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Links 6/19/11

By mikethemadbiologist on June 19, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Felisa Wolfe-Simon Does NOT Get It
And now, from the Insane Clown Posse wing of the climate change debate...
Cheap vaccine eradicates new cases of meningitis A
The Noble Priesthood and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
The Government's Addiction Expert Says We Like What We Like Because We Like It
The "triumph" of New Age medicine? The Atlantic strikes again
UPDATE: Methods Behind BGI's Madness (interested in China's desire to set up its own Genbank; maybe this will lead to improvements at NCBI?)

Other:

OUR ABORTION WAS DIFFERENT: WHEN THE ANTI-CHOICE CHOOSE
Ga.'s farm-labor crisis going exactly as planned
Is the EPA a Job Killing Machine? (Hint: No.)
One Year Car Free
We Are Doomed
Benefit Games
Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit Dismissed as Sham
Police Against Prohibition

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Santorum demeans the frothy mix of feces and lube that shares his name.

By Katharine (not verified) on 20 Jun 2011 #permalink

This particular santorum story has not been authenticated - Dan Savage deleted it from his site because too many of the details were not true - her labor was evidently not induced, it was premature, and the doctors and family decided not to stop it. so it wasn't really an abortion by the usual standards - it was still a CHOICE, however. And the last comment on the post is one the author evidently made up.