The conmen at the Discovery [sic] Institute, as many of you probably know, have "donated" $16,000 to the Smithsonian, in return for the opportunity to show one of their propaganda films about evolution, which, of course, permits them to claim legitimacy by their (paid, of course) association with the Smithsonian.

Meanwhile, James Randi, longtime debunker of the bogus, is offering to "donate" $20,000 to the Smithsonian if it returns the Discovery [sic] Institute’s money and cancels the screening of the propaganda film.  Details here.

Of course, the Smithsonian ought never to have agreed to accept money from a fraudulent organization like this with these kinds of strings attached.  What will be next?  Screenings of "The Myth of the Holocaust:  The Mass Murder That Never Happened" or  "Flat Earth:  The Controversy Secular Scientists Don’t Want You to Hear About" or "Alchemy:  The Forgotten Science" or  "Heliocentrism:  Secular Dogma"?  Surely some rich nut will pay.