Miscellaneous

Clyde Tombough can't roll all the way back over in his grave, but he can nudge onto his side a little

Sometimes, states stand up and thumb their nose at modern science. When fucking Kansas does it by allowing their teachers to teach intelligent design as scientific fact, I cry a little. When Illinois does it by saying "fuck all y'all, we still consider Pluto a planet," I giggle a little:

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes overhead through Illinois' night skies, that it be reestablished with full planetary status, and that March 13, 2009 be declared "Pluto Day" in the State of Illinois in honor of the date its discovery was announced in 1930.

(Hat tip: IO9)

Full post as published by Quiz Law on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).