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December 31, 2007
Category: Humor
Bill O'Reilly has declared victory in the secular humanist's War on Christmas. "If I had not done the campaign, then the forces of darkness would have won" But O'Reilly did not do his homework. He did not know about...
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December 30, 2007
Category: Neuroscience
This cartoon was written before intranasal orexin was developed, but the same idea applies: Provigil (modafinil) is thought to act on the orexin system to promote wakefulness. Indeed, it has attracted some attention due to its potential to increase productivity....
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December 29, 2007
Category: Social Commentary
This came in an email from a neighbor. It's from FreeThoughtPedia.com While not as sophisticated as Janet's treatment, I think it is amusing. Image below the fold....
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Category: Social Commentary
Mike Huckabee is on the warpath again. In Washington state, there has been an outbreak of psittacosis, a pulmonary infection caused by contact with imported birds that carry Chlamydophila psittaci bacteria. Responding to the outbreak, Huckabee decried the widespread...
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Category: Armchair Musings
What would you do if a series of archaeological expeditions uncovered ancient texts that indisputably showed that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each independently quoted Jesus as having said that waterboarding is immoral?...
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December 26, 2007
Category: Politics
I know people are complaining that I go too easy on political candidates. It is true. But with Mitt Romney, I will make an exception. I wanted to like Romney. George Wilcken Romney, Mitt Romney's father, had a truly...
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December 25, 2007
Category: Photos of Interest
I feel bad: I am infringing on Karmen's territory. She put up a delightful fractal Christmas tree for everyone. And she opened the Chaotic Utopia Curio Shop to meet all of your fractal needs. Be sure to check it out,...
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December 23, 2007
Category: Photos of Interest
Sometimes there are nice sunsets....
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Category: Psychiatry
Roche Molecular Diagnostics offers a test that can determine which type of genes a person has for enzymes that metabolize antidepressant medication. The test costs $ 300 to $400, and can be ordered by healthcare professionals, or by consumers. The...
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December 22, 2007
Category: Politics
Someone, with a lot more patience that I, has compiled a list of Bush administration scandals. The truly amazing thing? Some people voted for this crook twice....
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Category: Armchair Musings
The term evolution, presented without any modifiers, generally is held to refer to genetic change within a population. Of course, behaviors can change over time, too. This includes behaviors that are quite specific and complex. Ungulates are mammals with...
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December 21, 2007
Category: Humor
The Movie Generator just takes a database of various actors and ideas, and combines them at random: Hollywood's out of ideas. I'm just here to help out. Vin Diesel stars in the heart-warming role of President, Abraham Lincoln. With Kate...
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Category: Photos of Interest
If you have cats, and you put laundry on the bed, and leave the room for 15 seconds, this is what happens. They own the place....
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Category: Humor
My colleagues, et alia, have been writing (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) about the ethical issues involved in the use of drugs to enhance cognition. This is all based upon an article in Nature, by...
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December 20, 2007
Category: Photos of Interest
This is a brain MRI animation, showing sequential slices of the brain, from top to bottom. It was a featured image at Wikipedia. This was created by a Wikipedia user, Fastfission. The explanation follows: Made from an fMRI scan...
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Category: Humor
The University of Manitoba finally decomissioned its mainframe, Betelgeuse, after 47 years of faithful service. The IT folks were so touched, they held a New Orleans-style jazz funeral for the thing. Here's the eulogy: For forty-seven years you've...
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December 19, 2007
Category: Humor
Now, if only they would offer these online for free... 10. Collegiate Sexualities at Occidental College. 9. Body Politics: Power, Pain, and Pleasure at Williams College. 8. Issues Dividing America at Columbia University. 7. Whiteness and Multiculturalism at Ithaca College....
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Category: Photos of Interest
Amuse yourself for a few minutes: The Neural Correlate Society has compiled its list of ten finalists for the year's best optical illusions. My favorite is the Bouncing Brains....
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Category: Politics
There is a movement afoot to develop a framework for a Presidential candidate debate on science. Bora has been proposing questions that would have the candidates explain.. In what way, if any, would you change the current federal framework of...
