Global Spin

Not dead, just getting back from a visit to our nation’s capital. Will post a few tidbits soon. This gives you time to read “Deb’s post”:http://www.globalspin.com/mt/archives/000543.html below or catch up on your “Fafblog”:http://fafblog.blogspot.com/.

Posted by Chris in Blog on May 24th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Obviously we are still living in the dark ages where AIDS is concerned. I mean, the FDA is all about statistics, right? So maybe they should check the current trends on AIDS infection? Here are just a few websites, some newer some older, that belie the FDA’s blatant prejudice: world overview/statistics, infection doubles in black [...]

Posted by Deb in Sexuality on May 19th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has a “fantastic explanation of the Bush administration’s ‘solution’ to the Social Security ‘crisis’”:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_05_01.php#005638. In short, both the ‘crisis’ (reduced benefits starting in 2041) and the ‘solution’ (reduced benefits starting in 2012) are the same. The CBPP has kindly provided the “numbers to back that up”:http://www.cbpp.org/5-10-05socsec.htm, showing that the [...]

Posted by Chris in Government on May 10th, 2005 | 2 Comments »

And you thought nothing odd ever happened in my home town. Apparently there was a “rain of shrimp”:http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20050510-9999-1m10bell.html recently, which is the La Jolla version of a rain of fish.

Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough on May 10th, 2005 | Comments Off

Note to self: “don’t move to Kansas”:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002265204_evolution06.html. _The first [proposal] recommends that students continue to be taught the theory of evolution because it is key to understanding biology. The other proposes that Kansas alter the definition of science, not limiting it to theories based on natural explanations._ _”Part of our overall goal is to remove [...]

Posted by Chris in Science on May 6th, 2005 | 1 Comment »