New Skeptic Circle up at Ferret's Cage

There's a new Skeptic's Circle up at Ferret's Cage. Go check it out.


I love the tagline on his site - "The blog of an exceptionally intelligent 15 year old atheist with far too much time on his hands."

Didn't we ALL think we were exceptionally intelligent at 15? And now, looking back at it, don't we all realize what stunningly stupid things we did (and somehow survived) despite that intelligence?

(I am NOT saying that he isn't stunningly intelligent, but.... you know, 15.... :)

So that's that, then.

Things Jeremy's happy with:

1: Obama. Nice margin, decisive, blah blah blah.
2: Medical marijuana in Michigan / up to one ounce decriminalized in Massachusetts- both good steps.
3: Abortion bans defeated in a few states
4: Washington state allows physician-assisted suicide
5: Nice pickups for democrats in the senate - and while not technically "filibuster-proof", I think that some Senate Republicans will start voting Democrat in some ways after this last election, or at least doing their absolute best to not look like they're trying to force gridlock via procedural technicalities. A lot of them are up for re-election in 2 years, and I think they smell what's on the wind.
6: McCain's concession speech - where the hell was that guy recently?? I finally saw the McCain I liked in 2000 last night. Excellent speech, and it worked brilliantly with-
7: Obama's acceptance speech. He was sufficiently badass. One of the single best political moments I've ever been witness to.
8: Stem cell research approved in Michigan.

What Jeremy's unhappy with:
1: Gay marriage bans in Arizona and Florida passed, and prop 8 looks likely to pass as well. This is the first time I can remember that a right granted by the state might be taken away from a group.
2: Ted Stevens got re-elected??? WTF Alaska??? Seriously?
3: A ban in Arkansas on allowing unmarried couples to adopt or act as foster parents.

President Elect Barack Hussein Obama

Wow.

A few thoughts, since it's late and I'm near dead tired.

A: Where the hell was that McCain a few weeks ago? Brilliant concession speech. Delivered beautifully. It's a shame his crowd was filled with such schmucks.

B: Barack's speech was beyond incredible. I have personally never witnessed oratory like that. He's certainly set the bar very, very high for himself.

C: I remarked to Meg earlier that I've witnessed my share of historic moments - but this is the first TRULY positive historic moment that I've been around for since the fall of communism.

D: I thought before that this was kind of a big deal to African Americans - if Obama could win, that is... I didn't realize that it really was THAT BIG. To see Jesse Jackson with real tears in a crowd, to hear a prominent african american senator on MSNBC become speechless... it's really that huge.

This... is wild.

Why is it that "voting day" isn't a federal holiday?


.... whatever.