“At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not?” No. Science never said “man came from apes.” But that’s what GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker told a congregation on Sunday, March 13, 2022 (story here), adding for good measure, “If that is true” (it i[...]
Posts Tagged ‘anti Science’
Trump’s fetal tissue ban
“Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration,” HHS (Axios, 6/6/2019, excerpted )The Trump administration announced yesterday that it will no longer fund medical research that uses fetal tissu[...]
November 7th, 2018 - 8:52 am § in The Ave Scene
Why I voted against the soda tax
Mike James, a former KING TV anchor and a friend on FB castigated me because, according to him, the support for the initiative overturning the tax came from the over wealthy soda pop industry. I agree corporate self interest in our society is an evil … BUT .. that does not mean the industry po[...]
October 30th, 2018 - 9:18 am § in Misc.
I WILL VOTE YES ON I-1634
The measure, called the “Keep Groceries Affordable Act of 2018,” is being attacked from the left because, shock shock, the sweet beverage industry is spending millions to attack Seattle’s soda tax. Despite my core dislike of corpulent corporations, I am voting with the companies! The[...]
October 15th, 2017 - 2:23 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The True History of Dinosaurs
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June 20th, 2017 - 10:42 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Major Threat To UW and Hutch By Trump
The Trump administration wants to make massive cuts in research while claiming to spend MORE money on science. The TRUMP Government, led by The Secretary of HHS and the Director of the OMB, have previously proposed draconian cuts to the NIH budget. Now we know the vehicle for the cuts .. an att[...]
March 22nd, 2017 - 8:13 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
TRUMP MAKES WAR ON BIOLOGY RESEARCH
Why Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Should Worry Us By HAROLD VARMUS Last week I was in London to participate in a scientific symposium. During coffee breaks, many British colleagues asked me and other American visitors to explain the bewildering news that President Trump had announced his intention to cut th[...]
February 11th, 2017 - 1:45 am § in Misc.
Re-educating the public
Overturning Citizen’s United won’t change the electorate or outdated instruction. “Industry’s war against science isn’t limited to climate change. A host of public relations campaigns over the last five decades have spent billions of dollars with the express purpose of sowing p[...]
February 2nd, 2017 - 12:49 pm § in Misc.
Hype vs Hope in Science
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