politburo diktat 2.0

Scientists Debunk Astrology
One of the largest studies of the possible link between human traits and astrology found little, if any, connection between the traditional sun signs of the zodiac and characteristics of individuals.The study adds to the growing body of evidence that there is no scientific basis for star signs, such as Aries, Taurus and […]

channel4.com - THE EDWARDIAN COUNTRY HOUSE
- A Snapshot of your life as it might have been in 1905
Education
You’ll go to elementary school and then you’ll follow your father and grandfather into service in a large house.
Career Prospects
You’ll be fortunate enough to be taken on in the house where your father works. As well as waiting […]

Allahpundit, blogging at Hot Air:
This is one of those stories where, if you miss the first 48 hours, you end up feeling so far behind the curve that you tune it out and never bother with it again. So here’s a round-up of news and blog coverage which, while longish, will bring you up to […]

There’s a good article in today’s NYT Science:
The key to [multi-cellular animals] is to give the cells that make up an organism a variety of different identities so that they can perform many different roles. So even though all the cells carry the same genome, each type of cell must be granted access to […]

My blog was unavailable most of yesterday. My aplogies to my readers. My host, Lunarpages, suffered a power outage, with very bad consequences. Details at Lunarpages Forums.

AJ at The Strata-Sphere rounds ‘em up:
Yep, my turn to host those rampaging RINOs (and man, do they leave a mess on the carpet). So, without further delay, here are your RINOs with this weeks Raging topics (in the order I received them).
I’m still trying to figure out some of those comments, ifyouknowwhatimean.

And made me watch this: Bananas: The Atheist’s Nightmare
Yes, Bill, the natural and wondrous alignment of those ridges and grooves. I believe.

Shi’ite al-Maliki Named as PM, Sunnis and Kurds get other top posts
Four months of political paralysis lifted on Saturday when a newly convened parliament chose seven top officials to run Iraq’s first long-term government since the fall of Saddam Hussein.In a largely ceremonial meeting at Baghdad’s convention center, the parliament picked Jawad al-Maliki, an outspoken […]

CDR Salamander: Gen. Zinni - it is all clear now
OK all you old Cold Warriors….remember whenever they needed some retired Flag in the 1980s (usually the now-late RADM Carroll) to come out and say how inept/stupid/terrible/impotent the U.S. military was and how it should/would/could never succeed in anything it did, and every other nation was […]

Legendary Test Pilot Dies in Crash
Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first person to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the wreckage of a single-engine plane in the mountains of northern Georgia, his son-in-law said.Crews searching for the missing airplane registered to Crossfield found the wreckage of a small […]

“It is not an execution; it is a retroactive application of a woman’s right to chose, performed on a criminal. First Minister Markos has explained it all. What are you, some kind of Rethuglican?” Joshua asked.
“There’s no need to call me names. Sheesh. Why don’t you call me a Whig? I’ve been NRD since the […]

Fallwell.com not misleading
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of Reverend Jerry Falwell against an Appeals Court ruling that allowed a gay rights activists to continue operating a site about the television evangelist under the domain name fallwell.com.Jerry Falwell has suggested that people who are gay and lesbian are sinning and that […]

Evolution of Wing Spots
In the frantic world of fruitfly courtship, the difference between attracting a mate and going home alone may depend on having the right wing spots. Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have learned which elements of fly DNA make these spots come and go in different species. The experiments are among the […]

Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation
It contains some of the most contaminated land in the world, yet it has become a haven for wildlife - a nature reserve in all but name.The exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power station is teeming with life.As humans were evacuated from the area 20 years ago, animals moved in. Existing […]

Al-Jaafari Clears Shiites To Replace Him
The Iraqi parliament session planned for Thursday was delayed for two days after Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed to allow his Shiite bloc to reconsider his nomination for a second term.
Acting speaker Adnan Pachachi announced the delay moments before the 275-member assembly was to have convened.
He said the session would […]