SVP Dispatch: Dinosaurs and the Proofs of Evolution

So what do dinosaurs have to do with the fact of evolution? Horner outlined five different proofs of evolution: three proofs that Darwin cited, a “test” proof, and what Horner called the ultimate proof. The first on the list was simply descent with modification.

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musicians cannot tell from sound alone whether they are playing an old classic instrument or one made last week

... Writing in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Fritz and her co-authors describe their findings as a "striking challenge to conventional wisdom". ...

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Trent Franks on the balanced budget amendment, House Session, Part 3 - C-SPAN Video Library

Franks spoke again on similar topics today, as I saw on CSPAN.  Gold markets would crash? No, they would zoom if the gold in Fort Knox were stolen. Whatever.   In today's speech, he talked about T. Jefferson being opposed to deficit spending.

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Rove-linked group already spending big on ads - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

It starts. Just saw this ad, watching Fox News at the time.

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President Lincoln and Emancipation - C-SPAN Video Library

Michael Burlingame talked about Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential dealings with slavery and his abolitionist tendencies. "Abraham Lincoln: Reluctant Emancipator?"" was part of the U.S.

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Unauthorized Charges on Telephone Bills - Senate hearing, July 13, 2011

I'm watching this on CSPAN now. Amazing lies told by many companies since 1997. How these guys weren't prosecuted for fraud is indicative of what's wrong with our 'buyer beware' system.

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Underage driver crash victim an extraordinary physicist

At 77, he attended church three times a week, saved piles of newspapers, was in his 54th year working for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.

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Naked in Public? What Your Dream Means

I just happened upon this one, thought it of interest. Usually I find psychology majors make much ado about nothing, but this one does seem to make sense.    When I was in my teens I frequently had the 'Naked in Public Dream', of the embarrassment type.

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Richard Widmark Salutes Sidney Poitier

The movie 'The Bedford Incident' is on TCM tonight. In the introduction to the movie, Robert Osborn quotes Sidney Poitier as saying that  Richard Widmark was the first fellow actor who invited him to his house.

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What the CIA needs from David Petraeus - The Washington Post

The best thing, from the CIA’s standpoint, is that Petraeus really wants the job. When he talked about his future with Defense Secretary Bob Gates last November, he said he wasn’t captivated by book offers and business proposals, however lucrative.

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Q&A with Author Scott Miller | C-SPAN - The President and the Assassin

Some interesting stuff in that interview. I'm watching it on C-Span as I write this. The similarity between the Tea Party and the Anarchists circa 1900 becomes apparent. Another interesting part is the surprise attack on the Spanish at the beginning of the Spanish-American War.

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Paul Ryan's budget

I'm surprised no one has seeded this previously.

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Secrets From Inside the Obama War Room - Print - Newsweek

Nov 29, 2009 Meeting re' the '30,000 Surge' in Afghanistan: "Inside the Oval Office, Obama asked Petraeus, “David, tell me now. I want you to be honest with me.

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Stockman and Reich debate the U.S. economy; Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

ZAKARIA: ... Wouldn't it be sensible, if the great problem is jobs and the large part of that problem is in the construction industry, wouldn't it be sensible for the government to simply try to employ these people directly? I don't mean the government employing them, but do r …

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Impacts of the California Drought from 2007 to 2009: Surprising Outcomes for California's Agriculture, Energy, and Environment

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Obama mistakes first surviving Medal of Honor recipient for dead hero soldier during address to U.S. troops | Mail Online

A major mistake by a President I support. I must admit that had a GOP President made a similar mistake, I'd be all over it.

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Expert: US perturbed by Bibi's inflexibility

Interesting to look at the view of the Israeli press. Probably a view to the left of the Likud.

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Stephen Schneider answers The Sceptics

The late Stephen Schneider answers questions from an audience of climate change skeptics. Stephen Schneider on an Insight special report

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