Denialism

Month: April 2009

  • Happy Blogiversary To Us!

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    MarkH
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    It’s been two years now since we said hello to scienceblogs, and had our introductory posts on Conspiracy, Unified theory of the Crank, and the denialist deck of cards. Lately reading a recent profile of a crank, Marc Morano in the NYT, which was sent to me by the crank himself. I can’t help but…

  • US Postal Junk Mail Service

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    We’re discussing a junk mail case from the 1970s in my information privacy law case. In Rowan, Justice Burger laments: …the plethora of mass mailings subsidized by low postal rates, and the growth of the sale of large mailing lists as an industry, in itself, have changed the mailman from a carrier of primarily private…

  • The Teabaggers Are Nuts

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    MarkH
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    Via Brayton I caught this disturbing video of the new right-wing fringe movement: Now, if you guys have been following along for the last few years of denialism blog, you know you should immediately be suspicious of people alleging conspiracy theories. This one is a doozy. The administration as a culmination of a 5 decade…

  • In a just society payday loans would not exist

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    MarkH
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    Via Lessig and as explained beautifully by Colbert, payday loans are evil. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest Being a Democrat is no protection from corruption by corporations, as Congressman Gutierrez demonstrates.…

  • Trauma II

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    I’ve been absent, I apologize, but my last rotation in medical school has been a sub-internship in Trauma surgery. Aside from work, sleep, eating, and buying a house in Baltimore, blogging has necessarily suffered. I will say a few things though that should be a public service message on the TV. People need to wear…