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I AM A BELIEVER!!!!

I now believe in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

To support the beliefs of this religion, the prophet Bobby Henderson, wrote an open letter to the Kansas School Board explaining how the FSM explanation on the creation of the universe must be taught in the science classroom along with any other intelligent design theories.

"I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence." - BH

It's also important to note that FSM also has explained global warming, and scientifically links it to the demise of the number of pirate around the world.

When commenting on the religion, the prophet has noted:

Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental. - BH

Will the US make it?

Items on the US political front:

• Lawrence Lessing (my hero) started off trying to fix the copyright laws that have been ever eroding our public rights. With his failure to challenge the the current copyright law, he's turned to the root of (all?) our problems, and created Fix Congress First!
• Wanna know who's the most crooked candidates out there? Check out CREW's (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) website, where they breakdown who are the most crooked candidates of 2010 and why.
• FiveThirtyEight: Like numbers?
• Americablog: Good news page on many things political.
• Politico: Another good political news source
• The Hill: Straight from the horses mouth....

Opensource Map?

What do you get when you mix a wiki with a map?

You get OpenStreetMap. All the data on the map is free, and you can modify and add to it as you like. Just glancing over it shows much better hiking trail information then other maps out there. Not sure I would want to rely on it completely, as the idea of someone mucking it up might lead me on a wild goose chase, but it does look like a great resource.

Low-fibre western diets deter 'good bacteria'

Short article in NewScientist suggests that our western diets, with highly processed foods, could be one of the things contributing to our increase in allergies. (also in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.)

Prop.8

(SFChronicle, NYTimes)
Thank God.