Theocon Bioethics

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 10:30 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 22:30

The Presidents Advisory Council on Bioethics(known to many of us in the trade as the bioluddite council) has just released a 555 page report titled Human Dignity and Bioethics.
Dr. Steven Pinker takes strong exception to this report in The Stupidity of Dignity.
I agree wholeheartedly with Dr. Pinkers conclusions.

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Sunday April 20, 2008 · 8:44 AM PDT

2008/04/20 · 08:44

I have always reguarded Glenn Reynolds, a.k.a. the Instapundit, to be a staunch defender of science and technology.
No more.

I haven't seen Ben Stein's Expelled, and I regard "Intelligent Design" theory as pernicious twaddle. But it's interesting to see Stein clobbering Morgan Spurlock in box office. At any rate, according to the comments, at least, there's more to the film than I.D. twaddle.

Then he updates the post with an extremely favorable review by Ed Morrissey.
He was not going to include any negative reviews of Expelled until I forced him to.
Even though I have been sending him negative reviews and background material since the 11th of April.

You can read my post with the gmail he sent me here.
I can't include the gmail screenshot here, because it isn't approved.

baliyya

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 8:28 AM PDT

2008/04/19 · 08:28

Over at Malkin's HotAir blog, there is an Expelled thread with over a thousand comments so far. As a scientist type (MS math-stat) who works in DSP(digital signal processing) and IP(image processing) and SF(sensor fusion) every day, I completely don't get Ben Stein's postulate that the scientific "orthodoxy" is repressing freedom of scientific inquiry as exemplified by Intelligent Design Theory (IDT).

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 6:02 AM PDT

2008/04/18 · 06:02

In the comments to this Kospost, the comment community wonders if the protracted campaign wars have been good for Obama.
The answer is yes.
I make the case that the protracted campaign has both developed and demonstrated Obama's resilience,and that part of Obama's resilience is his appeal to the visual cortex.

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Awwww, K-Lo.....Don't be Bitter

baliyya

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Thursday April 17, 2008 · 4:16 AM PDT

2008/04/17 · 04:16

I'm sick of K-Lo's papalalooza already.
It seriously creeps me out how she is fawning and gushing over this pedophile enabler. And this:

Unholy Hold-up [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Senate sources tell me Barbara Boxer is the holdup on the Casey-supported resolution because of life language. Give it up. It's the pope. He said God bless America.

Or let's have this fight, Boxer. You really want to oppose the pope? Any Dems want to come out on record supporting her?

Is K-Lo seriously suggesting the Pope gets to influence American law-making? WTF? What about the separation of church and state?
UPDATE:
Awwwww, K-Lo......don't be bitter

baliyya

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 6:20 AM PDT

2008/04/16 · 06:20

I was shocked and appalled at yesterday's cheery "Get well soon, Arlen!", where the kossacks all pat themselves on the back for bein better than the republicans.
I guess I'm not politically correct enough to blog here.
I'm an ageist.
Like Thomas Sowell, I personally think John McCain is too old to serve as president.
Update:
CAN WE TALK ABOUT AGE NOW?

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The Rise of the Theofascists

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 7:45 AM PDT

2008/04/15 · 07:45

Dear Mr. Goldberg,
I have been reading your book, Liberal Fascism, and I find myself with some puzzling questions. Like, if Democrats are liberal fascists, how would you describe these people?
Are they theofascists?

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Monday April 14, 2008 · 4:03 PM PDT

2008/04/14 · 16:03

The democrats are graciously saying that John McCain's age is not an exploitable target for them. Unfortunately, I think the Senator's age is pretty relevent.
So does Thomas Sowell.
So does America.
At 69, Ronald Reagan was the oldest president ever.
John McCain will be the new oldest president ever, if elected.
In August he will turn 72.
Reagan promised that he would undergo regular physical screening for "senility", and step down if it was detected.
McCain has promised he will not seek a second term.
authors note:
i admit that the title is sensationalist, and i cannot diagnose Alzheimers from a single incidence of shortterm memory loss.
i want to start a grass roots movement to discuss mccain's age.
i think it is a fair topic, an not subject to cries of "Unfair!" or "that's slimy-or-underhanded".

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The Rise of the Theofascists

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