Category Archives: The War on Science

The Great Viral Filter Shortage

Posted on November 12, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s not as bad as the Great Brooklyn Tampon Shortage, but it’s just become a lot harder to study viruses. Thank GE.
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Posted in The War on Science, Viruses | 4 Comments

Words Have No Meaning: The Margaret Thatcher Edition

Posted on September 11, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

“Right-wing rhetoric, values, beliefs, and policy stances are as real and meaningful as Margaret Thatcher’s anti-communism: they exist only to manipulate and energize the right-wing constituency, to provide power for enactment of entirely unrelated policies for entirely self-serving reasons.”
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, The Soviet, The War on Science | 4 Comments

When Woo Leads to Bad Public Policy: The Whole Foods Edition

Posted on August 13, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

When you start using woo to justify healthcare policy decisions that will affect the lives of millions of people, that’s really bad woo.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Healthcare, The War on Science | 11 Comments

Some More Thoughts About Unscientific America: What Are We Trying to Communicate?

Posted on July 21, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Assuming our political discourse regains a modicum of sanity, what are we supposed to be communicating?
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Posted in Education, Internet, News Media, The War on Science | 18 Comments

Corruption Is Integral to the ‘Intellects’ of the Conservative Movement: Why This Matters to Science

Posted on July 20, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s not an intellectual battle.
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Posted in Bidness, Conservatives, Propaganda, The War on Science | 8 Comments

Unscientific America: On Planets and Theories

Posted on July 17, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Not a great way to start a book.
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Posted in Evolution, Framing, The War on Science | 24 Comments

Two Boston Area Zoos to Close Due to State Budget Cuts

Posted on July 11, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Shame on Governor Patrick.
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Posted in Boston, Museums etc., The War on Science | 6 Comments

Quote of the Day

Posted on April 28, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Mixing swine flu and homeopathy.
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Posted in Humor, Influenza, The War on Science | 4 Comments

Senator Collins Opposed Pandemic Flu Spending

Posted on April 27, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Cynicism of the lowest order.
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Posted in CDC, Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Influenza, Public Health, The War on Science | 7 Comments

More on Fake HuffPo Pseudo-Experts

Posted on April 27, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Forget a degree in homeopathic medicine, I want a degree in sociopathic medicine.
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Posted in Experts, Fucking Morons, News Media, The War on Science, Why Is Arianna Huffington a Murderous Idiot? | 46 Comments