socrata's MindSay Blog http://socrata.mindsay.com socrata - MindSay Blog http://socrata.mindsay.com/bill_kristol_parrots_inane_talking_point_i_respond.mws socrata 2008-08-25T12:08:26-05:00 <![CDATA[Bill Kristol parrots inane talking point; I respond...]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/bill_kristol_parrots_inane_talking_point_i_respond.mws My comment on Bill Kristol's post repeating the nonsense talking point about Biden...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/bill_kristol_parrots_inane_talking_point_i_respond.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/?entry=32 socrata 2006-01-19T02:01:38-05:00 <![CDATA[Technological Singularity or Global Warming Wasteland?]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/?entry=32

Within the past two days I’ve been whipped from desperate pessimism to wonderful hopefulness about our human future.    

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Very

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/bush_in_a_text_adventure.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/limbo.mws socrata 2005-12-27T10:12:45-05:00 <![CDATA[Limbo ]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/limbo.mws As reported in the NYT today the Catholic Church is rethinking mean old limbo.  Here's one good theologian's take:  "You look at the proper theology, but if there is more consolation, all the better," said the...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/limbo.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/judge_jones_hero.mws socrata 2005-12-22T09:12:06-05:00 <![CDATA[Judge Jones: Hero]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/judge_jones_hero.mws From the decision against the Dover School Board - the the biggest evolution case since Scopes:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/051220_kitzmiller_342.pdf

A few quotes:
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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/judge_jones_hero.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/boycott_of_all_disussion_with_automated_voice_systems.mws socrata 2005-10-31T10:10:22-05:00 <![CDATA[Boycott of all disussion with automated voice systems]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/boycott_of_all_disussion_with_automated_voice_systems.mws I suggest a boycott of all discussion with automated voice systems.  Put the darn thing on speaker phone and "type or say" as litttle as possible, especially if you are a paying customer.   These systems...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/boycott_of_all_disussion_with_automated_voice_systems.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/god_goes_to_science_class.mws socrata 2005-09-26T09:09:55-05:00 <![CDATA[God goes to science class]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/god_goes_to_science_class.mws Considering the Evolution Suit - perhaps the religious fanatics in...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/god_goes_to_science_class.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/political_basis_for_morality.mws socrata 2005-04-04T10:04:37-05:00 <![CDATA[Political basis for morality]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/political_basis_for_morality.mws

The morals of a society are an expression of what it values. It protects what it values. Its politics has a lot to do with what values it deems worthy of protecti

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/political_basis_for_morality.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/bean_soup.mws socrata 2005-03-26T10:03:16-05:00 <![CDATA[Bean soup]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/bean_soup.mws While shopping for my mother’s birthday gift, as usual, I found something I would like myself. I’ve always loved to cook hearty stews for the family. The last few years these economical stews have become a...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/socrata/bean_soup.mws http://socrata.mindsay.com/the_elasticity_of_time.mws socrata 2005-03-24T08:03:50-05:00 <![CDATA[The Elasticity of Time]]> http://socrata.mindsay.com/the_elasticity_of_time.mws To read: The Elasticity of Time

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