Oh American darlings …

[blamebrampton]

I do feel for you. I have met so many smart, serious and intellectually curious citizens of the United States, and yet your political climate is so filled with people just like this one:

Suddenly the abject lunacy that surrounds health and science debates in your country has a whole new layer of horror attached. And thanks to Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content for the URL.

I'm off to see whether having a sore knee is a good enough excuse for wagging work now that hideous deadline has passed. A few laps of the hall ought to settle my conscience one way or the other.

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[oldenuf2nb.livejournal.com]

You know, if it weren't that we were being forced to listen to morons just like this one day in and day out, this might be really funny. Unfortunately.... it isn't.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I've been working on a story regarding science education. The horror has crept into my bones. Maybe that's why my knee is so sore?

I found it heartening that it was pointed out by an American and that many of the commenters who know about light and refraction are also obviously Americans. Lots of you are smart, you're all just the employed ones who have a degree of dignity and so are busier and quieter.