funny https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en Nuclear Reactor Boy's Tummy Ache https://www.scienceblogs.com/stoat/2011/03/18/nuclear-reactor-boys-tummy-ach <span>Nuclear Reactor Boy&#039;s Tummy Ache</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It is all explained <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aH2-MhEko">here</a> "in a calm rational scientific manner".</p> <h3>Refs</h3> <p>* <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12785274">Japan nuclear threat: The tsunami is the bigger tragedy</a> By David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, Cambridge University<br /> * <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/03/2011321125819959315.html">Pakistan miners feared dead</a> - for anyone who thought that coal was safe.<br /> * <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fukushima">Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power</a> - George Monbiot<br /> * <a href="http://denialdepot.blogspot.com/2011/03/jurrassic-park-is-triumph-for-dino.html">Jurrassic Park is a triumph for dino theme parks: Build more dinosaur theme parks now!</a><br /> * <a href="http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2011/03/radiation-risks.html">JEB</a> on some back-of-the-envelope calculations of radiation risk</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/stoat" lang="" about="/author/stoat" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">stoat</a></span> <span>Fri, 03/18/2011 - 07:18</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fun" hreflang="en">fun</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nuclear-reactor-boys-tummy-ache" hreflang="en">Nuclear Reactor Boy&#039;s Tummy Ache</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nuke" hreflang="en">nuke</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/tsunami" hreflang="en">tsunami</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769933" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300450664"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The video said we will probably know within 2 days whether the boron and water worked. But, the video was uploaded 2 days ago. </p> <p>Today is "the day".</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769933&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="B2yDV7-dZGf7PvxPouy1-FmAxIbVZLfg5OmXKPNU-MY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">crf (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769933">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769934" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300459284"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>That was strangely comforting.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769934&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hMEBfL7g_LnnMcAyFEX0-l12HOXEkJJPoj1xhNR3iXo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Holly Stick (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769934">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769935" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300464207"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Let's hope not too many people ask about that other Japanese childrens' classic cartoon ... "Everyone Poops"</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769935&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="AP9XyTFOB4AVTxza1MsNKSVUpsB7b9ejwK0zrE6_xFw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bob O`Bob (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769935">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769936" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300470127"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Oh yes, let's all give thanks for the electricity we have received and then just pray. That'll work.</p> <p>On the whole, surreal seems like an insufficient term for this cartoon.</p> <p>Also, notice how the first and primary doctor doen't look Japanese. Are gaijin doctors thought to be better?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769936&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="U7ZaKKnXKNZ2dsjpYhNsKoto6Z4p1qMoJlDY1PFEnm8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Steve Bloom (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769936">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769937" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300470353"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Steve Bloom -- "Also, notice how the first and primary doctor doen't look Japanese. Are gaijin doctors thought to be better?"</p> <p>It's nothing new in anime. Remember Marine Boy? Early anime.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769937&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="grDi80AlwHZdM8tT8288qYOzCjZHnUCyI4a109sCigM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">J Bowers (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769937">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769938" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300487478"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Meanwhile, Ann Coulter has written a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20110317/cm_ucac/aglowingreportonradiation">column</a> based on the principle of "that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger". I have a friend who has a taste for right wing radio humor who heard her give this spiel today. He was flabbergasted.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769938&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="w1INkDMzoxBhFJSLx3Z9W5jq9h54J-iYAinW8uPMHrg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Rattus Norvegicus (not verified)</span> on 18 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769938">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769939" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300511341"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Interesting read:</p> <p>Stop, Thief! Thank You: Why so little looting in Japan? It's not just about honesty.<br /> <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2288514/?ref=nf">http://www.slate.com/id/2288514/?ref=nf</a></p> <p>[Hmm: <i>The clearance rate for murder in 2010 was an unbelievable 98.2 percent, according to West</i> - if you've read JEB, you'll know a bit more about that than Slate do :-( -W]</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769939&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WYuZOJ3AOc3g3frGz2sB6znPt56jgMyU0TpFIsRpJko"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">J Bowers (not verified)</span> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769939">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769940" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300537695"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The tsunami hazard was large, but it is finished (except that some communities are still isolated from transportation).</p> <p>The nuclear power plant hazard may result in smaller hazard, and I hope so, but it is an ongoing hazard. It is natural that we pay more attention to it. (I do think that TV and newspapers pay too much attention to unnecessary aspects of it, though.)</p> <p>Also, the nuclear plants survived the earthquake itself. They failed because all auxiliary electric power supply failed due to the extraordinary tsunami. So the incident is, in a sense, part of the great tsunami disaster.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769940&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="nSH3Pbrw3HwtJ4dU5s6ZqYqaYx2dTRVlRlbDMaBfquE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/masudako" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kooiti Masuda (not verified)</a> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769940">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769941" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300539412"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Masuda San, the tsunami was a huge tragedy and the effects are on going. Many still lack shelter, there are major problems getting them supplies. The transportation system is not back to fully functioning and the effects extend far away from the earthquake zone. There are large costs in health and deaths, especially for older people and the very young.</p> <p>The emergency at the nuclear station makes all of this worse, not in the least because of the resources which are needed to deal with it cannot be used elsewhere. In the public health sense, this may be the major cost of the nuclear emergency.</p> <p>That being said Japan and its people have our best hopes and wishes for the future.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769941&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="U_5p-HNwK0lauN9QAco73OddWwbKtV_f-u5HmPVTilY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rabett.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Eli Rabett (not verified)</a> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769941">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769942" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300540585"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am sorry. When I said that the tsunami hazard is finished (I do not retract this), I did not mean that the tsunami diaster is finished.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769942&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="qbD0W7PftCSDRGnyTsdrpBR7DLzk9HCGGC6uHw8Nb9I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kooiti Masuda (not verified)</span> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769942">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769943" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300541457"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Another piece of thought. If without the failure of power stations, the tsunami disaster will not change the course of the national policy, except that measures against tsunamis will be strengthened. But, indefinitely prolonged shortage of electric power will force us to reconsider the national policy about energy resources and about economic development which depend on them. Maybe we are going to ask whether the problem is really shortage of power or longage (TM Garrett Hardin) of demand.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769943&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="s5lxR2b3HVYrnzYSE4RgP5CD2kFK_C0iwV7xa84PbXY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kooiti Masuda (not verified)</span> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769943">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769944" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1300552011"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My apologies too. The destruction of the tsunami has distressed me no end and I was not as thoughtful in replying as I should have been. I fear that in addition to those lost in the original wave, many will suffer and even die later.</p> <p>While the loss of life and years from the nuclear disaster will, I suspect, be small, the cost and the resources that it is robbing from relief of the tsunami victims is real and worrying.