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As rhiannasilel put it, "More Palinity"
From Anchorage Daily News via Kathryn Cramer's Web log:
"What I need to do is strike a deal with you guys as you go out throughout Alaska -- I can do my part in doing things like working really, really hard to get a natural gas pipeline." Palin said. "Pray about that also. I think God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get ( Read more... ) -
The Palin thing
Science-fiction editor Kathryn Cramer has been posting to her blog about Sarah Palin, along with half the country. She posted an aggregate of investigative articles from the Alaska Daily News which seems to demonstrate the kind of image management and responsibility dodging of which Palin is capable.
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Thank you so much, Mr. Blumenthal
A press release from the Connecticut Attorney General's Office: Attorney General's Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees To Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter.
From the article:- The IDSA guidelines have sweeping and significant impacts on Lyme disease medical care. They are commonly applied by ( Read more... )
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Clitoraid-no joke
Raelians Rocket from Clones to Clitorises @ Wired Science Discoveries
The cult's leader, Rael, whose real name is Claude Vorilhon, has become outraged by the custom of female genital cutting, the primarily African practice in which part of a girl's genitalia is sliced away.
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Feds Say "No" to Access to Information Request on Serious Health Matter
Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation: Feds Say "No" to Access to Information Request on Serious Health Matter; National Security Cited
The federal government denies Access to Information request. They say it is a matter of "national security", so Canadians have no right to records that measure the ability of our national medical laboratory to detect ( Read more... ) -
news / info
BSE discovered in cow @ Surrey Leader
Agriculture Minister Pat Bell said the case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered last week, and confirmed with additional test results revealed Wednesday. It's the second case for B.C., following the discovery of an infected cow on a Chilliwack-area farm in April 2006.
Imus Lawyer: We'll Sue ( Read more... ) -
Menu Foods recall update
Apparently, the FDA found melamine in the wheat gluten from China. Melamine is not a likely cause of death or renal failure, but it was also found in the kidneys and urine of cats who'd eaten recalled foods. Melamine is known to cause kidney stones, cancer or reproductive damage. The New York State Department of Agriculture still stands by their ( Read more... ) -
Science of the day.
Bit of physics awesomeness: Ultra-Dense Optical Storage -- on One Photon, thanks to sixteenbynine
More awesome in the health front: Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers, snagged from heron61