A Priest said it, so it must be true!

"Intelligent Design belittles God, Vatican director says

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Catholic Online) -- Intelligent Design reduces and belittles God’s power and might, according to the director of the Vatican Observatory.

Science is and should be seen as “completely neutral” on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results, says Father George V. Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory, while noting that “science and religion are totally separate pursuits.”"

Glad we got that out of the way.

Oh so very true.

Ganked from divalea: How to be a Happy Nerd.

I don't quite buy it.

From soldiergrrrl, who got it from atomicsappertom, who got it from ginmar* ("I got it from Agnes, she got it from Sue..."):

Former General Janis Karpinski claims female soldiers in Iraq are dying from dehydration because they're too scared of rapists to go to the latrines at night, so they didn't drink enough water. Considering how many other bad things have happened to female soldiers there, this is somewhat plausible, though as ginmar noted, it does sound kinda fishy, and I think I know one reason why. This accusation was made in the form of 'testimonial' to the "International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration". Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard time taking seriously a bunch of self-appointed civilians who claim to be an International Commission, and I say this as someone who would _love_ to see Shrubya impeached, imprisoned, and impaled on a sharp stick (after a fair trial, of course). Can you say "laughable delusions of grandeur"? Can you say "Stop making yourselves look even loonier than f)($ing Limbaugh"? If her accusations are true, then she picked the WORST possible venue to make them in; she should have gone on Nightline or something.

Gawd, I just _defended_ Dear Leader Bush, could this day get any more depressing?

*Note: _I_ was the one who dug up the link, though, those other people just commented without giving a pointer or nuthin'.

When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.

Courtesy of the Panda's Thumb, a brief history of the Idiotic Design "Wedge Document".