http://blackdex.org/blog The darker side to the silver lining. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “For without reservation. I can ‘solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution… so help me God.’” It was nearly 50 years ago when a presidential nominee from ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2008/05/09/run-romney-run/ In little over two weeks, a new documentary named Expelled will be making its nationwide debut, detailing for the country how, as the film’s creators see it, “Big Science” is repressing proponents of Intelligent Design, a theory that credits an intelligent creator for the creation of life rather than the ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2008/04/01/a-fear-of-disbelief/ When most people think of a university, they think of degrees and professors, of term papers, late nights at coffee shops, or even sports teams. When David Horowitz thinks of a university, he thinks of deception, trickery, activism, and indoctrination. For the last few years, he has been making it ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/12/20/horrible-horowitz/ I just have to point out this little bit of amusing trivia.  At the recent Youtube/CN Republican debates, there was a question regarding the don't-ask-don't-tell policy, and while there has been a small firestorm regarding some conspiracy involving the person who asked the question, I'm much more interested in one ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/12/03/judeo-christian-values-apparently-dont-apply-to-israel/ I don't intend to make this into a place to just repost youtube clips, but I'd never seen this, and I think it deserves to be spread. Maybe it's just the fact that I was a child of the 80s and grew up with Mr. Rogers and all of ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/11/19/mr-rogers-saves-pbs/ It would seem that David Horowitz has been targeting UT in his "Academic Freedom" Campaign. More to come on this later, as I'll probably writing a small paper on the topic. From the article: "The idea that gender structures society is an ideological claim, not a program for scholarly investigation. This ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/11/06/horowitz-strikes-again/ Well at least they've picked out a slogan that makes sense, this time around. I was starting to wonder if Microsoft had lost their mind, what with their "Welcome to the Social" and "The Wow Starts Now" ad campaigns. http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/04/18/silverlight-promo/ Upon further investigation of the newly released Silverlight platform, I decided that it would be interesting to see how well Microsoft's own demos run in the plugin, and to generally test to see if the platform is as universal as they claim. All the samples mentioned in this review can ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/04/17/silverlight-at-first-glance/ Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled their latest attempt at breaking into competitor dominated markets: the new technology they claim is destined to supplant the now ubiquitous Adobe product, Flash. The new platform has been dubbed Silverlight, and is claimed to be the all-singing all-dancing second coming of online media. Why is ... http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/04/16/the-death-of-flash/ The song is from Roy Zimmerman's album Faulty Intelligence, available on his own site and on iTunes. Whoever said that the title "guitar comic" was an oxymoron? Get it now. http://blackdex.org/blog/2007/04/16/buy-this-album/