Science has two articles on some of our favorite animals, first the discovery of ancient Crocodile fossils. Second, the phylogenetic tree of cats. It's interesting to see how close the domestic cat is to lions and tigers. The answer, not very close as the split seems to be the most distant division between the species. Their mitochondrial DNA indicates they diverged more recently from various wild cats from the leopard and puma families.

On an unrelated note, you notice how the most anti-gay wackos always seem to end up being closeted homos? Well, Kos points out more evidence of this phenomenon.


OKLAHOMA CITY -- An executive committee member of the Southern Baptist Convention was arrested on a lewdness charge for propositioning a plainclothes policeman outside a hotel, police said.

Lonnie Latham, senior pastor at South Tulsa Baptist Church, was booked into Oklahoma County Jail Tuesday night on a misdemeanor charge of offering to engage in an act of lewdness, police Capt. Jeffrey Becker said. Latham was released on $500 bail Wednesday afternoon.

Latham, who has spoken out against homosexuality, asked the officer to join him in his hotel room for oral sex. Latham was arrested and his 2005 Mercedes automobile was impounded, Becker said.

Calls to Latham at his church were not immediately returned Wednesday.

When he left jail, he said:

"I was set up. I was in the area pastoring to police."

Ha! Pastoring is the now new word for soliciting anal sex!