Daily Blend: Saturday, January 14, 2012

Andrew Wakefield

• (Temporary) VICTORY: SOPA hearing delayed in reaction to international outcry. (Meanwhile, Sen. Reid (D-NV) still wants to move forward with PIPA.)

• Meanwhile, Obama administration tech policy officials issue rambling statement in apparent opposition to SOPA/PIPA/OPEN.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• On the importance of recording police interrogations, as shown by the coerced false murder confession from a 12-year-old boy.
  (via The Agitator)

• Great WashPost write-up: 10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Antivax king Andrew Wakefield ^[pictured] makes yet another list of science frauds.

• Which Republican candidate is right for you? (I’m apparently a 65.3% Jon Huntsman supporter.)

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