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New RNC Ad suggests that only a previous President is qualified and ready to become a new President
Posted by Coturnix on October 30, 2008 “Would you get on a plane with a pilot who has never flown?” the announcer asks. Yes, if the only other option is the guy who has proven repeatedly that he cannot keep his plane in the air: (cartoon from The Star)
Today’s carnivals
Posted by Coturnix on October 30, 2008 I and the Bird #87 is up on Ecobirder Tangled Bank #117 is up on Neural Gourmet Gene Genie #39 is up on Genetics & Health The new Carnival of Education is up on Leading From The Heart Change of Shift, Volume 3, Issue 9 is up on This crazy mircale called Life Carnival of…
Clock Quotes
Posted by Coturnix on October 30, 2008 No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it…To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends. – Thomas Jefferson
Seed endorses Obama
Posted by Coturnix on October 29, 2008 Barack Obama for President – An endorsement from the editors of Seed: Far more important is this: Science is a way of governing, not just something to be governed. Science offers a methodology and philosophy rooted in evidence, kept in check by persistent inquiry, and bounded by the constraints of a self-critical and rigorous method.…
ScienceOnline09 – arts and humanities
Posted by Coturnix on October 29, 2008 Let’s look at few other sessions on the Program – on topics that are rarely seen at either tech or science meetings: Art and science — online and offline: This session is moderated by Jessica Palmer and Glendon Mellow: Art is not just illustration. And it is not the opposite of science (“Two Cultures”). How…
DonorsChoose….
Posted by Coturnix on October 29, 2008 Just three more days…
Clock Quotes
Posted by Coturnix on October 29, 2008 We have got but one life here. It pays, no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time. – Theodore Roosevelt
ScienceOnline09 – an interview with Erica Tsai
Posted by Coturnix on October 28, 2008 Here is the fourth interview in the series on Miss Baker’s Biology class blog – Samantha’s interview with Erica Tsai. Previously in this series: ScienceOnline09 – an interview with…me! ScienceOnline09 – an interview with Eric Roston ScienceOnline09 – an interview with Clinton Colmenares