Media Bitchfest

Oh, Leave Them Alone

Looks like a bunch of doe-eyed Christians have been humping around some mountains in Iran and think they found Noah’s Ark. The proof? Well, these rocks really look like wood. Like old wood, like the kind of wood that could fence in every species of animal on earth in duplicate*. Really.
Now this story is off […]

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Shut Up Stupid

My love for Science Tuesday is rooted in the faith that when I open up the stories, based on past experiences, I feel reasonably confident that the methodology and conclusions will be solid and no matter how fantastic the premise of the story, I can prepare to be amazed.
College kids built a primitive laser beam? […]

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Three Stars of the Newscycle: 6.27.06

Huh? What was that? You want an off color joke about a scientific discovery? And then geek news? And THEN a snarky comment on how overdone internet crime stories are? Fine. I aim to please.

GOOD NEWS! (for homophobic, hypersensitive fathers who are looking for a scientifically sound reason to beat their wives because their son […]

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Science Sez: Whatever

Everybody’s gone all crazy about this Global Warming thing lately, right? Well MBF fetish Science Tuesday has an answer this morning, screw that whole “not producing Greenhouse Gasses” malarkey, let’s just invent wild contraptions to contain it. Possibilities include a giant disc that blocks out the sun and “injecting sunlight-scattering particles into the stratosphere.” […]

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Science Tuesday Lays It Out…

Media Bitchfest picks it up. From today’s story about Stephen Hawking’s newfound popularity in Bejing:

BEIJING, June 19 ? Like an otherworldly emperor, Stephen Hawking rolled his wheelchair onto the stage of the Great Hall of the People on Monday, bringing with him the royalty of science and making China, for this week at least, the […]

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Three Stars of the Newscycle: 6.13.06

Okay, I think I’m better now. Word is that the Steelers should have their starting quarterback when they play the Dolphins in the home opener. Sorry for kind of freaking out guys. But now that I know Ben’s possible resemblance to Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky might be the worst thing that comes out of […]

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Pop Quiz Hot Shot

One of these real review blurbs is from the new Al Gore picture show An Inconvenient Truth the other is about Jake Gyllenhaal’s first liberal statement movie, The Day After Tomorrow. Both are about global warming.
Answers at the bottom.
“For all of its dire premonitions, foreshadowings of horror and easy targets for Jay Leno jokes, [Title […]

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