Pick it up, Rudy. Oi!

Over at Hit & Run, Jesse Walker tortuously works in a Specials reference while discussing Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre decision to root for the Red Sox in the World Series. To which commenter “mlt” then replies:

I had been expecting an entire primary season filled with Rudy-Ska puns, jokes, clips, etc. Why the delay?

Ask and ye shall receive, my child. Below is the official guide to using ska songs while referencing Giuliani’s candidacy.

Abortion does not cause breast cancer

Sciencebloggers Orac and Marc Chu-Carroll tag team to produce the most authoritative takedown of the “abortion causes breast cancer” canard that I’ve yet seen.  Short story:  the study’s author simply dropped data that didn’t fit with his desired outcome, and he apparently can’t standard deviate his way out of a paper bag.

Also interesting is that this research comes from the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, whose work I’ve seen cited by anti-vaccinationists of both the conservative and liberal variety.  I bet this guy gets published there all the time.