Monthly Archives: December 2007

Reconquista! The Best 300 Parody EVAH!

Posted on December 22, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

By way of Dave Neiwert comes this hysterical mash up of the movie 300 and the anti-immigrant right.
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Posted in Conservatives, Humor, Immigration | 1 Comment

The Most Important Science Study EVAH!

Posted on December 21, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s a couple years old, but good science never goes bad.
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Posted in Humor | 2 Comments

If You Live in Chicago, Help Driftglass Take on Michael Savage

Posted on December 20, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Driftglass is organizing a letter writing campaign to the advertisers on Chicago’s hate radio station WIND. If you live in the area, help him out. Here’s why:

Posted in Authoritarianism, Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Fucking Morons, News Media, Propaganda | 4 Comments

What Is Science?

Posted on December 20, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

So asks Paul Orwin.
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Posted in Microbiology | 7 Comments

Pigs, MRSA, and ‘Superbugs’

Posted on December 20, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The misuse of antibiotics in agriculture needs to stop, but I’m not sure it has much to do with community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
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Posted in Agriculture, Antibiotics, Evolution, Microbiology, MRSA | 4 Comments

About That Mutations-Are-Always-Bad Creationist Idiocy…

Posted on December 19, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

the Chikungunya virus might have something to say about that (if it could speak).
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Posted in Creationism, Insects, Microbiology, Viruses | 4 Comments

Torture Is Never an Isolated Event

Posted on December 18, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

If torture is truly used as an interrogation technique, and not to fulfill a psychological need or as terrorism, it can not be an isolated event–it must be systemic and routine. As with any other interrogation technique, innocent people will be subjected to torture.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Torture | 5 Comments

John Aravosis’ Christmas Time Snarl at the Poor

Posted on December 17, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Note to Aravosis: helping the poor is not the moral equivalent of helping the rich.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Progressives | 3 Comments

Creationism, Accreditation, and Higher Education

Posted on December 17, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Imagine if a coalition of universities announced that they would consider students from Texas or those states that accept teachers certified in Texas as not having fulfilled necessary science requirements.
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Posted in Creationism, Education, Evolution, Framing, The War on Science | 11 Comments

Some Sunday Links

Posted on December 16, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

We’re having a nor’easter. That’s a great excuse for some links.
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Posted in Bloggity Blog | 1 Comment