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June 22, 2006
Posts and news
When I began this blog (after much prodding), I honestly didn't think I'd reach ten posts before I gave up. Writing was never my forte, less so writing for public consumption. Many thanks to the Warbler for insisting that I continue. This post marks two hundred entries.
Casting an uncritical eye over the archives, I've noticed a few topic that have come back into the news in recent days, so this post shall recap current news, strange and otherwise and occasionally link back where appropriate.
The Royal Society, the United Kingdom's most prestigious scientific club, has taken a swing at creationism (previous post here, saying similar things).
The statement, which the Royal Society signed on behalf of Britain's scientists, said: "Within science courses taught in certain public systems of education, scientific evidence, data, and testable theories about the origins and evolution of life on Earth are being concealed, denied, or confused with theories not testable by science."(source)
In Japan, Dr. Kunio Kitamura, director of the Japan Family Planning Association, has uncovered the root cause of the baby shortage there: "Japanese people simply aren't having sex". Could be, could be. (source)
In interplanetary news, two new moons of Pluto have been discovered and named Nix and Hydra. In a post some time back on the potential extra planets in the solar system (and other large asteroids), I'd suggested Persephone as good name for a moon of Pluto and Nix as a name for one of the bigger lumps'o'rock out there. Moderately close. (source)
Because theres golf on: Chris Tugwell of Scotland played golf for 10 years before landing his first hole-in-one. Then his second in the same round. The odds of hitting two in one game are estimated to be around 67 million to one, about the same as Australia winning the World Cup. (source)
In criminal news, Albert Fentress, the middle school teacher who confessed to killing a teenager in 1979 is asking to be released from the high-security mental ward he's lived in for the last 4 years. Fentress killed the boy after luring him into his basement, tying him to a post, sexually abusing and mutiling him, finally shooting him twice in the head before cooking and eating parts of the body. He was found not guilty after an insanity plea. He was moved to high security in 2002 after admitting to abusing two other boys. (source)
In a more Darwinian shooting story, a 28-year-old man wanted to see whether his girlfriend's Walther .22 handgun was loaded. So he put his hand in front of the barrel and pulled the trigger. It was. (source)
Thank you for reading.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at June 22, 2006 09:44 AM
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