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By mikethemadbiologist on April 25, 2011.

Last day of vacation. Links for you. Science:

Vaccine Denialism Finds a Home on Left and Right
False Balance in Matthew Nisbet's Climate Shift Report
Guest Post: It's Not Just Alternative Energy Versus Fossil Fuels or Nuclear - Energy Has to Become DECENTRALIZED
Some people deserve bad reputations. (on Andrew Wakefield)
Scientific misconduct starts early

Other:

It Wasn't That Long Ago
The Dirty Hippies Were Right
Really Unpopular Complicated Expensive Technological Solutions For A Nonexistent Problem
Only Little People Pay Taxes
Mirabile Dictu! Economists Agree All the Fed Has Done is Goose Financial Markets!
Sewers, Swaps and Bachus
No, Half Of All Workers Aren't Freeloaders
On Pity for the Rich

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