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769944&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="UhtYV0UefsQ9-4XU-3qFECKExE93q6Gsuh0dSVLKg2U"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rabett.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Eli Rabett (not verified)</a> on 19 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769944">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769945" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1301340058"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OK, I know almost nothing about the potential hazards of nuclear power. I suspect that whatever they are, we may well need to derive the bulk of primary load power from nuclear to avoid excess carbon, but I want to know what we are letting ourselves in for. Fukushima seems to be providing a test case for just that.</p> <p>So, now that they have found plutonium outside the reactor buildings, how bad is that? How bad is this incident relative to Three Mile Island and Chernobyl?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769945&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FFEUREdMLvy3G7X-_hWioNBTeQOF2ZJFfXh6tAjJ8OQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bybrisbanewaters.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Tom Curtis (not verified)</a> on 28 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769945">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1769946" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1301504403"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Tom, the last thing I read on the materials/ radiation levels now outside the reactors indicates that =something= has happened which looks a bit like breaching the containment. </p> <p>That may not be the cause of it, but the mere fact that these materials/ readings have turned up where they have makes it worse than TMI. </p> <p>[Yeeeesss... I haven't been paying attention recently but things don't look too shiny -W]</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1769946&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="U4jhwNrdckWRsJutAxOSDztMlCA3xr-yV-s1_aH2E5A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">adelady (not verified)</span> on 30 Mar 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-1769946">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/stoat/2011/03/18/nuclear-reactor-boys-tummy-ach%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:18:48 +0000 stoat 53191 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Daily Fail https://www.scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2011/01/02/daily-fail <span>Daily Fail</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As well as <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2010/02/daily_mail_caught_in_another_l.php">failing at science</a>, the <em>Daily Mail</em> has <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/01/02/where-else-but-capricornia/">now failed geography</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/tlambert" lang="" about="/author/tlambert" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">tlambert</a></span> <span>Sat, 01/01/2011 - 21:44</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932490" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293938353"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What planet are they on?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932490&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VfhzTZDW0bIzc8DVLstkgBTXDdvfX1wVmzDurVp_sbA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">ScaredAmoeba (not verified)</span> on 01 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932490">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932491" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293940514"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It looks like The Mail has friends in Australia that are [fanatical independent North Queenslanders](<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_Australian_States#North_Queensland">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_Australian_States#North_…</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/state-split-north-queensland-seeks-independence-20100810-11ui5.html">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/state-split-north-queensland…</a></p> <p>Actually you find some strange things once you start:<br /> <a href="http://www.capricornia.eu/">http://www.capricornia.eu/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932491&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="g3r3AWGyRFzgGHp2k_ptrlHhZ8kMjUq6ccuvXcmdZGQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Paul UK (not verified)</span> on 01 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932491">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932492" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293943938"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I was going to post a comment on the Daily Mail site, but figured I'd let them be embarrassed for a while longer. Hope this trips around the blogosphere quick smart.</p> <p>(I've made a copy of the page for posterity!)</p> <p>You see enough rubbish from the Daily Mail - maybe this will alert more of its readers that it has no idea of anything much at all. On the other hand, people who look to the Daily Mail for facts probably wouldn't know any better.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932492&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JfPQrmJlI0RV4gzuAH9sIvXEyCvp4aIARNIJ17v96ZQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bundanga.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Sou (not verified)</a> on 01 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932492">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932493" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932493&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="XRnPhc4C3hngLbWsC4YNqjb0EwOHwR2AGGqZvjrs6Io"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932493">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932494" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293951905"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It's disappointing, but no great surprise, to learn that AGW hoaxers have joined with Capricornia deniers to oppose the Daily Mail's fearless campaign to get the truth out. This is another example of the islamosocialist lizardoid Bilderberg conspiracy to (cont p94)</p> <p>Happy New Year.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932494&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="wFxStbd63EjKI83G8A99MkbsxO3rEAzMgkxVxKQR8Ew"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sageofgodalming.livejournal.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Vagueofgodalming (not verified)</a> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932494">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932495" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293952313"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Clearly,things move slowly at the colonial office,and they've finally agreed to grant Capricornia territoriality. In another century or so they will grant statehood.</p> <p>It's understandable why we've missed the announcement what with the floods and such.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932495&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="RQWmPCUL-hMDCuQ66clLw2zC-W8OgF9sxMzvOXXQ_pk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Nick (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932495">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932496" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293953485"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Isn't Bob Carter from Capricornica?<br /> I'm pretty sure he is.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932496&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="AYAizLhcR4UDSwJ9Y0iaEg1WZp2lZgxXalacsRzQhy4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Donald Oats (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932496">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932497" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293959538"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Stop denying Capricornia. </p> <p>Why won't the Australian media tell the truth about Capricornia? That Al Gore has grown fat off the blood of slain Capricornians?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932497&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Gvo7qJ1u5VmDCGj59Qpp9UnlsXcGyN8-ZtYYWn6DROY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932497">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932498" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293959650"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>WHITEWASH!!!!!!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932498&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="y8xenl62jpH9cWF-_qivtOqklL6EK23oWjDg_GyF63c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932498">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932499" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293961774"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Don't you just love [Rich Uncle Skeleton's comment](<a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/01/02/where-else-but-capricornia/comment-page-1/#comment-42345">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/01/02/where-else-but-caprico…</a>)?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932499&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hT_4OIXJbd9veley7ZUS8JL5l0QYs-gxmKtIz-UBpBM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bernard J. (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932499">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932500" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293962592"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, it's kind of a natural development: first the Daily Mail has divorced from reality, and now reality has packed her bags and moved out of their flat. And if the Daily Mail doesn't stop sending threatening letters to reality, she'll get a restraining order next.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932500&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="omElRNnSBwI2ec3oyGtNHUWZHJNr4WxCHHEYAA6tpcM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Phillip IV (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932500">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932501" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293963263"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If you zoom and enhance on the northern coast of Capricornia, near the city of Xanadu, you can just make out '*Here be monsters!*'</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932501&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xRnZNx0-1ZMsakI_GXKw5hOgfGQyJNt64rpwmuPjiHI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">DavidCOG (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932501">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932502" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293966002"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I'm guessing they have an Aussie staff member with a sense of humour... one who was thinking about quitting.