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By mikethemadbiologist on June 22, 2010.

Some links fahr ya. Science:

Republican Governance: Researchers Could Tell You Where Oil Was Headed - IF Their Funding Hadn't Been Slashed
things are often not what they seem to be...
AIDS in DC
Small Fossil Mammals Reveal Wounds Left by the Last Great Extinction
Outsourcing My Research Group

Other:

Sierra Club and Gang Green: Oil Spill Cleanup "Just Fine"
They hate soccer and are racist.
Strikes, v.2010
The New Republic's Chait Puzzled by Liberals' "Curious Sense of Disappointment" with Obama

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