"Jesus. A panicked teabagger called up C-SPAN in tears today, worried that he accidentally killed Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe by praying for Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd to die. This is one of the saddest things ever to appear on C-SPAN."
- Steven Perez
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"You might have heard that Republican Senator Tom Coburn urged health care reform opponents on Sunday to pray for 92 year-old Byrd to die so that Democrats would be a vote shy of the 60 needed to break Republicans' filibuster. This is not prayer. It's black magic. And people who believe in magic are, at the risk of generalizing, generally idiots. Like this Teabagger, who attempted to...
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- Steven Perez
Maybe a 900 foot tall Oral Roberts will appear to him and tell him whose death to pray for next.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Also, is it just me or are there "just too many" similarities between Teabaggers and the Taliban? 1) Both start with the letter "T"; 2) both factions want set the clock back to simpler times that better fit their agenda (6+ decades for the Teabaggers & and 6+ centuries for the Taliban); 3) both invoke God to suit their ends rather than the other way around... I'm sure there's more, but I'm still waking up.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I'm like the author of the article, but sometimes I wonder if I would be better off being the other way.
- Ruchira S. Datta
I don't see the need to make value judgements. Some people get deeply into a narrow field, some people cross-pollinate; both "styles" have their strengths and uses.
- Bill Hooker
Some of us are into science, even if we aren't practicing it, so generalizations are difficult. But I do think our system is at a crossroads. People who are passionate about science don't always have avenues for that passion, or at least think they don't
- Deepak Singh
Thanks! I'm reading through some of the guidelines for editors and learning a lot. One good thing is that I learned that post-publication comments by the academic editor of the paper is encouraged. I wasn't sure of this, because for the papers I've read on PLoS, I don't think I've ever seen this.
- Steve Koch
Each month is a spoof of a work of literature with the Chick-Fil-A cows playing the parts. And you get a coupon every month for some sort of food. Win-win!
- Laura B.
Reminds me of the McDonald's calendars we used to get when we were kids. Do they even make those anymore?
- Mellissa Claus
Hmmm. I don't think I've seen one from McDonald's in years!
- Laura B.