Denialism

Category: Politics

  • The stupidest internal NIH memo ever – or why I can’t wait for the new administration

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    One of the great things about science is that it is open, international, and celebrates the free exchange of ideas. However, during the last 8 years we’ve seen some odd things at the National Institutes of Health – the premier governmental scientific institution in the world. The paranoia of the current administration has filtered down…

  • Dumb and Dumber: Toys From China & Lobbyists from NAM

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    So you operate a toy company and along the way, you probably offshored your production to China to save money. And now that Americans have awakened to the obvious problems with your business plan, you want to still sell your toys to the public without testing them for lead. Your options: 1) sell your inventory…

  • Palin as Populist Chic

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    I am enjoying the news post election, because what was once news media “liberal bias” about Sarah Palin is now simply common sense. Even more fun is the frank conversation about the conservative movement. Today’s Journal has a must read by Mark Lilla on how the very conservatives who valued intellectualism and elites were corrupted…

  • Stop the RFK Jr. appointment NOW

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    I would beg everyone who reads the scienceblogs and cares about science to contact the transition team in the Obama administration as Orac has requested. It should be clear by now to readers of this blog that pseudoscience is not a problem of just the right. The left wing areas of pseudoscience are just as…

  • Double Plus Good: No George Bush Waste Station in SF

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    Chris
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    A group in San Francisco managed to get a measure on the city ballot that would rename our Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the “George W. Bush Sewage Plant.” I thought this a supremely bad idea. Such a move (like protesting the Marine Core in Berkeley) would invite a conservative reaction, possibly stripping the…

  • Looks Like the Same-Sex Marriage Amendment Passed

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    Here in California, the Mormons poured millions into an initiative constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, after the California Supreme Court found a right to marry in the State’s Constitution. Proposition 8 looks like it has passed. Currently, it’s 52-48 in favor, with 95% of the vote counted. I’m really just posting this in order…

  • Watch the returns here!

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    Watch it happen live! And if I can, I’ll though in some useless editorializing. Now fivethirtyeight and CNN have excellent widgets to watch as well. Fivethirtyeight.com is especially cool, as it has developed a nice reputation for actually being right. Currently, they are projecting a rather wide victory for Obama. Ohio an Penn!!!!!

  • If you read no other posts this week…

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    …you must at least read this one. As first person histories go, this one is tops.

  • Man-cow hybrids: has the time finally come?

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    In a little over a week, Michigan voters will be asked to vote on Proposal 2. The proposal is very simple. It is a constitutional amendment that makes Michigan a less hostile place for human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research. It forbids state or local government from passing laws that are more restrictive than federal…

  • Mr. President, We Must Not Allow a Cellphone Gap!

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    Chris
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    I keep on hearing that the political polls are inaccurate because pollsters do not call wireless phones. I commission polls at UC Berkeley and we call wireless phones. Seems like a no brainer to me. So, I’ve never quite understood why professional polling firms wouldn’t call cell phones. (I’m an expert in telemarketing laws; survey…