Big Pharm Wins Again
Demonstrating once more just who holds the real majority in Congress, friends of Big Pharm killed legislation that would have permitted us mere mortals to buy cheaper prescription drugs from overseas. The industry lobby doesn’t like competition, though:
On a 49-40 vote, the Senate required the Food and Drug Administration to certify the safety and [...]
Superdupernova
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away:
The cataclysm — a monster more than a hundred times as energetic as the typical supernova in which the more massive stars end their lives — may be an example, they said, of a completely new type of explosion. Such a blast, proposed but never seen, [...]
Wolfowitz Guilty
World Bank President (and former US Deputy Secretary of Defense) Paul Wolfowitz has been found guilty of a conflict of interest in the matter of his companion.
A World Bank panel has found President Paul Wolfowitz guilty of a “conflict of interest,” according to a breaking report at the New York Times website.
“A bank committee formally [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you
might see more detraction at your heels than
fortunes before you.” —Twelfth Night, 2.5.136-37
