NY Times Editorial Board Makes an Affirmative Action Hire
That would be William Kristol.
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Mad rantings about politics, evolution, and microbiology. Comment policy: say what you want, but back it up with an email address. I don't like anonymous trolls.
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- Amanda: "I Love Vaccines"
- Thing You Don't Expect to Hear in Boston
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- SUVs: Not Schadenfreude, but Accountability
- Tristero: It's Not the Politics, It's the Collection Plate
- One Quibble with (One of) Angry Bear's Rules for Discussing Climate
- How to Buy 'Liberal' Media Pundits
- Creationism and Molecular Evolution
- The Silly Distinction Between CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA
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December 31, 2007
Bush Administration Cuts Funding for Schoolkids' Health and Immunization
Because nothing says compassionate conservatism like cutting funding for poor disabled children.
Posted by Mike at 11:14 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 30, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Lotsa Links
Happy two days before New Year's... Anyway, I've got a whole mess of posts for you.
Posted by Mike at 9:46 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Democrats Should Stop Talking About What They Should Do...
...and start doing it. Most people care far less about how a politician or political party can be elected than they do about what that politician or party will do to help them.
Posted by Mike at 10:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 29, 2007
Lakota Indians Unilaterally Break Treaties with U.S.
Category: Secession
Fortunately, the Lakota don't seem to have a lot of neocons, so there probably won't be an outbreak of waterboarding.
Posted by Mike at 11:19 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2007
Opaque Markets and the Need for National Healthcare
In light of claim rejection, how can anyone realistically price different healthcare plans?
Posted by Mike at 10:48 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 27, 2007
E. coli, Shigella, and Creationism
One of the lesser known microbiology facts is that the pathogen Shigella is actually E. coli. From the archives, here's an explanation.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 26, 2007
I Always Did Like Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert sends me an email. Does that mean I'm a terrorist?
Posted by Mike at 11:22 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 25, 2007
Gut Yontif!
Category: Religion
A merry Christmas to all.
Posted by Mike at 1:17 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 24, 2007
Happy Birthday to Me!
Category: Bloggity Blog
It's my birthday. No blogging for me--however I do have...
Posted by Mike at 11:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 22, 2007
Reconquista! The Best 300 Parody EVAH!
By way of Dave Neiwert comes this hysterical mash up of the movie 300 and the anti-immigrant right.
Posted by Mike at 11:37 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 21, 2007
The Most Important Science Study EVAH!
Category: Humor
It's a couple years old, but good science never goes bad.
Posted by Mike at 11:24 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 20, 2007
If You Live in Chicago, Help Driftglass Take on Michael Savage
Driftglass is organizing a letter writing campaign to the advertisers on Chicago's hate radio station WIND. If you live in the area, help him out. Here's why:...
Posted by Mike at 4:53 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pigs, MRSA, and 'Superbugs'
The misuse of antibiotics in agriculture needs to stop, but I'm not sure it has much to do with community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
Posted by Mike at 10:01 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 19, 2007
About That Mutations-Are-Always-Bad Creationist Idiocy...
the Chikungunya virus might have something to say about that (if it could speak).
Posted by Mike at 10:57 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 18, 2007
Torture Is Never an Isolated Event
If torture is truly used as an interrogation technique, and not to fulfill a psychological need or as terrorism, it can not be an isolated event--it must be systemic and routine. As with any other interrogation technique, innocent people will be subjected to torture.
Posted by Mike at 10:55 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 17, 2007
John Aravosis' Christmas Time Snarl at the Poor
Note to Aravosis: helping the poor is not the moral equivalent of helping the rich.
Posted by Mike at 4:24 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Creationism, Accreditation, and Higher Education
Imagine if a coalition of universities announced that they would consider students from Texas or those states that accept teachers certified in Texas as not having fulfilled necessary science requirements.
Posted by Mike at 10:48 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 16, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Bloggity Blog
We're having a nor'easter. That's a great excuse for some links.
Posted by Mike at 8:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Surveillance State: Everything Changed After 1/20/2007...
not 9/11. The Bush Administration spied on American citizens without court orders before Sept. 11, 2001. And it didn't stop the attacks.
Posted by Mike at 4:32 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sunday Sermon: Johnathan Schell on Nuclear Disarmament
"If, in the sixty years of the nuclear age, no great nuclear power has won a war by making nuclear threats against even tiny, weak adversaries, then how could a nuclear monopoly by a small country enable it to coerce and bully the whole world?"
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 15, 2007
Rising Income Inequality and the Bush Administration: It's a Bug, Not a Feature
At least, that's what the latest CBO data suggest. And good luck paying for your kids college education.
