Kosher ham
-Headline of the day-
"Store ad: Hams 'delicious for Chanukah'." You'll find the kosher hams right next to the hilal pork chops and the vegan bacon... (AP)
-Mitt happens-
Ezra Klein has a great take on what I've taken to calling Mitt Romney's "let's all hate atheists" speech. "In a speech Romney was forced to give because he feared unfair discrimination, Romney did not stand against intolerance," Klein writes. "Instead, he simply asked that it not be directed against him, a man of faith. You can be intolerant, but do it to them, over there. They're even more different."
Amen, brother.
In related news, the Romney campaign won't say whether atheists have a place in America. What a dick.
Mitt's new campaign theme seems to be, "Don't hate me because I'm Mormon. Instead, join me in hating someone else." (Ezra Klein)
-The wrong man for the job-
Nathaniel Abraham is suing the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute over employment discrimination. Unfortunately for Abraham, his suit is bullshit.
According to the report, "In a 2004 letter to Abraham, his boss, Woods Hole senior scientist Mark E. Hahn, wrote that Abraham said he did not want to work on 'evolutionary aspects' of the National Institutes of Health grant for which he was hired, even though the project clearly required scientists to use the principles of evolution in their analyses and writing." Abraham's a creationist and doesn't believe in evolution. For refusing to do his job, he was fired.
So, you may ask, why would someone who's a creationist take a job as an evolutionary biologist? Pretty much just to sue over it. "The lawsuit is the latest in a series of cases pitting creationists against scientists in academic settings," the report reads.
And we're supposed to hate atheists... Eugenie C. Scott, executive director for the National Center for Science Education explains why no one ever asked if he was a creationist; "A flight school hiring instructors wouldn't ask whether they accepted that the earth was spherical; they would assume it." (Boston Globe)
