Monthly Archives: September 2009

Comment Policy

If you show up and boast about how you would shoot people in the head…
Continue reading

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bloggity Blog | 3 Comments

Not to Pick on Olivia Judson, But…

the coelacanth is already being sequenced by the Broad Institute.
Continue reading

Posted in Genomics | 1 Comment

Anti-Health Insurance Reform Wingnut Knocks 65-Year Old Reform Advocate Unconscious

He must be a moderate: he only punched him in the face, he didn’t shoot him in the face.
Continue reading

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Healthcare | 31 Comments

Bestest Legal Opinions EVAH! (Schack on Foreclosure Foulups)

Or at least until the next bestest legal opinion comes along.
Continue reading

Posted in Bidness, Big Shitpile, The Rule of Law | Comments Off on Bestest Legal Opinions EVAH! (Schack on Foreclosure Foulups)

Blue Dog Dem Kent Conrad Isn’t a ‘Moderate’, He’s a Radical Ideologue

Conrad is not a ‘moderate’–he is a radical deficit hawk who is more than willing to harm progress on a core Democratic issue like healthcare.
Continue reading

Posted in Democrats, Framing | 2 Comments

We Need Journalists, but Not These Journalists: The Bartiromo-Medicare Edition

Anyone who took Bartiromo at face value would actually be more ignorant for having consumed CNBC’s product.
Continue reading

Posted in Fucking Morons, Healthcare, News Media | 16 Comments

Tuesday Links

This blogging thing would be easier if the series of tubes that is the Internet were clogged up a bit more.
Continue reading

Posted in Lotsa Links | Comments Off on Tuesday Links

Evolution: The Utility Defense

“I use evolution as a carpenter uses a hammer or a hunter uses a gun.”
Continue reading

Posted in Creationism, Evolution, Framing, Genomics, Viruses | 15 Comments