It's Thursday. And that means links. Or something. Science:
China Second to US in research, set to pass in 2020
Research Project Grant Support For "Younger Researchers"
On the latest NIH soft-money kerfuffle
Collins warns Universities to roll back soft money jobs...sortof
Shrimp's Dirty Secrets: Why America's Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare
Other:
Reframing Public Ignorance
Civil unions and straight marriage
LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL....
How Wall Street Destroyed Health Care
Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Not A Single Intelligent Human Being Believes There Isn't Bloat In The Defense Budget
51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option
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I am at a meeting at an undisclosed location, and concurrently the weak lensing folk are having a workshop on future surveys, so I am slumming at their sessions in my copious spare time.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had ev
One of the NCAA pools I'm in has a copy of Obama's bracket entered, and the last I checked, I'm a couple of games up on him. This means I'm as qualified as anyone else to offer a plan to fix the financial crisis, and I have just the plan we need.
And by "me" I mean all the children of future generations.
RE: 51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option
Every poll that ends up with a result of large support for a public option has included the comparison to Medicare in the question. Since Medicare is single-payer, which the public option in any form would not be, that is a flawed comparison. I feel that it is just a way to sell the question, in other words, to push the poll.