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Randy
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USA
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Posted - 07/13/2006 :  19:59:31  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060713/NEWS01/60713013

"A Pensacola evangelist was arrested Thursday and indicted in federal court on 58 charges that include income tax evasion, making threats against investigators and filing false complaints against Internal Revenue Service agents."



Hm....a Pensacola evangelist. Who comes to your mind?


Dr. Dino's new name is now Dr.In Deep Doo Doo.



"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
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Posted - 07/13/2006 :  20:36:40   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:

Hovind's wife, Jo Hovind, was also indicted on 44 of the counts and appeared in court alongside her husband.

Arraignment for the Hovinds is scheduled for2 p.m. Monday. The couple was released pending their trial but are not allowed to travel outside the Northern District of Florida.


Hmmmm….. This should give Kent some time to debate evolution in writing. We should send him a challenge. We could be helpful in keeping him from obsessing on his legal problems. He needs us!

Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 07/13/2006 :  21:08:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As someone pointed out elsewhere, Hovind always counters evolution supporters with "Now you're perfectly welcome to believe that, but don't call it science, and don't use my tax dollars to support your religion."

Um, what tax dollars would he be referring to?


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard

USA
3834 Posts

Posted - 07/13/2006 :  22:50:41   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Can't wait to see how this evolves.

(insert tomato smiley)
Edited by - beskeptigal on 07/13/2006 22:50:59
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 07/14/2006 :  02:37:16   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Far be it from me to gloat over the misfortune of another, but damn Sam! this has been a long time coming....

And it's misfortunes of his own devices. I figured he'd get busted for a tax cheat sooner or later -- Hovind's been weaseling around that for decades -- but I confess to being a little surprised that he's stupid enough to threaten the cops. The false complaints charge is also a little unsettling.

But then, I am reminded of the assault charges filed by a tenant of his a couple of years ago and consider that perhaps I shouldn't be all that surprised. I have, over the years, been acquainted with similar persons, difference being that those persons whom I knew were called thugs.

What a pity. I and a another SFN member had planned to get good and drunk, and go to Dinosaur Adventure Land with the express purpose of meeting the great man and puking on his shoes. Guess we'll have to postpone that trip for a while. Or maybe take it to Cincinnati....




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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


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HalfMooner
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Philippines
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Posted - 07/14/2006 :  05:30:25   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote



"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy."

-- Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll





Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 07/14/2006 06:53:00
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 07/14/2006 :  06:34:10   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Here is a more lengthy article on it.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
Edited by - Ricky on 07/14/2006 06:34:37
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filthy
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USA
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Posted - 07/14/2006 :  07:12:09   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ricky

Here is a more lengthy article on it.

Mercy sakes! He's even worse than I thought, and I wasn't at all sure that was possible.
quote:
Of the 58 charges, 44 were filed against Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, for evading bank reporting requirements as they withdrew $430,500 from AmSouth Bank between July 20, 2001, and Aug. 9, 2002.

At the couple's first court appearance Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Miles Davis, Kent Hovind professed not to understand why he is being prosecuted. Some 20 supporters were in the courtroom.
Y'know, he reminds me of somebody...... Can't quite put my finger on him...... Something to do with milking the congragation like an eight-titted cow...... Hell, I dunno......

A little help here.....?




"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Randy
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USA
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Posted - 07/14/2006 :  19:27:32   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thinking of this story, nailing Dr. Dino to the tax cross, had me smiling several times today.
Yee-haw!

One of my favorite Hovind zingers....
"If evolution is true, you could not know that it's true because your brain is nothing but chemicals. Think about that."

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Randy
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USA
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Posted - 07/14/2006 :  21:08:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Second runner up Dr. Hobo quote of the mouth club,
"If Evolution is true, there is no Creator, so laws come from mans opinion. That is called a democracy, which is a terrible form of government. Democracies always degenerate into dictatorships. In America, it is sad to say, has become a democracy. "

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Siberia
SFN Addict

Brazil
2322 Posts

Posted - 07/15/2006 :  07:45:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Randy

Second runner up Dr. Hobo quote of the mouth club,
"If Evolution is true, there is no Creator, so laws come from mans opinion. That is called a democracy, which is a terrible form of government. Democracies always degenerate into dictatorships. In America, it is sad to say, has become a democracy. "


That is just precious. And slightly unsettling. And maybe terrifying.

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
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Posted - 07/15/2006 :  11:49:03   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Siberia

quote:
Originally posted by Randy

Second runner up Dr. Hobo quote of the mouth club,
"If Evolution is true, there is no Creator, so laws come from mans opinion. That is called a democracy, which is a terrible form of government. Democracies always degenerate into dictatorships. In America, it is sad to say, has become a democracy. "


That is just precious. And slightly unsettling. And maybe terrifying.

Yes, it is. But history and indeed, current events tell us that it is the ultimate goal of all fundamentalists: the subjugation of all to their various, fairy tale philosophies.

Thus it has always been; thus it will continue to be. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.




"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Randy
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USA
1990 Posts

Posted - 07/23/2006 :  20:23:40   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060721/NEWS01/607210336&SearchID=73251580488176

An update on the dirty Dr. Dou-Dou.

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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pleco
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Posted - 07/23/2006 :  20:28:09   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Given his past rhetoric, I think I would consider him a flight risk...

by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard

USA
6891 Posts

Posted - 07/23/2006 :  22:06:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Dude a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hovind is a liar, con artist, and thief.

He preys on people who do not posess the mental faculty to detect his bullshit.

He has fake credentials and shamelessly calls himself "Dr".

He is indicted on 58 counts, most involving money. 58 crimes, involving money.

Personally I hope he sees the inside of a jail cell for some significant time.


Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson

"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin

Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth
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Randy
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USA
1990 Posts

Posted - 07/24/2006 :  04:08:45   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dude



Personally I hope he sees the inside of a jail cell for some significant time.





He'd then have a captive audience.

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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