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932502&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="qJIxSJzjerhVP0rQ0YUdY2zZCPXeE1DtYTOk66iv-9w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">pough (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932502">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932503" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293967653"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just had a more detailed look at the spoof Capricornia.eu site and noticed 'they' have a stamp with Kevin Rudd on it:</p> <p><a href="http://www.capricornia.eu/capricornia_philately.html">http://www.capricornia.eu/capricornia_philately.html</a></p> <p>Me suspects the site is run by an Australian :-)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932503&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7QLRq63g3yU7U_E6UUWONbxmi-2al_hhkBHswzqdHJw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Paul UK (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932503">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932504" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293968101"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It is clear that The Mail has poor researching skills, for I have found the real map of Capricornia:</p> <p><a href="http://www.federated-micronations.org/">http://www.federated-micronations.org/</a></p> <p>It's near Balanda Republic.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932504&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="0bN-L55MUwxbFuHCo3GfFSxO2yioDkc_pG-B1sDYhFo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Paul UK (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932504">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932505" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293980223"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hey - cylons need a place to live just as much as we do!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932505&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="KlwVJ0GclrFeYHeu2afPESMHAb9GcO_VsAGtUxCYahk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Badger3k (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932505">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932506" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293982367"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>One of the comments on that Daily Mail article:</p> <blockquote><p>Jay of Manchester this flooding is not caused by non existent global warming. We are now under a strong La Nina which is part and parcel of the distinct natural weather cycles here in Queensland. Don't forget what the Aussie national anthem says about 'droughts &amp; flooding rains'.</p> <p>- Kerry, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1/1/2011 10:31</p></blockquote> <p>Chuckle.<br /> None of the commenters, including Kerry from Ipswich, have noticed the brand spanking new state to their north.<br /> Where on earth <i>did</i> they get that map??</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932506&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Dw9wCeqB1OKmfLSTS9GSuZEtfxn_LMCZ7rwxgCWuDTQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JennieL (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932506">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932507" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293988771"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Tim, someone, anyone, where did I see that someone has compiled a list of media-savvy climate scientists to refer journalists to. Do I mean the "Climate Science Rapid Response Matchmakers (CSRRT)"? They don't say they do this, but perhaps they do. Or is there another similar group.</p> <p>I'm trying to (fruitlessly I know) respond to the Sunrise segment tday on climate change which mainly featured "Long range weather forecaster" Ken Ring spouting more denier untruths in a single breath than I have heard even Monckton doing. Up against him they had Nick whose name I've forgotten, who used to advise the British govt on climate change but seems not to be a climate scientist, and doesn't perform well for the media.</p> <p>At the end of it the presenters sighted about how difficult it was to decide on the reality when two sets of "facts" were up against each other.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932507&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dE3uTMsF0M37HaIvN264sdPsuHq6vEIZMm-GMNTpIQ0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://davidhortonsblog.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">David Horton (not verified)</a> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932507">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932508" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293991032"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It's OK, it was the CSRRT I was thinking of. If anyone else saw the segment I'm referring to you might try adding your complaints to Channel 7 to mine.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932508&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="H_Nsxe20lvPlfJRWl1Oa-qv1hrzsWtnlgeao41vXyPE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://davidhortonsblog.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">David Horton (not verified)</a> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932508">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932509" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294000938"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Is there a Taurus province as well, perhaps a Scorpioan? Can i find a map of Geminian lands? As a Capricorn, am i entitled to legally immigrate to Capricornia? Inquiring minds want to know.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932509&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jogDxZfzawoY2Chuc7wXD5eNaT7KhFNQz0chAJbmw8I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">spyder (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932509">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932510" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294001491"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I perhaps should mention, given the reference above to the oft-proposed Republic of Jefferson (#4), that the infamous letter of 10,000 scientists who didn't accept global warming included signatures of every member of every family (even the grandkids) who promote the secession movement. In fact, it was their own business offices that created the misleading statement. Thus, we have a strange circular chain: Capricornia, Cascadia, Ecotopia, Republic of Jefferson, climate change denial.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932510&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pT_sr3XOGASLxBD-Dxd5eVkH9EqHTzCA8NYyyPl05Ww"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">spyder (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932510">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932511" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294013918"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>re #21<br /> Well, the original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopia">Ecotopia</a> was more like Cascadia, but I live near the "capitol" of the modern version of Ecotopia, at least as per <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Nations_of_North_America">Nine Nations of North America</a> and it is *not* into climate change denial :-)</p> <p>Hard to tell about the short-lived Republic of Jefferson.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932511&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="6rZ56xNZmkyFeGpGlz0vclequKFrr-kKDDNbKSNbv2o"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Mashey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932511">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932512" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294025421"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Comments about Capricornia have cropped up on the Daily Mail site, starting 1/1/2011 8:00 (Luke, Brisbane, Australia). The intro to the article now reads: _"Last updated at 11:55 PM on 2nd January 2011"_, yet the map is unchanged. Nice.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932512&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JtYFADpq3mcqRRa-mxnGCOO7LJ7UTy1fYOAQHAMuSoM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bluegrue (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932512">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932513" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294026556"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Wouldn't Xavier Herbert be pleased?! Or not...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932513&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="SB3NXGueyzJgsnhiiZSmgDn9pUylCm3nX_P_1bgMuRs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bill (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932513">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932514" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294045612"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Tony Abbott appeared yesterday stating in awed tones that the floods are of biblical proportions. His imputation that their extraordinary sizes are a manifestation of supernatural intervention is rather off the mark: indeed, they are a consequence of the very warm La Niña waters that are presently residing directly off the eastern Australian coast.</p> <p>The thing is, Tony, that global warming will be entirely conducive to future events of this magnitude and greater, and at far greater frequencies, as the oceans warm up more generally.</p> <p>It's past time that this ninny lowers his Bible and picks up a textbook, as his primary reference for explaining the world.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932514&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3ZM_fGr4vpNHbjpkHK2EnLru2TNr2LVRLYpeWOnsXco"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bernard J. (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932514">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932515" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294046971"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This was the same paper which, during an article about a renovated WW2 Motor Gun Boat, maintained that the vessel had carried "The Swiss Royal Family" during their visit to Britain.</p> <p>After messaging them four times to point out that Switzerland does not have, and never had, a monarchy, they deleted the stupid reference. Without any acknowledgement, of course.</p> <p>I also love the way the geographically-challenged writer has their identity concealed behind the byline "Daily Mail Reporter".</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932515&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gAiPQQ54yipMGiV_MxqyETeFKvvTSqlUL98K_hxngAk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">MacTurk (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932515">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932516" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294048700"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Maybe the Swiss Royal Family were meeting the President of Great Britain.