Saturday, September 17, 2011

Party WoW

WoW - the Watchers Council - it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - an eclective collective of cats both cruel and benign with their ability to put steel on target (figuratively - natch) on a wide variety of topictry across American, Allied, Frenemy and Enemy concerns, memes, delights and discourse.

Every week these cats hook up each other with hot hits and big phazed cookies to peruse and then vote on their individual fancy catchers.

And now - without further adieu or a don't 

Council Winners

Non-Council Winners

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2 comments:

  1. WinstonSeptember 18, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    let's partay.......

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  2. Creationism wins in CA?!?!September 18, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
    By: Staff
    Discovery Institute
    http://www.discovery.org/a/17391
    August 29, 2011


    LOS ANGELES – The state-run California Science Center (CSC) has paid
    $110,000 to settle a lawsuit by American Freedom Alliance (AFA)
    against CSC for violating AFA’s First Amendment free speech rights to
    advocate intelligent design (ID). As part of the settlement, the CSC
    also has invited AFA to present the ID event it previously cancelled.

    CSC rented its IMAX theater to AFA to show Darwin’s Dilemma, a science
    documentary advocating ID. However, when CSC learned the film would
    portray ID favorably, CSC cancelled AFA’s event. AFA filed suit in
    California Superior Court alleging viewpoint discrimination and breach
    of contract.

    “This is an historic victory for the ID movement,” said Casey Luskin,
    an attorney and policy analyst with Discovery Institute’s Center for
    Science & Culture. “The First Amendment forbids government preference
    for one viewpoint over another, yet evidence disclosed in this case
    shows the CSC, Smithsonian Institution, and the Natural History Museum
    of Los Angeles County attempted to stifle dissent from Darwinism. The
    result was illegal state-sponsored suppression of protected speech.”

    AFA was represented by William J. Becker, Jr. of The Becker Law Firm,
    who was supported in the case by the Rutherford Institute. The case
    number is BC 423687.

    “This is the first free speech case for the ID movement, and its first
    victory in that field,” said Becker. “This settlement represents an
    acknowledgement that a state-owned science institution sought to
    censor an event solely because it related to ID. It’s a vindication
    for ID, and First Amendment guarantees of free speech.”

    This case reflects the ongoing trend of discrimination against
    intelligent design. In January, the University of Kentucky paid over
    $100,000 to settle astronomer Martin Gaskell’s claim that he was
    wrongfully denied employment for doubting Darwinism. Soon thereafter,
    Applied Mathematics Letters paid thousands of dollars and publicly
    apologized to avoid litigation after it wrongfully withdrew
    mathematician Granville Sewell’s paper critiquing neo-Darwinism.

    “Although Discovery Institute did not host the event, and was not a
    party to this lawsuit, we were dragged into the case when CSC sought
    to compel disclosure of thousands of pages of internal documents,”
    said Joshua Youngkin, Discovery Institute’s Program Officer in Public
    Policy and Legal Affairs. “This case warns bullies in the Darwin Lobby
    there will be consequences for trying to suppress free speech on
    evolution.”

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