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* Despite Michelle Bachmann's claims, the HPV vaccine does not cause intellectual challenges in children. I wish she'd stop making random things up to support her points.

* Similarly, Ron Paul lied about the Us embassy in Baghdad. his numbers on the cost seem to be made up and he dramatically exaggerated the size.

* The Republican crowd cheered and shouted in favour of letting everyone who can't afford insurance die unnecessarily.

* I did not watch the whole Tea party debate, but the bits I did watch made me want to stab my TV.

* As it turns out, those overseas contractors are about twice as expensive as using government employees and our own military. So, to sum up: privatized contractors is twice as expensive; mercenaries are prone to rape, murder, and abuse of power; and civilian contractors do things like wire electricity so that taking a shower periodically electrocutes soldiers.

* Republican Senators filibustered disaster relief for hurricane Irene last night, but enough found their consciences today to let the democrats pass it anyway. 38 still voted against it. After all, disaster relief helps ordinary people and small businesses rather than billionaires and mufti-national corporations, so they are against it.

* I said I wasn't expecting to link anything 9-11 related expect rm's post, but this one says some important things, so I'm linking it: http://box-in-the-box.livejournal.com/527857.html

* Signal boost: http://il-volpe.livejournal.com/23678.html

* Amusing line from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: "Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives!"

* We weren't the only ones unimpressed by the True Blood finale (Spoilers ahoy!): http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2011/09/true-blood-and-when-i-die.html

* And a comic: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/238379.html

* The North Ana nuclear Plant was not built to withstand an earthquake as strong as the recent east coast one, and we were very lucky all that it held together.

* Meanwhile, Vermont has voted to close an expired plant in 2012, which was leaking radioactive tritium a while back, a fact the country lied about. The company is suing to keep it open on the grounds that only the feds can close reactors no matter how dangerous the plant is.

* The planned Republican repeal of healthcare reform would cost seniors an average of $3000.00 a year. Remember the monthly social security payment is $692.00 a month, so that's actually quite a lot. This doesn't touch all the people who would lose health insurance or fail to get it if it goes away. There is no proof that giving people health care will magically take away jobs, but republicans keep repeating it in the hopes people will buy into the big lie.