Albert Snyder’s son, Matthew A. Snyder, was a marine who died in Iraq in a non-combat situation. When the family held Matthew’s funeral, they were ‘protested’ by the Westboro Baptist Church, complete with the most distasteful signs possible. This led to a lawsuit against the moronic church. Albert Snyder initially won $10 million (which was [...]
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In my post about microsatellites and mitochondria there were a few errors. Fortunately, the author of the paper that formed the basis for a large portion of what I wrote also happens to be my professor. I petitioned him for review: I stated that mtDNA is powerful as a tool for determining relations within a [...]
Filed under: Misc, Science | Tagged: Atlantic cod, Chris Lage, Genetics, Microsatellites, Mitochondria | Leave a Comment »
Suzanne Franks doesn’t even realize the principles behind her caricature ideology. That’s the only reason she would say something like this. March is women’s history month, but don’t let that circumscribe your fun. You can get together with a posse of your like-minded women friends and mock mansplainers anytime. Now, I know many of you [...]
Filed under: Humor | Tagged: Caricature feminism, Suzanne Franks, Suzanne Franks is dumb, Thus Spake Zuska | Leave a Comment »
Oh, gee, weird. It turns out Phil Jones’ data wasn’t made up and the world is still warming directly due to human activity. The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee said they had seen no evidence to support charges that the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit or its director, Phil Jones, had [...]
Filed under: News, Science | Tagged: Climate Change, Global Warming, Phil Jones, The House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee, University of East Anglia | 1 Comment »
Matt Mullenweg is the big honcho around WordPress. When my blog got shut down, I left him a message on his Facebook fan page informing him that he had been had by a stupid, dangerous man. I also cited his own complaints over censorship from several years earlier. I never did get a direct response, [...]
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Filed under: Humor | Tagged: Gorilla, Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday, The Onion | 3 Comments »
Why?
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Please stop spamming my email with new notifications about nothing. I’ve already told you I want nothing from you; don’t make me unsubscribe to every little thing because you hate your users, their privacy, and leaving people alone.
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For-profit health care is one of the major moral crimes in modern America.
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For years private companies have been putting patents on your genes. In fact, roughly 1/5 of human genes has been patented. This potentially has huge ramifications as it can restrict research abilities to one company or at least make others wary of future pursuits. Fortunately, a federal judge has struck down much of this practice. [...]
Filed under: News, Science | Tagged: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, BRCA1, BRCA2, cancer, genes, Myriad Genetics Inc, Patents, Robert Sweet | 1 Comment »
