Monthly Archives: December 2010

So Why Would One Want to Run Our Schools Like Business?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Education ‘reformers’ constantly talk about how schools need to be run more like businesses. But what does that have to do with business?
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Posted in Bidness, Education, Management | 9 Comments

Links 12/20/10

Posted on December 20, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Almost vacation. Almost. Still have links for you.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 3 Comments

We Can Afford Mortgage Cramdown

Posted on December 20, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Banks could afford to lower underwater mortgages.
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Posted in Big Shitpile | 6 Comments

Links 12/19/10

Posted on December 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve hit the green gooey phase in my cold (that’s actually a good thing). Yippee!! Let’s celebrate with some links.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 2 Comments

The End Run Around the Estate Tax: Welcome to American Toryism

Posted on December 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Apparently, working for a living only has redemptive value for poor single minority mothers: the scions of the wealthy, by virtue of their birth, clearly don’t need this form of moral instruction.
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Posted in Fucking Royals, Taxes | 6 Comments

Links 12/18/10

Posted on December 18, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 1 Comment

The Ngrams of MRSA, staphylococcus, and Staphylococcus

Posted on December 18, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Patterns of use and surges of disease. And what the hell is an M.R.S.A.?
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Posted in Internet, Microbiology, MRSA | 3 Comments

Politics When the Media Shrugs

Posted on December 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

I have little faith in the decency or the responsibility of the corporate news media, but I always thought that a good story was good for business. Guess I was wrong.
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Posted in Conservatives, News Media | 3 Comments