More brain turds -- The (mostly) vaccinate your fucking children edition

Vaccinate your children. There is no fucking conspiracy, so save your tinfoil hats for something like UFOs: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/01/30/no-the-measles-vaccine-doesnt-cause-autism/

When Offit speaks, you listen: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/opinion/what-would-jesus-do-about-measles.html

When a seven year old speaks, you listen. And then vaccinate your fucking children: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-usa-measles-schools-idUSKBN0LF2JC20150212

This is truly shocking (cough, cough) because herbal supplements are really s a sham: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/sidebar-whats-in-those-supplements/?_r=0

Did frozen dinosaur farts end the last ice age? Nope. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31424597

Mind grumblings

RIP SkyMall. May you find something expensive and useless in your next life: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/1/23/7877479/eulogy-for-skymall

Fuck yeah Sly! Makin' dreams come true Rocky style: https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/tourists-knockout-photo-stallone-atop-rocky-steps-210623627.html

A new slogan for the CIA: Failure is an option (and will even get you a promotion). http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/unidentified-queen-torture

Yet another reason to not visit Mikey. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/18/disney-measles-spreads/21953767/

Random dying synapes

A diligent "Go fuck yourself" to the slick and slimy Roger Goodell: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/what-does-it-take-to-get-roger-goodell-fired-2/

Hahaha. And I didn't think the Post could get any worse. The slide towards irrelevancy just got faster. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeff-bezos-replaces-katharine-weymouth

A short history of tear gas: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/100-years-of-tear-gas/378632/?single_page=true

Flotsam and Jetsam

Just because you write history, does not make you an historian. Today's example is Jon Meacham. Even if you don't feel any embarrassment, please do us all a favor Mr. Meacham, and please crawl back to your Georgetown cocktail circuit without yelling at any of your interns. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doofuses-in-the-mist

Just when the thought of all the Subway I ate as a teenager wasn't disturbing enough. Now comes this gem: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/subway-takes-chemical-sandwich-bread-protest/story?id=22373414

Medicare pays for penis pumps? Why, yes, it actually overpays for them. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ig-report-penis-pumps-ves

Wonderings

Cul-de-sacs are bad for you. Really. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2013/12/10/why_cul_de_sacs_are_bad_for_your_health_happy_city_by_charles_montgomery.html

Is David Brooks still a smug, holier-than-thou asshole? Why, yes, yes he is. http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/03/talking-heads-for-prohibition/

Yo! History, bitch. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/you-have-to-know-history-to-actually-teach-it/282957/

Old and trusty

Adios facebook? Probably. http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-removes-search-privacy-it-time-delete-your-profile-1422948

Now I am afraid that a small, but significant chunk of the country is scared of modernity. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/why-republicans-shut-down-the-government.html

Yesterday was a crazy day on the Hill, but this was by far the most surreal thing to happen there: http://www.businessinsider.com/house-stenographer-removed-during-vote-2013-10

Fucking Georgia: http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/22/copious-amounts-constitutionally-protected-sodomy-occurring-great-state-already/

Round up with a healthy dollop of people scared by modernity

Maybe it's time to stop drinking all that bottled water, or at least limit yourself to a couple a week. http://www.naturalnews.com/042126_bottled_water_endocrine_disruptors_chemical_contamination.html

Food news! Barilla, wake up and smell modernity. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/barilla-pasta-hates-gay-people.html

Dear Washington Post. Fire your entire Editorial Board, go bankrupt, or stop patting yourself on the back and pretending your tired, predictable, and shitty political reporting is helpful or meaningful. Thank you. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/why-this-is-not-just-washington-breakdown-in-3-graphs-and-1-story/280099

Now I am afraid that a small, but significant chunk of the country is scared of modernity. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/why-republicans-shut-down-the-government.html