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AlexCrowley

More erosion of US science classes

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That sounds like something I'd see in The Onion, or the Landover Baptist Church site. :o

In looking further, it is.
Titles from the front page:
"Most Americans Want to See Constitution Replaced by Ten Commandments"
"White House Appointees May Have 'Crony's' Disease"
"Harry Potter Faces Most Devilish Opponent to Date"
and
"More Parents Naming Children After GOP Stars"

I feel better now.

Wendy W.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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To blue?

Hee hee! I'm reminded of the Princess Bride.

"He said, "To blave", which means to bluff, which means he owes one of you money, right?"

"Liar!! LIARRRRR!!"

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

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Ya think so? ;)

Here is a revelation of who Harry Potter's opponent is going to be in the next book. There's also an article about how many people name their children after GOP stars :D
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“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

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Oooh! Oooh! And here is the story about the possible naming of Judge Judy as the new Supreme Court justice:P:ph34r:

I can't look at this shit. I have a paper to write :S

Wendy W.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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To blue?

Hee hee! I'm reminded of the Princess Bride.

"He said, "To blave", which means to bluff, which means he owes one of you money, right?"

"Liar!! LIARRRRR!!"



You are quickly moving up to the lead fantasy in my spank bank. Let's see how long your blue-furred, googly-eyed arse can hold the title...

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What am I doing in the lead? Get Angelina in there!



Angelina is a fat, flapjack-titted, mongoloid-looking whore who just happens to be bursting at the seams with seemingly inhuman sexual energy.

Sorry, they're still flapjacks.

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Or is my gaping toothless maw just too irresistible?



*swoon*

EDIT: Spelling.

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If the religious right continues to have it way, the USA and Iran will just be different sides of the same coin.



And we have nuclear weapons and are not afraid to use them;)
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

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Oooh! Oooh! And here is the story about the possible naming of Judge Judy as the new Supreme Court justice:P:ph34r:



Hey, now Judge Judy might actually be a good choice! :ph34r:

And I think that science teachers should be required to recite "Footprints in the Sand." It's a great poem, even if you don't believe in the Heavenly Dude. And there is too much "science" going on in science classes nowadays; a nice poem now and then would break up the monotony.

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Flapjacks? Have you SEEN her in Gia?



*hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlllll*

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Damn! So, who's your idea of perfect?



Gisele Bündchen comes pretty close, but her face is why God made brown paper, plus I'm into natural blondes. Her body, however, is pure inspiration.



Well, you better hurry up cause the natural blond is going the way of the dodo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2284783.stm

You still got SOME time ;)
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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No, I do not jest, and stop calling me Shirley.

Science would be more fun with poetry, such as "The Waltz of the Ribosomes" by Greg Crowther:

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T G G, C T T, G G & A.
The DNA bases are the letters I say.
A T G, A C C, A G & C.
They're part of a gene from the family tree.

A C C, G A A, C C & U.
Transcription of DNA is easy to do.
U A C, U G G, U C & G.
The A's go with U's, and the G's go with C's.

Threonine, glutamic acid, and proline.
The mRNA gets translated to protein.
Tyrosine, tryptophan, serine, and stop!
Translation is halted by a stop codon cop.

What have we heard here, and what have we learned?
There's DNA, RNA, and protein in turn.
RNA's copied from DNA strands,
And protein is built using RNA plans.

Such is the way by which cells can make hay
From T G G, C T T, G G & A.



(Ok, so it's not the best science poem in the world, but it's the best I could do with a quick search.)

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>such as "The Waltz of the Ribosomes" . . . .

Don't tell me you believe in DNA theory! There's a reason it's called theory, you know. Why don't they teach homunculus theory? That makes more sense - that each sperm contains a tiny baby, and in _its_ testes are more tiny babies, each with a tiny baby in _its_ testes . . .

I'm not saying it's right. But shouldn't our children be taught both options so they can decide for themselves?

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