Geophysicist is kind of a catch-all for oil exploration, though I suppose it could have other meanings. It is used a lot in that industry.

Rafael Cruz probably has some fascinating theories about where oil comes from then. He sounds like a scientist you can really trust. Like those scientists you so often used to see on television, wearing impressive white coats, whose function apparently was to test different brands of washing powder to find out which one (always singular, amazingly) could remove underarm stains.

[url]http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2013/11/07/enda_criticisms_we_rank_the_dumbest.html[/url]

[QUOTE=chappy;358670][URL]http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2013/11/07/enda_criticisms_we_rank_the_dumbest.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
Thanks for posting this interesting article. The first two criticisms of ENDA - "LGBT people deserve discrimination", and "LGBT people don't suffer discrimination so what is the problem?" which the author notes are very familiar to me, but the third, "LGBT people are more interesting when they suffer discrimination" is one I haven't heard before.

I must admit I somehow missed hearing about this proposed ENDA legislation and it's wonderful to read that it's now been passed by the Senate.

The Senate passing ENDA is an encouraging step, but the road is long. This iteration will never see the light of day in the House of Reps.

This has been said many times, in many ways. I might add that the ones not eating shrimp are having cheeseburgers.

[QUOTE=kladner;358891]This has been said many times, in many ways. I might add that the ones not eating shrimp are having cheeseburgers.[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I think I understand the references to shrimp and clothing of mixed fibres, but the cheeseburgers are surely okay with Leviticus because their remnants on the griddle in the cooking area count as burnt offerings creating a pleasing aroma for the Lord, right?

[QUOTE=Brian-E;358913]Hmmm. I think I understand the references to shrimp and clothing of mixed fibres, but the cheeseburgers are surely okay with Leviticus because their remnants on the griddle in the cooking area count as burnt offerings creating a pleasing aroma for the Lord, right?[/QUOTE]Milk and meat.

[QUOTE=kladner;358891]This has been said many times[/QUOTE]
hehe, b-e-a-utiful! I have to print that and hang it on a wall...

[QUOTE=Brian-E;358913]Hmmm. I think I understand the references to shrimp and clothing of mixed fibres, but the cheeseburgers are surely okay with Leviticus because their remnants on the griddle in the cooking area count as burnt offerings creating a pleasing aroma for the Lord, right?[/QUOTE]

It is offensive to consume the offspring in/with its own mother's milk. I suppose this might mean that you could have goat cheese with your beef burger.

[QUOTE=xilman;358923]Milk and meat.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=kladner;358928]It is offensive to consume the offspring in/with its own mother's milk. I suppose this might mean that you could have goat cheese with your beef burger.[/QUOTE]
Ah, thankyou both for the enlightenment.

I have committed the sin of only studying parodies of Leviticus and not the learned text itself, and I was unaware of its ban on meat with own mother's milk, probably because this one's too reasonable to parody.