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00:03:00 David Barton wins the "least credible history book in print" award form the History News Network poll

http://hnn.us/articles/what-least-credible-history-book-print

00:05:45 Birthday: Nelson Mandela

00:10:51 Donna Rants Movie Theater Etiquette

00:17:40 Boyscouts and Chick-Fil-A are officially bigoted

- NOTE: no one entity owns the Boy Scouts, however, the LDS Church is a major supporter of the Boy Scouts and have pushed to make the BSA a religious organization, along with the Catholic Church

00:22:00 Another libel suit win in England by Nature Magazine

00:26:00 Greg's The Amazing Meeting 2012 review, plus discussion

01:14:00 2012 Texas Democratic Platform Statement

And the dogs presumbably work on getting the power back on at the house so they can lounge in comfortable air conditioning.

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00:02:00 Leo Igwe to speak in San Antonio

http://unitedcor.org/san_antonio/page/special-events

00:05:30 Regnerus Study

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/bombshell-letter-scores-of-ph-d-s-ask-for-retraction-of-regnerus-study/legal-issues/2012/06/29/42413

00:07:30 Donna Rants

Most memorable TV news moments from the past 50 years

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48155073/#48155073

00:16:00 2012 Texas GOP Platform report

http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012Platform_Final.pdf

Update on platform statement:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/texas_gops_2012_platform_accidentally_opposes_teaching_of_critical_thinking_skills.php

And the dogs facepaw during the Texas GOP discussion. Fear not: they are well-versed in it and thus did not harm themselves or each other.

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00:01:00 School!

00:10:40 Birthday Rube Goldberg

00:15:10 In God We Trust by Hobby Lobby: no USA without God advertisement

00:20:35 Chimpanzees maul UTSA student

00:29:30 Higgs Boson announcement

00:43:45 Garys Song Patriotism

00:52:30 Gregs Song Welcome to your Family

01:03:50 Lightning Round

And the dogs just relax, knowing that all the fireworks wil have them nicely worked up later.

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00:01:00 Intro fan mail (woo-hoo!)

00:05:45 global warming sites and apps:

Skeptical Science http://skepticalscience.com/

youtuber Greenman3610

00:16:20 Birthdays Mildred J. Hill

00:21:00 Internet Vagina stuff (not THAT kind)

00:24:30 Rant on computer OSes

00:29:20 Iran, US, Israel, and viruses

00:35:00 Two Corpus Christi area female teenagers victims of hate crime?

00:48:20 Nat Geo survey about UFO's and aliens on to a discussion

about how the discovery might affect us

01:14:32 Lightning Round fill in the blank

And I left the barking dogs in just so other dogs can enjoy themselves (both Maese and Calli went running outside when they heard those other dogs barking on the recording...soooo turn it up!)

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00:03:08 Rambling Intro

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

http://youtu.be/rmNfvB5KuIA

00:07:00 Birthdays Sir Frederich Gowland Hopkins

00:11:25 Skeptic Wire Live 1 Aug 2012 (meetup.com/san-antonio-skeptics)

Gary and Greg live music 23 Jun 2012

good news Ariel and Jordan update

San Antonio CoR hosts Leo Igwe

00:19:27 Michigan Vaginas in the news

00:30:45 Louisiana vouchers backfire plus some of the Christian education standards

00:41:00 Split science education into two tracks? A rambling discussion

00:57:00 not-so-Lightning Round

http://www.livescience.com/20928-psychic-inspired-hoax-victims-sue-police.html

http://www.slashgear.com/new-photos-surface-from-baltic-ufo-dive-investigation-18234316/

Good god means crime, bad god means less crime

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0039048

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/carreon

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162053/Psychic-49-brainwashed-women-stripping-carrying-sexual-acts-seances-help-contact-dead-relatives.html

John the Baptist but probably not

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47822985

And the dogs have their own discussion about who has the better chance of keeping the chew toy from the other.

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00:03:08 Birthdays Gerald Gardner

00:09:40 "Prometheus" duscussion SPOILERS! And it is not pretty

00:27:03 Gay couples and children study

00:49:45 Old men having children: telemeres!

00:56:10 Spray tan not really very good for

01:06:28 Lightning Round in a new way!

Eulerian video magnification talked about at the end (Gary saw it posted by google labs...its actually an MIT thing...go figure)

http://youtu.be/ONZcjs1Pjmk

And the dogs open the water park at the beginning of the shoe but quickly tire of it.