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932516&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_pfcyhzACIxAK4oWp5GSUhcwLuy8MVW8NKf_Ppn48Sg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lars Karlsson (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932516">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932517" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294063061"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Obviously, this was just a typo. Everyone knows that the region is actually Unicornia, the place where the Unicorns go during floods of biblical proportions.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932517&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WpbiyqrUJItbq40EXS2IXzwy5JdZEBR5CU4H5LtOswg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mekong.net" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bruce Sharp (not verified)</a> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932517">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932518" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294067043"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"Hard to tell about the short-lived Republic of Jefferson."</p> <p>Well, back in the antebellum era, the southern Oregon portion of the Republic of Jefferson was fairly pro-slavery, the Republican faction was centered in the Willamette Valley ...</p> <p>Also, it's more properly referred to as <a href="http://www.jeffersonstate.com/">The State of Jefferson</a> ...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932518&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kF3lQnrnjQM27_OD65br2NaijFRFPxVvPc3XoUgvDJQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dhogaza (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932518">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932519" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294068985"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><blockquote><p> Is there a Taurus province as well, perhaps a Scorpioan? </p></blockquote> <p>I'd say no, because there is no Tropic of Taurus, unlike, say, a Tropic of Capricorn, which is roughly the southern boarder of Australia's newest, and previously, most unknown state, even to its residents.</p> <p>From Paul UK's link, here's our good friend Bob Katter on the situation:</p> <blockquote><p> âWeâve had a gutful of the blood-sucking establishment of the south. We have been economically massacred in the north ... itâs the tyranny of the majority being in south-east Queensland - the winner takes allââ </p></blockquote> <p>Letting them succeed to me wouldn't be such a bad idea, except for the fact that as a single state, they'd get 6 senators in the Federal parliament... 6 Bob Katters.<br /> Bob Katter for premier... and treasurer... and grand mugwump... and....</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932519&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hKZ494aXUNhxmeUlxrYU7HarPQ0ixgoLPNsghSrZViY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">ChrisC (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932519">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932520" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294069877"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><i>Also, it's more properly referred to as The State of Jefferson</i></p> <p>Oh yes, i have been reading too much Obergeist. I can only hope the unemployed loggers, the residual hippies (not including Alex Cochburn), and green-economy growers of the state/republic aspire to better lives and politics than their predecessors. As for Ecotopia, some of the partners in that original enterprise have moved to the Ozarks and are calling for secession of that region among the hill folk. But the Yreka moose still stands watch over the whole of the region, waiting patiently for its day to come again.</p> <p>Just as long as Maroochydore remains in Queensland, i shall be happy.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932520&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xz3_sEBN58i9vo3-Cv9pw7CByiToYbUbDJnjiTtkElg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">spyder (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932520">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932521" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294070463"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If you think that's funny. The Global Warming Superheroes are now trying to track down the leader of the global warming hoax:<br /> <a href="http://globalwarmingsuperheroes.com/global-warming-denial/help-us-find-the-leader-of-the-global-warming-hoax/">http://globalwarmingsuperheroes.com/global-warming-denial/help-us-find-…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932521&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="GOQklCNQG_06WCN-nBAaJmdQrGZcLDWJL62O-XN1YEc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://globalwarmingsuperheroes.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Gaia Girl (not verified)</a> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932521">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932522" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294073033"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Aaaaaand 24 hours later the map has disappeared from the article, with no explanation or acknowledgement. Abracadabra! They have magically not embarrassed themselves! A fine demonstration of journalistic integrity.</p> <p>I wonder if it ever appeared in a print edition?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932522&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CaRVIa5x1Mx1RDtXu65MrzpHehZecB2I5H3KDUKbty8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JennieL (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932522">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932523" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294087896"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Chris C @ 30</p> <p>The situation is worse than this - they'd get 12 senators, and so would rump Queensland - 24 senators from the State that gave us Mal Colston, Keith Wright (coincidentally the former federal member for Capricornia, Bill O'Chee and Vince Gair - although having an odd number of States would potentially mean referendums would be easier to pass.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932523&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8Led0h6IvUP6c8GQZgG8PIt_j7KXD0fJoL5ceWaM8Xg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Hal9000 (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932523">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932524" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294090983"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Only original states have to get 12 senators, so the new state could be allocated fewer senators.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932524&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cSkuv7Cn5psx7xQp6RCwVRm9o_UWOas0DTIi7hRXn30"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Tim Lambert (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932524">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932525" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294108057"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nobody here in central Queensland has a clue where the town of Watson is either (6th photo down the page). Does that mean Daily Mail journalists just make it up as they go along?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932525&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WWIl_9W9Tr1cHXP0vd_EhsqiAP-S45nlkJT6oYGrJjA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Shirley (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932525">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932526" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294110742"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>[JennieL](<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2011/01/daily_fail.php#comment-3069978">http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2011/01/daily_fail.php#comment-3069978</a>).</p> <p>The Daily Mail might run from their idiocy, but they cannot hide.</p> <p>It's [preserved forever at backupURL.com](<a href="http://backupurl.com/vqd3f5">http://backupurl.com/vqd3f5</a>).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932526&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IIRQoKyprdKbYkXaqmFmvFqF1U0xnSrgqdlBl7GhsAI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bernard J. (not verified)</span> on 03 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932526">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932527" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294146675"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Since the State of Jefferson has piqued some small interest, I offer this: </p> <p>[Welcome to Northern California,<br /> Southern Oregon, and the Mythical State of<br /> Jefferson; An Ethological Guide for the Informed Tourist](<a href="http://www.jeffersonfreestate.org/">http://www.jeffersonfreestate.org/</a>)</p> <p>Too true. Need I add, Anthony Watts lives there?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932527&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mQjNtVfQykBNb5K_tNb1O-TL20iLB-XlfXa4eWt50PA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">luminous beauty (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932527">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932528" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294154025"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bernard J.:</p> <p>Heh, heh.</p> <p>Actually I'm sure plenty of people have also saved the original page. But a print edition would be pretty funny as well.</p> <p>I wonder how many of the Daily Mail's readers are now in a state of uncorrected error about the existence of an Australian state called Capricornia?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932528&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7fFx8BPoe86hJ0MpsU6fYL8GAjhP-PDP7pQ5-oOQBio"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JennieL (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932528">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932529" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294156716"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"If you think that's funny. The Global Warming Superheroes are now trying to track down the leader of the global warming hoax"</p> <p>Please, sir, me sir, I know sir. He's in Capricornia, Australia and he may be a bit wet behnind the ears.