I remember working my high school job at a grocery store. As I recall, I could only work 4 hours and until 9 p.m. on school nights when I started. I soon turned 18 and was able to work longer and later. And that I did. I soon took on the role of supervisor, something [...]
Filed under: Local, News | Tagged: Bickford, Burns, Child labor, Laura Harper, Maine | 19 Comments »
Arizona has enacted a stupid new law that bans abortions that are done for the sake of selecting race or gender. This is the part that really got me: Backers of the measure said the ban is needed to put an end to sex- and race-related discrimination that exists in Arizona and throughout the nation. [...]
Filed under: Humor, News | Tagged: Abortion, Arizona is the most racist state in the Union | 1 Comment »
The government is not a business.
Filed under: Misc | Tagged: Government, Thought of the day | 14 Comments »
As most Mainers know by now, our governor has taken to removing a labor mural from the Department of Labor. His whole point is to be a prissy little dick to everyone who isn’t a Teabagger. That is frustrating enough. But what really gets me is that he keeps telling people to get over it [...]
Filed under: Local, News | Tagged: Paul LePage, Thought of the day | 14 Comments »
Anyone who says science takes the beauty out of life has never heard a microbiology professor proclaim how gorgeous a colony of bacteria was.
Filed under: Misc | Tagged: Science and beauty, Thought of the day | 1 Comment »
The separation between church and state – a fundamental concept to the secular nation of the United States – goes quite far. One way it is commonly applied is in exceptions to the law. Many times they are fair exceptions. But other times religions just think they should be allowed to do as they damn [...]
Filed under: News | Tagged: Cheryl Perich, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church, School of Redford | 4 Comments »
I was reading The A-Unicornist’s blog by that swell chap otherwise known as Mike when I just had to stop. Mike had earlier pointed out to me some silly comment from the king of silly comments, Jack. But as hilarious as that comment was, Jack topped himself: Actually, [William] Craig speaks primarily from a position [...]
Filed under: Astronomy/Cosmology/Physics | Tagged: Cause and effect, Forces, Jack Hudson, The A-Unicornist, William Craig | 1 Comment »
