Mad rantings about politics, evolution, and microbiology
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May 16, 2008
I was reading this post about the possible strengths and weaknesses of Clinton and Obama among different demographic groups, and I grew very annoyed.
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May 15, 2008
Category: Democrats
In the midst of all of the gnashing of teeth and wailing of DOOOOOMMMM!!! because of the never-ending Democratic primary, I still think a contest up to the convention is a good thing (and I've always thought so). There's one thing many pundits as well as Democratic primary partisans seem to have forgotten:
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May 14, 2008
Someone I knew who wasn't Jewish, once asked me what I could do to stop anti-Semitism. I responded that, if combating anti-Semitism is solely the responsibly of Jews, then we're done for. The point being that you need more than a small minority to fight what is. I've often thought the same about the War on Science: if fighting it is only left to scientists, we really don't stand much of a chance.
Posted by Mike at 11:16 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 13, 2008
Category: Boston
Overhead last weekend at a Boston coffeshop from someone who definitely was not a local*:
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According to a recent Applied and Environmental Microbiology paper, influenza viruses are able to survive on banknotes. Lookie, bar graphs:
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 12, 2008
Category: Bloggity Blog
Our Benevolent Seed Overlords have announced a photo contest:
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Over at Balloon Juice, Tim F. writes regarding skyrocketing gas prices:
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May 11, 2008
Tristero correctly points out those churches that are concerned that they will lose their tax exempt status have a solution to their problems:
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May 10, 2008
Category: Hypotheses
Over at Angry Bear, there's a good list of suggestions, generated by one of the readers, of how non-scientists can assess claims made about global warming. I agree with most of them, except for the first one:
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