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SchadenFriday Early Edition: John McCain screws the pooch. Hard.
Looks like the Straight Talk Express took a detour through Dependswhatyoumeanby"is"ville. From the NYT: Mr. Black said Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman were friends and nothing more. But in 1999 she began showing up so frequently in his offices and...Posted on February 21, 2008 7:54 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Iowa Caucuses
I make no secret that I'm pretty liberal, which means I don't generally support the Democrats (especially after spending 8 years as a NC/VA resident, since they ain't always that liberal in those parts). This year I find myself musing...Posted on January 3, 2008 9:35 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Handy Graphic/Timeline of Gonzalez's Publication Drop
Intelligent Design is a career-killer. There's just no two ways about it. And not because of how peers treat the ID supporter; they throw their own productivity under the bus, to use Casey Luskin's overworked cliche. We saw the same...Posted on December 6, 2007 1:15 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A clarification about the pending Gonzalez lawsuit, for Bad Astronomy
Phil over at Bad Astronomy has it a bit backwards, but hey it's not his fault. He didn't have to sit through that nightmare of a press conference. I still stick by my own conclusion too, that by trying to...Posted on December 5, 2007 8:15 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Disco Institute has a press conference on Gonzalez's behalf
Yesterday the Discovery Institute held a press conference at the capitol building in Des Moines, to announce Guillermo Gonzalez's plans to sue Iowa State University over their decision to deny him tenure. Supposedly the lawsuit will be filed pending the...Posted on December 4, 2007 6:25 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Depression is all in your head....
...but for those who suffer from it, "in your head" can be more debilitating than other chronic, painful illnesses. A massive WHO survey study of 60 countries reported that 3.2% of people had depression over the course of a year....Posted on September 7, 2007 3:55 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
No Mr. PLoS, I expect you to DIE!!!!
PRISM: Concern for the public interest? Or donning the mantle of open communication while milking profits?Posted on August 27, 2007 3:20 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SchadenFriday Campaign Edition
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1035231820070710?src=071007_1153_DOUBLEFEATURE_rebel_cleric_killed">Put a fork in 'em. The ultraconservative in centrist's clothing is toast....Posted on July 13, 2007 10:32 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SchadenFriday Evening Edition: Abstinence-Only Programs
Looks like, once again, when somebody bothers to crunch the numbers those flimsy justifications for abstinence-only programs are found lacking....Posted on December 1, 2006 10:25 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Will Webb take Virginia from Macaca, help restore some scientific sanity to the Senate?
As it stands now, Webb is down 0.5% of the vote to George Felix "Macaca" Allen Jr. with 95% of precincts reporting in. Unfortunately for Macaca, I just checked the VA election results site and the precincts left are all...Posted on November 7, 2006 11:10 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
South Dakota re-enters the 21st Century: "No" to Abortion Ban
Looks like the infamous abortion ban in South Dakota ain't gonna fly with the state's residents. Opponents of South Dakota's abortion ban are maintaining their lead over those who favor the law. With 194 of 818 precincts reporting results, 60...Posted on November 7, 2006 10:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SchadenFriday, Early Edition (Hovind Redux)
Looks like creationist paragon of moral fortitude Kent Hovind might be headed to the slammer....Posted on November 2, 2006 6:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SchadenFriday: Macaca moron-a
Without a doubt, Senator George Allen's gift that keeps on giving. Looking over Mr. Sidarth's numbers in the article, I see further proof that we monkeys are destined to reclaim the planet from you lowly H. sapiens....Posted on August 25, 2006 10:29 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Thank you, George Allen
As every Evil Monkey knows, you've bestowed upon a student from UVA a great honor. S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera to document his travels and speeches for the...Posted on August 14, 2006 4:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How Congress Plans on Screwing Us Tomorrow
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities notes that the House of Representatives is planning on implementing legislative martial law tomorrow. What, exactly, is this procedure?...Posted on August 3, 2006 8:54 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Suicide Hotlines? Who needs 'em?
