Daily Archives: March 16th, 2007

Iranians Angered by 300 movie

The claim is that the movie 300 is not historically accurate and gives a false perception of the history of the region.
Not only does it give the wrong outcomes to battles, it grossly misrepresents the Persians and their civilization.
So what.  It’s called art.  Shakespear’s “History” plays are about as historically accurate as the Old [...]

Gay Biology vs. The Bible: We can Fix ‘em!

The president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., The Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr.  wrote on his personal website that current scientific research “points to some level of biological causation” for homosexuality.
He goes further, and says he believes the Bible would justify “tinkering” with the babies genes in order fix the problem.
In [...]

Cadaver Caper: 2 accused of Stealing the Dead

This one is just weird.  The Director of the cadaver donor program at UCLA, and an accomplice, are accused of dealing in dead body parts.

Red Moon over Bagdad

From the New York Times 

Global Warming takes a Big Bite out of Arctic Sea Ice

The Telegraph has an article about Dwindling Arctic Sea Ice.  The scariest line is this:
Some computer models even predict an ice-free Arctic Ocean in September by 2050.
Our Ice capped world may be Ice Capped no more.  Can you image the earth without Arctic sea ice?  No more Polar Bears. 
But, it’s not just the bears that [...]