Monthly Archives: March 2007

Loving the War, Murdering the Troops

Posted on March 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The latest snafu from the War Department: we’re sending soldiers to Iraq who are unfit for combat.
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Posted in Iraq, Military | 4 Comments

Who Said This (Sunday Sermon)?

Posted on March 11, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Here’s a topical Senate speech for you; see if you can guess who said this:
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Iraq | 1 Comment

Some Sunday Links

Posted on March 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Merry Daylight Savings Time! Here are some links for you. First, the science stuff:
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A Good Diagram of How Antibiotic Resistance Evolves

Posted on March 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the little things I liked about Rick Weiss’ cefquinome article was a diagram about how antibiotic resistant strains evolve.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Education, Evolution, Microbiology | 19 Comments

Why the Silence on the Right About Cefquinome?

Posted on March 9, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

There’s something very interesting about the unfolding story of the possible FDA cefquinome approval. After doing a Technorati search, virtually all of the blogs that discuss this issue are either non-partisan or progressive/liberal. The rightwing bloggysphere is nowhere to be found. Any thoughts on why that might be?
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Posted in Antibiotics, Conservatives, E. coli, Microbiology, Progressives, Public Health | 7 Comments

Loose Lips, Sinking Ships, and Why Bush Won’t Pardon Libby

Posted on March 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Much has been written about the Scooter Libby indictment, so I don’t have much commentary to add. However, I will make a prediction: Bush will not pardon Libby. Here’s why:
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Posted in Fucking Royals, Little Lord Pontchartrain | 8 Comments

Some Interesting Staphylococcus aureus Factoids

Posted on March 7, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Or maybe terrifying is a better word. I just returned from the Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus meeting, where I learned some very interesting things about S. aureus (since I’m going to refer to MRSA, methicillin resistant S. aureus repeatedly, go check this link if you want to know more about MRSA):
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Posted in Antibiotics, Ecology, Evolution, Microbiology, MRSA, Plasmids, Public Health | 13 Comments

Here’s the Blogrollin’

Posted on March 7, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Thanks to everyone who bloglinked to me–I added you last night. If you’re interested in trading links, or if you already link to me, let me know below.
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Thank For Blogrolling

Posted on March 6, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m at a meeting (out of town), so I won’t be able to add people to my blogroll until Wednesday, but thank you to everyone who linked to me, the anti-Kos.
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FDA Approves Cefquinome…

Posted on March 5, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…high levels of resistance to cephalosporins and beta-lactam antibiotics sure to follow. Sunday, the Washington Post covered the FDA approval of the use of cefquinome in cattle to treat respiratory pneumonia.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Bidness, Evolution, Fucking Morons, Microbiology, Public Health, The War on Science, We're Really Fucked | 10 Comments