New Links

In my list of barfy sites on the sidebar, I have been linking to one called "Crymeariverbend." This site claimed that it existed only because "Baghdad Burning" and other Iraqi-run weblogs don't have comments systems. But its activities consisted purely of trying to refute each of the points of Riverbend and others, almost line by line.

Now "Crymeariverbend" is being shut down. Its unknown author claims that someone discovered his real name, and that meanwhile he has had to endure email abuse and even death threats.

But his cause has proliferated, and now you will see on my sidebar links to two new sites that have taken up his cry, "Up a River," and "Crymeariverbend 2." Despite her increased anger lately, Riverbend can't say that she lacks for admirers!

Meanwhile among the cool sites I also have a new link to a site called "The Panda's Thumb." The idea there is to keep a close eye on Intelligent Design, which, as nearly as I can tell, is an attempt to dress up the forever ongoing cause of Creationism. It will take you to some very full depots of food for thought, if you're at all interested in how we and other entities came to be this way.