You know, this is not going to help get you more contributions, Mr. Wales.

I still like Wikipedia, but this political bullshit is just that.   Wikipedia is going to the dogs.

I think it's normal for humans to be looking for confirmation on our biases.   However, confirmational bias is a known fallacy, and it behooves scientists to be aware of this, rather than merely confirm their biases.    Some biologists are apparently either too lazy or too entrenched in their own baloney to pull their heads out of their asses. 

I find it sadly amusing so many people are fired up about a tweet (TWEET, for fuck's sake) Stephen Colbert posted ( Read more... )

I was looking up the Carnotaurus based on a TV show I was watching and noted it has characteristics that make it a good example of the limits of scientific knowledge ( Read more... )

Taking away options is un-American.   Could the soft drink companies sue the university for unfair practices?   First cigarettes, now our sugary pop.   What's next?   Per Penn State we already have forced exercise.  This stuff ain't funny anymore.

http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201310/new-healthy-beverage-initiative-all-umhs-locations

In regard to this.

The asshole's name is Theodore Beale, and he's a toxic shithead.   I'm making a exception to my pacifism if I ever meet him.   If you happen to meet him, please kick him in the balls, hard as you can. 

Author jaylakerecently mentioned on his LJ having a friend being upset with him for not being available.  Jay's been in the middle of the modern horror story we call cancer treatment now for many years, beating the odds, though he's running out of treatment options. Listening to a patient's caregiver berate her for something rather trivial reminds me that ( Read more... )

Dear white Chrysler Army vet:

Keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself sooner than later.  The rest of us would appreciate it if you'd just drink a bunch of booze and take some pills rather than take us with you, fuck ass.

My opinion of the Catholic Church hasn't changed after reading this article on enslaved Catholic women.  I continue to believe the church is a boil on the world's ass.   It's a tragedy that many excellent Catholics in and outside the church and their good deeds are painted in shit by the continuing shame that is the hierarchy of the church.

After reading this article I'm done with Amazon. I can find products from some other faceless corporate entity. Not one more penny.  I recognize some of you are tied into the Amazon ecology, but I strongly recommend you take your business elsewhere, this kind of shit is douchebaggery at a level only Amazon can reach.