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Theodoric Member Posts: 6895 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.2 |
I never knew till today that he was Norah Jones' father.
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
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1.61803 Member Posts: 2926 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
I wonder if they play sitars in Hindi heaven rather than harps.
If so Ravi will be seriously doing some face melting solos! RIP. I enjoyed his ragas. "You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Panda Member (Idle past 2056 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: |
“At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I carry on as usual.”
Alas, no longer carrying on as usual. "There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god." J. B. S. Haldane
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subbie Member (Idle past 87 days) Posts: 3509 Joined:
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Patty Andrews, the last surviving sister, dead at 94. Unless I'm mistaken, she's the one with the short solo in the middle of this:
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate Howling about evidence is a conversation stopper, and it never stops to think if the claim could possibly be true -- foreveryoung
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
http://freethoughtblogs.com/...allop-finally-comes-to-a-halt
which links to http://ncse.com/news/2013/03/duane-t-gish-dies-0014753 which includes quote: Much more there. Moose Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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Pressie Member Posts: 2082 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Thanks Minnemooseus
As someone who saw him 'debate', I thought I'd write something good about him. I could think of: well, he lived to a ripe old age. Nothing else came up. So, I'd rather not write anything else.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3811 From: Adirondackia Joined:
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8 to the bar, baby!
My Mom would have been about her age. She married my father just before sending him off to the Pacific theater in 1942. She adored the Andrews Sisters: she couldn't sing much, but she was a better dancer than the Sisters Can't you just hear the rock coming, though? "If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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CoolBeans Member (Idle past 1957 days) Posts: 196 From: Honduras Joined: |
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onifre Member (Idle past 1294 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined:
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I have mixed feelings about him. I mostly disliked him but he did have his moments where he said a few things that I agreed with (especially when he was critical of US foreign policy and of the Bush admin). I also like socialism at it's core so I supported that aspect of his politics. But overall he was like most politicians, a bag of shit. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
AIG's brief bio is a bit kinder to Dr. Gish and not overly embellished with things that ought to anger proponents of evolution. I have no doubt that every word of it is true.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/d_gish.asp quote: Edited by NoNukes, : spell balance correctly Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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CoolBeans Member (Idle past 1957 days) Posts: 196 From: Honduras Joined: |
Man 92 years old. Wouldnt say that it didnt took me by surprise, though.i
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3811 From: Adirondackia Joined:
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Well said. He was an evil man consumed by his passion to do violence to the truth. Had he not been so hapless, I'd have had to stand over his grave till I was sure he was dead. "If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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CoolBeans Member (Idle past 1957 days) Posts: 196 From: Honduras Joined: |
He was dishonest but he atleast had a great delivery.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3811 From: Adirondackia Joined:
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Goebbels liked dogs. "If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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dwise1 Member Posts: 3868 Joined: Member Rating: 3.3
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So does any competent con man.
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