Can anyone imagine the response in China, France, Brazil, or Japan to a foreign company making a hostile take over bid for a national treasure? What would happen if Warren Buffet tried to buy Aerbus? Less than 10 years after America decoded the first human genome, Roche Holding AG’s has m[...]
Posts Tagged ‘anti Science’
Searching for a Christmas Present for Me?
Click the picture for just the thing![...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What Will Orthodox ‘Republicanity’ Look Like?
excerpts from an essay by Louis A. Ruprecht, posted at Religion Dispatches. Ruprecht discusses how Gary Laderman of Religion Dispatches coining the term “Republicanity”,in two essays. In the first, he (Laderman) described the ways in which “Republicanity” now seems to opera[...]
Accreditation of Online “Universities” a hot potato
Based on a a truly frightening article The Chronicle of Higher Education WGU may want to worry about its accreditation. Congress has gotten involved in accrediting online colleges. The motivation in Congress is that “for-profit” companies rake in federal financial aid withou[...]
November 3rd, 2011 - 9:57 pm § in America
Steve Jobs, the cartoons
Cartoon: Steve Jobs Reincarnation Cartoons by Matt Bors, Steve Breen, The passionate debate about Steve Jobs is amazing. I wonder if we are seeing the beginning of a religion? Read some of the debate here. Of course when an entrepreneur is equated to Franklin and Edison, one begins to wonder [...]
OccuPy Wall Street shows bigotry to creatures that have more than six legs.
Always the bad guy PZ Meyers comment on the demonization of the eight legged. Will this never stop?[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Decoding Romney’s views of the historical origins of marriage.
“My view is a society recognizes that the ideal setting for raising a child is when you have the benefit of two people working together and where one is male and one is female. I happen to believe that and that’s the reason that I think as a society we say, ‘You know what? We[...]
October 11th, 2011 - 3:26 am § in Uncategorized
Silly Science Paid for by NIH
This is almost a shaggy dog story. Did you here the one about fat guy who though Diet Coke dissolved cholesterol??? from CBS News: That’s what the experts are saying in light of new research that raises concern about diet soda. It’s not proof of harm, but it suggests that people who dr[...]
Is the NIH Imploding?
IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. Figures just published on Genomeweb look grim. The good news is that the NIH grant success rate is now 17.4%. The bad news […][...]
URGENT: Presidents’ Mtg tonight at Town Hall
WA State Presidents Promote Higher Education Funding in Washington Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5. I spoke with a reporter who will be attending this tonight. He asked me a lot of questions … more about areas of controversy than about the[...]