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This Is Your Congress

August 21, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

I guess not wanting to be outdone by Senator Ihofe — who fancies the “science” of Michael Crichton over NOAA — Congressman Steve King has decided to share his wisdom on climate change as well: So whether it’s the Chinese seeding clouds, whether it’s some of the industrialized nations in the world trying to...
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“We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody”

January 27, 2009
By Elwood Foreclift

Seriously. Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323. “The group of...
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Annealing

January 9, 2009
By Elwood Foreclift

Annealing is the process of repeatedly heating and cooling metal to increase its strength. In Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett uses the annealing process as an analogy to compare it to another simple algorithmic process, evolution. What kind of an explanation can we give for this magical transformation? Does the heat create special...
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