One More Reason Why Conservapedia Is Really Silly
Is Conservapedia trying to destroy what culture the U.S. does possess?
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October 31, 2007
The Best Halloween Display EVAH!
Category: WhatEVAH!
Well, I don't know if it's the best, but it's pretty damn cool.
Posted by Mike at 2:44 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
FOX TV Misinformation About MRSA
FOX TV: doing its part to make the MRSA problem even worse.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 30, 2007
Poll Shows That 24 Percent of Americans Are F-cking Morons
Either one shouldn't take polls or 24 percent of the American public seriously.
Posted by Mike at 11:24 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2007
Paul Krugman Slams Obama About Social Security...
...so I don't have to.
Posted by Mike at 5:53 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Republican War on Modeling
The Bush White House correctly recognizes that if you admit that some modeling is reliable and useful, then you start down a slippery slope of other models, and the next thing you know, you have an IPCC report or something.
Posted by Mike at 11:19 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 28, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Lotsa Links
Here are some weekend links for you.
Posted by Mike at 9:02 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Not Every Place Is for Sale
The MBTA has decided that government-sponsored noise pollution is a bad idea.
Posted by Mike at 3:04 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Being Imprecise About the Details of Catastrophe...
...doesn't invalidate the person making the prediction.
Posted by Mike at 12:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2007
It's Not Called Management, It's Called Lying
Welcome to the world of Potemkin press conferences: FEMA held a press conference...with itself.
Posted by Mike at 11:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2007
What the Hell Does This Have to Do with S-CHIP?
What does abortion have to do with healthcare for children?
Posted by Mike at 1:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dog Bites Man: Bush White House Censors CDC Report
I know: who could possibly think that the Bush administration would censor a report on the effects of global warming.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2007
Staphylococcus aureus: Don't Pick Your Nose!
The science of nose picking. Really.
Posted by Mike at 10:56 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 24, 2007
I, for One, Welcome Our Rampaging Turkey Overlords
Category: Aves
Gangs of marauding turkeys are taking over Boston. Or something. Whither American freedom?
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2007
Maha Speak (About Conservatism)-You Listen!
I think Maha just might have come up with the high-end talking point for 2008.
Posted by Mike at 4:24 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What Is Obama Thinking?
Why on earth would he court virulent anti-gay bigots?
Posted by Mike at 1:43 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Antibiotic Resistance Is a Breakdown of Infection Control
One of the hidden stories in the rise in the frequency of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains is that this has also been accompanied by an absolute increase in the number of infections.
Posted by Mike at 11:08 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 22, 2007
Some Other Minor Non-Economists
Keynes and Galbraith? What the hell is Donald Kennedy talking about?
Posted by Mike at 4:29 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How to Create a Healthcare System That Kills People
One of the most ridiculous ideas to come down the pike is the notion that most people, who are woefully ignorant of medicine and biology will actually make intelligent decisions regarding their own healthcare. When it comes to your health, training and expertise matter.
Posted by Mike at 11:35 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 21, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Lotsa Links
Now that I've recovered from my seminar and accompanying cold, here are some links for you.
Posted by Mike at 9:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Christian Conscientious Objectors
Get ready for the latest source of conservative rage: a soldier who became religious and decided he couldn't fight in Iraq anymore.
Posted by Mike at 11:54 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 20, 2007
The 'Religious Right': Cynics for Jesus
The real Patrick Henry College political credo: "I don't have a problem manipulating them to get them to do what I need them to do."
Posted by Mike at 3:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Are Democrats the Party of Corporate America?
Who will represent corporate America? They're definitely not going to 'opt out' of the political process. That leaves the Democrats.
Posted by Mike at 10:59 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 19, 2007
A Creationist Spills the Beans
he president of Patrick Henry College accidentally divulged his strategy to get young earth creationism in the public schools.
Posted by Mike at 10:38 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 18, 2007
One Explanation for All the Gibberish: The Noah Principle
Why the traditional news media increasingly speak stupidly.
Posted by Mike at 4:21 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Markets, Mutation, and Mathematics: Why Evolution Is Counter-Intuitive
The counter-intuitiveness of natural selection is a big reason why people find evolution difficult to comprehend. But so is the natural history
Posted by Mike at 11:19 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 17, 2007
Staph Deaths Exceed AIDS Deaths in U.S.
Two studies have bad news about staph infections. They're increasing--rapidly. And the antibiotic resistance problem doesn't just mean harder-to-treat infections, but more infections overall.
Posted by Mike at 11:03 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 16, 2007
No Doubt They're Phony Soldiers Too
Twelve U.S. Army captains summarize where we are in Iraq.
Posted by Mike at 5:17 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Framing, Evolution, and Power
Once again, the science framing wars have flared up. While we're arguing over framing evolution, the right is using government tax dollars to train cadres through all sorts of faith-based programs. We need less framing and more lobbying.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 15, 2007
The Economics of Reigning in Hell
maha lays out what the consequences of an extraction-based economy--one that exploits humans--are.
Posted by Mike at 5:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Robobugs: Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean...
