Archive for July 18th, 2009
If I were in charge, I’d fire Pat Buchanan
Posted by CyberLizard in Politics, Rants on July 18, 2009
I am still amazed at the depths of racism in this country. One of the best side effects of electing Barack Obama is that the GOP has decided to finally reveal itself as what it truly is: a bunch of racist rednecks, drunk on power, incapable of recognizing reality even if she sat on their face and wiggled. What kind of person can hire Pat Buchanan and still look at themselves in the mirror? He’s always been a douchebag, but now he just comes right out and admits that he’s a racist. Here’s a sample of his eloquence:
White men were 100% of the people that wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence, 100% of the people who died at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, probably close to 100% of the people who died at Normandy. This has been a country built basically by white folks, who were 90% of the nation in 1960 when I was growing up and the other 10% were African-Americans who had been discriminated against. That’s why.
Watch Rachel not give an inch to this fucking moron.
Rachel, you’re a better person than I am to not try to reach through the monitor and rip is fucking head off.
Wow. Just, wow
Posted by CyberLizard in Science on July 18, 2009
Polydamas swallowtail caterpillar - Photo via Flickr courtesy of ecocentrikGuy under Creative Commons license
I just witnessed the most amazing thing. Over a period of less than five minutes, my family watched as a polydamas butterfly caterpillar transitioned to it’s pupa form, also known as a chrysalis. The most astounding thing, to me, was how quickly it happened. A gardener friend of mine clued me in to their secret: the caterpillar doesn’t wrap himself up in the chrysalis, contrary to what popular children’s books say; they shed their skin revealing the chrysalis underneath! How cool is that?
The magic of scientific fact and the miracles of the natural world are so much more impressive than anything that modern mythology (read: religion) can come up with. I am in awe of the capabilities of the humblest of little larvae. I don’t need to invoke the supernatural to appreciate the astounding world around me.
This is a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar; slightly different from the pipeweed version I watched. -Photo via Flickr courtesy of poppy2323 *away* under Creative Commons license
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