February 2012
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Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil →
ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
Researchers have now been able to sequence the entire Denisova genome using 10 milligram of a finger bone fragment that was found in the Denisova-Cave in Southern Sibiria. © MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Click link to read more.
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It’s estimated that more than 150,000,000,000...
nirvikalpa:
To put it into perspective, that’s like one and a half September 11th attacks happening every second of every day.
Two Pearl Harbors every second. A “Fat-Man” atomic bomb every fifteen. Almost three Holocausts every hour.
“Every year our nation’s experimenters kill 100 million lab animals, hunters kill 200 million ‘game’ animals, and motorists kill nearly...
January 2012
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Poll: 43 percent of people think Tebow’s success... →
friendlyatheist:
Or 43% of people interviewed on this matter are retarded, especially 54% of republicans.
I can’t get over this. I think most of the players (coaches, workers, fans) in the NFL are religious and pray every week. But, we see at least 50% of the teams losing each week.
If it was divine intervention, why wouldn’t god just make Tebow a good football player? I mean, I...
Flapjack State: i wish that instead of calling it... →
youarenotyou:
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therhapsodyincidents:
SOOO INTO THIS!!!!
I’m also REALLY into this. That’s lovely. So much better, especially because that’s inclusive and doesn’t exclude LGBTQ people. Since “virginity” is…
Capital idea!!!!
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Mayans right about world ending in 2012.
Just like they were right about the world being created a few thousand years ago by the land rising from the (already existing) deep, dark waters in the form of a gigantic turtle. They also knew that the Sun and Moon originated from the two sons of the god of corn after they defeated the lords of death in the underworld in a ball game.
How did they figure it all out?
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““I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s...”
– -Rick Santorum (via brainguts)
That’s funny, because the people who benefit most from welfare programs are white people.
Among the poorest of the poor—single mothers, living below the poverty line with minor children to support 39.7 percent of AFDC clients are Black single mothers and 38.1...
“As men, we very rarely, if ever, know what it’s like to face unwelcome comments...”
– Yashar Ali, “Men Will Never Truly Understand A Day In The Life of Women. But Shouldn’t We Try?” (via crookedindifference)
December 2011
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Lowe's won't resume ads in 'All-American Muslim' →
abaldwin360:
In other news, I’m going to start filing complaints to companies who advertise on TV shows who don’t show all their Christian characters to be close minded, science denying, gay hating, bigots.
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Christopher Hitchens
I had, queued for myself tonight, the Hitchens/Craig debate that I searched for this morning after seeing an ad for the DVD. Little did I know I would discover he had died before (re)watching it. In addition to that I’ve been listening to god is not Great on my iPod for the past week or so, this one for maybe the fifth time! I think I’ve seen almost all of his full videos on youtube;...
A preview of one of the last interviews that... →
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“My response is that when Creationists talk about God creating every individual...”
– David Attenborough (via mutualaddiction)
I’ve probably posted this before. While we’re on the subject, David Attenborough is my god.
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"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the...
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repeat X 87567657654765 all around the world
Phenomenal.
November 2011
37 posts
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Dean Martin (25)
Yves Montand (23)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (18)
Frank Sinatra (12)
Minus The Bear (11)
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: give thanks you weren't one of the natives... →
bellacalma:
…slaughtered by cristobal colon, john smith, and/or the pilgrims. give thanks you didn’t grow up on a reservation without running water. give thanks the economy of your nation doesn’t depend on casino money. give thanks the government hasn’t stripped your nation of the rights to the minerals beneath the first foot of topsoil. give thanks your nation hasn’t had to resort to...
Native blood: the truth behind the myth of... →
mohandasgandhi:
It is a deep thing that people still celebrate the survival of the early colonists at Plymouth — by giving thanks to the Christian god who supposedly protected and championed the European invasion. The real meaning of all that, then and now, needs to be continually excavated. The myths and lies that surround the past are constantly draped over the horrors and tortures of our...
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