Thing You Don't Expect to Hear in Boston
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Overhead last weekend at a Boston coffeshop.
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May 13, 2008
Influenza and Money
By this metric, the euro is probably doing as poorly as the dollar.
Posted by Mike at 11:02 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 12, 2008
Photo Contest: What's Your Workbench Look Like?
Category: Bloggity Blog
Our Benevolent Seed Overlords are having a photo contest.
Posted by Mike at 4:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SUVs: Not Schadenfreude, but Accountability
A participatory democracy requires avoiding giving people an 'out', and making people take responsibility themselves. That's not revenge, but what is simply necessary for a democracy to function.
Posted by Mike at 11:16 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 11, 2008
Tristero: It's Not the Politics, It's the Collection Plate
Theopolitically conservative churches haven't been suckered into politics: they use it as a fundraising tool.
Posted by Mike at 11:11 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 10, 2008
One Quibble with (One of) Angry Bear's Rules for Discussing Climate
Category: Hypotheses
It's absolutely normal to have data confirm or support a previously held position. It's when you exclude data that conflict with your position, that you have a problem.
Posted by Mike at 11:55 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How to Buy 'Liberal' Media Pundits
Category: News Media
Somerby explains the economics of the polite liberal pundit.
Posted by Mike at 11:15 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 9, 2008
Creationism and Molecular Evolution
What's nuts about creationists is that the molecular evidence for natural selection is incredibly strong, unless you posit a God that likes to deceive people. Or maybe DNA is a Satanic plot.
Posted by Mike at 11:50 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 8, 2008
The Silly Distinction Between CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA
It's all just MRSA.
Posted by Mike at 11:15 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 7, 2008
Clinton Is in Real Trouble with the Democratic Base
Category: Democrats
Clinton does worse than George "Macacawitz" Allen?
Posted by Mike at 4:52 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Caitlin Flanagan Is "Thoughtful"?
Only if you were dropped on your head repeatedly as an infant.
Posted by Mike at 11:04 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 6, 2008
GINA and the Human Microbiome Project
What do we do with all of that human DNA we will sequence (even though we don't want to)?
Posted by Mike at 11:03 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 5, 2008
New Media and New Narratives for Science Reporting
How 'new media' can potentially alter the public's understanding of science.
Posted by Mike at 11:09 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 4, 2008
Darksyde on Ben Stein and Reducto ad Hitlerum
Funny, I thought anti-Semitism caused the Holocaust.
Posted by Mike at 6:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Their Past or Our Future: Anti-Vax and Creationism
Revisiting solved problems distracts us from focusing on new ones.
Posted by Mike at 11:04 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 3, 2008
"Grope Patrol Effective"
The Boston PD has a grope patrol. No, they're not groping people.
Posted by Mike at 11:51 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 2, 2008
McCain's Healthcare 'Plan': Paying More for Healthcare Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Making you pay for treatment isn't a bug, but a feature.
Posted by Mike at 11:09 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 1, 2008
McCain's Healthcare 'Plan' Makes Families Spend More on Healthcare
If we move from an employer-based system, families will pay more for healthcare.
Posted by Mike at 11:06 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
