I suppose it’s on the downside now – the leak is finally capped and cemented. The oil now dribbling away, becoming part of our new world… A couple of politicians who know nothing of science or engineering looking pretty foolish [nothing new]. Hopefully people will recall their irresponsible ranting down the road… We’ve presumably learned […]
A review of congressional records by the AP shows Deal was the lead sponsor on 72 bills over his 18-year career. Just seven became law, and three of those involved the naming of post offices. Washington Examiner In Washington, my Congressman was a crook… Ethics Report Faults Ex-Congressman New York Times By ERIC LIPTON March […]
We started it – 65 years ago today. We dropped "little boy" on Hiroshima at 8:15 AM to solve the problem of Japan’s intransigence in World War II – less than four years after they bombed Pearl Harbor. We followed that three days later by dropping another atomic bomb ["fat man"] on Nagasaki. The Japanese […]
Watching the monthly unemployment graph is like watching paint dry. Today’s 9.5% excited no one, including me. I wondered how it compared so I superimposed it on Recessions gone by: Looks about par for the course to me. We’ll see…
Chilcot should give legal view on war The Guardian by Louis Blom-Cooper QC 4 August 2010 Jonathan Steele tells us [Iraq’s missing witnesses, 2 August] that the Chilcot inquiry in its report will not be providing any definitive judgment on the legality of the Iraq war in 2003 because "it [the inquiry] is not a […]
With all the kvetching about Obama’s waning popularity, I thought I’d take a look. I’m thinking these numbers are pretty good for the shape we’re in…
Marriage Is a Constitutional Right New York Times August 4, 2010 Until Wednesday, the thousands of same-sex couples who have married did so because a state judge or Legislature allowed them to. The nation’s most fundamental guarantees of freedom, set out in the Constitution, were not part of the equation. That has changed with the […]
In the case of Seroquel, the drug mentioned in my last post, here are some a recent articles: AstraZeneca gives investors a boost Daily Mail By Tom Bawden 29th July 2010 AstraZeneca cheered investors as it doubled the value of its share buyback scheme, raised its full-year profits forecast and confirmed that a key new […]
Some time between 07/09/2010 and 07/20/2010, the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami updated their COI web database: Dr. Charles Nemeroff: COI Disclosures, University of Miami website Reporting Period: UM FY2010 (6/1/09 – 5/31/10) Entity Activity Compensation GPPA Aclimed Other $1,000 or less American Institute of Biological Sciences Grant Review $1,000 or less […]