Bad science, and today's items

Via Maria, Celebrities told to embrace the facts, not bad science
The Sense About Science guys have their work cut out for them.
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From Larwyn,
Supply Factors and Stagnant Wages

Blue collar workers' real wages have stagnated because of labor supply factors. These include:

-The baby boom
-Immigration
-Diversity

They have also stagnated because of:

-Health insurance costs and
-Costs of bureaucracy due to workplace regulation.

Social stratification has increased because of:

-Urban renewal and disruption of blue collar social networks and
-Unnecessary college degree requirements.

In other words, supply factors and government intervention have caused the stagnation of blue collar real wages that the US has suffered in the past 30 years.

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More on Conyers: Get This Turkey Off Judiciary Committee
Oh yes, let’s put our lives in the hands of the government
UN Workers Raping 12 year olds in Sudan
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Via Beth., Honoring Those Who Died
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Via SC&A, from the Victims of Political Islam site, Dr Nasr Abu Zaid
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Call me overprotective, but I would have never allowed my son to do this when he was fourteen.

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