Archive for April, 2010
FDA Suppressed Imaging Safety Concerns
April 7th, 2010Via: AP: A former Food and Drug Administration scientist said Tuesday his job was eliminated after he raised concerns about the risks of radiation exposure from high-grade medical scanning. Dr. Julian Nicholas told an audience of imaging specialists that he and other FDA staffers “were pressured to change their scientific opinion,” by managers in the […]
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Breast Feeding Saves Lives and Money
April 7th, 2010Captain Obvious strikes again. Via: CBS News: The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says. Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only […]
And Now… A Federal Sales Tax?
April 7th, 2010Via: Reuters: The United States should consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker said on Tuesday. Volcker, answering a question from the audience at a New York Historical Society event, said the value-added tax “was not as toxic an […]
Not The Onion: More Job Seekers Opting for Cosmetic Procedures
April 6th, 2010Here’s one for your When Batshit Insanity Just Doesn’t Cut It file folder. Via: CBS News: In this troubled economy, you may be thinking about beefing up your resume or adding to your portfolio, but how about going under the knife? As CBS 2’s Mai Martinez found, hundreds of people in the Chicago area are […]
List of Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
April 6th, 2010Via: Wikipedia: This is a list of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction works, sorted by the nature of the catastrophe portrayed.
The Secret History of Silicon Valley
April 6th, 2010Via: Google Tech Talks / YouTube:
President Ford Approved Warrantless Domestic Surveillance in 1974
April 6th, 2010Via: Wired: While the country was embroiled in a national debate over excessive government surveillance in 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance, according to a classified memo recently obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The memo, signed Dec. 19, 1974, was issued just one month […]
No Criminal Charges Likely in AIG Collapse
April 6th, 2010Don’t crack the seal on the AIG mess. Oh no. The smell alone would be too much to handle. Via: CBS News: CBS NEWS has learned that former AIG executive Joseph Cassano – the prime focus of the investigation into its collapse – will meet with Department of Justice attorneys next week in what will […]
Classified U.S. Military Video Depicts Murder of Iraqi Civilians and Two Reuters Journalists
April 5th, 2010Via: collateralmurder.com: WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The […]
