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Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy

Good article in the New York Times about how all of the so-called "academic freedom" bills that have been introduced in various legislatures are nothing more that attempts to sheild creationist teachers from legal threats if they try to teach non-science to your kids. The head of the Texas School Board lets the secret out when he admits that he holds to a worldview that has no room for modern science. Fun times!

Marvel Comics Bans Smoking for all Characters.

The link goes to some glorious new art, although the ban was two years ago. Seriously, WTF? J. Jonah Jameson without his cigar? Wolverine can continue to slice and dice bad guys, but he can't get a light? What about Nick Fury? Say what you will, the smoke was part of these guys' iconography!

Colorado governor signs transgender anti-discrimination bill. Intelligent Design proponents demonstrate Poe's Law.

William Dembski, one of the leading proponents of Intelligent Design, protests.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter's signing of a transgender anti-discrimination bill points up the lunacy that ensues in a world without design.

Uh, okay, Bill. Whatever.

Poe's Law: "Unless explicitly made clear that the material is parody, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."

WND: Pagan Blessing Sought For New Building

Apparently having solved all the world's other problems, World Net complains bitterly about a private construction company's tradition of placing a tree atop its buildings for good luck. (via Dispatches from the Culture Wars. )

Anti-Gay Lawyer Must Pay Legal Fees

Oh, this is a sweet victory. The Rev. Grant Storms gave a speech "against Homo-Facism," in which he imitated gun noises and said, "There's twenty! Ca-ching, glory, glory to God, let's go drive through the McDonald's and come back to get the rest." A gay rights group accused him of advocating the murder of gays (sounds open and shut to me). A lawyer for Grant sued the group for defamation. Not only did he lose, but he has to pay both court costs and the other sides's fees. His response?

"I'm a Christian. I believe in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior. I'll have life everlasting. I can use that assurance to try to deal with this decision and the ramifications of it."

"I take comfort in knowing that my cosmic spacemonkey will fling his napalm-laden poo at all who oppose me." Blessed, indeed, are the meek.

This is so wrong of me

But in the last panel of today's Kevin & Kell, Lindesfarne is suddenly hawt.

Purely geek, purely for me: