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Month: December 2016
Science “Journalism” Continues To Be A Mess
Headline: Many GMO studies have financial conflicts of interest. Opening Paragraph: Financial conflicts of interest were found in 40 percent of published research articles on the genetically modified crops, also known as GMO crops, French researchers said this week. OMG, it’s a science apocalypse. Now I’ve noted before, one should fully expect that companies will…
Lessons Are Never Learned By The Left
This may be axiomatic at this blog, but I think it bears repeating. Today’s lesson: Government provided income chains you to government. LinkedIn decided to put some dreck in my email agitating for a “Universal Basic Income.” (UBI) I tweeted about it, and someone with an autosearch function spit this back at me: Is that also…
Professor Watchlists Are Stupid, So Is The Response To Them By The Left
Hello 3 readers we have left since I’ve been forced to post sporadically. Via @PeetySDee and @Aggierican I have this…Uhh Screed against that “Professor Watch List” somebody started that I’ve only heard of because of the number of people complaining about it. (Seriously, I haven’t heard anyone actually promoting it, just people complaining.) Now for my part,…