Republican Follies: 13 May Morning Edition

Science
Here is a discussion of a review of Jerry Coyne’s book Why Evolution is True. The gist of the review is a discussion of how much evidence we have for natural selection being the reason for a given specific evolutionary change.

Science Tiny Frog recalls an incident in which many people were killed by a natural release of carbon dioxide.

Serious Ethical Question Suppose that someone has a terminal case of cancer. They decide to take part in a study which is attempting to find a cure. How much money should be spent on this case; how much of a probability of recovery should some have in order to, say, get insurance to pay for it?
Go here to see a nice discussion of this question.

Social Do you want to see a map of which regions engage the most in the 7 deadly sins? Ok, the explanation of how this was determined is here (e. g., gluttony was determined by the percentage of obese people) and the map is here.

Sports Smackdown: In athletics, no one likes someone to “rub it in” after they have been defeated. There is a baseball pitcher who routinely makes a gesture after making a save. So, when a batter hit a home run, he made the same gesture; the pitcher was outraged. Yes, religion was involved.

Politics
State of Illinois: will Lisa Madigan run for the Senate seat in 2010? (note: she is the Illinois Attorney General and the daughter of Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan)

IL-17: Phil Hare: sticking up for Hartmarx workers: Hartmarx was taken over by the government bailed out Wells-Fargo. He promises to fight them if they attempt to liquidate this clothing making company.

Republicans and Conservatives

The social conservatives in the Republican party are feeling scapegoated.

Other social conservatives are playing the victim.

Other social conservatives (e. g. Mike Huckabee) are attacking Republicans who don’t want to be beholden to the Religious Right.

Dick Cheney: still shooting off his mouth.

Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura body-slams Cheney.

He has a few good words for President George W. Bush.

Don’t expect conservatives to admit that President Obama inherited a mess though and don’t expect them to give him any credit at all; instead expect things like this.

Remember that the Republicans have been losing the most educated among us (on the average).

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