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@Corso: Viagra is only approved for use in erectile dysfunction. Other uses, including pulmonary hypertension, are off label. (I also…
Ron, Respectfully... Are you saying these things because you actually have an ideological opposition to any use of off-label prescriptions,…
Which leads one to ask how many studies showed the breast growth effect of Spironolactone and what their quality was.…
I am reluctant to take any supplement in the US, even the relatively benign ones like vitamins, because who knows…
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Category Archives: Environmental issues
Cartoon: Seeing Global Warming
If you enjoy these cartoons, please help me make them by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge makes a big difference for me. Extra thanks to SocProf, who is thanked in the sidebar of this cartoon. All $10 patrons occasionally … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Environmental issues
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Cartoon: Hiring
If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. Transcript of cartoon: Panel 1 The panel shows two white men; one is wearing a turtleneck shirt, the other is wearing a necktie with a sweatervest. Both are balding, but … Continue reading
Global Warming Discussion Thread (moved from the “Six Kinds of Republican” thread
There is now a significant discussion of global warming and denialism going on in the “Six Kinds of Republican” thread. I’m creating this post to move those comments to.
Posted in Environmental issues
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Cartoon: Global Warming Can’t Be Real
TRANSCRIPT Panel 1 The image shows a businessman wearing a jacket and tie and standing on a tiny planet Earth. He is angrily lecturing. In the background we see outer space. MAN: Global warming can’t be real. Because if it … Continue reading
Why Tea Party Members Believe Global Warming Is A Hoax
Christopher Flavell, in an article about climate denialism, interviews Harvard professor Vanessa Williamson: Williamson attributed the receptiveness of Tea Party supporters to two widespread views: First, the coastal elite looks down on people in Middle America; second, the government wants … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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The “Dark Funding” Is Behind The Entire Conservative Movement, Not Just Climate Change Deniers
Earlier this month, Drexel University’s Robert Brulle published a paper: Institutionalizing Delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations. The paper examines how a huge portion of the funding of “climate change counter-movement organizations” has moved … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Environmental issues
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US Oil Drilling Has No Effect on Gas Prices
From the AP (via ThinkProgress): U.S. oil production is back to the same level it was in March 2003, when gas cost $2.10 per gallon when adjusted for inflation. But that’s not what prices are now. That’s because oil is … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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To Conservatives Who Thought Nate Silver Was An Idiot
Regarding the reliability of climate modeling, maybe you’re right, despite your lack of expertise, and despite the fact that the last time you made a testable prediction about statistical modeling, you revealed yourself to be a great deal less accurate … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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Pournelle’s Iron Law Of Bureaucracy, FEMA, and Republican Incompetence
In another thread, Ron – I suspect with tongue in cheek – quoted Jerry Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy: In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: First, there will be those who are devoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Environmental issues
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The Minimum Wage, Global Warming, and Expert Consensus
Via Bleeding Heart Libertarians, I read Daniel B. Klein and Stewart Dompe’s admirable article “Reasons for Supporting the Minimum Wage: Asking Signatories of the ‘Raise the Minimum Wage’ Statement.” Klein, an economist who opposes the minimum wage, wanted to understand … Continue reading
Corso, what caught my eye was: The doctor was worried about my kidneys with what I’m on, and I get…