Sick Transit

I agree with the argument (don’t ban Playboy from army PX’s) of this Corner post, but I’ve got to say that the closing line is priceless:

Whatever Judeo-Christian values we choose to practice and live among here at home, in peace, we are better off not feminizing or Christianizing the military any more than we can avoid.

Because the real reason for being realistic about soliders’ sexuality is not that they have human needs just like the rest of us… it’s that the anti-sex values of Christianity can’t be allowed to trump the patriarchal values of the military.

(Via Drum)

From PZ:

The Second Law of Thermodynamics argument is one of the hoariest, silliest claims in the creationist collection. It’s self-refuting. Point to the creationist: ask whether he was a baby once. Has he grown? Has he become larger and more complex? Isn’t he standing there in violation of the second law himself? Demand that he immediately regress to a slimy puddle of mingled menses and semen.

The 2nd Law argument is so hoary that it’s a real challenge to find a creative and memorable way of shooting it down, but I believe PZ has suceeded.