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Some might have waited for the check from Exxon to clear before publishing their conclusions.

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Damn. Now imma gonna have to go bust open those boxes of college books stuffed up in the rafters of my gerredge, and hunt down my copy of <i> ye Olde Englishe</i> translation book.

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There are several others in our neighborhood, and not a single other one has trees of just the right height.

This kind of fact unfortunately doesn't scare wingnuts at all, that gosh, we've got one single little special planet and probably shouldn't be messing with the balances of atmospheres here. Because obviously, GOD'S GONNA DO WHAT A GOD'S GONNA DO. It's probably His will for us all to choke on our pooped-in-air!

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You forgot the acid, which is really the only place I can see that riff coming from.

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'the dream of scipio' makes this point (we must always fight to defend knowledge and thus civilization) with heartbreaking clarity.

i still haunts me10 years after reading it.

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"But Galileo wasn't persecuted by the science community, so your comment is invalid.

In fact, he was persecuted by the religious authorities -- oh, wait..."

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Reince Priebus does kind of sound like a Dalek he’s just not as nice.

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By, "For realz", you mean he didn't try to cutesy it up w/ a repeat of "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"?

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"There's no research that says you can't breath water!"

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If Jenny McCarthy were Surgeon General, there might be less resistance to federal funding for sex ed.

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"Itsa flat, like your head!"

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"But they also laughed at the Three Stooges"

Only the men. This is a scientific fact.

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<i>I don’t have a problem with it, I just think it has another meaning politically that can go the other direction,” </i>

Clarity isn't someone's strong suit.

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