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Darwinius masillae

by Mel on May 20, 2009 at 11:42 PM

icon_ida.jpgSeems we now have one of those "transitional fossils" the Creationists are always going on about. Heeere's Ida. What a beauty.

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9 Responses to “Darwinius masillae”

  • PaulaG May 21, 2009

    Just to clarify, there are many transitional fossils that have already been discovered:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_transitional_fossils

    Although, I agree this one is quite stunning.

  • griftdrift May 21, 2009

    Ida is pretty awesome

  • Zaid May 21, 2009

    ida is a pretty cool guy and doesnt afraid of anything

  • J.M. Prince May 21, 2009

    More transitional news about things fossil like:

    Yep. Evolution is still working. Heliocentric universe, check. CIA still lies. Check. JMP

    http://swampland.blogs.time.com/...losis-probably-right/

  • J.M. Prince May 21, 2009

    More Ancient History:

    If it's the 80's w/the Big Hair and Big bar bands?

    Yeah, the CIA was still lying. For yet another criminal administration. About another criminal war. That helped to introduce crack cocaine to the US.:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...bout-cont_n_206423.html

    and here is MoJo's coverage of it all:

    motherjones.com/politics/1998/08/total-coverage-cia-contras-and-drugs

    Fossils need dead exemplars, right? I call upon the righteous dead soul of Gary Webb. He died to make that story. Lest we forget. Many more bodies & lies piled high right there. Beneath our feet. In a world of our own making. JMP

  • Zaid May 21, 2009

    I don't know what the CIA has to do with anything, but I trust Leon Panetta a hell of a lot more than I trust Pelosi.

  • Zaid May 21, 2009

    But instead of making the rounds on the progressive blogosphere shaking your fingers at us for being appalled that Pelosi was an accomplice to war crimes (yeah, being informed that waterboarding had been authorized and not doing anything = legally culpable), why don't you go over to the rightwingosphere that's trying to make the torture scandal completely about her (she's a small fish here as far as I'm concerned) rather than those who actually tortured:

    http://www.peachpundit.com/...ts-in-on-the-fun/#comments

  • J.M. Prince May 22, 2009

    I generally don't waste my time with conservitards Z.

    Liberals? Even self proclaimed ones? Perhaps.

    But deliberately & willfully not understanding the central issue of the law in question? After dozens of rounds of being smacked up side your own head with your willfully ignorant & crassly foolish idiocies? Just too stupid beyond words Z. Even for a self proclaimed but yes, still lying 'liberal'.

    http://thinkprogress.org/...05/21/goss-wont-confirm-cia/

    Again for the record. For those too stupid to actually read and comprehend simple paragraphs (UGA Class of 2009+)? Yeah I'm looking at You dopey! Here the essential points again.

    1.) NO ONE. REPEAT. NO ONE. Has directly contradicted Pelosi's account of NOT, repeat *NOT* being told about ANY torture happening BEFORE it happened.

    BushCo went ahead & did this without informing ANYONE. Only later did they think to try and cover their asses with various fairly stupid & deliberately nebulous but ultimately, yes, illegal legal justifications.

    2.) The truth may be out there, but thank goodness you and the rest of the howling 'tards are unwilling to wait for any investigation. (You know the search for truth & facts & all). 'To the Gallows! All Dems who were ever (NOT Really) briefed by BushCo.'! They Must be found & punished! That's your & the Repug's ever hypocritical cry. Why that's sounding more liberal every damn time I hear it from the likes of you! NOT!

    3.) Name a decade since 1950 and we can give you big sprawling, juicy & very consequential examples of the CIA lying. To Congress, the public & certainly to everyone else who might listen.

    Of course this is meaningless to you. Facts just Don't Matter to confirmed nihilists like yourself. Verdict First! Trials to suit us later!

    4.) Ergo your Repeated & very silly & nonsensical claims of 'legal culpability' or even claims that any Dem was an 'accomplice' to BushCO torture When They WERE Demonstrably NOT in the Chain of Command, is not only laughable. It's pathetically stupid & wrong.

    You are unwilling to learn and cannot even listen to opposing viewpoints. You evidently have no respect for the Rule of Law, and just parrot here whatever the conservitards might happen to say.

    Now tell us again why you are traducing the good name of liberals everywhere with your silly pig ignorant lies & RW canards? Still wondering why, but knowing the answer. JMP