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21 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read

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I understand why @C_Stroop has an anaphylactic reaction to calling the kinds of Evangelicals who wholly support Trump "fake Christians", but I was just reminded of why it's always a temptation for me.

The Evangelicals and Fundies have this expression "committed Christian" for themselves.

There is the not-so-subtle implication that everyone who doesn't believe what they do, or pepper every single phrase with God-bothering nonsense is not as committed to their faith.

So it's reeeeeeally tempting to return the favor by calling them fake Christians when they exhibit their typical exclusionary and mean-spirited behaviors.

The phrase "Committed Christian" automatically raises my hackles. Those who nominate themselves to bear that moniker are usually insufferable jackasses who miss the beams in their own eyes.

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11 Sep 19

I get it. I do. I was in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember the panicked stampede at Grand Central when some idiot yelled something about a bomb.

I remember walking down Third towards Chinatown and seeing the ghostly figures trudging north in shock, covered in gray dust.

I remember diving across the 59th St. bridge on Sept. 12, when they reopened the arteries across the rivers.

On my way there, the silence was eerie. 2nd Ave. was deserted. There was a solitary lady walking her dog at 7:30 AM. It was like I was in a post-apocalyptic horror film.

Those images and those feelings will be with me forever.

But this national, public indulgence is ... not productive.

It's been 18 years. This public orgy of remembrance feeds the desire for, or at least the indifference to, continuing the Forever War.

And the press feeds it.

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5 Jun 19

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I think @JohnCendpts did a great job in laying out some of the hype behind the @washingtonpost story on Enbrel and Alzheimer's. If you don't subscribe to Endpoints and have any interest in the life sciences at all, do so.

endpts.com/the-washington…

John's expose of the bad Academic behavior of the guy behind the 'whistleblowing" is great. It's a shame the post ran with this story without checking out the full background. Make no mistake, the post story is just *bad* science journalism.

It's not like the Academic world doesn't have legitimate beefs along this line with Pfizer: ask any transplant surgeon about Xeljanz, and you are likely to get an earful.

But the Enbrel /Alzheimer's story is not, IMO, a case of Pharma abandoning a potentially beneficial therapy.

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