Barcoding and the Pornographic Species Definition
Every time there's an article about species barcoding--using a short DNA sequence to identify species--there always seems to be people who get all het up:
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November 6, 2008
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Banishing the Monsters
Category: Conservatives
Any time Democrats do well, there are claims that We Are Now All Centrists (although this never seems to happen when Republicans win...), and that partisanship is undesirable. With that in mind, it's worth remembering just how poisoned our national discourse has been by extremist Republicans (who lead the GOP):
Posted by Mike at 5:05 PM • 2 Comments
The Triumph of the Coalition of the Sane
Category: Voting
Tonight is a triumph for the Coalition of the Sane.
Posted by Mike at 8:26 AM • 5 Comments
November 4, 2008
NIH Funding: So What Qualifies As "Piddly Ass Little Chunks of Change"?
Over at DrugMonkey, ScienceBlogling PhysioProf comments on the lower funding rates for R03 (Small Grants) and R21 (Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants) NIH grants:
Posted by Mike at 10:27 AM • 5 Comments
Remember, Remember, the Fourth of November
Category: Voting
V is for voting
Sadly, what I wrote two years ago is still germane. Vote Democratic, so it won't be two years from now:
Posted by Mike at 8:15 AM • 1 Comments
November 3, 2008
Republicans Hope for Racist Base to Reassert Itself...
...or one more reason why decent people should vote Democratic. Republican Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania bluntly spells out the only way McCain wins his state:
Posted by Mike at 1:27 PM • 8 Comments
Supply Side Economics Meets a Bailout
I finally figured out what the underlying philosophy for the banking bailout is (other than TEH STOOPID): it's supply-side/trickle down economics. First, the latest insult by way of Chris in Paris (italics mine):
Posted by Mike at 10:29 AM • 1 Comments
More From the Highly Successful Republican Jewish Outreach Program
Category: Fucking Morons
The Republican Party really is dipping into the dregs, as this Pitch story describes. One wonderful vignette is the phone canvasser who yells at people who aren't voting for Republicans.
Posted by Mike at 9:21 AM • 1 Comments
November 2, 2008
More from the Highly Successful Republican African-American Voter Outreach Program
If you're trying to convince black voters to vote Republican, this probably isn't the best way to do it:
Posted by Mike at 4:26 PM • 6 Comments
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