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Archive for October, 2007

The London Times reports that
Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on a newspaper report that a member of the British royal family has been targeted in a blackmail scandal involving sex and drugs use.
The Sunday Times newspaper reported that the royal, who was not identified for legal reasons, called in the police to investigate the [...]

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In an effort to raise compensation money for victims who were sexually abused by Catholic priests, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has evicted three nuns from their Santa Barbara convent.
Sister Angela Escalera, shares the two-bedroom home—which is owned by the archdiocese—with two other nuns. She has lived in the convent for 43 years. The eviction notice, which the nuns [...]

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James D. Watson, the eminent geneticist who ignited an uproar last week with remarks about the intelligence of people of African descent, retired yesterday as chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, and from its board.
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Genarlow Wilson, imprisoned for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old when he was 17.

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I just saw this video of a herd of buffalo chasing off a pride of young lions that had attacked a buffalo calf.
Check it out. It’s awesome!
Here’s the moral of the story: Alone, we’re nothing but when even the weakest of us stand together, we are immensely powerful.

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The BBC reports that evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics predicts that in the future, humanity will split into a “genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass.” According to Curry,
The human race would peak in the year 3000—before a decline due to dependence on technology. People would become choosier about their [...]

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After spending the past week chest-deep in the James Watson racism brouhaha, it’s nice to get back to my standard fare of sleazy blog posts. And what could be sleazier than a dead Baptist minister? A dead Baptist minister in conservative Alabama clad head-to-toe in a rubber outfit and hogtied, that’s what! Oh, I forgot to mention [...]

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I never expected blogging would pay off but on Monday, Oct. 22, it did. Because of a post I had written last week about Dr. James Watson’s statements (see this posting and the associated comments), I was invited to be a guest on the BBC’s “World Have Your Say” program. Unfortunately, rather than adress the substance and merit of Dr. Watson’s words, the show’s [...]

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Read Part I here. 
So, back to Dr. Watson’s racist statements. The racism lies not just in what he said but why he said it. Dr. Watson ignored social, environmental, political, and cultural factors, instead trying to to use “race” to explain why Africa was doing so poorly, and why he was not optimistic about the continent’s future. He [...]

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We have a somewhat melancholy show today, dedicated to the memory of the South African reggae superstar, Lucky Dube, who was murdered last week in an attempted carjacking. Should you wish to send a message of condolence to Lucky’s family, please email Lucky@gallo.co.za or send a fax to +27 (0) 11 340 9471. To learn more about Lucky Dube’s [...]

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