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May. 10th, 2011 10:26 amPastor tells his congregation for five years that he was a former SEAL, and even wears the elite program's gold Trident medal around town.
Meanwhile- as convoluted as the situation involving Osama bin Laden’s death and my own responses to it are, I have to admit that this did, in fact, make me LOL.
This, however, did not. AT ALL.
On a less brainless note, an article about, well, brains (well, languages and handedness- brainish stuff) in Neanderthals.
Reposed due to OMG \o/: The US Navy has authorized its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages on military bases in states that legally recognize such unions. (Of course, that's only if it is conducted in one of the five states (along with the District of Columbia) that allow gay marriage, and of course the DADT repeal still needs to be certified by the Pentagon, but still.)
The Library of Congress is showing documents from gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who was fired as a government astronomer in 1957 because he was gay, as part of an exhibit on the nation’s constitutional history and civil rights protections. Though it was denied, Kameny’s 1961 petition to the U.S. Supreme Cour, contesting his firing was the first petition to the high court for a violation of civil rights based on sexual orientation. He argued the government’s actions toward gays were an “affront to human dignity.”
Saturn’s moon Titan may have a huge underground ocean of water.
Aerogels are the world's lightest solids, with some made up of as much as 99.8 percent air; these airy materials can be surprisingly strong, holding up to thousands of times their own weight. One particular type of aerogel made of diamonds -- the lightest form of diamond known -- could find use within electronics and sensors in everywhere from the human body to outer space.
Here- have a listen to Trey Parker’s The Book of Mormon!
Squids in spaaaaace!
Zombie Marie Curie- probably the best thing you’ll read today.
Meanwhile- as convoluted as the situation involving Osama bin Laden’s death and my own responses to it are, I have to admit that this did, in fact, make me LOL.
This, however, did not. AT ALL.
On a less brainless note, an article about, well, brains (well, languages and handedness- brainish stuff) in Neanderthals.
Reposed due to OMG \o/: The US Navy has authorized its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages on military bases in states that legally recognize such unions. (Of course, that's only if it is conducted in one of the five states (along with the District of Columbia) that allow gay marriage, and of course the DADT repeal still needs to be certified by the Pentagon, but still.)
The Library of Congress is showing documents from gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who was fired as a government astronomer in 1957 because he was gay, as part of an exhibit on the nation’s constitutional history and civil rights protections. Though it was denied, Kameny’s 1961 petition to the U.S. Supreme Cour, contesting his firing was the first petition to the high court for a violation of civil rights based on sexual orientation. He argued the government’s actions toward gays were an “affront to human dignity.”
Saturn’s moon Titan may have a huge underground ocean of water.
Aerogels are the world's lightest solids, with some made up of as much as 99.8 percent air; these airy materials can be surprisingly strong, holding up to thousands of times their own weight. One particular type of aerogel made of diamonds -- the lightest form of diamond known -- could find use within electronics and sensors in everywhere from the human body to outer space.
Here- have a listen to Trey Parker’s The Book of Mormon!
Squids in spaaaaace!
Zombie Marie Curie- probably the best thing you’ll read today.