Links for you. Science:
Corner piece
Palm Oil Plantations Equal Deforestation
Elephants give each other a helping trunk
What Killed Europe's Hyenas?
High (school) honors
Other:
Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America' (Good for Klein. I'm so sick of this self-righteous heartland bullshit)
Ross Douthat sells sex and young people way too short
Dogg Days
Our Serious Intellectuals
We're doomed!
Responsible Retirement
Late Night: Rich People are Oppressed
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Happy Tuesday! Links for you. Science:
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Merry Tuesday. Links for you. Science:
Report: Bill Nye "The Science Guy" Exposed as Godless, Soulless Blasphemer in Texas
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Bonus Dinosaur of the Week--Paleontology and The Excavation Process.
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Texas governor Rick Perry's recent decision to mandate that all 6th grade girls in Texas be given the new HPV vaccine has a lot of people up in arms. What I just don't understand is why the absolute jackasses who are objecting to this are being treated as if they hold a legitimate point of view…
Thank you, Mike. I suspect the retirement problem is one of those things that's too big to get anyone to address, but at least when we crash, I can sell a book on my status as prophet and help keep the economy going. :p
Thanks for the links. I loves me some sweet linkage.