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Albany Times-Union mentions Libertarian Republican blog

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Newspaper of record for the Empire State Capitol

The Albany Times-Union mentioned Libertarian Republican blog and linked to one of our stories on March 9. Jimmy Vielkind is the reporter for the Times-Union.

Good morning. David Paterson is in Albany for half of today. The Siena Saints are going to the NCAA. Doug Hoffman is back. Here are some headlines…

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy will meet with Republican leaders, who last night were snubbed by presumptive candidate Rick Lazio. (TU)

A libertarian blogger calls Spitzer-madam Kristin Davis “a sexed up modern version of Ayn Rand.” (Libertarian Republican)...

From the Editor: a thank you to Mr. Vielkind and the Albany Times-Union from Libertarian Republican editors and writers.

Be careful with the trust you put in campaign volunteers, particularly for low-budget Libertarian campaigns

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From Eric Dondero:

Marc Delphine, Libertarian Party candidate for US Senate appears to be off to a good start. He's already polling 5% in one of the first polls on the race. He's challenging incumbent Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden. (A Republican is also in the race, but not making many waves.)

Now, his burgeoning campaign appears to have hit a speed bump. From Yahoo Sports News:

Marc Delphine was fond of the logo a volunteer had designed for his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon: a silver star wrapped in a star-spangled banner that his designer told him evoked the letter 'D' for branding purposes.

It certainly was a memorable symbol. In fact, it was already being used by the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, as Delphine was stunned to discover on Wednesday.

"They were all like, 'What are you doing with their logo?' and I was like, 'I didn't make the logo!' and we pulled it immediately," said Delphine, a Libertarian candidate making history as the first openly homosexual man to run for the U.S. Senate in Oregon. "I'm not interested in any kind of infringement. We don't even need a logo."

Of course, being the property rights advocate that he is, upon discovery, he immediately pulled the logo.

Delphin went on to joke good naturdly that while he's a "huge sports fan," he's not very fond of hockey.

Sidenote; Delphine is one of six Oregon Libertarian Party members who serve in public office. He is a recently elected member of the Mountain View School Committee. And he is "Republican-friendly," having initially planned to seek the GOP nomination, as well.

Clear lines in Iowa Legislature, Republican vs. Democrat over Legalized Internet Poker

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Iowa could become first in the Nation thanks to maverick GOPer

Doug Struyk is a Republican legislator from Council Bluffs. He serves in the House as Asst. Minority Leader. Struyk firmly believes that the way to help close the State's budget gap is through legalized on-line gambling. This would make Iowa the first state in the nation to take such a step.

From WQAD:

According to Council Bluffs Republican Rep. Doug Struyk, about 50,000 Iowans participate in illegal online gambling. Several legislators are considering a plan that would allow people to deposit money into a special account at one of Iowa's casinos. The account could then be used to play poker online.

He calls this unique system "account deposit wagering." Safety measures are built into his legislation which would help prevent fraud of players from off-shore poker interests.

Other Republicans supporting the legislation include: Reps Peter Cownie and Jeff Kaufmann. A handful of Democrats have joined in with the Republican legalization supporters. However, the main opposition is seemigly coming from a somewhat unusual alignment of social conservatives and liberal Democrats. For example, the Iowa Family Council, a religious conservative group, opposes the measure.

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Democratic Representative Mary Mascher told the Des Moines Register, “There are a lot of things in Iowa that are illegal, but it doesn’t mean we should legalize it.”

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The House Majority Leader, on the other hand, doubts that Iowa is ready to pioneer such a renaissance idea as legalizing online gambling in the US.

Kevin McCarthy, Democrat from Des Moines, Iowa, says, “I will tell you that in my judgment, that would be the largest expansion of gambling in the history of the United States of America. There never has been a state that has done it and knowing that gambling bills historically are bipartisan and it takes a lot of work to get to 51 votes on a fairly limited bill, moving to the potential of allowing every home in the state to be licensed as a casino to gamble at home seems to me to be a fairly heavy lift.”

NCBI ROFL: Top 10 absurd papers of 2009. | Discoblog

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cat foodThe April issue of Wired UK features our picks for the 10 most absurd scientific papers from the past year (at the time of selection, that meant 2009). For your enjoyment, here are the links to those posts (in no particular order)!