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00:04:09 Birthday Guglielmo Marconi and RIP Ray Bradbury

00:12:45 Ariel and Jordan update

00:14:38 Creation quote Museum unquote and Lucy

00:38:35 North Carolina legislates science

00:51:40 Jason Alexander apologizes...really

01:06:00 Song Contest: Garys song "Miracle"

01:14:10 Song Contest: Gregs song "In the Beginning"

And Calliope bookends the discussion by barking the start and stop points.

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Intro:

Wait: don't read the show notes...because spoilers or something.

00:03:35 Birthday Bruno Groening, faith healer type

00:10:40 Texas A and M at San Antonio adjunct professor Sissy Bradford not re-hired after Church-State violation incident

http://blogs.sacurrent.com/index.php/staff/am-sa-slow-to-respond-to-threats-made-in-tower-of-hope-debacle-sissy-bradford-charges/

00:17:55 Boston pole dancing ghosts

http://bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view/20220510paranormal_spirits_put_twist_on_hub_pole_dancers_classes

00:24:40 Texas Primaries and the State Board of Education

http://tfninsider.org/2012/05/30/split-decision-by-voters-in-texas-sboe-primary-contests/

00:27:52 Religion trumps law say 74% of 1,606 people surveyed

http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/3-in-4-say-religious-rights-trump-law/

00:38:30 Miyam Bialik rejects science of vaccines in favor of...not science.

http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/05/mayim-bialik-disappoints/

00:50:10 Vaccines

Analysis of Pertussis Vaccine 1900-1970 [abstract]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/399385

00:58:15 Dep of Homeland Security Key Word Watch List released

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html

01:08:00 Lightning Round

http://www.indiegogo.com/takingonthemedicalboard

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/serpent-handling-pastor-profiled-earlier-in-washington-post-dies-from-rattlesnake-bite/2012/05/29/gJQAJef5zU_story.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120523200752.htm

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/New-law-requires-cycling-children-to-wear-helmets-153191275.html

http://tfninsider.org/2012/05/29/texans-david-barton-alex-jones-make-splcs-watch-list-of-leading-radical-righters/

Luc Montagnier (look him up...eye roll)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9297345/Vaccinate-all-school-children-against-flu-experts.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2012/05/29/finnish-scientists-discover-vaccine-to-eliminate-allergies/

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120530/ONPRC-researchers-discover-new-method-to-create-safe-and-effective-vaccines.aspx

And the dogs rattle their tags in hopes we might give treats for their busking. Why they think they need to do this is unknown, as they are fairly well-fed.

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00:00:30 Intro

00:03:10 Birthdays Bob Moog, Abdul Baha

00:07:55 SpaceX successfully launches Dragon rocket to the ISS

00:10:00 Greg removes a bible from a Military POW-MIA display

00:16:09 Antivax interactions

00:17:46 POM Schroedinger's Lawsuit

00:27:17 Coffee isn't bad for you and Oscillicoccinum news

00:35:13 Primate Sexy Time: What women want survey

00:49:22 Homosexuality, psychology, and related

01:01:30 Lightning Round

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57437103-504083/former-texas-priest-guilty-of-hiring-hit-man-to-plot-murder-of-sex-abuse-accuser/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/05/19/theres-an-openly-atheist-president-in-uruguay/

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-survives-2-400-foot-helicopter-jump-without-192536145.html

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/22/driving-like-a-jerk-may-cost-you-an-extra-100-per-month-in-gas/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/18/former-navy-chaplain-insists-gay-demons-can-infect-animals/

Philosophical question: if a member of The Silience looks away from the Weeping Angels, would the angel move closer or would it forget the silence?

And the dogs appear to have a construction project going on so they hammer and saw and build...whatever it is, in spite of not having opposable thumbs.

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This Week:

Intro:

00:02:35 Birthday Herman Webster Mudgett

00:07:55 Porn makes healthy women go blind?

00:17:42 Religion makes your brain shrink?

00:26:20 Paleo diet

00:47:22 Rats given frustose have memory problems

00:51:32 The only gay in the Neolithic village?

00:56:20 Lesbian Catholic High School students hold their own prom

01:02:30 Lightning Round

NASA Renovating the VAB

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/vabrefurbishment_prt.htm

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/how-the-professor-who-fooled-wikipedia-got-caught-by-reddit/257134/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/05/14/meet-shiri-the-freakishly-realistic-robotic-buttocks/

http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/bristol-palin-gay-marriage-_n_1506286.html

http://www.examiner.com/article/everyone-draw-mohammed-day-takes-to-twitter

And the dogs try to make suggestions about how and what to record but we humans cannot understand them because, hey, they're dogs and we do not comprehend their language of panting, licking, barking, and the occassional gassy emission.

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