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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Note to Herbert: It’s Not Radical At All, It’s Centrist
A recent question posed by NY Times columnist demonstrates just how far to the Palinist right our political and social discourse has shifted.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Healthcare
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Friday Links
I believe that someone once said, “Thank God It’s Friday.” Links for you.
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Posted in Lotsa Links
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A NY Times (Silly) Idea of the Day: ‘The War Against Suburbia’?
Following the money.
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Posted in Funding, Housing, Transportation, Urban Planning
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This Is Not the French Consulate
Crime in the urban hellhole known as Boston.
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Posted in Boston, WhatEVAH!
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A Tale of Two Polls, or What I Learned from 16S rRNA Microbiome Analysis
Understanding your data, and misinterpreting it.
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Posted in Genomics, Polling
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Poll: Rank-and-File Republicans Are Insane
Who knew that Obama wants terrorists to win, and hates white people? Oh yeah, don’t forget about the secession either.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Framing, We're Really Fucked
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Democratic Senators Party with Banking Lobbyists at Miami Beach Ritz Carlton
Are Democrats intentionally trying to lose the next election?
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Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Fucking Morons, Fucking Royals
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Gregg Would Have Been a Great Commerce Secretary
Once again, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg makes me wonder what the Obama administration was thinking when they nominated him for Commerce Secretary.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Education, Funding
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Counsyl, Genetic Screening, and the Very Common Medical Procedure That Must Not Be Named
The other, unnamed use of genetic screening for incurable diseases.
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Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Genetics, Genomics
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