Posted by Mike at 11:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 14, 2007
Mr. Helmut Goes to Washington and Tells Them About Torture
Category: Torture
Torture as a strategy can never be an isolated or extremely rare case. For it to be effective, it must be used routinely.
Posted by Mike at 10:37 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 13, 2007
Conservative Exiles: Welcome to Liberalville
Hatred is one tiger that can never be successfully ridden.
Posted by Mike at 4:29 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm on the Fence Regarding Sciencedebate 2008
How can you have a debate about science policy when many of those participating in the debate would deny the existence of foundational scientific observations?
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 12, 2007
Prominent Conservative Bloggers Defend Halliburton Rapists But...
never fear, Jon Swift is on the case.
Posted by Mike at 4:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Is the Microbiome Being Driven by the Right Biologists?
Decoding the human microbiome will be easy...except for...oh crap.
Posted by Mike at 11:01 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 11, 2007
I Wield the Plunger of God!
And I blame the demise of my rocket-propelled toilet for this.
Posted by Mike at 10:45 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 10, 2007
What Will Human Microbiome Metagenomics Tell Us (Redux)?
Category: Genomics
What do we learn from metagenomics of the human microbiome?
Posted by Mike at 11:04 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 9, 2007
Teaching, Testing, and Training
Category: Education
As long as we consider teaching to be a secular equivalent of the priesthood, and not a job with the pay and workplace environment (some) other professionals have, we're going to have a teacher shortage.
Posted by Mike at 11:20 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 8, 2007
If Democrats Ask Republicans Questions, Then It Would Be, Like, a Debate
Next thing you know, they might have to answer the questions. Or they can just boo veterans.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 7, 2007
Do We Really Suck This Bad at Making Things?
Category: Automobiles
So the best we can do is be years behind Europe in automobile and energy technology?
Posted by Mike at 11:09 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 6, 2007
One More Reason Why Letting Iowa and New Hampshire Go First Is Stupid: Florida
The Democratic D.C. establishment might have just sucked the energy out of the Florida Democratic Party.
Posted by Mike at 10:54 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 5, 2007
Fossil Mummy Dinosaur
Category: Dinosaurs
No, it doesn't eat brains: that would be a fossil mummy dinosaur.
Posted by Mike at 4:44 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Politicization of Evolution
Yes, it's regrettable that the teaching of the fact of evolution will be decided by political power and not reason.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 4, 2007
Merry Hasmonean Liberation Day!
Category: Jewish Stuff
It's the first night of Chanukah.
Posted by Mike at 5:38 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Let Me Explain This Whole Kosher Thing...
Balducci's grocery needs to upgrade their Jewish outreach program.
Posted by Mike at 4:03 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Bell Curve: Great Minds Think Alike-Gould and the Mad Biologist
When I read The Bell Curve, I thought that the data presented were crap. A few years later, I read an essay by Gould where he made the same argument. You don't have to be as smart as Gould (I'm not) to have figured this out. And Atrios, there are people other than economists, known as biologists, who are qualified to discuss The Bell Curve.
Posted by Mike at 11:04 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 3, 2007
Texas: Vichy Science Is on the March
In light of recent creationist idiocy in Texas, the evolution 'controversy' will be in the news. Those of us who support science will need some talking points made for TV debate, not the classroom. Here are my suggestions
Posted by Mike at 4:24 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Evilest Spam EVAH!
Category: Beer
Who spams Guinness? Is there no decency left?
Posted by Mike at 10:56 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 2, 2007
Some Sunday Links
Category: Lotsa Links
It's damn cold outside, so here are some links for you.
Posted by Mike at 8:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Abortion, Stem Cells, In Vitro Fertilization, and Tribalism
The 'pro-life' position on embryonic stem cell research has nothing to do with ethical reasoning and everything to with tribalism.
Posted by Mike at 11:40 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 1, 2007
A Possible Way to Strike Back at Creationist Politicians
you've probably heard about the firing of the Texas Education Agency's director of science curriculum. There's not much to add to what others have already said about how stupid this is, so, instead, I want to propose one possible way to strike back at these bozos: federalize the issue.
Posted by Mike at 3:07 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More Racism in a 'Post-Racist' Society
Another racist political outburst. Guess what? It's from a Republican.
Posted by Mike at 11:18 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Intelligent Design Creationism: The Intersection of Everything Stupid
By way of moonbat, I came across this diagram that explains intelligent design creationism perfectly.
Posted by Mike at 10:58 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
