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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
February 27, 2009
Category: Accidental
I know, I know, I really should stop going to Conservapedia, but it's got that train wreck thing going. Every time I go back, I think I'm not going to find something worse than the things I've already turned...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:58 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From the Right
By now, you've probably heard that there's been quite a bit of controversy over a little story about bureaucrats and rescue boats that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told during his response to President Obama's speech earlier this week: Let...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 6:44 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2009
Category: From the Right
Remember that Colorado State Senator I talked about yesterday? The one that voted against the HIV testing bill because he thought it would encourage humanity? It turns out that he really, really doesn't know when to stop talking. He...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:09 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
Henry Gee's wife Penny is participating in The Race For Life (remember that name - especially the last word - it'll be important in a second) to benefit Cancer Research UK. Someone sent her a message saying that they're...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:55 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
Matt "Framing Science" Nisbet has some more advice for scientists on things we shouldn't be saying: Another frame to avoid is the same type of "war on science" and "restoring science to its rightful place" rhetoric that was used...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:30 AM • 16 Comments •
February 25, 2009
Category: From the Right
I'm going to take a break from my semi-masochistic browsing of Conservapedia tonight. Instead, I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight some much more malignant views. There have been two separate incidents of hateful speech and behavior, involving...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:37 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science, Policy, and Management
I've already talked about the basic dishonesty Bobby Jindal exhibited when he took a swipe at the mention of "volcano monitoring" in the stimulus - Jindal claimed that there was $140 million in there for "volcano monitoring", when it's...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 6:13 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: From the Right
A few minutes ago, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal finished delivering the Republican response to President Obama's kinda-sorta-but-not-really State of the Union Address. During his reply, Jindal took aim at some of the items contained in the stimulus package. One...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 12:10 AM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2009
Category: Accidental
Tonight's Conservapedia fun comes courtesy of their entry for "Moon": Atheistic theories of the origin of the Moon, widely taught for decades despite lacking the falsifiability requirement of science (see Philosophy of science), have been proven false. If you...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:39 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The first Diversity in Science blog carnival is up over at Urban Scientist. This one is truly a must read - particularly if you're unfamiliar with the subject....
Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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