Archives for October 30, 2010
A Whale of a Missing Link : Indohyus
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 I’m writing something about the concept of “The Missing Link” which may also end up as an episode of “Everything you Know is Sort of Wrong” on Skeptically Speaking. The fact that I’m working on this is of no interest to you, I’m sure, until I actually finish it and post it. But, in the…
Remembering Minnesota Elections from Two Years Ago: Bachmann and others
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 A Tea Party Adventure
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 Three tea partiers on an epic journey through reality. Hat tip Julia.
Kansasonians: Vote for Janet Waugh!
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 And do NOT vote for Willie Dove. Willie, a Republican candidate for District 1 seat on the State Board of Education says, in relation to evolution and creationism in science classrooms, “One without the other, that’s when we have the problem.” Kansas, you don’t need this. Check out the details here.
Dr Kiki does Abbie Smith
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 “We’re going retro”
“I’m going to stop calling you a white man, and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.”
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 Hat tip Elliot Myrick
Does it matter what’s in a placebo?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 Yes, it does matter what is in a placebo (as well as how it is administered, and so on) because the placebo is an important part of the experimental protocol used in pharmaceutical research. Before we get to why this question has even been raised, and an interesting point or two about it, lets quickly…
My Ballot for Next Tuesday: Page Two
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 I already posted my Page One voting choices for this year’s election. Now it is time to turn the ballot over and talk about judges. In the mean time, if you are in or near Minneapolis, Hennepin County or the Fifth Congressional District, I invite you to have a look at this ballot, as it…
Tomas is, suddenly, a hurricane …
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 … and almost as interesting as his enigmatic sister, Shary. Tomas formed farther south than Hurricanes often do, hung around for a long time as a tropical depression, then blew up to hurricane strength very quickly. Having been declared a hurricane just a few moments ago, it may reach Category Three status as early as…
Shary … it’s complicated
Posted by Greg Laden on October 30, 2010 Try to pick out the hurricane in this picture: Possible but difficult. Click here to see an animation (if it is still on line), then it is easy to see this most unusual hurricane. Shary is cnfusin the weather experts ath the HPC. words like “conundrum” and “system not handling this well” and “normally ……
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