So surgery was succesful, and I’m recovering. Let’s celebrate with some links. Science:
DIY statistical analysis: experience the thrill of touching real data (must-read)
Warm Weather Increases Hospital Infections, And What That Might Mean For Climate Change
Obama Witch Hunt Against Polar Bear Scientists Takes New Twist – 2nd Scientist Asked to Take Lie Detector Test
Return of an old foe
Other:
The Con (must-read: this has been the anti-Social Security strategy for the last two decades, distilled to its essence)
Out of Exile: On Visiting Occupy USA With Dr. John Carlos
The Costs of Wall Street Greed
Dave Ramsey
Matthew Yglesias cannot remember what he’s read
Shovel-Ready Clinics (a good way to pump $20 billion into the economy. Of course, the Republicans won’t do this…)
Occupy Boston: the privatizing of public spaces
How the 99 Percent Really Lost Out – in Far Greater Ways Than the Occupy Protesters Imagine
MOVE YOUR MONEY – Bank Of America Branch Manager Begs Customer Not To Close Accounts
‘Occupy Denver’ trade-name filing withdrawn (this is creepy)
Did You Hear the One About the Bankers? (Thomas Friedman gets it right for once)
Obama Witch Hunt Against Polar Bear Scientists Takes New Twist – 2nd Scientist Asked to Take Lie Detector Test
I hope he declines and tells them what the National Academy of Sciences thinks of polygraphs.