Daily Blend: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Gloria Stuart as Old Rose in Titanic (1997) [source]

• Farewell, Old Rose [pictured].
  (via @BreakingNews)

• Kentwood, Michigan man Ed Heil tries to photograph town’s small water tower, ends up harassed by utility officials, case goes to Homeland Security.
  (via The Agitator)

• Photos from California’s Creation Research Society creation museum. Bogus numbers, Hitler = Darwin’s fault, mind-meltingly weird multi-verse concepts, and more.

• The most ludicrous depictions of evolution in science fiction history.
  (via Pharyngula)

• Former President Jimmy Carter on The Daily Show. He emanates spirit and genuineness like few others. And, yes, I mostly post this because he criticized Fox News and the polarization of US politics.

• Because we could always use a reminder of how utterly meaningless we are in the (very, very) grand scheme of things.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• New evidence indicates dogs began turning domesticated at least 14,000 years ago, a full millennium earlier than first estimated (and 8,000 years before the world was Created!).
  (via The Daily Grail)

• Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) vs. Dr. Wynne LeGrow (D), or literally Christofascist vs. Secularist Atheist.
  (via Right Wing Watch)

• Douchebag Republican Sens. Tom Coburn (OK) and Jim DeMint (SC) block a women’s history museum because there are already “cowgirl” and “quilters” museums.
  (via Right Wing Watch)

• Pew Forum study in short: If you want to know about religion, ask an atheist.

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