Thursday, September 29, 2011

Arguments of the Ignorant

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! -- Dr. Peter Venkman


Presumption of innocence, like I learned by watching Perry Mason, seems to have its limits. The courts seem to favor argument from ignorance if guilt has previously been established.

Measuring the universe.

Potential new standard candle!
Astronomers Discover New Standard Candle

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Ten years

Ten years later and the First Navy Jack is still flying.


Only the dead have seen the end of war. -- George Santayana
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.  -- Ecclesiastes 9:5