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An older article, but I had never heard of this.  Mira, a dying star, is hurtling through space at 291,000mph, with a comet-like tail that is 13 light-years long.  How long is 13 light-years?  Why, it’s “about 20,000 times the average distance of Pluto from the sun”.

Of course if you check any kind of internet news, you know the new telescopes are finding exoplanets.  There’s even crazier telescopes in the making, and I’m sure within the next few decades we’ll know which of those exoplanets contain life.  I wonder, will it still be in bacterial form?  Will we be able to see actual creatures?  It’s all very exciting.

Have you ever heard the Christian anti-evolution argument about watches?  The argument states a watch, with all of its gears and parts, is too complicated to self-assemble.  There has to be a watchmaker.  The world is also a complex place, so there must have been an earthmaker.  You know, becuse the Earth is just like a watch.  Of course the earth, with its living organisms, is nothing like a watch.  The argument also points out that the earth is very unique that is contains life…these new telescopes are going to prove that “fact” is completely untrue.

Yeah and I know why, my credit card interest rate jumped from 14% to 28%.  No warning, no notification.  I understand though, that’s exactly what the banks need, more money.  A few billion dollars free bailout money just ISN’T ENOUGH.

The problem with our society is, it will never be enough.  The point of a corporation is to make profit.  If you make less profit than you did the year before, why you must be doing something wrong.  More more more, how much more do they need?

Banks really tick me off.  Their overdraft fees and interest rates are crazy, and they really only affect the lower and middle classes.  A rich person isn’t going to overdraw their account.  A rich person doesn’t need to take out a loan to pay interest.  No, a rich person will put their money in a CD or something similar, and let it sit there and collect interest…pretty much, they’re getting free money just for having money in the first place.  Where does that free money come from?  Our pockets, our interest rates, our overdraft fees.  This has always seemed unfair to me, but evern moreso the last couple of years.

If at all possible, get your money OUT of Chase and other big banks.  Use small banks if you can.  We shouldn’t give our money to the richest people in America anymore.

Biology article from Science Daily, a very interesting science news site.  A few times per week, I see a new article that gives more evidence for evolution.  It really bothers me that so many people in the US reject the theory of evolution so vehemently.  Scientists are among the smartest people in the world, you can’t disagree with that.  Why do so many reject most scientists believe to be true?

The theory of evolution does not say there is no God.  Many Christians believe in God but accept the scientific theory.  Here’s another article for you: Vatican says Evolution does not prove the non-existence of God.  Of course I’m more on the side of Dawkins than the Church on this one, but at least they acknowledge evolution.

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