Links for you. Science:
The Reinvention of Silk
Strong Beliefs About Vaccines Work Both Ways
The Young and the Perceptive
Social Networking's Newest Friend: Genomics
Other:
Doesn't Anyone Remember Christine Whitman? (I'm afraid the same thing will occur with Romney)
Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts (key point is nobody talks about tax cuts that are spiraling out of control, such as the doubling of the mortgage deduction)
A Liberal Is a Villager Who's Been Screwed By a Mortgage Servicer
20 lies (and counting) told by Gov. Walker
The myths about unions
Political Illusions (Policy doesn't just happen; there is moral agency)
More like this
So can the banks. A key impediments to economic recovery is underwater mortgages: people repay housing loans for more than the underlying property is worth. Many Dirty Fucking Hippies sane people have recommended that banks be forced to 'cramdown' these mortgages*.
I haven't talked about Big Shitpile (the housing-initiated economic collapse in a while), but
One thing that I've been getting a lot of requests about is the ongoing
mortgage mess in the US. I wrote a bit about it a while ago, explaining
what was going on. But since then, I've gotten a lot of people asking
That's a great phrase that the NY Times headlined Gretchen Morgensen's article about judges who are backing borrowers when the mortgage documentation is non-existent (