The coveted Junior Ganymede presidential endorsement is rarely given. But every now and again a candidate comes along whose luminous vision impels this august institution to get off the sidelines. Annex Canada 2012. (more…)

And there’s the amateur approach. I cannot help but think there is much to commend it.

His Majesty and I seem to have done all right without any special accomodations.

Though, to be fair, my mask was provided by the government, in the person of His Majesty.

At least, that’s how I react to honoring an anti-Nazi who died under the guillotine … with a bust.

It just seems creepy wrong somehow.

Like computer nerds.

Except maybe nerds who identify too much with some aspect of the Star Wars universe.

I would have preferred “Clarence Thomas and the Small Thermal Exhaust Port”, even though it’s slightly longer.

Don’t worry about takin’ off the tie before takin’ on the murderin’ scum.

I reckon the tale could have been told with a bit less salt, though. Consider yerself warned.

This excellent essay categorizes the types of needs that religion fills and then ranks the faiths of the world by how “developed” they are, i.e., by how many of these categories they fill and how completely. (In his terms, “developed” is not the same as “true,” not necessarily). He concludes that Buddhism and Christianity are the most developed religions. (more…)

On the subject of epistemology.    (more…)

His Hehness reports that online Islamists are crowing that the East Coast earthquake was Allah’s wrath on America.   (more…)

Almost thou makest me want to join PETA.

Some very interesting thoughts by James Falconer.    (more…)

You might laugh.

Unabomber aspirants wreak terror on nanotechnologists.

A superb example of bullies being afraid to pick on someone their own size.

Personally, I prefer my technological terrors to be the size of small moons.

Hat tip to His Hehness, who also links one of my favorite fellow promulgants of weapons of mass destruction with some perspective on nanotechnology.

Professor Epstein respectfully disagrees with the Pope and Warren Buffet.