End of week news

The round up.

How the newspapers constantly fuck up scientific breakthroughs: http://blogs.plos.org/thepanicvirus/2012/09/14/the-state-of-science-writing-circa-2012/

History can be funny: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/09/a-conservative-history-of-the-united-states.html

Does BPA make you fat? Maybe. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/09/is-the-can-worse-than-the-soda/

September 17 was Constitution Day, let's hope this wasn't Ben's syphilis talking: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/142127

And finally, Mittens is so powerful that he was in two place at the same time on 9/11/01. Imagine that. http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/romneys-has-given-two-version-of-his-911-experie

End of weeks news

And today, once again I am reminded that bigotry and prejudice really knows no party.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--maryland-politician-out-of-line-for-attacking-brendon-ayanbadejo-s-support-of-gay-marriage.html

Beefspace! http://www.datapointed.net/2012/08/beefspace-maps-of-burger-territory/

David Simon's righteous indignation at Romney paying only 13% taxes and providing zero proof is worth a read: http://davidsimon.com/mitt-romney-paid-taxes-at-a-rate-of-at-least-13-percent-and-hes-proud-to-say-so/

More righteous indignation for your Friday. Tom Morello lights into Paul Ryan's love for RATM music, but not their lyrics. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-morello-paul-ryan-is-the-embodiment-of-the-machine-our-music-rages-against-20120816#ixzz23o6DJswL