April 07, 2006
Missing Links, with your Eye Boogers
from - smijer
A few links to fill in where knowledge has been sketchy before:
Tiktaalik roseae is mostly fish. As PZ points out, it fills a pretty critical gap - satisfying scientists, and creates two more - satisfying creationists.
Another sort of missing link. The long lost text of the Gospel of Judas has surfaced, and been handily translated by National Geographic. Unfortunately, Early Christian Writings has not yet included a link to the translation. There is info on what was already known of the Gospel before its discovery, though.
A leaking link to an unsurprising source. The President has the power (wisely or not) to authorize the revelation of classified info. His promise to fire the leaker wasn't binding, so it's only a matter of whether he will keep his word. I find it unlikely that he will. So, anyway - we find that the President sees himself as having unhindered authority to both collect secrets about U.S. Citizens (through warrantless wiretapping) and to discharge secrets about U.S. Citizens to the press (through authorized leaks), in order to attack political enemies. Anyone else concerned about this?
Here's to filling in the gaps.
::Posted by smijer at April 7, 2006 07:59 AM
The Gospel of Judas. Interesting. As Dylan said, "I can't think for you, you will have to decide. Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side."
As far as concern about the actions of the President I am numb. The guy and those who surround him obviously believe in a omnipotent Executive and a majority of Americans agree so what is a dissident to do about that?
That is just part of living in a democracy. The majority wins. When lunchtime comes sometimes you are the sheep and sometimes you are the wolf.
| Posted by Buck on April 7, 2006 10:29 AM Link to comment |