Hmm, Scopes Monkey Trial anyone? The Kansas State School Board is going to committee to rule on the validity of teaching evolution. Or, more specifically, reading the article, allow more criticism of Darwinism, and encourage teachers to think of alternative explanations. The scientific community is boycotting the proceedings though, saying it's a stitch up already, and I don't disagree with them...
On the UK election again, a good couple of paragraphs by Mark Lawson in the Guardian -
'One scene, however, will be frequently repeated in political programmes. Much of Tony Blair's success has come from clever use of television but yesterday he slipped up and permitted the creation of an image which will haunt his archive for the rest of his life and beyond.
His mistake was to stand behind Reg Keys as the independent Sedgefield candidate delivered his lamest for the loss of his soldier son in Iraq. Blair's attempt at an expressionless face was caught for several minutes in a gruesome two-shot as Keys grieved. We will see that shot over and over, treated with slo-mo and lachyrmose music, in documentaries about the Blair years.'
Not sure what lachyrmose actually means, but I will nod my head as if I do, I think I get the overall meaning LOL. Also a good paragraph over on the New York Times, as Paul Krugman laments the latest Medicare bill -
'Billy Tauzin, who shepherded the drug bill through when he was a member of Congress, now heads the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the all-powerful industry lobby group, for an estimated $2 million a year. In his new job, he's making novel arguments against allowing Americans to buy cheaper drugs from Canada: Al Qaeda, he suggests, might use fake Viagra tablets to get anthrax into this country.'
Hmm, puts me in mind of the alleged CIA plot about cigars making Fidel Castro's beard fall out.
Movie of the week choice is between Crash and Kingdom of Heaven I think, and I might go with Crash since Kingdom is destined to play for weeks and weeks and weeks.
More later
Paul
On the UK election again, a good couple of paragraphs by Mark Lawson in the Guardian -
'One scene, however, will be frequently repeated in political programmes. Much of Tony Blair's success has come from clever use of television but yesterday he slipped up and permitted the creation of an image which will haunt his archive for the rest of his life and beyond.
His mistake was to stand behind Reg Keys as the independent Sedgefield candidate delivered his lamest for the loss of his soldier son in Iraq. Blair's attempt at an expressionless face was caught for several minutes in a gruesome two-shot as Keys grieved. We will see that shot over and over, treated with slo-mo and lachyrmose music, in documentaries about the Blair years.'
Not sure what lachyrmose actually means, but I will nod my head as if I do, I think I get the overall meaning LOL. Also a good paragraph over on the New York Times, as Paul Krugman laments the latest Medicare bill -
'Billy Tauzin, who shepherded the drug bill through when he was a member of Congress, now heads the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the all-powerful industry lobby group, for an estimated $2 million a year. In his new job, he's making novel arguments against allowing Americans to buy cheaper drugs from Canada: Al Qaeda, he suggests, might use fake Viagra tablets to get anthrax into this country.'
Hmm, puts me in mind of the alleged CIA plot about cigars making Fidel Castro's beard fall out.
Movie of the week choice is between Crash and Kingdom of Heaven I think, and I might go with Crash since Kingdom is destined to play for weeks and weeks and weeks.
More later
Paul
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