Muslim protesters have set up roadblocks of stones and burning tires in the Bekaa Valley. Another day of hating Jews in Lebanon, right? Nope, they are protesting government security forces out to destroy marijuana fields. Instead of getting real jobs, the ‘farmers’ are demanding compensation…for their illegal crops. Sense of entitlement much? You can see [...]
read moreI love the Daily Mail in the UK. Next to The Journal of Sexual (insert any word here), they are most likely to feel unfettered by any standards of science or journalism. Recently they discussed – ‘discuss’ meaning produce funny pictures – how 30-ton dinosaurs with 12 foot long penises had sex. How do they [...]
read moreWhat does the coast of Washington (basically, Seattle) have in common with the coast of California? They love UFO stuff. They’re not alone, television science shows and Democratic politicians love UFO stuff too, which tells you it isn’t education clobbering science in America, it is Discovery Channel. In eastern Washington – like California, Interstate Highway [...]
read moreIf you want to find out what people really think of your culture, present or past, you need only go to Facebook. That’s what ScienceNordic’s Danish partner site, videnskab.dk, did to find out from the audience what the Vikings were like. And a small Danish site is not polling Americans, it is mostly Danish people. It [...]
read moreGreek triple jumper Voula Papachristou, age 23, almost got to London for the Olympics. Instead, she has been booted from the team for a Twitter remark that went: “With so many Africans in Greece … at least the West Nile mosquitos will eat homemade food!!!” Now, is that really racist? The definition of racism is [...]
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