The latest soon-to-be casualty to the Bush administration's attempt to break all useful government programs is 1-800-SUICIDE. Given their track record of scrubbing information oriented to LBGT youth (who happen to be a major at-risk category) from other such sites...Posted on August 1, 2006 12:54 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
From the archives: Food schmafety
Inspired by Effect Measure, I thought I'd dredge up an old snarky post since the Senate is about to join the House in gutting state food standards....Posted on July 30, 2006 11:15 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SchadenFriday: Ralph Reed
Today's award goes to Ralph Reed, cherubic ex-leader of the Christian Coalition, who lost his bid to be the Republican nominee for the Lt. Governorship of Georgia this week....Posted on July 21, 2006 5:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Upcoming Kansas B.O.E. Election
A new website in the fight against the ID movement's attempted takeover of the Kansas state science standards. Check it out. Nick Matzke has more here....Posted on July 17, 2006 4:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
From the Archives: Science is not a Popularity Contest
Last weekend there was an article in the Wichita Eagle on the situation with the Kansas BoE. Since creationists can't get their tripe published in real science journals, but instead have to rely on popularity contests elections in order to...Posted on July 14, 2006 8:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pro-life?
Over at Aetiology, Tara is confused. She somehow thinks that Focus on the Family is actually anti-life....Posted on July 12, 2006 2:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Perspective.
I'm reproducing this short essay that was posted on DailyKos today. It originated here. Published on Wednesday, April 3, 2002 by Common Dreams What the American Flag Stands For by Charlotte Aldebron The American flag stands for the fact that...Posted on July 12, 2006 11:53 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ken Lay dies
This is very strange. Convicted Enron exec Ken Lay has apparently died. I can't get to the article because it is behind the NY Times firewall but the link is here. Enron Founder Kenneth Lay Reported to Be Dead By...Posted on July 5, 2006 10:18 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Nobody Expects the Spanish... err, a Chick in an Ape Suit
Ever wonder how people can be impaired drivers when their blood alcohol content is under the legal limit? This group shows us why. And who can resist an experiment involving a woman in a gorilla suit?...Posted on July 3, 2006 4:13 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Unsung Success of Science-Driven Policy--- Ozone Layer
According to a new computer model that accurately reproduces the dynamics of the ozone layer over Antarctica for the last 27 years, the ozone hole is predicted to close, albeit later than expected....Posted on July 3, 2006 1:54 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Local, Renewable Energy
Interesting story on the AP about a Vermont dairy that uses the methane from cow manure to help generate revenue for their farm....Posted on July 1, 2006 10:45 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why Pharmacists Should Not Inject Personal Beliefs Into Their Jobs
There is one simple reason why a pharmacist's personal beliefs should not factor into the dispensing of medication that, to me, takes precedence over all others. Medications rarely, if ever, have one use. A single medication can be prescribed for...Posted on June 29, 2006 10:27 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a Vicodin today
Just a couple comments on Tara's situation. Firstly, check that the pharmacist doesn't have a little Vicodin habit of his or her own. Probably not, but I've lost all faith in humanity. Secondly, this situation is deplorable. If a veterinarian...Posted on June 29, 2006 5:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Radio Blowhard Revisited
So wait a minute... what was Rush doing with a bottle of Viagra in the DR? Was his wife with him at the airport? No mention is made of her in the article, it appears that he could have been...Posted on June 27, 2006 9:31 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Radio Blowhard False Alarm
Turns out Rush's Viagra was purposefully mislabeled as being prescribed to his physician for protection of Rush's privacy, which is what tipped off the Customs guys. Darn. There goes my first SchadenFriday material on the SEED blogs... although I do...Posted on June 26, 2006 10:10 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Fat Radio Blowhard Detained for Illegal Prescription Drug Possession (Again)
Somebody tell me why Rush Limbaugh got a free pass on this the first time around? This time it wasn't just suspected illegal possession of prescription narcotics....Posted on June 26, 2006 9:01 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More Inconvenient Truths
No shortage of them lately, it seems, and not just regarding the state of global climate change. US administration officials chose to ignore a CIA officer's warnings that an Iraqi defector's claims of purported biological labs made by Iraq for...Posted on June 25, 2006 5:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Report on the state of the US Emergency Care System
I'm sure somebody else on SB had to blog this, but just in case it got missed.... the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released the results of a two-year study that examined the state of the Emergency Care...Posted on June 16, 2006 7:49 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A new twist: Dembski should rethink his associations....
PZ recently brought up Ann Coulter's new book. A couple other Seed bloggers have mentioned Dembski's association with Coulter, and his pride at having assisted her with writing the evolution chapter of her new pustule book entitled "Godless". Recent events...Posted on June 15, 2006 6:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
And when you're in your bigger room...
...you might not know what to do you might have to think of how you got started sittin' in your little room --The White Stripes...Posted on June 9, 2006 9:34 AM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
