Behavioral Ecology Blog

By naming a Sewage Treatment Plant after him…
Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the SF Zoo adjacent [...]

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Look, it’s really simple… Washington is all fucked up, and it is the establishment that has gotten us there. Politicians now represent special interest (and sometimes their own interest) more then that of the people they are supposed to represent.. Bureaucracy is at an all time high, billions of dollars are wasted… literally wasted. [...]

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Specifically about the fuss everyone made about his visit to Columbia…
Since when do we believe that ignoring the problem leads to the solution… I for one think that it is great that he was given the opportunity to speak- Remember the saying, Know thy enemy?? People with whom we disagree still have valid points on [...]

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Yeah, your right.. maybe still too advancedvia MCS

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Go see the other 12 finalists in the Science Idol: The Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest.

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In case you can’t read it: This is a graph of the number of insurgent attacks (in Iraq) over timeJust imagine what it would have been like without the “surge”

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Me thinks. YES…
The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge.
The phenomenon was demonstrated in a series of experiments performed by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, then both of Cornell University. Their results were published in the Journal of [...]

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Bush pardons Scooter Libby
Bush was under great pressure by Libby allies to pardon the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
In a written statement issued hours after that ruling, Bush called the sentence “excessive.” But he also rejected calls for a pardon for Libby.
“The consequences of his felony [...]

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Any interest in risking your life to hang a sign on a bridge that crosses over motor vehicles that travel at >70mph?? Well, on the outsied chance that you do, Freewayblogger is holding a contest that is made just for you…
Send pictures or videolinks of your Public Political Punditry to freewayblogger@yahoo.com
Submissions may include Political Art, [...]

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Cut/Pasted from Greg Laden: Sippy-Cup Terrorist Almost Caught

Here is the TSA incident report:
On June 11, 2007 at approx. 13:45 TSO responded to a CIC check on lane four at center pier checkpoint. A female passenger traveling with a child in a stroller had entered the checkpoint with a 16 ounce bottle of Deer Park water [...]

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