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By mikethemadbiologist on July 20, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

The narrow mind of Greenpeace
Tom Coburn wrong on behavioral research
After 8 Decades, Tiny Toad Resurfaces in Asia
Food Companies Act to Protect Consumers From E. Coli Illness

Other:

On Early Retirement (must read)
Other People's Money
A Response to Corey Robin on The Political Idea of Monetary Policy (this is why I write about that new fangled technology known as money)
With ALEC Exposed, Common Cause Demands an IRS Audit of Corporate-Funded Group's Gaming of State Lawmaking
Law and law school economics
Google+ Circles? More Like a Hole
Questioning the Inca Paradox: Did the civilization behind Machu Picchu really fail to develop a written language?
BEYOND FED TRANSFERS AND DEBT: 95% Of Americans Are Getting Poorer Every Year (I say this often, but when Wall Street guys use Marxist vocabulary, we're fucked)
Which Ones (on regulation)

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