The new stimulus package includes serious cuts to science funding (like nixing 100% of the National Science Foundation's $$). This -- as an old family friend of mine used to say -- is in the forefront of the not good. Details here. Contact folks to voice opposition here.
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D'oh! Doncha just hate it when your proofreader forgets to check your headline?
D'oh!