In a continuation of the main theme of yesterday's post, I found another story on how the Republican's continue to enforce their Christianity on the rest of the nation (if not eventually the world). Now instead of just legislating against the teaching of evolution, they are arming their children with questions to challenge their biology teachers about the theory. Aside from the classroom disruptions that this will obviously cause, not to mention the nature of the questions are a little above high-school level, what blew my mind about this article was that a recent Gallup poll showed that only 28% of Americans believe in the theory of evolution compared to 48% who believe in creationism. Like, WTF? How backwards can you get?
Continuing on in the culture war, Kenneth Tomlinson, a Republican in charge of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is on the warpath in an attempt to eliminate all of the 'liberal' bias from PBS. Of course, anything that's not Fox News, i.e.., anything that doesn't parrot back exactly what Republicans want to hear, must be inherently bad and must be changed. The Chief Executive of the corporation has already come out decrying these efforts as a means to stifle editorial independence.
Speaking of Republicans, some recent polls have shown that the superstar governor of California is now suffering from a large reality check as his approval ratings fall below 50%. No worries though, since even if his presidential bid is looking less lustrous, there is still always J-Lo to fill his shoes in the actor-candidate category.
In a minor defeat to the United States, former Chilean minister Jose Miguel Insulza has become the new leader of the Organization of American States. This election is a continuation of the problems between the United States and several South American countries, all of whom have elected socialist governments against American wishes.
In science, recent studies have shown that pregnant women who witnessed the 9/11 attacks have passed on biological signs of stress to their babies, most of whom had low levels of a hormone cortisol which is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. Though this has no immediate effect on the health of the baby, scientists speculate that it might leave them more prone to PTSD as an adult. In Germany, a new taxi-bicycle service is all the rage in their congested streets, providing a greener way of moving people around. I also ran across a site that lists the one thing the top 100 scientists in the world would like the public to know about science.
Also:
- The government of China is having some difficulty reigning in public opposition to Japan that they only recently used as a political tool.
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has managed to get away with changing the law to avoid personal prosecution, as the European Court of Justice has come back saying they cannot challenge the law.
- In a case I'm sure we're all going to be hearing more of, a 13-year-old girl in Florida has been denied access to an abortion by the state because she was deemed unfit to make the decision.
- Be the first on your block to own the new 96-processor computer that can plug into your wall!
- Why geeks are 'worth it,' according to a post on Craigslist.
- I'm resurrecting this link because of a post I recently saw that reminded me of it. Weeeeeeeeee!!! (flash - nsfw)
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