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932529&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ePk4OLYVpTtlZy8GjtTeED--cbHOcqaq5PTzHkX_OsE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Andrew (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932529">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932530" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294161075"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>spyder:</p> <blockquote><p>and green-economy growers of the state/republic</p></blockquote> <p>Green economy? Well, the State of Jefferson *is* where most of the pot produced by CA/OR is grown ... :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932530&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3qhiAYuqJ_8YUKkNyzVM8-C4cKxl2f_YL3uoSjILMLU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dhogaza (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932530">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932531" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294187700"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Tim @35. True enough, in fact section 121 would seem to permit an arrangement whereby the new State had no parliamentary representation whatever. In the unlikely event however that the Capricornia push got some traction, giving the new State 'second class' representation would not be a political goer.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932531&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="qkbuo8YXkq_IxVMymzcPGMu4QFIGYwq9dJEHqXWuUco"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Hal9000 (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932531">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932532" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294199375"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gopher-wood stocks will soar if these are biblical floods.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932532&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yGCgCgtDe4_Hy0ZGbqH7yMY7fZRdEO0HNSHAGocmQi4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Marion Delgado (not verified)</span> on 04 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932532">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932533" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1294240135"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I like "trying to track down the leader of the global warming hoax" too. I am reminded of the Spartacus scene where one after another of his group identify themselves as Spartacus. We could, similarly, all put up our hands - "It's me, I'm the leader of the global warming hoax" "No no, it's me, I'm the leader of the global warming hoax" "No, no, over here I'm the leader of the global warming hoax" "Hullo, looking for the leader of the global warming hoax? C'est moi" "No, no ... "</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932533&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="R3ULxCXZrHza-AxKjayQaYX_R4x2ZoARnN8y77LuHpA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://davidhortonsblog.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">David Horton (not verified)</a> on 05 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932533">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932534" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932534&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xbI4uSYWHnGYlZLSB-tr4F23YHW48l53nLjFk3du_O0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932534">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932535" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932535&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rUlmULxaYFmoMTK0GZi3cd1vKSooXWsb1dRpavHXycw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932535">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932536" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932536&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BFhcLTcMMrCTs_c1TWwbMBcbN9DZIrT498J0f0WrMCk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932536">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932537" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932537&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kx4Ner_NE58WF10u3kenbQoKUMLuPtmFEd0nWgb0TtY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932537">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932538" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932538&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pe1s69M3N2fAyPNZ4kMFC5hRXvxKh-XUIQeDa6AMvQQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932538">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932539" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932539&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pG0ZPxzZ3kXooFyxguRCdybYpR2KPW2tZzNwLRNXRdg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932539">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-932540" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1293949100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I''ve visited Capricornia several times and had great times there.<br /> Every 10-20 years, some part of Northern California argues for seceding and perhaps joining with OR, WA, and B.C. perhaps to become "Cascadia."<br /> Perhaps N.Queensland has accomplished the equivalent but didn't tell the rest of Oz?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=932540&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="o0PD0lfZWOuFnLa5-bHLaQi3K9yJ7CBqKhZ4YzPnSB8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Msshey (not verified)</span> on 02 Jan 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-932540">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/deltoid/2011/01/02/daily-fail%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:44:15 +0000 tlambert 16895 at https://www.scienceblogs.com DTL: Learn Molecular Biology The Jersey Shore Way https://www.scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/08/10/dtl-learn-molecular-biology-th <span>DTL: Learn Molecular Biology The Jersey Shore Way</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It turns out that <a href="http://2010.igem.org/Team:Harvard">my wonderful iGEM students</a>, besides being brilliant scientists, are also excellent, hilarious actors. Please enjoy their Jersey Shore inspired video about molecular cloning:</p> <object width="510" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_XoEIlqQI4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_XoEIlqQI4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="510" height="385"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/cagapakis" lang="" about="/author/cagapakis" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">cagapakis</a></span> <span>Tue, 08/10/2010 - 10:20</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cloning" hreflang="en">cloning</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dna" hreflang="en">DNA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/experiment-0" hreflang="en">experiment</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fun" hreflang="en">fun</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/igem" hreflang="en">iGEM</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/jersey-shore" hreflang="en">jersey shore</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/synthetic-biology" hreflang="en">synthetic biology</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2493941" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281451208"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>THIS IS F-ING HILARIOUS nice going</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2493941&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="O02Bc5wcVQYjmywdXGFHCYEp_H0HqE1rpY_RW2IccVc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://candyvsmedicine.blogspot.com/search/label/science" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Erin Saucke-Lacelle (not verified)</a> on 10 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2493941">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2493942" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281502513"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"I like wearing the message here, in case I forget it in my mind."</p> <p>Brilliant!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2493942&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BYUcy0vK7THZTcUb0456H5PWj4ufU4QC6pHa-DEOa9A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Brian (not verified)</span> on 11 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2493942">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2493943" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281592933"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hahah. Can't wait to meet these guys.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2493943&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7SofKEApIqQyi2mphYebCCTKRXExpVp9fiDwcUT4yw8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://2010.igem.org/Team:Monash_Australia" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ben (not verified)</a> on 12 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2493943">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2493944" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282646434"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Pumping up the plates? Loviinn it!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2493944&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="d98Wnr6I94wpzMpXji68IvtqWjeEX8hmc5aVt6y87oA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Betul (not verified)</span> on 24 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2493944">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/oscillator/2010/08/10/dtl-learn-molecular-biology-th%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:20:16 +0000 cagapakis 146919 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Late For Work https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/19/late-for-work <span>Late For Work</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Late+For+Work" rel="tag">Late For Work</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/jobs" rel="tag">jobs</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/employment" rel="tag">employment</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/fucking+hilarious" rel="tag">fucking hilarious</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/social+observation" rel="tag">social observation</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>It's hot, you were up late drinking with your friends and now it's Monday morning -- again! Unlike some videos that I share with you, this one gets straight to the point -- a point that we've all achieved at some time during our lives. </p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kfchvCyHmsc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kfchvCyHmsc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Sun, 07/18/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div 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<drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076521&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5SvLk53mOWG56dKhudPGxb1CfXUbWu-uFVtGz_yf40s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">cc (not verified)</span> on 20 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076521">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076522" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279940227"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hahah