August 12th, 2008

If you think there is anything else going on here you are not even a tiny bit as smart as you think you are and should go back to school. Greg Laden’s Blog : Bush Administration Prefers That Animals Go Extinct, Ruins The Environment for Everybody  

Someday, we will have a political press corps that is mathematically literate. And then I will have a magic pony. Mike the Mad Biologist : Political Reporters, Polls, and Numerical Illiteracy  

That said, I do think it’s funny that part of McCain’s speech on the crisis in Georgia seems to have been taken from Wikipedia. Obsidian Wings: Oops!  

Allow me to translate Ms. Wilderman’s words into plain English: “Mr. Deeb hasn’t actually violated any law or regulation that I can find, but I don’t like what he’s doing because I’m ignorant and irrationally afraid of chemicals, so I’ll abuse my power to steal his property and shut him down.” MAKE: Blog: Home science under attack