Monthly Archives: May 2007

Saturday Sermon: The Sayings of Chairman Rumsfeld

Posted on May 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the odd ideas to have arisen is that one can have a good idea, but not express it well. With rare exceptions, in my experience, that isn’t the case: poorly communicated ideas are usually a result of poor ideas. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to revisit one of former Secretary of War Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s utterances.
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Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Military | 8 Comments

Which Time Zone Is Best for Blogging?

Posted on May 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Do you think one time zone has an advantage in blogging over another?
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Posted in Bloggity Blog | 6 Comments

What About Judaism’s Sins Against Science?

Posted on May 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, that got your attention, didn’t it? Actually, I’m referring to a post by PZ where he discusses his objections to religion. In reading them, they really didn’t seem to describe my religion, so I thought it would be interesting to go through them.
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Posted in Creationism, Jewish Stuff, Religion | 17 Comments

I Went to a Fight…

Posted on May 11, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

and a symphony broke out? Who starts a fight at the Boston Pops?
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Humor, Music | 3 Comments

Fluoroquinolones: They’re What’s For Dinner?

Posted on May 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

More scary food news from China: Chinese catfish have been found to contain fluoroquinolone residues. Fluoroquinolones are medically important antibiotics and include ciprofloxacin (“Cipro”) and enrofloxacin (which has been banned from agricultural use in the U.S.). Not only can fluoroquinolones be toxic and cause allergic reactions, but this means that China is probably still misusing these vital antibiotics.
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Incarceration and the Cult of Hovind

Posted on May 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Regarding the cruelty of the penal system, it’s too bad that it took Hovind’s own incarceration to reach his epiphany. Maybe when he gets out of jail he could do something useful like advocate for prisoners’ rights, as opposed to building creationist theme parks.
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Posted in Authoritarianism, Creationism, Fucking Morons, Religion, Taxes, The War on Science, Tolerance | 6 Comments

Republican Rhetoric and the War on Science

Posted on May 9, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Tristero makes an excellent point about Republican rhetoric, and I think it partially explains why so many scientists are opposed to the Bush Administration.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Global Warming, Microbiology, Propaganda, The War on Science, Vaccination | 3 Comments

Hepatitis C: Treating Heroin Addiction as a Public Health Problem, Not a Moral One

Posted on May 9, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Tragically, Massachusetts is having a hepatitis C outbreak, and it’s entirely due to surging heroin use.
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Posted in Drugs, Funding, Microbiology, Public Health, Viruses | 1 Comment

Senator Obama on Detroit

Posted on May 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Senator Obama earned a lot of points in my book today because he took the leadership of the U.S. auto companies to task for being such retrograde, anti-progress morons.
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Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Economics, Global Warming | 7 Comments

Americans Seem Kinda Communist

Posted on May 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Or socialist. Or maybe just Swedish.
If you consume mainstream media, let alone the ‘finanical’ news (i.e., corporate propaganda), you would never in a million years realize just how economically liberal the majority of Americans are.
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Posted in Democrats, Economics, Housing, News Media, Progressives, Propaganda | 6 Comments