Sunday, June 12, 2011
So what comes after Facebook? - Blogger Help
So what comes after Facebook? - Blogger Help: "Facebook has thrived because it pretends to be a social network platform while it is, in fact, the most fertile marketing land every cultivated. They bring 'targeted advertising' to a whole new level."
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads: "'This is an aspiration. It's a big goal and it's a stretch goal,' Pawlenty says, before criticizing Obama for not having a plan. Apparently, Pawlenty's magic unicorn farm now constitutes a plan.
You know, this is an aspirational goal, a stretch goal, but I really do believe that with the right time, and enough encouragement, I can poop gold doubloons. I will spend the summer doing so, and we will use these doubloons to raise revenue and fund programs and even cut taxes for everyone. My poop-doubloons will be sufficient to the task of driving down debt, not just by billions of dollars, but by KA-billions. It will add numerous jobs to the field of doubloon-wheelbarrowing and paranormal proctology. And I think every child in America will...I don't know, have a sailboat, and their own werewolf. And 15% growth. And wings! So that's my plan, Tim Pawlenty!"
You know, this is an aspirational goal, a stretch goal, but I really do believe that with the right time, and enough encouragement, I can poop gold doubloons. I will spend the summer doing so, and we will use these doubloons to raise revenue and fund programs and even cut taxes for everyone. My poop-doubloons will be sufficient to the task of driving down debt, not just by billions of dollars, but by KA-billions. It will add numerous jobs to the field of doubloon-wheelbarrowing and paranormal proctology. And I think every child in America will...I don't know, have a sailboat, and their own werewolf. And 15% growth. And wings! So that's my plan, Tim Pawlenty!"
Physicians Fight Florida 'Gag Law' on Gun Questions
Physicians Fight Florida 'Gag Law' on Gun QuestionsA group of physicians and medical societies has sued Florida Governor Rick Scott and other state officials in a Miami federal court to overturn a new Florida law forbidding clinicians from asking patients whether they own a gun.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Researchers Reverse Aging In Lab Mice - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston
Researchers Reverse Aging In Lab Mice - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston: "Researchers turned off, then on, the enzyme responsible for maintaining and repairing damaged telomeres in lab mice, called telomerase. In the off stage, mice showed accelerated aging.
'They had smaller brains, impaired cognition, gray hair, infertility, even at their middle age,' said DePinho, 'but they were equivalent to someone in their eighth or ninth decade of life.'"
'They had smaller brains, impaired cognition, gray hair, infertility, even at their middle age,' said DePinho, 'but they were equivalent to someone in their eighth or ninth decade of life.'"
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Should (Could) America and Pakistan’s Bond Be Broken? - NYTimes.com
Should (Could) America and Pakistan’s Bond Be Broken? - NYTimes.com: "The Pakistani officials had already advised their neighbors in Afghanistan — where Americans have committed billions of dollars and lost more than 1,500 lives since 2001 — that Afghanistan would be better off placing long-term bets on an ascendant China, rather than a declining United States."
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Our Fantasy Nation? - NYTimes.com
Our Fantasy Nation? - NYTimes.com: "In Latin American, African or Asian countries, I sometimes see shiny tanks and fighter aircraft — but schools that have trouble paying teachers. Sound familiar? And the upshot is societies that are quasi-feudal, stratified by social class, held back by a limited sense of common purpose."
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