Obama: “Societies don’t overnight completely erase everything that happened 2-300 years prior.”
Everyone: “So true. They do it over 2-300 years. Dunce.”
Obama: “Societies don’t overnight completely erase everything that happened 2-300 years prior.”
Everyone: “So true. They do it over 2-300 years. Dunce.”
Hans Schellnhuber, the science advisor who shaped Pope Francis’ new encyclical, has defended the Gaia hypothesis, a sort of scientific pantheism.
Source: The Scientific Pantheist Who Advises Pope Francis | The Stream
Are conservatives more likely to stick to a diet than liberals? The answer might be yes.
In a series of three studies with more than 300 participants, the authors found that people who identify as conservative perform better on tests of self-control than those who identify as liberal regardless of race, socioeconomic status and gender.
Source: Why conservatives might be better at dieting than liberals – LA Times
Of course, Ted Cruz is a Republican. That puts him in proximity with guns and gun posters, as seen in this picture from Associated Press photog Charlie Neibergall, more often than Democrats.
There are two great acts of political make-believe in our time, so all-pervasive that it is hard for us to grasp just how much effect they are having on our lives
Source: The Pope joins the EU in a sad world of make-believe – Telegraph
Hillary Clinton kept calling Nevada reporter Jon Ralston ‘Joe’ in a recent interview: Ralston is a prominent, widely known Nevada reporter.
Source: Hillary Gets Reporters Name Wrong | The Weekly Standard
D.C.’s mass transit authority won’t sell ad space featuring the “Draw Muhammad” art contest. They will ban all advocacy ads for 6 months.
Source: D.C. Metro Blocks Muhammad Cartoon Ad With Convenient 6-Month Ad Moratorium
Source: Propped Up
U.S. military pilots carrying out the air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are voicing growing discontent over what they say are heavy-handed rules of engagement hindering them from striking targets.
Source: US military pilots complain hands tied in ‘frustrating’ fight against ISIS | Fox News