its so accurate</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076522&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="eZ23tps_Yxw8EZ_wmOuU2I7nKYkAv45KJN2CViLukAQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">casey (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076522">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/19/late-for-work%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:59:19 +0000 grrlscientist 91076 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Magic Mormon Underwear https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/18/magic-mormon-underwear <span>Magic Mormon Underwear</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mormonism" rel="tag">Mormonism</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/religion" rel="tag">religion</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/cults" rel="tag">cults</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/mind+control" rel="tag">mind control</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Magic+Mormon+Underwear" rel="tag">Magic Mormon Underwear</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/moron" rel="tag">moron</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/offbeat" rel="tag">offbeat</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/silly" rel="tag">silly</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/beliefs" rel="tag">beliefs</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/insanity" rel="tag">insanity</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/education" rel="tag">education</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>I've lived among mormons for more years than I care to think about, and yes, the magic underwear was one of those mysteries that us kids speculated on when the adults weren't around. As if they were flies upon the walls of my childhood, the Thinking Atheist has made this video that discusses the the Mormon church's most famous "secret."</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cbfgmorIGE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cbfgmorIGE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Sun, 07/18/2010 - 00:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/religion-0" hreflang="en">religion</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/your-inner-child" hreflang="en">your inner child</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/beliefs" hreflang="en">beliefs</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/comedy" hreflang="en">comedy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cults" hreflang="en">cults</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/education" hreflang="en">education</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/insanity" hreflang="en">insanity</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/magic-mormon-underwear" hreflang="en">Magic Mormon Underwear</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mind-control" hreflang="en">mind control</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mormonism" hreflang="en">mormonism</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/moron" hreflang="en">moron</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/offbeat" hreflang="en">offbeat</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/silly" hreflang="en">silly</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/religion-0" hreflang="en">religion</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/your-inner-child" hreflang="en">your inner child</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076500" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279440324"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I never realised how much Mormonism had in common with Freemasonry. (But then I've never really paid a lot of attention to the details of the LDS.)</p> <p>I'm not a big fan of the Masons, so they hae that in common too. Secret societies seem like a dodgy idea to me. There were a lot of allegations of local government corruption here in the past centred around Masons. Not directly due to the organisation itself; rather that people who are members of the same secret society are placed in a position to get up to mischief. Much like membership of an exclusive golf club, only a bit more extreme.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076500&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_tqYKklEanlseg2BHkIClQwkfJU_pZx-i6ZoBMeQVy8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">SimonG (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076500">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076501" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279441792"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I don't understand why you have to bleep any fucking thing out.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076501&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FgCub2wai0sUgMbBlcnHJnicZllmSK5-BEE071zetbw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Durfus McGrew (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076501">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076502" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279452727"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Simon G at #1:</p> <blockquote><p>I'm not a big fan of the Masons, so they hae that in common too. Secret societies seem like a dodgy idea to me.</p></blockquote> <p>To give secret societies their due, they only seem like a dodgy idea from the viewpoint of an open society - but they originated in Europe in the age of Absolutism. In those days of blasphemy and lese majeste laws, many forward-looking ideas could only be discussed in secret or strict privacy and a good deal of the seminal thinking of the Enlightenment originated from secret societies (naturally, not all of the secret societies were progressive think-tanks, though - there were also enough that were conservative, mystical, irrelevant or outright scams). So let's not call them a bad idea, let's just call them a good idea whose day has passed.</p> <p>What differentiates the Mormons from the Masons, though, and makes them more problematic in my view, is their strictly hierarchical organization. Masonic lodges are mostly independent, so their specific nature varies wildly from lodge to lodge - some (probably most) are harmless social gatherings, some are power networks, and a few have been outright criminal (like the Italian lodge P2). The Mormon Church, by contrast, is completely hierarchical and authoritarian in structure, even if it's not particularly large - so when the wrong people are in charge, they can do a lot of damage.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076502&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4Ys5mt1a6PCvmlrVXHAhs7ifbVKi6TWhvvuPwAFt_es"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Phillip IV (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076502">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076503" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279457121"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Yes, keeping yourself secret is a lot more reasonable when the powers that be really are out to get you. It's hard to argue with that and I could see secrecy being important even today in some nations.</p> <p>Heirarchical structures - like the Mormons, as you say, and many other churches - are always dangerous. I think that some of the Mormons' problems come <i>because</i> they're not very large. A larger organisation would be liable to dissent and schism: the Mormon leadership can exercise tight control.</p> <p>Imagine how bad the RCC would be if the Pope and his pals had the same degree of control.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076503&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JjOjdOhb3lU9KQCPzjMpFoLByO3lgIBli-FXhs4X3TI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">SimonG (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076503">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076504" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279464652"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"the Mormon leadership can exercise tight control."</p> <p>How exactly, besides the consent of the governed? Its not like the LDS Church has any policing or political power over individuals to leave and form their own Church if they are so inclined. For that matter, to leave the church altogether. Lots of people do. The biggest problem would be family and peer pressure, but what groups don't have that? Maybe you could say there was some power over membership during the formative years, but currently that is nonsense.</p> <p>And if you think the secret LDS Temples are in any way places to make secret plans and alliances, then its obvious you have no idea what takes place in them. And I mean facts about them that aren't secret that could explain how stupid such an idea can be. Every minute of the Temple is occupied by religious devotions and rituals. Once those end there is a short space of time for reflection, but that usually lasts at most ten minutes before moving on for the next group. If the Mormons are a "secret society," then its a very poor one because the membership is pretty open about who they are. As for recognizing each other by some things done in the Temple? If a Mormon was to mimic anything outside the Temple related to it, then they would be called out for blaspheme of the sacred. As for the sacred garment, again its not hidden. Ask a Mormon if they are wearing a garment and they will be honest about it and tell you yes or no. In fact, its not that hard to tell if they are if you know someone is Mormon.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076504&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="DOoGTOf-9q33H1m5EehUazxJ38QTeBXwpBXzAO9QLNw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jettboy (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076504">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076505" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279527805"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Jettboy: You seem rather defensive. I didn't say that the Mormons are especially secretive, just that they have some ritual elements in common with the Masons, who are.</p> <p>As for the element of control, peer pressure can be extremely powerful. There is also the element of education, (ask a Jesuit). And whilst such forces can (and do) apply to other religions and churches the Mormons seem to be particularly intollerent of dissenting opinions.</p> <p>As I tried to point out, the RCC is probably just as intollerent of unapproved ideas but being so much larger it is unable to exercise the same degree of control.</p> <p>I think that the issue of recruitment is also important. The RCC, like many churches actively recruits new members. These members will come from a wide variety of different backgrounds and will have grown up with similarly varied educations and opinions. The impression I get is that the Mormons recruit a lot less and a larger proportions of their membership are descended from a long line of Mormons. These people will have grown up in the church and so be much more susceptile to the church's sway.