CHICAGO – (REUTERS) – Scientists have long admired the gecko lizard for its gravity-defying feet. Now U.S. researchers have made a waterproof bandage inspired by the sticky surface of a gecko’s paws. The finding, published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be used in the operating room in [...]
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Team makes gecko-inspired adhesive bandage
Posted in Bladder, Gastric Bypass, Gecko, Harvard Medical School, Heart, Lung, MIT, National Academy of Sciences, waterproof bandages on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Begrudging His Bedazzling
Posted in Bush, David Brody, Ellen, Hillary, JFK, MSNBC, Nixon, Obama on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CLEVELAND – (NYT) – A huge Ellen suddenly materialized behind Hillary on a giant screen, interrupting her speech Monday night at a fund-raiser at George Washington University in Washington. What better way for a desperate Hillary to try and stop her rival from running off with all her women supporters than to have a cozy [...]
Handouts at the Office
Posted in multimillion dollar embezzlement at D.C. Office of Tax on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the District’s tax office, the favors flowed freely. (WP) – EVERY DAY was Christmas in the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. One employee got $35,000 to remodel her house, two others got $15,000 to help pay off credit card bills. Breakfast and lunch were often on the boss, as were high-end shopping sprees. [...]
Hillary’s Downfall
Posted in American Public, Character, Clintons, Obama on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A piece by Dick Morris- Whether on likes, dislikes, loves, hates, admires, fears, despises, or envies them, every Clinton watcher has this in common: They are dumbfounded both by the incompetence with which Hillary has run for president and her intransigence at sticking to a failed message. In a demonstration of inability and inflexibility reminiscent [...]
Consequences of GM crop contamination ‘are set to worsen’
Posted in altered to produce pharma and chemicals, chemicals, contamination, contamination events cannot be avoided, GM, GMO, harm humans, invading the human food chain, Karen Perry Stillerman, not cleared for human consumption, pharma-crops, toxic to wild animals, UC Davis- CA, Union of Concerned Scientists, USDA on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Picture of GMO Oilseed Rape (G-UK) – The consequences of contamination between GM crops and non-GM varieties will be much more serious with the next generation of GM crops, an influential group of US scientists has warned. Mixing between GM and non-GM varieties has already caused serious economic losses for producers in lost sales and [...]
Hershey Phases Out Mints Cops Criticized
Posted in cocaine, Hershey, Ice Breakers, illegal drugs, Phildelphia's police narcs on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HERSHEY, Pa. — The Hershey Co. is halting production of Ice Breakers Pacs in response to criticism that the mints look too much like illegal street drugs, the company’s president and chief executive officer said Thursday. Hershey CEO David J. West disclosed the decision during a conference call about the company’s newly released fourth-quarter earnings [...]
Clinton Tests Out Populist Approach
Posted in Bill Clinton's NAFTA deal, celestial choirs will be singing, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, NAFTA, populist on February 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Obama Cites NAFTA in Questioning Her Criticism of Corporate World PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 24 – (WP) – Blasting “companies shamelessly turning their backs on Americans” by shipping jobs overseas and railing that “it is wrong that somebody who makes $50 million on Wall Street pays a lower tax rate than somebody who makes $50,000 a [...]
‘The Race Card’
Posted in anti-discrimination law, civil law, constitutional law, critique, race relations, Richard Thompson, Standford University on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From Slate. Stanford University law professor Richard Thompson Ford was online Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at noon ET to discuss his new book, “The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse,” and offers ways to separate valid claims of prejudice from mere bellyaching. Excerpts From ‘The Race Card’ The transcript follows. Ford [...]
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