The Greatest Threat America Has Ever Faced: the GOP?
It is impossible to imagine a bigger mess. Republicans have us at war in two countries as a result of Republican lies and deceptions, and we might be in two more wars — Iran and Pakistan — by November. We have alienated the entire Muslim world and most of the rest. Are Republicans unaware of the amazing mess the Bush regime has made?
Sexy science: Why music really is the way to a woman’s heart
By Dr Mairi MacLeod
Why are male rock bands so attractive to the opposite sex? It could be that musical ability is an advertisement of health and fertility.
iPhone 3G Will Make You Poor
So you bought an iPhone. The bad news is, you have signed away your bank account. The good news is, the iPhone 3G has fun and convenient ways to calculate, map and describe your newfound poverty.
Cult of Death
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 4:04 PM By Emily Yoffe
In 1979 Samir Kuntar entered Israel on a boat from Lebanon and kidnapped a young father and his 4-year-old daughter. He shot the father, Danny Haran, to death in front of his daughter, Einat, then killed her by smashing her skull against a rock with a rifle-butt.
Israel has just released him and others of his ilk, in exchange for the bodies of two of their soldiers. His return to Lebanon is a national holiday. The streets are filled with cheering. What a triumph for the terror organization Hezbollah, which all but controls Lebanon and has long been demanding Kuntar’s return.
In an excellent column on this, Mona Charen asks, “What can you say about a people who welcome a child murderer as a hero?”
via www.esquire.com
Study To Investigate Link Between Cannabis Compound And Slowing Of Multiple Sclerosis
The CUPID (Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease) study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth has reached an important milestone with the news that the full cohort of 493 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been recruited to the study.
CUPID is a clinical trial which will evaluate whether tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of many compounds found in the in the cannabis plant (and the main active ingredient) is able to slow the progression of MS.
This is an important study for people with MS because current treatments either target the immune system in the early stages of MS, or are aimed at easing specific symptoms such as muscle spasms or bladder problems. At present there is no treatment which slows progression of the disease.
