So says Yasser A. Mahmmoud of the University of Aarhus in Denmark: In muscle cells the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) couples the free energy of ATP hydrolysis to pump Ca2+ ions from the cytoplasm to the SR lumen. In addition, SERCA plays a key role in non-shivering thermogenesis through uncoupled reactions, where ATP hydrolysis takes place without active Ca2+ […]

You do have to admit, if our financial systems weren’t in complete meltdown, THIS would be funny as fuck: The Republican National Committee’s new advertisement critical of the the Wall Street “bailout” was produced and sent to television stations in key states before the package failed, officials at two stations said. “Wall Street Squanders our money. And Washington is forced […]

There I was, minding my own business, reading a pretty awesome editorial in the Detroit Free Press excoriating Sarah Palin when I came across a comment in the comments section that nearly made me shoot coffee out of my nose. To start with, the “genius” who typed is calls themself “ItsAPrivledge”. I do so love when someone misspells things in […]

Yesterday, I posted still images from the Obama-Biden rally in Detroit this past Sunday. These images were taken and assembled by my wife, Mrs. E. As promised, below you will find two interactive panoramic images from that event. While still images capture the moment, in my opinion nothing captures the immensity of these events like full spherical panoramic images. The […]

Sticks and stones make break some bones but words can scuttle an economic bail out and send the stock market tumbling. At least, according to House Minority Douchebag, John Boehner. Democrats were lined up to deliver 120 votes. They delivered 140. Republicans, under the wise sheparding of John “Mighty Mouse” McCain, were responsible for the rest, about 100. They delivered […]

Andrew Sullivan just wrote this: Palin is the Barbie doll attached to the front of a truck. I couldn’t possibly agree more. McCain, et. al. have put her on the ticket for two reasons. First to appeal to uber-right conservative fundamentalist Christians. Second, more importantly and related to the first, to add a little sexy fun to the ticket. Because, […]

Well, whattya know? Obama Has Advantages in Battleground State of Michigan. I’m just sayin’…

And you thought Tina Fey was funny… Well, she is. But Sarah’s giving her a run for her money, isn’t she? I’m just sayin’…

Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden held a rally in Detroit yesterday, appearing with their wives in front of the Detroit Library. According to Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, the event was attended by 28,000 with several thousand more waiting outside the gates. Below are photos taken by Mrs.E. In a day or so, I’ll post panoramic images she took […]

The world according to Sarah Palin: Heh, heh. From Boing Boing. I’m just sayin’…

This is nearly unbelievable. On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West — the fear-mongering, anti-Muslim documentary being distributed by the millions in swing states via DVDs inserted in major newspapers and through the U.S. mail — were distributed by mail in Ohio, a “chemical irritant” […]