Neo-Con/Theocrat Catch-22?
12 JunApparently, global warming is increasing rates of evolution. I love the quote here
Wow, what a catch-22! They can continue to ignore global warming but risk causing the body of evidence in favor of evolution to grow even faster, thus making it more difficult to sneak religious ideas in classrooms. On the other hand, if they try to reverse climate change, they’ll have to actually admit that global warming is real and caused by humans.
See the original article in the National Geographic magazine. Thanks, jokermage, for bringing this one to my attention.
Minor plug: you really should go see An Inconvenient Truth, if you have not already done so.
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TrustFlow results for wyldraven
11 JunI tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for wyldraven are close by:
- katitcha (100 – 150)
- free2bechuckles, ferelwing (150 – 200)
- wolfheartjoy8, safetygoth, gypsydragon, seridia, opheliasavalon, eclectic_ant (200 – 250)
An Inconvenient Truth
11 JunOn the strong urging of sollite, we (lasarina and I) got our old creaky selves moving and went to see a late showing last night of Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. We tried to see an 8pm showing and found that one to be sold out. So we bought advance tickets for 9:45pm, found a place to hang out in walking distance of the theater, and then came back to see the film. The film is powerful and frightening. (Trailer 2:30)
The New York Magazine did a great review of the film here:
Devastating in Its Implications
Go see Al Gore’s new documentary—and then pay attention to who attacks it.
By David Edelstein
Full text of article
Another mistake GW can forget to admit
9 JunNASA shelves climate satellites
Environmental science may suffer
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FDA Approval of HPV Vaccine – Followup and mild rant
9 JunI see a lot of discussion about this approval, and whether males will also get the vaccine. Bottom line: No. Could this be possible in the future? Anyone’s guess.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16 and 18. The vaccine is approved for use in females 9-26 years of age. Gardasil was evaluated and approved in six months under FDA’s priority review process–a process for products with potential to provide significant health benefits.
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An Aging Trans Woman 