I can believe this given how gullible relatives forward out obviously-false chain emails all the time. There’s a fine line between that behaviour and responding to these. Spam gets 1 response …

I’m sure this will come in handy in future debates. Not to mention it is very interesting to see where the votes fell. Daily Kos: The Poll That Counts: Obama 52 McCain 46

No, it wasn’t Fannie and Freddie. Alan Greenspan (who owns a lot of blame for the mess), the SEC chairman and John Snow agree it wasn’t them. Fannie and Freddie weren’t even …

We can only hope. You can’t keep campaigning on social issues but falling down when in office on the other issues that should be more important (the economy, the war, veterans benefits, etc.) …

VERY cool. Especially for those who couldn’t get their hands on a paper copy the day-after. Newspaper headlines of Obama election win, Nov. 5 2008 - Boing Boing

A skeptic should be aware of the fallibility of eyewitness identification. This excellent 5-part series discusses 19 case studies and the specific techniques you may be familiar with from CSI and Law …

I just repaired my 1940s-era radio that I thought had blown a tube. Turns out that the stupid plug (does not appear to be original) was not wired safely so the soldered wire got pulled out due to …

This is truly ridiculous. The constitutional prohibitions against schools endorsing religion do not extend to what the students choose to do. This is the wrong move from a first amendment standpoint. …

They do sound like they are doing good work. But sounded like a joke at first mention. Don’t miss the 2008 World Toilet Summit. World Toilet Organization|WTO|Global Voice for Toilets & …

Heh. Gotta hand it to the Catholics for their ability to not deny fundamental scientific advances to save face with their religious dogma. The Vatican astronomer was great in Bill Maher’s …