Archive for June, 2009

Ken Ham Denounces [Rational Thinking. What Did You Expect? He’s A Proponent Of] Creationism

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

It’s possible that Answer in Genesis might not always be as honest as they possibly could be. Check out the headling for item 3 of their latest edition of News to Note:

Scientists have found [indirect evidence of liquid water, which can be spun through evolutionary interpretations as indirect evidence of] life on one of Saturn’s moons!

Well hell. Dem saahntiss sho is dum! The clear implication here is that scientists are claiming to have find life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus based solely on the presence of water. Naturally, I had serious doubts that the article they linked to said anything like that. Here’s the actual headline:

‘Misty caverns’ on Enceladus moon: Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained strong evidence that Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus retains liquid water.

Well, nothing about life there. Perhaps if I read on, I’ll see where the article says that this find means we’ve found life on Enceladus.

It means the Saturnian satellite may be one of the most promising places in the Solar System to search for signs of extraterrestrial life.

Oh, well, that’s not really the same thing…no, not even close. Maybe some foolhardy scientist is quoted as saying that this find means we’ve found life on Enceladus?

“We need three ingredients for life, as far as we know - liquid water, energy and the basic chemical building blocks - and we seem to have all three at Enceladus, including some fairly complex organic molecules,” commented John Spencer, a Cassini scientist from the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado.

“That’s not to say there is life on Enceladus but certainly the ‘feedstock’ is there for life to use if it does exist,” he told BBC News.

Well, hmmm…no…this person goes out of his way to point out that we haven’t found life on Enceladus. I guess that leaves one option, really.

ANSWERS IN GENESIS MAKES SHIT UP.

Live Performances and Me

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Here come two recent live performances at The Skylark, a place I wholeheartedly endorse with all my might.

This one is from June 10 at The Skylark’s open mic. It’s my first time rapping by myself.

Three Ninjas @ The Skylark 06-10-09 from Jason J Brunet on Vimeo.

This one here is from June 14, when Geoff and I opened for Castor and Pollution and Stepkid. It’s about 50 minutes long, and our best show to date.

Three Ninjas - Live @ The Skylark 06-14-09 from Jason J Brunet on Vimeo.

PZ Myers Is On My Album Cover

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I guess I’m famous. A few weeks ago, PZ Myers agreed to be on the cover of my new EP, Make Sleepstophers. They arrived today and are ready to be distributed! In a daring act of kindness, PZ actually linked to the order page from his blog. HOPEFULLY I’LL BE ABLE TO FEED MY KIDS THIS MONTH.

Also, I mean, if you wanna like, go and buy it or whatever, that’d help me out a lot too.

HOORAY.