Monthly Archives: December 2006

I See Stupid People: The Congressman Walter Jones Edition

Posted on December 12, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Congressman Walter Jones, at a press conference calling for displays of nativity scenes on public property (because that is the most important issue facing the Republic):
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Religion | 3 Comments

Some Sunday Monday Links

Posted on December 11, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I was at a meeting yesterday about antibiotic drug development, so this week’s links are a day late. Here’s the science stuff:
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Posted in Bloggity Blog | 2 Comments

In the Land of the Blind Congresscritter, the One-Eyed Pundit Is King

Posted on December 10, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Because said officials are even more ignorant than the Pundits of the Potomac. A few months ago, Jeff Stein published an op-ed about the many officials who are charged with anti-terrorism and who also know nothing about the Middle East–to the point where they don’t know if Hezbollah is Sunni or Shiite. Stein has followed up with an interview with incoming House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes.
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Posted in Compulsive Centrist Disorder, Conservatives, Democrats, Fucking Morons, Iraq, Middle East, News Media, Terrorism, We're Really Fucked | 1 Comment

Esther Lederberg, Discover of Lambda Prophage, RIP

Posted on December 10, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Biologist Esther Lederberg died recently–unfortunately, it wasn’t very well covered (the NY Times was only a month late…). This is a real shame, since I don’t think the history of molecular biology would have been the same without her.
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Posted in Microbiology, Viruses | 3 Comments

I’ve Discovered Who Orac Is!

Posted on December 9, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Here’s the picture:
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Humor | 8 Comments

Do You Think Bush Will Ever Have…

Posted on December 9, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

…an LBJ moment?
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Posted in Iraq, Little Lord Pontchartrain | 7 Comments

The Phalangists of the Tigris

Posted on December 8, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Newsweek columnist Christopher Dickey writes this about our new Iraqi friend, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim:
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Posted in Iraq, Middle East | 3 Comments

Is There Anything the Bush Administration Won’t Screw Up? The Hand Soap Edition

Posted on December 7, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I know with a war on, the using of the Constitution for toilet paper, and so on, this concern of mine is trivial, but it is so very symbolic. You see, the White House sells hand soap. And, you guessed it, it contains….
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Posted in Antibiotics, Fucking Morons, Little Lord Pontchartrain | 2 Comments

Is the Discovery Channel Store Run By Sexist Pigs?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

A colleague looking to buy Christmas gifts went to the Discovery Channel store page and noticed that boys and girls had two different pages. It’s nice to see that a company supposedly dedicated to science has decided that girls don’t like or want science.
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Posted in Bidness, Education, Fucking Morons, Sexist Pigs | 29 Comments

The Bush Administration Modus Operandi…

Posted on December 7, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

…find anything the government does that works and break it. I really never thought that we would be debating lead standards:
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Posted in Conservatives, Environment, Fucking Morons, Public Health | 8 Comments