The decade-plus long vacctivist scare that followed resulted in vaccination rates dropping significantly in the UK, which is followed by a spike in measles cases. Though I’m sure Wakefield’s supporters will claim these two things are just a coincidence. Andrew Wakefield Has Given 4,000 Brits The Measles – Daddy Types Great blog post on the… Continue reading Andrew Wakefield Has Given 4,000 Brits The Measles
The Beauty of Diversity, and Sea Slugs
In the Philippines, Terry Gosliner of the California Academy of Sciences prepares for a week of diving to study nudibranchs, or sea slugs. … one of the few places in the western Pacific where you can say that the reefs are in better shape now than they used to be. That is in large measure… Continue reading The Beauty of Diversity, and Sea Slugs
My Country, Tis of Me
What is most irksome about the Tea Party Patriots is their expropriation of the word patriot, with the implication that if you disagree with them, youre not a patriot, or at least youre less patriotic than they are. Without getting all ask-notty about it, I think a movement labeling itself patriotic should have some obligation… Continue reading My Country, Tis of Me
Have aliens hijacked Voyager 2 spacecraft
the spacecraft is sending back what sounds like an answer: Signals in an unknown data format! The best scientific minds have so far not been able to decipher the strange information is it a secret message? Alien expert Hartwig Hausdorf said:“It seems almost as if someone had reprogrammed or hijacked the probe thus… Continue reading Have aliens hijacked Voyager 2 spacecraft
Paul Krugman calls out Cantor on budget cuts
The real story here is that the sums involved are ludicrously trivial; eliminating everything on Cantors list would amount to a rounding error on federal spending. … The truth is that it has always been like this. Ever since Reagan, the conservative approach has been to talk about the need for smaller government, but refuse… Continue reading Paul Krugman calls out Cantor on budget cuts
Pretty much.
Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office
A four-month investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney found no evidence that the local ACORN office had engaged in any criminal conduct, despite the hype conservative media gave to tapes of a fake prostitute asking for help from the organization. From Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office – War Room – Salon.com The whole ACORN… Continue reading Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office
System FAIL
“GOP member: ‘I’d like this in the bill.’ "Dem member response: ‘If we put it in, will you vote for the bill?’"GOP member: ‘You know I can’t vote for the bill.’ "Dem member: ‘Then why should we put it in the bill?’ From System FAIL – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan This is… Continue reading System FAIL
Soros on Gold
everyone at the lunch wanted to know what bubbles the billionaire might be investing in at the moment, given his theory. Soros dodged the question when I asked him but subsequently noted, “The ultimate asset bubble is gold.” I’m not sure if he meant that gold has been a bubble since the beginning of recorded… Continue reading Soros on Gold
Worthwhile Canadian Example
Those who blame the Fed for keeping interest rates too low too long have to explain why Canada, which basically had the same interest rate experience we did, didnt have anything like the same problems. So whats Canadas secret? Regulation, regulation, regulation. Much stricter limits on leverage, much stricter limits on unconventional mortgages, and an… Continue reading Worthwhile Canadian Example