A Democrat - without prefix, without suffix, without apology.
PZ Meyers...
I think we can safely say that no Republican should be allowed anywhere near the reins of government.Ya' think? Me too, and not just because, as Dr. Meyers laments, "They're anti-science through and through," though Cthulhu knows that's reason enough.
Labels: 2012, Cthulhu, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, PZ Myers, Republican Primary, Republicans, Science
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Heather Taylor-Miesle of the NRDC Action Fund inquires...
Should Candidates Who Don’t Believe in Science Be Disqualified from Serving as President?Since you asked, yes.
Labels: Candidates, Presidency, Qualifications, Science, Since You Asked
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...notes from a couple members of my unofficial academic advisory committee...
And yes, this material may be in the final.
If you take the people who claim to want bipartisanship at face value, they stand out in our politics as a class of especially confused and ineffective people.
...and PZ Meyers...Candidates who stick their fingers in their ears and reject reality simply don't deserve to hold office.
Labels: Academics, Bi-Partisan, Neil Sinhababu, Politicians, Politics, PZ Myers, Science
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Rick Perry fact of the day, via PZ Meyers...
Perry is the guy who has appointed three creationists in a row to head the Texas Board of Education.Probably not coincidentally...
Labels: Arne Duncan, Creationism, Education, PZ Myers, Rick Perry, Science, Texas
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Joe Conason wonders…
With their hostility to science, their appeals to bigotry and their economic quackery, exactly what makes the Republicans fit to govern a leading nation on a troubled, globalizing planet?Since you asked, nothing whatsoever.
Labels: Bigotry, Economics, Joe Conason, Republicans, Science, Since You Asked
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Professor Myers offers Michele Bachmann (R-Ozone) a science lesson...
She claims that not one study has ever been produced to show that CO2 is harmful, and she goes further to claim that CO2 is a harmless gas. We could correct that in just a few minutes: give me a large tank of CO2 and a small room containing Michele Bachmann, and we'll give her a personal experience.If you need a lab assistant for that, Doc, just holler. Meanwhile, I'll follow your advice to point and laugh.
Labels: Michele Bachmann, PZ Myers, Science, Snark
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jnfr...
The reason the Republicans don't have a lot of input into this stimulus bill is that they have no good, workable ideas.That's it. Whatever 'post-partisanship' may turn out to be, it surely doesn't mean solutions that ignore science, defy experience and erode the Constitution, and that's all they've got left.
Labels: Constitution, Ecomomic Stimulus, Ideology, Post-Partisan, Republicans, Science
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…human activity can't possibly have anything to do with this...
“The thickest, oldest and toughest sea ice around the North Pole is melting, a bad sign for the future of the Arctic ice cap, NASA satellite data showed on Tuesday.”Of course.
Labels: Arctic Ice Cap, Climate Change, Environment, Science
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