</p> <p>Frankly, if the Mormon leadership wasn't able to exercise tight control I think the religion would largely die out in a couple of generationa as no sane woman would want anything to do with them, given a truly free choice.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076505&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="YbFeoI-NcGQYFNt3rVjbaw6_VWpJH86brdwrLGuDG1c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">SimonG (not verified)</span> on 19 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076505">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/18/magic-mormon-underwear%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:59:04 +0000 grrlscientist 91072 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Atheists at Prayer https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/18/atheists-at-prayer <span>Atheists at Prayer</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Brother+Sam+Singleton+Atheist+Evangelist" rel="tag">Brother Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Atheists+at+Prayer" rel="tag">Atheists at Prayer</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/prayer" rel="tag">prayer</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/atheism" rel="tag">atheism</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/agnosticism" rel="tag">agnosticism</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/fucking+hilarious" rel="tag">fucking hilarious</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/satire" rel="tag">satire</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>This video features the colorful language and thoughts of my new boyfriend, Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist as he discusses prayer-time etiquette for atheists. </p> <!--more--><p></p><center> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eCNTfzepmbU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eCNTfzepmbU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p></p></center> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Sat, 07/17/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/godlessness" hreflang="en">godlessness</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/religion-0" hreflang="en">religion</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/agnosticism" hreflang="en">agnosticism</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/atheism" hreflang="en">Atheism</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/atheists-prayer" hreflang="en">Atheists at Prayer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/brother-sam-singleton-atheist-evangelist" hreflang="en">Brother Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/comedy" hreflang="en">comedy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fucking-hilarious" hreflang="en">fucking hilarious</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/prayer" hreflang="en">prayer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/godlessness" hreflang="en">godlessness</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/religion-0" hreflang="en">religion</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076493" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279444803"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A year ago I was in the hospital, following surgery for a life-threatening condition, and then complications, and after I got a few tubes taken out of me (out of a total of six) my wife's minister came to visit. </p> <p>Knowing I am "not a regular attender" he said; "I don't know where you are spiritually but I'd like to pray with you."</p> <p>"It's complicated," I said, not wanting to encourage such a thing or get into a discussion of any kind. This is the same clown who once buttonholed me with a question about his computer when I was three feet inside the door of the church for a friend's funeral.</p> <p>"Oh well, that's not like you're an atheist or anything", he said.</p> <p>Mind you, while the morphine is just barely taking the edge off the pain from the infection in my peritoneum, I am pretty much stoned off my ass. Any other time, I'd have never let it get that far. But I couldn't let that one go.</p> <p>"All right, you got me - I'm an atheist. I just don't believe in god."</p> <p>And then he said something else, I don't remember what, and damned if he didn't go ahead and pray in Jesus name and everything. I was in no condition to dignify the affront with an argument or even a loud stream of profanity. I just lay there in silence.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076493&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="0tYMejaBfU284ugrlwlll4uiAvok7cfVmCl66xy2xfo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.decrepitoldfool.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">george.w (not verified)</a> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076493">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076494" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279446021"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A while back my brother was assigned the task of giving the prayer at a Toastmasters Meeting. I don't know if he's religious or not. The theme of this meeting was humor. So he gave the shortest prayer I've ever heard:<br /> For good food<br /> For good meat<br /> Good Lord<br /> Let's Eat!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076494&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ez95AYrsoI7w4P0aLBavi_JQGlv7SzTz_xHvyBnXw6A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Roland (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076494">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076495" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279451247"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>At large public prayers, I like to use the opportunity to look around the venue for other people who are also looking around the room. Make eye contact, smile, and give 'em a nod. You'd be surprised how many people in a group of say, 1000 people, are doing the same thing.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076495&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_yo3zIZ3L6u8q3QU9vJyaZ0BdPw6uGvfF_xIkp0SAIg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">HP (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076495">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076496" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279485323"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I go ahead and pray, and I can say a mean Grace. I've stopped confronting people with harsh reality; I never did convert anybody anyhow. I say "thank god", and I tell people I'll pray for them when what I really mean is I wish them well. Helps to keep social interactions flowing. I'm not closeted though, if anybody asks me for my opinion on any spiritual matter, I immediately tell them there is no such thing. And I love to prattle on about evolutionary biology and neuroscience and WHY I'm convinced there is no such thing.</p> <p>But I'm one of those atheists that thinks that belief in an afterlife is pretty much innate for H. sapiens, so I have no hopes of ever living in a rational world.</p> <p>I don't advocate for other atheists to do the same as me, I believe in freedom of speech, and many people (though luckily not me) are oppressed by religious intolerance, so I support those who fight the good fight. CFI gets my donations.</p> <p>I guess my 2 cents is that it's ok for atheists to play along with the religious conventions of the society at large to which they belong. "I was in no condition to dignify the affront with an argument or even a loud stream of profanity", said @george w. I don't get that, the priest was (in his mind) praying for your salvation. That's kind of a nice thing to do, I don't see why you're offended.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076496&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rQeaEgO2Vg_pJpKgL_ker3eWu-xLan4B04BHgO8OG-I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">blueshifter (not verified)</span> on 18 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076496">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076497" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279550225"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My favorite is Catholic mass. No body of Christ for me!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076497&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="9aOKl0Uu10RbDDgWXzPcHPYYfu0nJaFhycrOf9zt5RM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Andrew (not verified)</span> on 19 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076497">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076498" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279569195"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><blockquote><p>I don't get that, the priest was (in his mind) praying for your salvation. That's kind of a nice thing to do, I don't see why you're offended.</p></blockquote> <p> I guess you're the type of ass who sees no problem in offering a Hindu a hamburger.<br /> Does being basically held hostage in a hospital bed and and enduring some prat prate on about some childish and irrational belief mean nothing to you? What if the guy had been pushing Scientology or his brand of racial supremacy? In his mind he's doing something nice. *headdesk*</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076498&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lj9WIrwjot-IslKFjAVA0oPh7I5EHNW9i81Fyb0fWkE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">E.V. (not verified)</span> on 19 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076498">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076499" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279983394"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I don't pray nor do I encourage others...in their delusions...to do the same. If I am in someones home (for dinner for instance) and they wish to pray over the food...I remain silent with my arms crossed waiting for the nonsense to stop. If someone is in my home and asks if I mind if they "say grace" at my table...I tell them if it turns em on...go for it. In the meantime...I'm filling my plate and eating. If I am ill and some moron wants to pray for my healing...I usually laugh and tell them to keep their voodoo witchdoctors BS to themselves.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076499&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="TW673DEYmGmmd68Zwqhc0gYlY64cWOBqNEN6aMg91bI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Perfectly Human (not verified)</span> on 24 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076499">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/18/atheists-at-prayer%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:59:29 +0000 grrlscientist 91071 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Candid Camera https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/17/candid-camera <span>Candid Camera</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Candid+Camera" rel="tag">Candid Camera</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Hidden+Camera,+Bloody+Arm" rel="tag">Hidden Camera, Bloody Arm</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/prank" rel="tag">prank</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/silly" rel="tag">silly</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>This cute video captures people's reactions when they are pranked by twins. </p> <!