Links 7/16/11

By mikethemadbiologist on July 16, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Super Awesome influenza antibodies: Slightly more helpful than Super Awesome HIV antibodies
Bacteria resists the aroma of caffeine
A Partial Cure for the "Is Consistent With" Syndrome (a good reason to understand mechanism)
CIA's despicable Pakistan vaccination ploy (can't wait to see what the awful anti-vaxxers do with this...)

Other:

The Moneysburg Address
Deals Will Be Broken
Education Reform - the Fix is In
The NEA And Our Absurd Education 'Debate'
Choreographed Budget Cave In
Understanding Obama (he's a Rockefeller Republican. Once you recognize that, it all makes sense)
What School Integration Teaches Kids (and Adults, Too)
VINTAGE PHOTOS: Take A Tour Of Manhattan In The 1940s
Steady-state
Leading by example
Manufacturing deficit fear: Pursuing a plan to kill social security, politicians are relying on a credulous public and compliant media to ramp up debt panic

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Science Media: Why do I even bother...

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More Social Security Idiocy: the Resolute Pundit Edition

Actually, I'm not just mad at the pundit, but also at Senator Obama: he knows his position is intellectually dishonest. By way of Ezra Klein, I came across a discussion at Hotline about this interview with Senator Obama: For the first time as a presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, posed a…

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