Archive for April, 2008
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Perhaps we should get Tom Friedman to test each batch
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Heparin contaminated ‘on purpose’
America’s drugs watchdog believes that Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.The US Food and Drug Administration FDA said earlier that a chemical contaminant had been found in some batches of the drug heparin.
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Hello, Nobel Committee?
James Fallows (April 29, 2008) - The bright side #3: Reinforcements in the frog wars
We all pick our causes. During my brief and enjoyable stint at Microsoft long ago, I worked on various big-think projects. But my claim to have changed the world may rest on my all-out war against “Clippy,” the moronic “help” [...] -
reminds me of parking in Manhattan
A Crushing Issue: How to Destroy Brand-New Cars - WSJ.com
It took more than a year to devise a plan that satisfied everyone. The city of Portland wanted assurance that nearly 5,000 cars’ worth of antifreeze, brake fluid and other hazardous goop wasn’t mishandled. Insurers covering Mazda’s losses wanted to be sure the company wouldn’t [...] -
Life in Florida (Trainwreck Divison)
For Ex-Lottery Winner Facing Prison, Life Is Good
TAMPA – Former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth just lost her husband and is facing federal prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud. She has no money and says doctors told her she doesn’t have much longer to live, with a list of maladies including Multiple Sclerosis, carpal [...] -
immortal crap
50 best cult books - Telegraph
Iron John: a Book About Men by Robert Bly (1990)
For decades, the cowed menfolk of the world ambled about in pinafores, dusting ornaments and saying “yes, dear”. Then Robert Bly wrote Iron John, invented mythopoetic masculinity, and the daft creatures all rushed off into the woods together, hugged, bellowed, [...] -
Fifty shots
The Associated Press: 3 NYPD detectives cleared in wedding-day shooting
The case brought back painful memories of other NYPD shootings, such as the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo — an African immigrant who was gunned down in a hail of 41 bullets by police officers who mistook his wallet for a gun. The acquittal of [...]