Friday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on April 16, 2010.

Thank the Intelligent Designer it's Friday. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:

Intelligent Design Is Rotten Theology, Too
Pavement power lights up Toulouse: Electricity generated by pedestrians used to illuminate street lights in France's technology capital
The Trouble with the Truth: Politics Squelches Science Again

Other:

Tom Hickey on MMT
Massachusetts Health Insurance "Market" Just Failed, And There's Worse to Come
Fox poll: IRS more popular than tea party movement
Between the John McGahern Ban and Westlife's First LP
NY-Gov: Bestiality, porn and racism from the tea party candidate
With More Deficit Hysteria Propaganda, CNN Becomes "Most Busted Name In News"
Florida county exempt from education bill because of deal with Gates Foundation.
15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America
The Unsung Empathy of Justice Stevens
"...who are you better than?"
Tea is the new black

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