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Barely a week goes by without some expose regarding Big Pharma hitting the press. “How can they charge $10 a pill when the manufacturing cost is pennies†the investigative reporter asks? Even fiction writers have an axe to grind about Big Pharma, in John Le Carre’s fine novel The Constant Gardener he paints them as […]
As many of you know I have been doing search Engine Optimization and Search engine Marketing for about six years. It started as a harmless hobby and now has a life of its own: running and screaming naked down information highways in search of higher ranks for all manner of search terms like: Professor Lucky […]
Thinking within-Banjul are you listening? Ambassador Sey! Author:Essa Bokarr SEY. Â Thinking within-Banjul are you listening? Lets start with the following quotation from Richard Wright’s book:”Native Son”-The original 1940 edition. Â Begin quote:”……Politics is a hard and narrow game,its policies represent the aggregate desires and aspirations of millions of people.Its goals are rigid and simply […]
In Senegal, journalists given suspended prison term and heavy fine In Senegal, journalists given suspended prison term and heavy fine New York, March 15, 2007— A court in the capital Dakar has sentenced two journalists to suspended prison terms and heavy damages on criminal defamation charges related to a June 2006 story on a consumer […]
Ho hum. It must be Easter season because in addition to the routine debunking Jesus articles we have a rehash of so called scientific studies to “prove” that prayer works. The latest rehash is literally a “rehash”. In scientific terms, this is called a “meta-analysis” of seventeen studies, showing that if you put all of […]
The latest news is that the repression of opposition leaders is continuing in Zimbabwe. The latest atrocity was the shooting of two activists at the funeral of Gift Tandare, who was killed by police at last week’s prayer rally. The government also raided the offices of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), confiscated some […]
— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —  Maoist rebels stormed a police camp in the troubled central Indian state of Chhattisgarh killing 55. The Maoist strike on a police […]
News Item: Strange side effects for Ambien and Lunesta Full Story: New York Times Cartoon from Sid in the City
by Kerry Dexter Drinking songs, songs of over the top sentiment and an air of the quaint and distant — sometimes that’s the substance of music around Saint Patrick’s Day or the view of irish music in general. If you’re ready for something else, have a listen to these: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Day Break: Fáinne […]
(London, UK) A huge momentum is building up as a result of the landmark debate on autism held in Westminster Hall on 7th March.The debate was initiated by the British parliamentarian Lee Scott, MP for Ilford North. Parliamentarians of all parties are now calling on the British Government to act decisively on autism. Speaking in […]
Bangladesh’s election commisioner Shakhawat Hossain told reporters in Dhaka yesterday that politcal parties will be required by law to register if they want to take part in future elections. He also said that this law will be enacted to serve three purposes: to bring transparency in the activity of the political parties, to promote democratic pratices within […]
by Kerry Dexter It’s a time of change for the north of Ireland — or maybe not. In the six counties which are part of the United Kingdom, people voted several days ago in elections which may determine whether their political decisions will be made closer to home, or more distantly, Either way, it appears […]
Our state reps in Lansing are eagerly congratulating themselves on temporarily slaying the dreaded Pop-Up Tax. Thank God no one had to dress up like an Indian and toss stuff into a bay: Under current Michigan law, the assessed taxable value of a home can rise annually by no more than 5 percent or the […]
Google has some great services, and it’s search capabilities are top notch. They’ve got lots of great ideas in the pipe that are proving to be useful for individuals, as well as helping small businesses compete with the big guys. The price for these services is free. However, the price is not nothing – Google collects […]
Google keeps logs of usage. They’ve admitted as much. Their privacy policy appears to give them wide latitude on what they can do with information you provide – what you click on when you search, your GMail, your business/personal documents stored on Google Office, patent searches you do (this alone should scare you), and information […]
Unbelievably, disgraced newsreader, Dan Rather, claimed at a recent festival that American journalism “has in some ways lost its guts” and that the MSM has “adopted the go-along-to-get-along (attitude).” As reported by CNETNews.com, Rather was a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest Interactive festival this past weekend where he gave a 2 hour talk […]
From The Gathering Storm Taking a leaf out of the Minneapolis Muslim cab drivers book, some Muslim cashiers at Target refuse to handle pork, setting off another debate over the place of religion in society. Are they trying to outdo Dearbornistan? Beryl Dsouza was late and in no mood for delays when she stopped at […]
Fresh perspectives by: Whymrhymer In an interview Monday (3/12/07) with the Chicago Tribune, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked about the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy (which has been in place since it was signed into law by President Clinton in 1994). In response, General Pace said […]
This week in Iowa, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama showed his ability to adapt to audiences of any size, speaking to a group of two dozen supporters in a high school library before moving on to give a speech to 3,700 later that day. This type of easy going comraderie with his supporters has been […]
Although the Bush presidency is painted as an utter failure, the facts inconveniently point out that this simply isn’t the case. Is he doing a great job? Hardly. Is he doing an “average” job? This is likely more accurate. Give credit where credit is due – taking the handoff of a crashing economy from Clinton, […]
[Whenever the American unemployment rates are cited, one must remember that they falsify actual unemployment which is cited in European reports. Ours only report people looking for jobs and include people briefly employed during a period or vastly under-employed in part-time jobs. One wishes that we could have more honest reporting in such matters. This […]
Encouraged if not intoxicated by the ever-growing strength of the re-emerging German powerhouse, a German regional parliamentarian (SPD) has devised a diabolical plan to rewrite history. A full sixty years after Adolf Hitler’s death, she has proposed stripping the Austrian-born dictator of his naturalized German citizenship and declaring him a naturalized Texan instead. Hitler being […]
Today it was announced that North is ready to fully comply with its nuclear disarmament, providing that a few conditions are met first. It is quite amuzing to see one of the world’s most irrational men, in Kim Jong Il, call the shots in what is supposed to be a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty. According […]
Google is going to do much more to alleviate concerns of privacy that have been expressed by privacy experts. Google generates an incredible amount of data on users web search habits; in the past, in an experiment, researches were able to conclusively identify people based on searches carried out by them (using their search terms, […]
Robert Mugabe was hailed as the liberator from the illegal white regieme thirty years ago, but with senility and/or megalomania that seems to hit all dictators, he has gradually destroyed democracy, then rule of law, and now the economy. The majority tribe in Zimbabwe, the Mashona, have no militaristic tradition, but they do have a […]
Robert Kagan likes what he sees in Iraq. NBC’s Brian Williams recently reported a dramatic change in Ramadi since his previous visit. The city was safer; the airport more secure. The new American strategy of “getting out, decentralizing, going into the neighborhoods, grabbing a toehold, telling the enemy we’re here, start talking to the locals […]
By Honey Gillard Guess who is the face of the April 2007 edition of Harpers Bazaar magazine? Yep, you guessed it; Miss Witherspoon is set to sparkle on the white, yet vibrant cover. Thanks to US today and Just Jared, we can provide you with a juicy glimpse into the ‘Legally Blonde’ star’s Bazaar interview. […]
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