Monthly Archives: July 2007

This Is What I Want To Hear ‘People of Faith’ Say

Posted on July 9, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

There have been several calls for Democrats to be more welcoming of ‘people of faith.’ Typically, these have been admonitions that Democrats need to stop acting like Democrats and more like conservative evangelicals (e.g., Mara Vanderslice; also here). However, it has never occurred to most of these ‘people of faith’ that perhaps they have a little house cleaning to do on their side of things.
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Posted in Conservatives, Religion | 7 Comments

Some Sunday Links

Posted on July 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Lotsa links for you. The July 4th vacation refreshed a lot of people I guess. Science stuff first.
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TB-Related Quote of the Day

Posted on July 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The title is self-explanatory.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Healthcare, Microbiology | 9 Comments

What Happens When One Stops Taking VERY SERIOUS PEOPLE Very Seriously

Posted on July 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Consider this the Fouad Ajami edition. Some of you may have read that Ajami compared Scooter Libby to fallen U.S. soldiers in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Recently, Ajami tried to defend his statements on MSNBC’s Hardball.
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The Need for Moonbat Welfare

Posted on July 7, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Susan Madrak is dead on target: if the rightwing is willing to give its wingnuts ‘wingnut welfare’, why can’t the left provide its own moonbat welfare for leftwing moonbats?
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In Defense of Bureaucracy

Posted on July 7, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m all for more efficient bureaucracy, but, like it or not, governance requires bureaucracy, something those conservatives opposed to universal healthcare don’t seem to get.
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Posted in Bureaucracy, Conservatives, Fucking Morons | 4 Comments

Healthcare: A Republican Reader Asks a Serious Question…

Posted on July 6, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

and the Mad Biologist attempts to give a serious answer.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Healthcare, Immigration | 7 Comments

Some Slogans for the Congressional Democrats

Posted on July 6, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at Hullabaloo, I found this great list of suggested slogans for congressional Democrats
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Posted in Democrats, Ninnies | 5 Comments

I Wonder What Our Benevolent Seed Overlords Think of This?

Posted on July 5, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The FTC has released a report calling for the end of net neutrality.
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Posted in Bloggity Blog, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Economics, Fucking Morons, Internet, We're Really Fucked | 9 Comments

What Does Autism Have to Do With Antibiotics? (Paging the Woo-Meisters)

Posted on July 5, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Calling all woo-meisters (including ScienceBlogs Lord High Defender Against Woo). In this Slate article about the vaccines-cause-autism crowd, which describes how this is one idiot idea that will never go away, I came across a puzzling statement about antibiotics.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Fucking Morons, Public Health, The War on Science | 39 Comments