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Tuesday, December 23, 2003

The Best of ONLamp 2003. This year, 2003, was a big one for ONLamp. With 200+ articles under our belt, what did we like best? Where are we going next year? [O'Reilly Network Articles] 4:48:16 PM  Permalink  comment []

Morons in the News: Bush Revisionists Purge National Park History. The Bush administration is purging national park history of material it considers undesirable and attempting to revise that history going back millions of years as well... [Morons Dot Org] From Boing Boing: In addition to cutting out scenes of gay events held at National Parks, the US Park service is also selling books that "prove" the Grand Canyon is only a few thousand years old. This fall, the Park Service also approved a creationist text, 'Grand Canyon: A Different View' for sale in park bookstores and museums. The book by Tom Vail, claims that the Grand Canyon is really only a few thousand years old, developing on a biblical rather than an evolutionary time scale. At the same time, Park Service leadership has blocked publication of guidance for park rangers and other interpretative staff that labeled creationism as lacking any scientific basis." Here's a quote from the book: "... in the creationist's view, the carving of the Canyon would have taken place when the sedimentary layers were still soft, allowing the catastrophic erosion process to quickly and easily cut through the layers." From Amazon.com: "Author Tom Vail and his wife are the founders of Canyon Ministries, which offers Christ-centered voyages through the canyon." 1:47:29 PM  Permalink  comment []

Florida Judge Orders Limbaugh Medical Records Unsealed. Rush Limbaugh's lawyers said the seizure of the records violated his constitutional right to privacy. By Terence Neilan. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] Which constitutional right, of course, doesn't exist for anyone but Rush. 1:42:56 PM  Permalink  comment []

But his spirit lingers on and on First, it's fantastic news that George Pataki has pardoned Lenny Bruce. On NPR's Day to Day, Nat "Civil Liberties is Why We Have This Country" Hentoff had some nice things to say about him; alas I was in the car at the time and didn't write them down. Then, coincidentally, Fresh Air aired a fantastic interview with Mort Sahl, who made his debut at the Hungry i in San Francisco 50 years ago todaay. I highly recommend listening to this interview. He has choice things to say about all sorts of people from Eugene McCarthy to Al Franken, Al Haig, John Kennedy and more. It's a bright, incisive, hilarious interview. Jeez, I wish this guy had a regular platform. (A Yahoo "official" page is not available as I write, because it has exceeded bandwith.) 1:40:14 PM  Permalink  comment []

Top astronomy images of 2003 [FARK] 1:29:14 PM  Permalink  comment []

Morons in the News: Limbaugh Discovers Constitutional Right to Privacy. "There is no right to privacy specifically enumerated in the Constitution" -- Rush Limbaugh [Morons Dot Org] Unless, of course, you happen to be Rush Limbaugh. I also wonder if the woman who tried to blackmail him will end up doing more time than he does. 1:24:05 PM  Permalink  comment []

Morons in the News: Limbaugh Discovers Constitutional Right to Privacy. "There is no right to privacy specifically enumerated in the Constitution" -- Rush Limbaugh [Morons Dot Org] 1:23:22 PM  Permalink  comment []

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