The debate in 1 minute

Miss the first debate? Here it is, edited down to one minute.

Friday poll results

How many (non-URMA) magazines do you receive per month?

• none: one vote (5%)


• one: one vote (5%)


• two: one vote (5%)


• three: four votes (20%)


• four: one vote (5%)


• more than four: thirteen votes (65%)

Somebody just haaaaad to have it.

Ancient Petroglyph Stolen From Cliff (kpho.com)

Conrad & Co., have you guys heard anything more about this?

Rubber Ducky, you're the one.

Rubber ducks aid in NASA study (CNN.com)

"In the name of climate change science, researchers at NASA have dropped 90 rubber ducks into holes of Greenland's fastest moving glacier: the Jakobshavn Glacier in Baffin Bay."

Old, grizzled, third-party candidate may steal support from McCain

Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

The Big Picture

Scenes from India (boston.com)

Sam Harris on Palin

"Ask yourself: how has 'elitism' become a bad word in American politics? There is simply no other walk of life in which extraordinary talent and rigorous training are denigrated. We want elite pilots to fly our planes, elite troops to undertake our most critical missions, elite athletes to represent us in competition and elite scientists to devote the most productive years of their lives to curing our diseases. And yet, when it comes time to vest people with even greater responsibilities, we consider it a virtue to shun any and all standards of excellence. When it comes to choosing the people whose thoughts and actions will decide the fates of millions, then we suddenly want someone just like us, someone fit to have a beer with, someone down-to-earth—in fact, almost anyone, provided that he or she doesn't seem too intelligent or well educated."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080/output/print

Teach the Controversy shirts

Get your very own wearable evolution statement over at Teach the Controversy. I vote these go in the swag bags at the next URMA conference!

This is the blurb from their site:

'Big Science is always suppressing The Truth with their blatant pro-evolution anti-wacko agenda: from the fact that UFOs built the pyramids to the reality of creationism and fact the universe is "Turtles All The Way Down." It is time to fight back and urge schools to Teach The Controversity with these intelligently designed t-shirts. All designs by Jeremy Kalgreen and are available in a variety of colors and styles, or feel free to create your own with our custom designer.

Sept. 19, 1982: the birth of :-)

Wherein we learn where those little rascals came from.

Friday poll results

How do you take notes in interviews?

• laptop: 1 vote (2%)


• recorder: 27 votes (77%)


• pen and paper: 26 votes (74%)


• other: 1 vote (2%)