1.) Optimising the sensory characteristics and acceptance of canned cat food: use of a human taste panel.

2.) Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behaviour.

3.) Swearing as a response to pain.

4.) Pigeons can discriminate “good” and “bad” paintings by children.

5.) The “booty call”: a compromise between men’s and women’s ideal mating strategies.

6.) Intermittent access to beer promotes binge-like drinking in adolescent but not adult Wistar rats.

7.) Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time.

8.) More information than you ever wanted: does Facebook bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy?

9.) Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?

10.) The nature of navel fluff.

Photo: flickr/kerryvaughan


Report from Colbert | Cosmic Variance

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Reporting back from a hotel in midtown Manhattan, having made it through the Colbert Report basically unscathed. In fact the experience was great from beginning to end. Update: here is the clip.

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Monday morning I talked on the phone with Emily Lazar, a researcher for the show. I was really impressed right from the start: it was clear that she wanted to make it easy for me to get across some substantive message, within the relatively confining parameters of what is basically a comedy show. From start to finish everyone I dealt with was a consummate pro.

We got picked up at our hotel in a car that brought us to the Colbert studio, and hustled inside under relatively high security — people whispering into lapel microphones that we had arrived and were headed to the green room. Very exciting. The green room was actually green, which is apparently unusual. I got pep talks from a couple of the staff people, who encouraged me to keep things as simple as possible. They made an interesting point about scientists: they make the perfect foils for Stephen’s character, since they actually rely on facts rather than opinions.

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Stephen himself dropped by to say hi, and to explain the philosophy of his character — I suppose there still are people out there who could be guests on the show who haven’t ever actually watched it. Namely, he’s a complete idiot, and it’s my job to educate him. But it’s not my job to be funny — that’s his bailiwick. The guests are encouraged to be friendly and sincere, but not pretend to be comedians.

We got to sit in the audience as the early segments were taped, which were hilarious. I feel bad that my own interview is going to be the low point of the show, laughs-wise. But I went out on cue, and fortunately I wasn’t at all jittery — too much going on to have time to get nervous, I suppose.

I had some planned responses for what I thought were the most obvious questions. Of which, he asked zero. Right off the bat Colbert managed to catch me off guard by asking a much more subtle question than I had anticipated — isn’t the early universe actually very disorderly? That would be true if you ignored gravity, but a big part of my message is that you can’t ignore gravity! The problem was, I had promised myself that I wouldn’t use the word “entropy,” resisting the temptation to lapse into jargon. But he had immediately pinpointed an example where the association of “low entropy” with “orderly” wasn’t a perfect fit. So I had to go back on my pledge and bring up entropy, although I didn’t exactly give a careful definition.

As everyone warned me, the whole interview went by in an absolute flash, although it really lasts about five minutes. There was a fun moment when we agreed that “Wrong Turn Into Yesterday” would make a great title for a progressive-rock album. Overall, I think I could have done a better job at explaining the underlying science, but at least I hope I successfully conveyed the spirit of the endeavor. We’ll have to see how it comes across on TV.

I shouldn’t end without including some good words about the bag of swag. Not only does every guest get a goodie bag that includes a bottle of excellent tequila, it also includes a $100 gift certificate for Donors Choose. How awesome is that?

And as we left the studio, there were some young audience members lurking around hoping for a glimpse of the great man himself. They had to settle for me, but they sheepishly asked if I would pose for a picture with them. Not yet having perfected my diva act, I happily complied. I hope they take away some great memories of the night.


A Weather Report From the Moon

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Nimbus II and Lunar Orbiter 1 Imagery: A New Look at Earth in 1966, Moonviews

"To date some of the images taken by Nimbus II have been enhanced and mapped into Google Earth. One date in particular was of interest to the LOIRP - 23 August 1966. As the images were enhanced and dropped into Google Earth it became clear that we have imagery that overlapped in time to show the weather on that late August day as evening crept up on Africa and Europe. In New York City, just over the Earth's limb as seen from lunar orbit, the Beatles were preparing to play at Shea Stadium ..."