Monthly Archives: June 2011

Are There Any Grownup Male Congressmen?

Nope. There must be something in the water in the mens’ bathroom in the House of Representatives.
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Posted in Feminism, Fucking Morons | 7 Comments

Peer Review Is an Awful System, but It’s Better Than All of the Other Awful Systems: The McKinsey ACA Report Edition

There are all sorts of problems with federally-funded research and peer review. But the McKinsey scandal should put things in proper perspective.
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Links 6/11/11

Links for you.
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We Are Living Below Our Means, Not Above Them

Morality plays and flat-earth economics.
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Links 6/10/11

Links for you.
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Some O104:H4 Links

Here are some O104:H4 links.
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Posted in E. coli, Lotsa Links | 1 Comment

Education Reform and the Canard of “Demonstrable Quality”

Education reform should be more than labor management techniques.
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Posted in Education | 9 Comments

Links 6/9/11

Stormy and hot today. Stay inside with some links.
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Obama Administration, In Desperation, Toys with Supply-Side Tax Cuts

If they’re going to push for tax cuts, have a cut that helps middle- and low-income workers, since they will spend the money.
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Posted in Economics, Social Security | 6 Comments

Are Shiga-Toxin Phages E. coli Diseases? (File Under Speculative Hypotheses)

Or maybe wild-ass speculation.
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Posted in E. coli, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Viruses | 4 Comments