September 30, 2018
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” — I John 4:1 (ESV) I have mentioned in the past that I am responsible for screening/vetting candidates for a Christian Facebook group I admin. You might recall […]
Tags: bad reasoning, crucified on Friday, crucified on Wednesday, Daniel 9, Daniel's 70 Weeks, dubious interpretations, early church meetings, heterodoxy, Ignatius, lies of the Catholic Church, meeting on Sabbath, meeting on Sunday, Nicene Creed, origin of Trinity, questions of church history, resurrected on Friday, resurrected on Sabbath, Tertullian, test for Trinitarianism, Theophilus, Trinity not in Bible, vetting for Facebook group
Posted in Religion |
September 23, 2018
“I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), September 20, 2018 Last week, the U.S. Senate passed […]
Tags: avoid government shutdown, concerns over midterm elections, Congressional spending, Continuing Resolution, David Perdue, defund Planned Parenthood, fund the border wall, Mike Lee, President Trump comments, short-term bill, spending bill, Washington Post
Posted in Politics |
September 16, 2018
“If we are going to imagine a Mars P.D., then it is imperative that we also imagine that police department’s potential flaws.” All sorts of people (e.g., Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich) are excited about colonies on the Moon and Mars, planning and talking about the realization of such plans in (possibly) the next few decades, […]
Tags: Charles Cockell, Christyann Darwent, crime on Mars, crime-scene analysis, Extraterrestrial Containment Facility, forensics, Geoff Manaugh, Josh Gold, jurisdictional issues, law enforcement, lethal environment, life-support, Mars colony, Mars Police Department, martial arts in space, Martian prison, Martian settlements, possibility of tyranny, research base, sabotage, The Atlantic, U.S. Marshals
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |
September 9, 2018
“In all my years in academia, I have never once seen a comparable reaction from a journal within days of publishing a paper that the journal already had subjected to peer review, accepted and published. One can only assume that the response was in large measure due to the intense lobbying the journal received, and […]
Tags: academic freedom, Bess Marcus, Brown University, David Klinghoffer, intimidation, LGBT activism, Lisa Littman, methodological concerns, PLos ONE, postpublication investigation, rapid onset gender dysphoria, ROGD, School of Public Health, scientific censorship, social contagion, transgenderism
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |
September 2, 2018
“Our nation is about to be transformed, thanks to the #MeToo movement…. #MeToo is going to unleash a new torrent of gender and race quotas throughout the economy and culture, [and] the net consequence will be a loss of American competitiveness and scientific achievement.” — Heather MacDonald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan […]
Tags: #MeToo, academic victimology, differences between men and women, discrimination, diversity mandates, feminism, feminist narrative, Google, Heather MacDonald, hiring quotas, ideology over truth, Imprimis, James Damore, Leftist intolerance, loss of American competitiveness, loss of scientific achievement, motivations when choosing a career, NLRB, sexual harassment, statistics, STEM, women in math and science
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |