No Crumbs For You!

Matthew 15:   23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and [...]

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Mean Kitty

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The largest since 1964 – Update

A tsunami generated by the 8.8 earthquake in Chile is expected to hit Hawaii at about 11:30 am local time. My friend’s family has already been evacuated from their Hilo home. My in-laws live on Pacific Heights, so they are safe. The Ewa Beach, Hawaii-based center called for “urgent action to protect lives and property” [...]

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What Maven said

Go read.

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It’s complicated

Trying to simplify scientific data for “policy makers” who often don’t know their burro from a burrow*, has got to be a gargantuan task.  Further, no scientist worth her salt is ever going to say “I know X.”  The best they can do is say, “The data strongly suggests X.” This Wall Street Journal article describes the recent [...]

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Skepticism and Sacred Cows

Steven Novella on the skeptic’s balancing act. As skeptics we have collectively tried to develop a nuanced and sophisticated approach to scientific authority, and many excellent articles have been written on this topic. Since we advocate rigorous and robust scientific methodology as the best way of understanding nature, we trust this process to some degree. [...]

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Around the tubes: Little dogs, DOMA, and the importance of touch

Today is the 479th act in Health Care Theater™ and we all know how that’s going to turn out. Congressional Democrats are already looking beyond the White House health-care summit, reckoning that Thursday’s session will amount to little more than political theater . . . With apologies to The Bard, HCR is: . . . but a walking [...]

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And Nevada comes in at 70%

Whoa. When it was happening, I knew that Nevada housing was far outstripping it’s worth, but holey cow! Via CNN: Nearly 25% of all mortgages are underwater First American CoreLogic, the research firm that monitors housing equity, reported Tuesday that 11.3 million homeowners — or 24% of all homes with mortgages — were underwater as [...]

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Boycott FedEx

FedEx was far ahead of the curve when it came to union busting, and our “Democratic” President, whom union members helped to elect, admires their CEO, Frederick Smith. Chris Hedges: Obama, entranced with power and prestige, is more interested in courting the elite than saving the disenfranchised. The president, when asked to name a business executive he [...]

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I’ve seen this movie before

Last week, when all my self-described “progressive” friends on Facebook and via email were posting update after update in rapid-fire succession and encouraging everyone to Call! Fax! Email! our Democratic reps to support the Public Option through reconciliation, I sat on my hands. Why? Because I was suspicious as hell at the timing, and what appeared to [...]

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