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December 18, 2007
Category: Politics
In February 2005, a bunch of smart people met to eat Chinese food and talk about a new way to make money. This included Greg Lippman, a trader at Deutsche Bank; Rajiv Kamilla, a trader at Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
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Category: Photos of Interest
This is another irresistable panda video; I got this from Neatorama, who got it from A Welsh View....
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December 15, 2007
Category: Photos of Interest
This is an albino squirrel, as featured in the Daily Mail. They have a gallery of such photos here, including an amazing albino peacock. Also, check out the winners of the National Geographic photo contest....
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December 14, 2007
Category: Armchair Musings
Christians have a solemn duty. The reason will become clear. Recently, there was a strong reaction in the Blogosphere about Governor Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" Address. I noticed in particular the posts on Effect Measure, Matthew Yglesias, and Dispatches...
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December 13, 2007
Category: Chatter
Yale University is following the trend, putting entire college courses on the Internet. As a member of the vast left-wing conspiracy, I object. I object, because now, conservatives will be able to see what methods we use to brainwash...
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December 12, 2007
Category: Antidepressants
I haven't gotten back to the "selection of antidepressants" series. Mostly that is because, alphabetically, the next one is supposed to be citalopram. While citalopram (Celexa™) is a perfectly fine antidepressant, it is kind of boring. So to spice...
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December 10, 2007
Category: Photos of Interest
There is an artisan at Pitbull Armory who makes armor for people, primarily for Society for Creative Anachronism events. But he also makes armor for dogs. And horses. And he's "made history" by making armor for a squirrel. Here's the...
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December 9, 2007
Category: Bioethics
Last year, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, President Bush promised to reform a discriminatory policy that blocks most persons with HIV from entering the USA. The current rule does allow for waivers, but the process is cumbersome...
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December 8, 2007
Category: Psychiatry
This case was written up in the NEJM, and made freely accessible. The image on the top left shows a brain scan taken three years earlier than the one on the top right. The other images show the cells...
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December 5, 2007
Category: Psychiatry
From an article in the Washington Post: Afterward, she stayed strong. She wasn't going to make the classic victim's mistake of blaming herself for provoking the attack. Mo, writing at Neurophilosophy, commented at length upon an article about the use...
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December 3, 2007
Category: Psychiatry
The Washington Post has an interesting article, 'A Soldier's Officer', about an officer in Iraq who attempted suicide and endangered other personnel. The military is considering putting her on trial for "assault on a superior commissioned officer, aggravated assault, kidnapping,...
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Category: Photos of Interest
This is a penguin photographed at the Frederiksberg Copenhagen Zoo (København Zoo). Photo by morols, on Flickr. Click on the photo to navigate to a much larger version ("all sizes" link above the photo)....
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December 2, 2007
Category: Chatter
A calendar celebrating the aesthetic qualities of marine invertebrates is available now at Dorid Designs, along with a full line of items relating to marine biology, evolution, paleontology, and rationalism. She also has tons of Squidmas merchandise. Perhaps the...
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Category: Photos of Interest
There is a whole series of photos illustrating this unusual relationship. It originally was posted in the Boston Herald, but that page is no longer with us. The text and photos still can be found at Fresh Pics. Some...
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December 1, 2007
Category: Computing
In the book, The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins makes a statement that led one reader to feel the need to check up on him: I've been reading through Richard Dawkins' books and am currently half way through The Blind Watchmaker...
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Category: Politics
Uprising Radio reports on an item of social justice: San Diego County Searches Welfare Recipients’ Homes Published on 28 Nov 2007 at 12:06 pm GUEST: Eric Isaacson, Partner in the law firm, Coughlin-Stoia, and cooperating attorney with the ACLU of...
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Category: Public Health
You would think it would take a sociopath to put asbestos in a children's toy. You'd be right. Yet, it has happened. Stranger yet, Canada has adopted legislation that explicitly permits this. Asbestos became infamous when it was linked to...
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