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March 2005
Offensive Evolution

    
    
"IMAX theaters in several Southern cities have decided not to show a film on volcanoes out of concern that its references to evolution might offend those with fundamental religious beliefs."

The film mentions a connection between the DNA of microbes in undersea volcanoes and that of humans. Crazy science!

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Excerpt made on Wednesday March 23, 2005 at 02:13 PM | View Full Entry »
Legal Don't Make It Ethical

    

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Wednesday that the U.S. government's practice of sending packaged news stories to local television stations was legal and he had no plans to cease it.

His defense of the packages, which are designed to look like television news segments, came after they were deemed a form of covert propaganda by the Government Accountability Office watchdog agency.

GAO, an arm of Congress, said this ran counter to appropriation laws and was a misuse of federal funds.

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