...they're after you? Are we being spied upon by bug-like robots?
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 14, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Bloggity Blog
It finally feels like Fall. Here are some links for you. First, evil, non-creationist science.
Posted by Mike at 9:20 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The War on Science from the Inside
The former co-chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee describes what Bush has done to the future of U.S. science--replace critical thinking with worker drones.
Posted by Mike at 11:21 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 13, 2007
MBTA Commercializes the Air and Emergency Preparedness
The government is supposed to protect us from noise pollution, not encourage it.
Posted by Mike at 11:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 12, 2007
Vote for Shelley!
Category: Bloggity Blog
It will piss off a scientific publisher.
Posted by Mike at 4:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I Get Letters About Bush Dogs
No, not the cute furry ones. The Democrats who vote against Democrats on S-CHIP.
Posted by Mike at 2:35 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why I Don't Talk About Religion Much
I spill the beans.
Posted by Mike at 11:14 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 11, 2007
Ann Coulter Calls for the Spiritual Annihilation of American Jewry
Calling for the spiritual annihilation of Jews is not 'love' or "perfection", it is eliminationism with a smile.
Posted by Mike at 2:59 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
LOL Covert Ops?
It's bad enough that a plane which previously made non-stop flights from the continental U.S. to Guantanamo Bay crashed with tons of cocaine aboard. What's even more ridiculous is the 'cover' story.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 10, 2007
Hatred Can't Be Contained
Why is anyone surprised that the Republicans unleashed their bile at a twelve year-old boy over the funding of S-CHIP? Hatred is the Republican base.
Posted by Mike at 4:05 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bush Administration Destroys Another Intelligence Operation
As if outing Valerie Plame, whose primary task was to monitor and contain WMD proliferation in the Middle East--including Iran, wasn't bad enough, the Bush Administration destroyed another intelligence gathering operation for political gain.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 9, 2007
Love of Country Versus Friday Night Cheerleading
How can one claim to love America when one despises so many Americans?
Posted by Mike at 5:19 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bush Administration Used Taliban's Weapons Dealer as Subcontractor
What's one more criminal in the mix, anyway?
Posted by Mike at 11:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 8, 2007
Bush to City's Children: Drop Dead
ScienceBlogling Mike Dunford describes why a family making $83,000 per year needs S-CHIP despite Little Lord Pontchartrain's claims to the contrary.
Posted by Mike at 7:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why Senator Clinton's Electability Issue Is (Partially) Her Fault
The narrative Senator Clinton has constructed has too much Slick and very little Willie.
Posted by Mike at 2:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Pithy Answer to David Brooks Question of Whither Conservatism
Former Bush supporter and conservative John Cole has a pithy answer.
Posted by Mike at 11:11 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 7, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Merry Columbus Day! Here are some links.
Posted by Mike at 8:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bush, Cheney, and the Rest: Greatest Generation?
Not exactly. We don't interrogate prisoners like we used to.
Posted by Mike at 3:53 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Giant Jellyfish of Doom!
Category: Coelenterata
First, brain sucking amobae. Now, humongous jellyfish.
Posted by Mike at 11:42 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 6, 2007
The War on Menstruation
Amanda Marcotte shows us how to create an anti-menstruation movement.
Posted by Mike at 11:48 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 5, 2007
Senator Clinton Supports Science: Welcome to the Coalition of the Sane
I guess we should be glad that Senator Clinton has a plan to end the Republican War on Science.
Posted by Mike at 11:06 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 4, 2007
Abstinence-Only Sex Education: Knife at the Throat of the Enlightenment
But drifty says it better.
Posted by Mike at 4:53 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Waldman Asks What's the Matter with Iowa (Primaries)
Category: Voting
Iowans: no smarter or dumber than the rest of us. So why do they get to choose all the presidents?
Posted by Mike at 4:37 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Maha Speaks (About Burma)...
Category: Burma
...and you listen. Why the West won't do anything significant to help the 'saffron' revolution.
Posted by Mike at 1:34 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Environmental Cost of Parking
Category: Urban Planning
So much wasted space...on parking.
Posted by Mike at 11:17 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 3, 2007
Why Do Republicans Like Cracked in the Head Candidates?
I would almost like it better if he cheated on his wife.
Posted by Mike at 5:18 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Buy Kids Science Stuff: The Mad Biologist's 2007 DonorsChoose Challenge
This year, once again, we ScienceBloggers are raising money to buy equipment for science classrooms. Here's what I've put into my challenge
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 2, 2007
That's What This Blog Is All About
According Technorati, anyway.
Posted by Mike at 4:41 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Giardia: Suck on It, ID Creationists!
Either yeast or Giardia are not intelligently designed.
Posted by Mike at 11:11 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 1, 2007
Airport Security and Insulin Pumps
It appears that Logan airport security overreacted a little. What are your experiences with medical devices and airport security?
Posted by Mike at 4:33 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Wash Your Damn Hands, Part I Can't Count That High (Again)
We're getting worse at washing our hands. And guys, your penis is a loaded weapon--in a bad way.
Posted by Mike at 10:57 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks