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Top Five Mistakes of the McCain Campaign in the past Week
Informed Comment —
... 4. Palin says she supports scientific research on autism but she disses genetic research on fruit flies, which is key to scientific advances in this field. ...
links for 2008-10-25
Oliver Willis —
... Dumbest political ad ever
All 2008 US Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama!
Sarah Palin: Ignorant and anti-science
Thandie Newton And Ricky Gervais Reenact Scene From “Who’s Nailin’ Paylin?” ...
Hullabaloo — ... Sarah Palin isn't the issue here. Sure, I'll concede that this illustrates Palin's breathtaking ignorance AND her stupidity. After all, she agreed to repeat it. But what it really demonstrates is how unqualified the upper echelons of the Republican party are to run this country. She certainly didn't write this speech: John McCain's advisers did and approved every appalling word. ...
The Cure to Autism Involves Mocking a Route to the Cure
Balloon Juice —
Sarah Palin, ever the moron, yesterday in her big “policy speech”:
Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.
Take it away, PZ Myers:
This idiot woman, this blind, shortsighted ignoramus, this pretentious ...
Fruit flies, the ignoramus, and the party of darkness
The Reaction —
... really don't make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not. No, she kids us not. In her view, such research is a joke and, needless to say, shouldn't be funded. It's all a big waste, government largesse at its worst. But is she right about the research? No. I'll let an expert, PZ Myers of Pharyngula, explain -- brilliantly, I might add: ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
Watchdog Blog: As U.S. Senator, John McCain helped hide evidence and close the books on Vietnam MIAs, but the mainstream press has refused to touch the story.
Pharyngula: We knew she was dumb as a rock, but this is appalling...
Jon Swift: Great Moments In Election Year Blogging
Southern Beale: Guess who was the highest paid member of the McCain campaign for the first half of October? BTW, is $900 too much for a spray-on tan? (h/t Barney C.)
pandagon: Attention Hollywood ...
Drosophilia Melanogaster Fun Facts
Shadow of the Hegemon —
... Sarah Palin isn't the issue here. Sure, I'll concede that this illustrates Palin's breathtaking ignorance AND her stupidity. After all, she agreed to repeat it. But what it really demonstrates is how unqualified the upper echelons of the Republican party are to run this country. She certainly didn't write this speech: John McCain's advisers did and approved every appalling word. ...
Palin's anti-science rhetoric underscores her ignorance
Preemptive Karma —
... October 25, 2008 Palin's anti-science rhetoric underscores her ignorance Paul Myers, writing on his science blog Pharyngula , roasted Sarah Palin yesterday for exhibiting a profound ignorance of basic science as she ranted her way through a policy speech. Her ignorance is one thing. But when she uses her own ignorance as the very basis for why her policy stance ought to be followed then she goes far too far. Myers has the video clip on his blog as well as the text of what she said. I'll use the later. Sarah Palin: Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] ...
Sarah Palin, Fruit Flies, and the Party of Darkness
The Moderate Voice —
... don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.
No, she kids us not. In her view, such research is a joke and, needless to say, shouldn’t be funded. It’s all a big waste, government largesse at its worst.
But is she right about the research? No.
I’ll let an expert, PZ Myers of Pharyngula, explain — brilliantly, I might add:
I am ...
Overnight and Early Bird Open Thread
TalkLeft —
Some things I'm reading tonight: Dahlia Lithwick in Newsweek, A Guantanamo Homecoming Bill Clinton to campaign with Obama in Orlando next week. Sarah Palin: Ignorant and Anti-Science by Pharyngula Newsweek: The Palin Problem Newsweek: McCain Aide: Palin Going Rogue The Making and Remaking of John McCain (Sunday New York Times Magazine.) Up to 25,000 are expected at Civic Park in downtown Denver ...
I can see Russia from my house
The Early Days of a Better Nation —
Sarah Palin disparages fruit fly research: You've heard about some of these pet projects they really don't make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.I knew I'd heard that one before.
