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This NPR segment from Morning Edition reveals that alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave a lecture to other doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center that “really freaked them out:” Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together. The guy was apparently giving off all kinds of warning signs. [Video] ...
There are unconfirmed reports that Major Malik Nadal Hasan was shouting “Allah Akbar” during his alleged shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base. CBS Video President Obama made a statement today, urging people not to jump to conclusions. We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution ...
ABC News reports an identity for the Fort Hood shooter. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. [Video] UPDATE at 11/5/09 3:08:42 pm: More information from CBS News: CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper reports that Hasan, 39, is a licensed ...
There’s been a shooting incident at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, with up to 7 people dead and at least 12 wounded (this CBS 4 article says 20 wounded): Reports: Multiple Soldiers Shot At Ft. Hood In Texas. FORT HOOD, Texas (CBS) ― Multiple soldiers were shot ...
The Chicago Tribune’s Steve Mills has more on the unfolding scandal of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s apparent attempt to shut down an investigation into the execution of a man who was probably innocent: Former head of Texas forensics panel probing 1991 fire says he felt pressured by Gov. Perry aides. ...
Is Texas Governor Rick Perry trying to quash an investigation into whether an innocent man was executed? The evidence is mounting. (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has removed a fourth member of a state commission charged with investigating claims that an innocent man may have been executed, his ...
Two of the far right religious fanatics appointed to the Texas social studies curriculum review board by their fellow creationist fanatics are David Barton (of the theocratic Wallbuilders group) and Rev. Peter Marshall (who operates Peter Marshall Ministries in Massachusetts). The Texas Freedom Network has a look at the incredible ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, History, Science, Texas, David Barton, Peter Marshall, Wallbuilders
The far right religious fanatics appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the State Board of Education are at it again. Led by David Barton of the extreme fundamentalist group Wallbuilders (who don’t believe in the separation of church and state), the three fanatics on the panel are trying to ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, History, Science, Texas, David Barton, Peter Marshall, Wallbuilders
Unbelievable. Apparently, there are quite a few politicians and school board members in Texas who are either 1) unaware of the existence of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, or 2) actively trying to subvert it: Texas public schools required to teach Bible this year. ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Fundamentalism, Texas, David Barton, Wallbuilders, Fanaticism, Theocracy
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has a nice cozy chat with freakazoid Alex Jones about Barack Obama’s secret plan to euthanize senior citizens. You know, like Hitler. Again I say, good grief. [Video]
Sure enough, just like clockwork, Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) has appointed yet another activist religious fanatic to head the State Board of Education. The rumor going around was that he’d pick Cynthia Dunbar, who considers public education a “subtly deceptive tool of perversion,” but apparently that was a little much ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Science, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry, Gail Lowe, David Barton, Wallbuilders
From David Byrne’s weird little film True Stories (iTunes link). [Video] Here’s the movie at Amazon Video on Demand: True Stories.
When the Texas legislature kicked out creationist dentist Don McLeroy as head of the state’s Board of Education, I wrote: It’s almost certain that Perry will select another creationist; he did, after all, pick McLeroy not once but twice, even after McLeroy’s Biblical literalist views were notorious. There’s no ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
Some more good news from Texas; that ludicrous House bill that would have allowed the young earth creationists at the Institute for Creation Research to offer a master’s degree in science education (despite a decision by the Higher Education Coordination Board to deny them this certification) has died when the ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Institute for Creation Research, Texas
Dentist Don McLeroy, the young earth creationist appointed to head the Texas State Board of Education twice by Republican Governor Rick Perry, has been rejected by the Texas Senate. I see this as very good news, but the Discovery Institute (who pushed hard to get their anti-evolution “academic freedom” language ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
Like a creationist zombie film franchise that returns for sequel after bad sequel, dentist Don McLeroy — the appallingly ignorant Biblical literalist appointed twice by Texas Governor Rick Perry to be in charge of the education of Texan children — is back in the running. Reports of his dismissal were ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
Republican Governor Rick Perry appointed Don McLeroy twice as chairman of the Texas State Board of Education, in a sustained effort to sneak the teaching of creationism into public schools, but tonight the confirmation of the creationist dentist is reportedly dead in the water. The confirmation of State Board ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
LGF lizard Joel W. Walker (nickname “spaceman”) is running a campaign for the local School Board of College Station, TX, home of creationist dentist Don McLeroy, on a pro-science platform. He writes: LGF played a critical role in focusing my attention on our state’s curriculum battle. I hope you’ll ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
Creationist dentist Don McLeroy, appointed twice to the Texas State Board of Education by Governor Rick Perry, is on the hot seat this week, and he is blatantly lying about promoting creationism in Texas public schools. AUSTIN – State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy vigorously denied Wednesday that ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
Timothy Sandefur has a good post on the Institute for Creation Research’s absurd lawsuit against the state of Texas: ICR lawsuit against Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for denying it authority ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Institute for Creation Research, Texas
Here’s our ludicrous creationist news of the day. After failing to get the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to accredit them to offer a master’s degree in science education, the Biblical literalists at the Institute for Creation Research are actually suing the state of Texas. That’s right. They wanted Texas ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Institute for Creation Research, Texas
Texas Governor Rick Perry (R), who appointed a raving creationist dentist to head the Texas Board of Education (twice), came out this week with a populist grandstand play intended to capitalize on the tea party demonstrations, hinting that Texas might secede from the United States. Unfortunately for Rick Perry, 75% ...
An excellent article about the creationist insanity that reigns over the Texas State Board of Education, by Lauri Lebo: Evolution Challenged in “Textbook” Case: As Goes Texas, So Goes the Nation. Ken Mercer says evolution is disproved by the absence of any transitional fossil forms between dogs and cats ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
After the ridiculous debacle in the Texas State Board of Education, in which creationists on the board (including young earth creationist chairman Don McLeroy, appointed twice by Republican governor Rick Perry) managed to insert several absurd anti-science amendments into the public school science curriculum, some Texas legislators are fed up ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry
A new bill introduced in the Texas House of Representatives will require meetings of the Board of Education to be recorded in audio and video, broadcast over the Internet, and archived for reference—an excellent idea that will expose the anti-science agenda of Republican chairman Don McLeroy (appointed by Republican governor ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, Texas, Don McLeroy, Rick Perry