--more--><p></p><center> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cc1YnSbS-fA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cc1YnSbS-fA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p></p></center> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Fri, 07/16/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bloody-arm" hreflang="en">Bloody Arm</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/candid-camera" hreflang="en">Candid Camera</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/hidden-camera" hreflang="en">Hidden Camera</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/prank" hreflang="en">prank</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/silly" hreflang="en">silly</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076486" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279350085"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is far better a prank than ones using a single pair of twins.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076486&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NYwdUckoz2UADhwxFmhFJWrvg4LpqH3LufnlyCz9ers"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">CRM-114 (not verified)</span> on 17 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076486">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/17/candid-camera%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:59:35 +0000 grrlscientist 91069 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Yummy Old Spice Man Delivers Marriage Proposal https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/15/yummy-old-spice-man-delivers-m <span>Yummy Old Spice Man Delivers Marriage Proposal</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Yummy+Old+Spice+Man+Delivers+Marriage+Proposal" rel="tag">Yummy Old Spice Man Delivers Marriage Proposal</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/television" rel="tag">television</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/celebrity+gossip" rel="tag">celebrity gossip</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Old+Spice+Man" rel="tag">Old Spice Man</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Man+on+a+Horse" rel="tag">Man on a Horse</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Isaiah+Mustafa" rel="tag">Isaiah Mustafa</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>This video is totally cheesy, except for a couple things: first, the impetus for it was a tweet from a guy asking the Old Spice Man to deliver a marriage proposal to his girlfriend and second, well, it features another look at the very yummy Old Spice Man, Isaiah Mustafa. This sweet video is a perfect blend of romantic cheese, humor and good old-fashioned lust. I wish I had a marriage proposal delivered by him .. squeeeeee!!</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-fLV28SkZ8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-fLV28SkZ8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Wed, 07/14/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sexuality" hreflang="en">sexuality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/celebrity-gossip" hreflang="en">celebrity gossip</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/comedy" hreflang="en">comedy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/isaiah-mustafa" hreflang="en">Isaiah Mustafa</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/man-horse" hreflang="en">Man on a Horse</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/old-spice-man" hreflang="en">Old Spice Man</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sex-appeal" hreflang="en">sex appeal</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/television" hreflang="en">television</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/yummy-old-spice-man-delivers-marriage-proposal" hreflang="en">Yummy Old Spice Man Delivers Marriage Proposal</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sexuality" hreflang="en">sexuality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/15/yummy-old-spice-man-delivers-m%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:59:56 +0000 grrlscientist 91056 at https://www.scienceblogs.com What Do You Get a Heroin Addict for Christmas? https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/14/what-do-you-get-a-heroin-addic <span>What Do You Get a Heroin Addict for Christmas?</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/What+Do+You+get+a+Heroin+Addict+for+Christmas?" rel="tag">What Do You get a Heroin Addict for Christmas?</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/television" rel="tag">television</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/christmas" rel="tag">christmas</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/satire" rel="tag">satire</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mitchell+and+Webb" rel="tag">Mitchell and Webb</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/BBC" rel="tag">BBC</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>For those of you who are starting to think about (GAG!!) Christmas shopping already, I thought you might find this funny. I am still trying to figure out what the "message" here is ... </p> <!--more--><div class="centeredCaption"> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WFM_yhZfFGg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WFM_yhZfFGg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> <p>More at BBC's <a target="window" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0092s71">That Mitchell and Webb Look</a> site. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Tue, 07/13/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bbc" hreflang="en">BBC</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/christmas" hreflang="en">Christmas</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/comedy" hreflang="en">comedy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mitchell-and-webb" hreflang="en">mitchell and webb</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/television" hreflang="en">television</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/what-do-you-get-heroin-addict-christmas" hreflang="en">What Do You get a Heroin Addict for Christmas?</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076381" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279088448"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I think the point is the bit with Gran (and Mum) at the end...just taken to absurd extreme.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076381&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kfqlPo-3gNsM6G2vEajROknTTRRiXFbggg_r72xM-ow"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">pk1154 (not verified)</span> on 14 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076381">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/14/what-do-you-get-a-heroin-addic%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:59:26 +0000 grrlscientist 91048 at https://www.scienceblogs.com The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/13/the-2009-ig-nobel-prize-for-pu <span>The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/The+2009+Ig+Nobel+Prize+for+Public+Health" rel="tag">The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/fucking+hilarious" rel="tag">fucking hilarious</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/sports" rel="tag">sports</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/science" rel="tag">science</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/invention" rel="tag">invention</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/public+health" rel="tag">public health</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/gas+mask" rel="tag">gas mask</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/brassiere" rel="tag">brassiere</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>I know this is a little late, but the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health Prize was awarded to Dr. Elena Bodnar for her invention of a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be quickly converted into a pair of protective face masks, one for the brassiere wearer and one to be given to a needy bystander of her choice. Her acceptance speech is absolutely hilarious (which is the reason I am sharing this with you today), and she also demonstrates the usefulness of her brassiere on Nobel laureates Wolfgang Ketterle, Orhan Pamuk, and Paul Krugman.</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kxf3HK21BWI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kxf3HK21BWI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p> Dr. Elena Bodnar can be contacted at the <a target="window" href="http://trmri.org/">Trauma Risk Management Research Institute</a>. Read more about her brassiere at the <a target="window" href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=z_WAAAAAEBAJ&amp;dq=7255627">US Patent Office</a> and you can learn more about the IgNobel Prizes at the Journal for <a target="window" href="http://improbable.com/ig/2009/">Improbable Research</a>. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Tue, 07/13/2010 - 00:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/brassiere" hreflang="en">brassiere</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/comedy" hreflang="en">comedy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fucking-hilarious" hreflang="en">fucking hilarious</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gas-mask" hreflang="en">gas mask</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/invention" hreflang="en">invention</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/public-health" hreflang="en">public health</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science" hreflang="en">Science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sports" hreflang="en">Sports</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/technology" hreflang="en">Technology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/2009-ig-nobel-prize-public-health" hreflang="en">The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076395" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279023333"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just what small-breasted needed: another reason to feel self-conscious! They can't even be much help in an emergency.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076395&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5JmCBZe8efcC3boaLtJrbPf0E8XHN94MqFguPtXAVE8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ian Paulsen (not verified)</span> on 13 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/90/feed#comment-2076395">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/13/the-2009-ig-nobel-prize-for-pu%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:59:41 +0000 grrlscientist 91053 at https://www.scienceblogs.com