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By mikethemadbiologist on August 4, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Blinded and Blindsided
Is Polio Eradication Slipping Out of Reach?
Don't forget the parasites! Reevaluating the pyramid of numbers
Hunting Pathogens in Siberian Permafrost Graves

Other:

Scott Fullwiler: Coin Seigniorage and Inflation
My comment, in moderation at Hullabaloo (progressives are being played for suckers)
It's My Party, and I'll Whine If I Want To (kinda gets at the role of race in the Democratic Party)
Beat Up Your Favorite News Reporter, What Would It Mean for the U.S. to be Unable to Pay Its Debt?
Tyler Cowen Doubles Down (Doesn't Know When to Quit Department)
Racist Pigs Dream of Electric Fences
Obama Raises U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standard to 54.5 mpg
Comic Flowchart on How To Deal With Internet Arguments
The Catholic Church's Secret Gay Cabal (and we let sexual hypocrites and closet-cases lecture the country on sexual mores why exactly?)

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