I think this is one of my favorites of your videos yet! I tried to have it on in the background while doings some house-chores, but found myself just sitting and watching! Great discussion and I think it's inspired me to do a re-visit of a blog post I did years back on the hallmarks of pseudoarch.

I keep meaning to go through all the "I found Noah's Ark" claims and plot their frequency. I think it's like every 3 years on average that someone "finds" it. The story of one of the last guys would make a funny movie if Steve Carell could play the lead.

Thankfully, the "cigar store Indian" is mostly a thing of the past, but they still exist. They promote tobacco use contrary to the way Native Americans generally used it, which was ceremonial. And the wooden figures themselves are often stereotypical and offensive caricatures of Native Peoples.

The caption reads, "Dedicated to the gent who smokes 'em with the belts on." And the illustration was created by Samuel D. Ehrhart (1862-1937) in 1907 and was published as the centerfold for v. 61, no. 1566 of Puck magazine.

Well shit. I do now.

Even a bad fisherman can see when the tide changes.

Yeah. I agree. I think it's a wasted opportunity though. In that hearing, a Dem member asked the room if anyone wanted to abolish 106 completely. No one spoke up. The idea, I think, was to point out that they all agreed cultural resources are important and I think they honestly do.

People say I'm lazy for not taking my cat to the vet for a rabies shot, but she's an indoor cat that self-identifies as a Christian scientist. Who am I to judge?

I think a priority should be that we somehow educate lawmakers. The Hatch Act keeps me from doing it, but professional orgs like RPA, SAA, etc have the ability to do it. And probably do. I guess lawmakers need to be willing to listen. /4

To my experience, most "bottle necks" in the 106 process stem from poor communication, consultation, and surprises with APEs on the part of project implementers.

but there was no push back on the left or from a witness to point out that they have a different agenda than CRM pros. Nor did anyone actually push back to quantify or ask for measurable data on alleged bottle necks. /2

I actually watched that hearing live last week and found that none of the Senators really seemed to have a grasp of what it is CRM pros do. Particularly those on the right, but even those on the left--though to a lesser extent. There was some talk of "radical environmentalists" by a republican /1

Oh, the caption in the image reads:

"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."

LOL.. the silent film comedian :-)