Thread: Who needs Fruit Flies when you have Jesus? ...or how to cure the retard Palin.

Do we really need another moron in the White House?

seriously wtf? Did she take any science at one of those six colleges?

NOBEL PRIZE FOR GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT 1995 STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Three biologists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development. The researchers work with the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly provided key information on factors influencing human embryology and birth defects. The recipients of this year's prize are Drs. Edward Lewis, of the California Institute of Technology; Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard, of Germany's Max-Planck Institute; and Eric Wieschaus, at Princeton. Each of the three were involved in the early research to find the genes controlling development of the Drosophila fruit fly.

The fruit fly, now a standard model in genetic research, is an ideal research animal since it develops from fertilized egg to embryo within nine days. "Most of the genes studied by Nuesslein-Volhard, Wieschaus and Lewis have important functions during the early development of the human embryo. It is likely that mutations in such important genes are responsible for some of the early, spontaneous abortions that occur in man, and for some of the about 40 percent of the congenital malformations that develop due to unknown reasons,'' according to a statement from Sweden's Karolinska Institute.

As someone who vehemently opposes Obama, I would like to go on the record as saying that this woman is a national embarrassment.

Originally Posted by Rubicon

As someone who vehemently opposes Obama, I would like to go on the record as saying that this woman is a national embarrassment.

Let us know how it feels when you vote for her for President...

She supported special needs before she was against them..

Originally Posted by Cyber Cop

Do we really need another moron in the White House?

seriously wtf? Did she take any science at one of those six colleges?

beatcha by four days. if you're that slow invading canada...

http://tetongravity.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=11

Originally Posted by f2f

beatcha by four days. if you're that slow invading canada...

http://tetongravity.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=11

ha, I figured you guys already covered this. I just about fell out of my chair when I saw coverage of that speech. Did you catch the part about paying for retarded kids to attend private schools? I guess there is still hope for Patrick.

Originally Posted by Cyber Cop

ha, I figured you guys already covered this. I just about fell out of my chair when I saw coverage of that speech.

i saw the prof's post that i quoted and couldn't believe what i read: it's pretty hard to make a scientist lose it that big. i expected nothing less from palin.

This is where the Republican party has ended up: supporting an ignorant buffoon who believes in the End Times and speaking in tongues while deriding some of the best and most successful strategies for scientific research. In this next election, we've got to choose between the 21st century rationalism and Dark Age inanity. It ought to be an easy choice.

love this quote, sadly I think we will suffer the burden of the religious right in the US for a long time to come.

Seventy six American Nobel Prize winners endorsed Barack Obama in a strongly worded letter rebuking the Bush Administration's contempt for science.

here's what they said (i was personally affected by this):

During the administration of George W. Bush, vital parts of our country's scientific enterprise have been damaged by stagnant and declining federal support. The government's scientific advisory process has been distorted by political considerations. As a result, our once dominant position in the scientific world has been shaken and our prosperity has been placed at risk. We have lost time critical for the development of new ways to provide energy, treat disease, reverse climate change, strengthen our security, and improve our economy.

We have watched Senator Obama's approach to these issues with admiration. We especially applaud his emphasis during the campaign on the power of science and technology to enhance our nation's competitiveness. In particular, we support the measures he plans to take - through new initiatives in education and training, expanded research funding, an unbiased process for obtaining scientific advice, and an appropriate balance of basic and applied research - to meet the nation's and the world's most urgent needs.

http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008...can-nobel.html

You were in the wrong sector f2f....

US plan for new nuclear arsenal

^ that article is from 2003. the "new weapon" mentioned therein was awarded to llnl with significant budget cuts based on their design promising verification without physical testing. since 2005 stockpile stewardship funds have been decreasing steadily cutting budgets and programs (including ours) significantly each year. this is the last one: http://www.koat.com/news/16722511/detail.html

this is all open information.

Love that she says, "Paris, France". Thanks for clearing that up.

Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable

Love that she says, "Paris, France". Thanks for clearing that up.

Could have been Paris, Texas....

or paris, Maine....

beside the point.

Palin= Holy fucking shit that bitch be 'tarded

Shes like Bush but with tits and,presumably, a bush

Bush probably has bush, too.