Maxwell’s Equations notational blogwar!!!!111!!1!! ATTACK! KILL! DESTROY!

I know we live in a depraved country that has been nearly completely destroyed by sick-fuck right-wing “I got mine, so FUCK YOU!” conservatism. But there was a time when fairness, equity, and justice were considered intrinsically valuable. This depravity is playing itself out in the health care “debate”. Obama and the rest of the …

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This shit is too fucking brilliant not to post (h/t I can’t fucking remember): This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After …

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PZ Myers just posted approvingly about an ABC News report on the visit of him and a bunch of other non-deranged people to some Creationism Museum or some such shit: Our visit to the Creation “Museum” is being reported on ABC News now — not a bad report by a reporter who was actually there. …

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Jaded Hippy linked to a fascinating guest post at Stuff White People Do by The Witty Mulatto, who blogs at Madness to the Method, concerning the meaning of the term “diversity” as employed by members of white institutions, such as the overwhelmingly vast majority of universities. The whole thing is well worth reading, but I …

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As you may recall, fellow ScienceBlogger Ethan Siegel of Starts With A Bang agreed to wax his chest in exchange for $1000 combined charitable donation from Isis the Scientist and Comrade PhysioProf to Kiva, the micro-loan outfit. Well, the motherfucker actually did it! Here is his chest in it’s pre-wax hairy glory: And here is …

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John Bolton–never-confirmed right-wing nutjob Bush-appointed ambassador to the UN–is concerned with Bill Clinton’s visit to Pyongyang to try to secure the release of two Americans being held by the North Koreans: While the United States is properly concerned whenever its citizens are abused or held hostage, efforts to protect them should not create potentially greater …

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I see no reason why Pete Rose should not be allowed into the Baseball Hall of Fame. What Rose did is far less bad for the game of baseball than what dopers have been doing for decades. Yeah, Rose is an obnoxious dickhead, instead of a falsely contrite greedy PR-flack-managed pantywaist. So what? Selig should …

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UPDATE: Here’s the motherfucking recipe: three 2 inch thick osso bucos (veal shank) salt pepper olive oil 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup diced onions 1 cup diced celery 6 cloves finely chopped garlic 1 cup chicken or beef broth 1 cup white wine 1/2 cup unpasteurized sake 1 16 ounce can of Muir Glen …

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