In ants and bees, there are no sex chromosomes. Instead, sex is determined by whether or not an egg was fertilized. If the egg isn’t fertilized, the offspring is male. If the egg is fertilized, it’s female. So male ants have no fathers, and they have half as many chromosomes as females. Poor little things.
( So how do you make a larva without fertilization?(Source: beatricebiologist.com, via insectlove)
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Surely if people can be vocally happy about Bin Laden dying, we can also be vocally happy about Thatcher dying? She murdered innocents, destroyed our industries (directly impacting on my family), her government covered up the Hillsborough disaster, etc.
She was awful and I shall eat jelly and ice cream for tea tonight.
( From NeoGaf. )Ohio wants to kill Punxsutawney Phil because he's a lyin' hog
Groundhogs have never been taken more seriously.
Most Introspective Quote of the Day
It is good politics to oppose the black guy in the White House right now, especially for the Republican Party.
- SC State Rep. Kris Crawford
In the coming election, we do not have to fear Dante’s hell-bound popes, Acton’s mass-murderer popes, or Newman’s in-need-of-death pope. Happily, we can expect the new pope to be a man ordinary and ignorable, like Saint Peter - Garry Wills
Photo gallery of Albanian bunkers
In Albania, 750,000 Communist-era bunkers populate the landscape, relics of the paranoia and skewed priorities of former dictator Enver Hoxha. Now they exist as quirky homes, animal shelters, ad hoc storage and make-out spots. The peculiar program of bunkerization, which lasted Hoxha’s entire 40-year rule, resulted in one bunker for every four citizens.
“I think Albanians are the biggest fans of America worldwide,” says Galjaard. “They name bars after [George W.] Bush. You see a lot of Albanian flags, but you also see a lot of American flags. More than European flags. People would ask me if I was American, hoping I was.”
Romney’s plan for healthcare reform is to repeal Obamacare and relocate everyone to Massachusetts where they can get Romneycare.
( Anonymous )Grover Norquist calls Sen. Schumer a Nazi
I think Schumer can probably find the legislation to do this [a bill to force tax-dodgers to pay a 30 percent tax rate on all future U.S. investments and ban them from ever setting foot in the country again]. It existed in Germany in the 1930s and Rhodesia in the ’70s and in South Africa as well,” Norquist said, as quoted by The Hill. “He probably just plagiarized it and translated it from the original German.
I hope he is aware that Schumer is Jewish. Either if he does or doesn’t know, he’s still the biggest idiot ever to influence the Republican Party.
Student kicked out of Bob Jones for watching Glee off-campus
I never knew that you could be expelled from BJ for doing anything “inappropriate” even off-campus. Their fascist way of living astounds me.
Creepypasta: Mysterious holes in a house
The creepiest thing about this story? It’s true. Lock your doors at night.
Paul Ryan quotes about Ayn Rand
“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand.”
My mother, who is otherwise a liberal, is actually reading Atlas Shrugged and enjoying it. I hope she doesn’t fall victim like my dad. Why would anyone live in a world where they listen to Neal Boortz and watch FBN all day? I’d rather roast in Hell.
