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Dave Pasternack Last Chance for Links

As Graywolf points out, there are about 3 weeks left for the Dave Pasternack SEO contest. So, you need to start deciding what to do with your Dave Pasternack pages that you might have created. You might consider redirecting them. And if you redirect them to Graywolf or me and ...

DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

MAPS, the ACLU, and a broad array of medical and public policy groups nationwide are commending the recent official recommendation by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner that University of Massachusetts- Amherst Professor Lyle Craker be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana for use in privately-funded government-approved ...

Judicial Watch Releases US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Figures on Non-Immigration Saudi Visas

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, has released records from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detailing the number of Saudis living in the United States on student visas. The records report that, as of January 25, 2007, there were 9,952 "active Saudi Arabian ...

New Research Says that Fashion Models Report Feeling Less Happy and Fulfilled Than Others

Researchers at The City University, London, have found that fashion models experience lower psychological need satisfaction and well-being than those not in the modeling profession. After questioning a group of models and non-models of the same age range on their need satisfaction, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, self-actualisation and general mental ...

Critical Funding Issues Face Texas Parks & Wildlife

The organizations listed below represent millions of hunters, anglers, landowners, natural resource professionals and others who share a strong interest in sustaining our conservation heritage and Texas fish and wildlife resources. The issue that has brought this wide range of organizations together is the mutual desire to support the Legislative ...

Christians for Social Justice Launches ObamaNation.Com to Expose Senator Barack Obama

In anticipation of the February 10, 2007 announcement in Springfield, Ill. that Sen. Barack Hussein Obama will run to become president of the United States, Christians for Social Justice has launched ObamaNation.Com, a website exposing the hypocrisy of Barack Obama on the greatest moral issues of our time -- abortion ...

Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation

The following is a radio address by President Bush to the nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week was filled with more good news about America's economy. We learned that our economy grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. Overall, our economy grew 3.4 ...

President Bush Radio Address for January 27

The following is a radio address by President Bush to the Nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I appeared before Congress to report on the state of our union. I asked members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle to join me in confronting the great ...

King Abdullah Discusses Efforts to Revive Peace Process With Livni in Davos

His Majesty King Abdullah II called on Israel to accept the Arab Peace Initiative which gave Israel guarantees to live in peace and security with its Arab neighbors in exchange for the restoration of Palestinian rights, particularly the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on Palestinian soil. No related posts.

Canadian Federal Court Grants Decision to Ranbaxy on Pfizer’s Atorvastatin Patent

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has recently announced that the Federal Court of Canada today handed down a favorable decision in the company's case against Pfizer by finding invalid Pfizer's Canadian atorvastatin patent CA 2,021,546. Atorvastatin is a cholesterol- lowering drug which is marketed by Pfizer as Lipitor(R). No related posts.


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July 4th 2009
Tags: Iceburg Scandal, Sarah Palin One Comment

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Resigns: Iceberg Scandal

On Friday, July 3, 2009, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin resigned, with 16 months left in her term. A recent Time article explained it best: In a hastily called press conference on the eve of a three-day holiday, Palin presented herself as a point guard exhausted by the "full court press from ...
June 4th 2009
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New Report Shows Lessons Learned From the H1N1 Swine Flu Outbreak

Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the Center for Biosecurity, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) issued a new report called "Pandemic Flu: Lessons From the Frontlines". The report found that the initial response to the H1N1 Swine flu outbreak "showed strong coordination and communication and an ability to adapt ...
April 9th 2009
Tags: USPS No Comments

United States Postal Service Unveils Simpsons Stamps

Woo-Hoo! Check it Out, Man! The United States Postal Service what The Simpsons stamps will look like when they are released May 7, 2009. Take a look at which Simpsons characters could appear on the new stamps and vote for your favorite one at the USPS website. The Simpsons, currently ...
March 30th 2009
Tags: Governmental Action No Comments

General Motors Slide into Bankruptcy has an Upside

Well, President Obama did it again. By the government's action to put General Motors (GM) into bankruptcy and to seek and receive the resignation of Mr. Wagner, GM CEO, this administration has demonstrated its willingness to take action to do what is needed to correct problems. Related posts:What Happened to ...

What Happened to Congressional Deliberations?

Something that has made me uncomfortable for years has been the partisanship that exists at all levels of government, especially, in Congress. Yes, I like the concept of a two party system to permit the government to have discussions between differing factions to, theoretically, enable Congress to make more thoughtful ...

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