Monthly Archives: May 2008

Photo Contest: What’s Your Workbench Look Like?

Posted on May 12, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Our Benevolent Seed Overlords are having a photo contest.
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SUVs: Not Schadenfreude, but Accountability

Posted on May 12, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

A participatory democracy requires avoiding giving people an ‘out’, and making people take responsibility themselves. That’s not revenge, but what is simply necessary for a democracy to function.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Progressives | 10 Comments

Tristero: It’s Not the Politics, It’s the Collection Plate

Posted on May 11, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Theopolitically conservative churches haven’t been suckered into politics: they use it as a fundraising tool.
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Posted in Conservatives, Funding, Religion | 10 Comments

One Quibble with (One of) Angry Bear’s Rules for Discussing Climate

Posted on May 10, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s absolutely normal to have data confirm or support a previously held position. It’s when you exclude data that conflict with your position, that you have a problem.
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How to Buy ‘Liberal’ Media Pundits

Posted on May 10, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Somerby explains the economics of the polite liberal pundit.
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Posted in News Media | 4 Comments

Creationism and Molecular Evolution

Posted on May 9, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

What’s nuts about creationists is that the molecular evidence for natural selection is incredibly strong, unless you posit a God that likes to deceive people. Or maybe DNA is a Satanic plot.
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Posted in Creationism, Evolution, Genetics | 7 Comments