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Die-offs… The End is Nigh »
A floating skein of BB authors were recently sighted citing the recent spate of animal die-offs. So here is my damn post.
Here’s a list of the current primary recorded cases . Yea! There is now a Google Map. Here is a more responsible account of recent deaths (from National Geographic).
It is my understanding [...]
If you can’t spell “Dialectical” we’re taking your kids away »
The cognitive behavioral process of thinking everyone is just like you is a fundamental, yet erroneous attribute required of humans to exist around other humans. We have evolved to leverage our neocortex-enabled social abilities as a strategy for successfully surviving within the Homo sapien-dominated world. This is even with “social assembly code” that is extremely [...]
Stultus est sicut stultus facit »
Stultus est sicut stultus facit… Latin for: Stupid is as stupid does.
Excerpt from CNN.com:
The controversy over Transportation Security Administration measures may peak Wednesday, one of the nation’s busiest travel days annually, as a group is urging air travelers to protest at airports nationwide.
Protesters are calling the day before Thanksgiving “National Opt-Out Day,” and are urging [...]
Ignorance in America »
More of a mind-map on the topic at hand…
1. Ph.D.s awarded in this country are increasingly to Foreign Nationals
2. American Primary School Students were scored as “having the most pride” in an International Scholastic Review
3. While not scoring in the Top 10 in any other category for a 1st World Nation
4. India is producing Scientists [...]
¿qué? »
Concurrent with U.S. border states warning of violence spilling over from Mexico, a coalition of Mexican mayors recently met to decide that the “deportation of illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in U.S. is contributing to border violence in Mexico”.
So let’s get this straight…
The majority of undocumented workers come from Mexico. This [...]
What the (insert sexual or excretory organ or activity here)?!?! »
NOTICE: the following post contains language that you may or may not find taboo. However, it is important to understand that citing legal content is not illegal or using loopholes in said law. If you don’t have cable TV, never went to public school, was never a teen-ager or in the military, or [...]
BullSh!t – Penn & Teller »
Penn and Teller’s program, Bullsh!t is a personal favorite. In the link above, you’ll see a great example of the vaccination vs. anti-vaccination debate for children.
Obviously, I trust the omnipotent wisdom of a former playboy bunny when it comes to deciding if I’ll protect my children’s lives… so take Penn and Teller with a [...]
Stupid Neighbor Series »
So… after a somewhat brief absence allow me to post another story regarding my neighbors. Heretofore, this particular taxonomy of post should be readily identifiable as “Caravaggio’s Encounters with Neighbors” Series. Prior articles have included my intervening in my neighbor’s allowing their children to vandalize other’s properties while awaiting the school bus as [...]
Wooly Mammoth Brainstorm »
We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it. ~Albert Szent-Györgyi
Brainstorm session with Thraxxus [...]
Evolutionary comparisons with ancient Transibs »
Formal Title: Recombination Signal Sequences providing evidence for low vitality cerebral output in higher order Apes when compared with ancient Transibs
The V(D)J recombination reaction in jawed vertebrates is catalyzed by the RAG1 and RAG2 proteins, which are believed to have emerged approximately 500 million years ago from transposon-encoded proteins. What makes this extremely interesting is [...]
Such is the human race… »
Attribution: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/global_warming.png
Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah… didn’t miss the boat. ~Mark Twain
Decode the Cipher for Caravaggio’s Cash »
Taking a break from posts dealing with both white and black bigoted idiots… Get ready for the Cryptogram Challenge: Cell Counting! Decipher the hidden message and enter it into the sweepstakes for a chance to win a spectrometer or a cell counter (I need one of both for the home lab I’m building! So [...]
Pity the Fool »
So… the email-gate that was hailed as the deathblow to climate science’s declaration of global warming has now been thoroughly reviewed and the original math and statistics underpinning the messages have been found to be intact and significant (otherwise known as proof of climate change sans any hocus-pocus). Let us all take a moment and [...]
Manny’s remains speak to Global Climate Change (if there was such a thing) »
One of the last shipments received from a bone bed in a thawing permafrost marsh in Northern Alaska, the picture shows two (2) mammoth tusks embedded in a tough matrix of ancient dried mud, plant material, and assorted bone fragments. (Note: Nope, no climate change here… nothing to look at… however, the dig team did [...]
Worst-Case Scenario »
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Attribution: XKCD.com
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