry. It is the very fact that Mr. Brownback’s statement is *not* provably false that makes it unscientific. On …
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