Archive for June 7, 2012

Vox Day Gives PZ Too Much Credit

Seriously, while Vox does a splendid job administering the holy bitch-slap on PZ Myers, he gives the blowhard way too much credit.

Still sniping and running. After all these years, still sniping and running. The thing is, as anyone who has ever fired a gun knows, it’s a lot easier to hit your target if you stand still and take the time to aim at it. Of course, then you have to take the risk that you’re up against a much better marksman who will blow you away before you can even get a shot off….

Vox: to call what he does “sniping” would be an insult to real snipers.

A New, Bold Energy Plan!

Charles/SXM provided me this idea, by Robert Weissberg: channel all that wasted feminist angst to the power grid.

The only problem I see with it: there probably aren’t enough real feminists to make a dent in our energy situation on a grand scale.

OTOH, in cities with big universities, this might have some traction, until the student loan debacle causes academia to implode