When in Rome do as the Romans do. PZ Myers is in Australia eating the food paste called Vegemite, which I believe is the by-product of the brewing industry –the bottom of the barrel, so to speak. What’s interesting –and apropos– is that he’s using a Eucharist wafer as a vehicle for the smear. Why not just spread liquid gold on a wedge of cardboard and be done with it?
15. Post The Ten Command-Mint (Available everywhere) 14. Baby Killer Coconut Scream (May not be legal in some states) 13. Blasted Bambi & Bible Thumper Wild Berry (Not for children under 7 years of age) 12. Try The Peppermint Stick From My Cold Dead Hands (Requires a 3 hour waiting period) 11. Adam & Steve In Hell-Fire Fudge (Packed hard in a cone) 10. King Kong Evolution Is Dead Banana Mocha (Artificial flavoring) 9. The North Of The Border, The Whiter The Chocolate (Made In Mexico) 8. Chewy Jewie Bubblegum (A traditional Germany Recipe) 7. Charles Darwin’s Soulless Ice Cream Coffin Sandwich (Part of our school lunch program) 6. Burnt Atheist Brownie (All natural ingredients) 5. Jerry Falwell’s Judgment Day Peanut Butter Surprise (High in cholesterol) 4. Liquorish Whip The Liberal (Seasonal flavor) 3. Sarah Palin’s Half-Baked Alaskan Nut Bar (Aged for 6000 years) 2. The Evangelical Express-O (Our most popular flavor) 1. Marshmallow McCain Wafflecone (Changes flavor with temperature)
P.S. Check out Fox News’ reporting on Barak Obama. it parallels their analysis of John Kerry in the 2004 election. Disgusting.
It looks like the mystery of the Montauk Monster is solved. It’s a decomposing raccoon with missing teeth and missing fur. But what’s fascinating about the story of the monster is that it inspired such imaginative stories and outrageous speculation.
What is it in our human minds that makes us choose the unknown over the known. Why do some of us reject reasonable explanations for fantastical ones? For example, the media and the public automatically assumed the creature washed up on the beach, that it had an aquatic origin, not a terrestrial one. Which one is more reasonable? It’s clearly a mammal. And raccoons do love the seashore and seafood.
And minds leaped to the conclusion that the Montauk Monster was a creature completely unknown to science. Why didn’t the same minds consider the possibility that the “creature” was just unknown to them, and not to science. Not all of us are experts on anatomy and the decay of animal remains. Why can’t we just admit ignorance, instead of grasping at straws?
When a reasonable explanation isn’t immediately available our minds seem to reach for the stars.
Searching the web for creationism is sometimes like sifting through trash and finding the occasional humorous but, completely worthless, object. You feel darn conflicted. You’re dirty from the trash but the “prize” makes the whole ordeal somehow worthwhile. Behold, the rotten fruit of my labors.
Irony
It actually says “Science From Dumbies”. This ironic work of art is from a website called Evolving Minds, but they’re selling them on eBay, too. Their “mission” statement is:
We are a new ministry dedicated to the fight against the theory of Evolution. We think it is important to defend ourselves against the falsehood of Evolution and the lies that are associated with it… Our mission is to reach out to the lost, mainly those who believe in Evolution. We hope to change their thinking and challenge their faith in the theory of Evolution. Our goal is to fully equip anyone who has the drive to debate this topic. We are in this fight together and want to offer our resources to help destroy the work of the devil.
The back of this devil fighting t-shirt has a popular misquote from Charles Darwin’s Origin Of Species. It’s on the origin of the eye, and Talk Origins explains the details of their mistake. Also, the EvolvingMind’s links page contains both Kent Hovind (DrDino) and Ben Stein (Expelled: The Movie). I guess the Young Earth Creationists operating this ministry didn’t read the memo about Intelligent Design ostensibly being a secular theory, or see the news about Kent Hovind’s imprisonment on tax fraud. Wait… I’m still laughing hard at the shirt.
The Darwin Report 