Category Archives: Bullshit As a Load Bearing Structure

Smarter Pundits Needed: The March of History Edition

Posted on March 17, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Political pundits, like small children, say the craziest things. Except, unlike small children, there’s nothing cute or funny about it (boldface mine): The panelists were weighing in on the gay marriage cases the Supreme Court will hear later this month. … Continue reading →

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One Alabama Republican Didn’t Get the Memo About ‘Fetus = Person’

Posted on February 20, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

After years of being told that fetuses are people by the forced pregnancy crowd, we now have this utterance from the Great State of Alabama (boldface mine): Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R-of course), who is sponsoring a bill … Continue reading →

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Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli Distorts King’s Legacy

Posted on January 23, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Virginia Attorney General and Ken (‘get all up in TEH WIMMENZ VAGINAS!’) Cuccinelli uttered this about Martin Luther King (boldface mine): On Monday, MLK Day, Cuccinelli again made the comparison between his fight against the federal requirement that birth control … Continue reading →

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This Is Why Anti-Vaccination Has a Rightwing Bias

Posted on January 17, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve noted elsewhere that anti-vaccination sentiment is more likely to be found on the right, despite the common misperception that it is primarily leftwing phenomenon. If we want to know why this is the case, we have to plumb the … Continue reading →

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Dear Oxford Nanopore: How About Some Data?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Because marketing is not data. Businessweek is trumpeting Oxford Nanopore’s “unveiling” of new sequencers at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting (boldface mine): Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd., the closely held company developing a portable gene-sequencing device that will sell … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit As a Load Bearing Structure, Genomics | 7 Comments

How to Debate a Liar

Posted on October 10, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, I noted that Romney, during the first presidential debate, did exactly what creationists do: lied fast and furiously. The way you combat this is not to hope the truth will out, but assail the character of the liar. There … Continue reading →

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Understanding Wednesday’s Debate: Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism

Posted on October 5, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Wednesday’s presidential debate illustrated one of this blog’s unofficial mottos: nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism (with apologies to Theodosius Dobzhansky). I’ll let my Twitter feed cover my thoughts about the debate: Having seen … Continue reading →

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Ezra Klein Becomes an Insider

Posted on September 22, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

So sayeth Klein (boldface mine): I talked to Klein shortly after the convention and asked whether he thought Ryan had used wonkery to cloak a rigid ideological agenda, partly by engaging with fellow policy geeks like himself. Klein demurred, saying … Continue reading →

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How ‘Epistemic Closure’ Led to Romney’s Gaffe

Posted on September 14, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

A while back there was a debate in the bloggysphere about whether movement conservatism suffered from ‘epistemic closure.’ Epistemic closure is poly-sci speak for ‘when lunatics only talk to each other, thereby reinforcing their mass collective psychoses.’ It’s pretty clear … Continue reading →

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Regarding Pseudoscience, I’m Glad to See HuffPo Turned Over a New Leaf…

Posted on January 8, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

…for all of about 24 hours. Haven’t had to bust out the StupidView 9600, recommended by the Surgeon General for safely viewing TEH STOOPID! Cuz stupid ain’t cool (from here) Despite all the hubbub about the Huffington Post’s new science … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit As a Load Bearing Structure, Fucking Morons, Public Health, The War on Science, Why Is Arianna Huffington a Murderous Idiot? | 1 Comment