December 2008
UK :: Controversy over televised assisted suicide... →
2008.12.12 :: By Urmee Khan ::: Description: Programme showed Craig Ewert, 59 from Harrogate, as he is “helped” to take his life at Dignitas euthanasia clinic in Switzerland. Ofcom [broadcasting…
Florida Justices: nursing homes exempt from... →
2008.12.23 :: By Bill Kaczor, Associated Press Writer, BradentonHerald.com, Bradenton.com ::: In their words: “Florida’s “right to know” constitutional amendment that lets patients check records of…
EPA scientists blast FDA advice on fish with... →
2008.12.20 :: By Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune ::: In their words: “Experts insist mercury warnings for women, kids ‘inadequate’. In the waning days of the Bush presidency, the Food and Drug…
The Jaguar Health Program Manual →
Found this while trying to find an image of a hipposcid fly online.. Saving it because it was a *very* nice, complete manual of animal husbandry in general with respect to wildlife.. High profile…
Time’s Top 10 Comas, subtitled “The Big Sleep”.. Et tu, Time..? http://twurl.nl/4b6pfg
EPA scientists blast FDA advice to eat more fish.. Experts insist mercury warnings for women, kids ‘inadequate’ http://twurl.nl/zqvyon
The Telegraph has conveniently only located 12 complaints re recently UK televised #AssistedSuicide. Let ‘em hear..! http://twurl.nl/pxf0hb
GOOD paper if anyone is thinking of capturing a #jaguar anytime soon. In seriousness, was looking for hipposcid flies http://twurl.nl/3jj44q
Florida Justices: nursing homes exempt from... →
Florida Supreme Court ruled FL’s “right to know” constitutional amendment that lets patients check records of medical mistakes by doctors and hospitals doesn’t apply to nursing homes. The decision…
Controversy over televised assisted suicide... →
The UK’s Sky Real Lives programme, Right To Die?, showed Craig Ewert, 59, a father-of-two from Harrogate, as he is “helped” to take his life at the Dignitas euthanasia clinic in Switzerland. Ofcom…
EPA scientists blast FDA advice on fish and thus... →
Environmental Protection Agency scientists are rebuking as “scientifically flawed and inadequate” the Food and Drug Administration’s push to scuttle the government’s advice about mercury-contaminated…
Teacher beats pupil to death for not doing math... →
An Egyptian court has sentenced a schoolteacher to six years in jail for beating a pupil to death because he had not done his homework. The teacher’s lawyer was quoted as saying in court: “Hitting [a…
Hello..? Testing, 1-2-3. Five posts last night never took.. Maybe because it was right smack in the middle of suspended accounts purge..? :D
Hm.. ‘Parently so.. :))
Got a new cyber toy..! Koders.com :: #OpenSource Code #Search Engine with “one billion lines of code and counting”.. http://twurl.nl/4tx2qc
Deep Throat :: W. Mark Felt, #FBI :: If not hired to do lawful for the People, what the frip else would they exist..? http://twurl.nl/yp56ek
#HumanRights Nahla Hussain, Iraq Women’s rights activist beheaded. Sensationalized headline then barely mentions her http://twurl.nl/ly27vy
Just had the *BEST* 2-minute phone call with our Pickens County GA MATS (Mountain Area Transportation System).. They have been SO cool..! :)
#HuffPo cartoonist compares auto #bailout to #disability Life. His tagged keywords: vegetative state, Terri Schiavo. http://twurl.nl/m2f7te
Gingko biloba might not help #Memory, but seeing it repeatedly debunked in the news is seriously helping me remember my vitameatavegamins..!
CONGRATULATIONS, #SNL..! Your #Disabilism in action :: How to get robbed by a blind man (NY Governor David Paterson) http://twurl.nl/z02eph
#Stupid magically disappeared for a bit, *GRIN*, but seems it’s ba-ack. Thesaurus doesn’t offer much in alternatives http://twurl.nl/ac8pe1
CNN: Children in cell-like school #SeclusionRooms : Nationally, advocates are asking please leave no stones unturned http://twurl.nl/xbai2e
My email inbox Grin of the Day: An organization is promoting a “sold out” event with tickets still available for $1,000 purchase.. Oooh-kay.
HuffPo :: Caroline #Kennedy Asks To Be Time’s Person of the Year.. It’s intended totally as #humor (*I think*).. http://twurl.nl/r0hywi
Seattle Children’s will have a conference on growth attenuation in January, 2009 (Ref: #AshleyX , k/t Huahima) http://twurl.nl/zhj26q
The Hill: My related question: Did upcoming elected officials promise health care reform now or two years from now..? http://twurl.nl/bn8c24
Pt. 1: *LOVE* those who continue to honor true Diversity by sticking it out regardless of whether they agree/disagree with others’ posts..
Pt. 2: Looking for something that helps highlight friends’ diversity (with permission). Thru feeds is obvious. Anything already established?
Salon: The Wind in the Willows at 100; One man’s take on what he considers a favorite part of his Life.. http://twurl.nl/kmfbva
I have 30+ pieces of SPAM that are screaming Intermix held custody of the email list during News Corp-MySpace deal (ref: bras and spy cams).
Good point. The shoe-chucking journalist has George #Bush to thank for that he could throw those shoes unassaulted http://twurl.nl/jdpgni
Las Vegas: Man poised to sue if no Legislature law rework of where only congregation-associated preside over nuptials http://twurl.nl/a1w1gm
Hm. Bioré commercial is jesting about celebrity #MentalHealth rehab.. Search brings up “Send your skin to rehab” to sell a product.. =|
Losing blocks of time is doubly disconcerting, once for that it happened then secondary when one realizes that it occurred without ration..
Las Vegas: Joe John Sorce had no rights as long estranged daughter allowed to pull plug on common law wife Mary Clark http://twurl.nl/lleelb
Project Censored’s “Top 25 (Media) Censored Stories For 2009” http://twurl.nl/ztai6w
Latest on UK’s televised #AssistedSuicide debate: $8,300 for services rendered equals opportunistic and predatory http://twurl.nl/a75sqh
Organ Harvesting Communist Camps in China! →
China reports on Asia Brief that there are organ harvesting centers in China, run by communists, multiple governments involved, military missing many….please watch and digg and share…this is…
November 5 is ALIVE..! Some Ralph #Nader for President campaigners now active via H.R. 676 (single payer health care) http://twurl.nl/u1b8ke
CNN: Young males in the United States are disappearing and showing up in #Somalia, “potentially to fight”.. http://twurl.nl/50s5yj
The Ron Paul gang prepares to ride again →
His presidential campaign fizzled, but Paul and his followers are trying to establish a stronger foothold in the GOP for the future. Orange County residents have been key to Paul’s effort.
Five PC power myths debunked →
Don’t let misinformation prevent you from cashing in on PC power management
Silly me. A-sumed Humanism was about wanting Equality, Justice, Love, Hope for All. Somehow it’s become just another target for hate fests..
#CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Hadron Collider Go BOOM..! (k/t SlashDot) http://twurl.nl/rk4h26
Still think Tow Mater needs a little red and white Studebaker Transtar girlfriend.. Shortbed if she’s spicy, longbed if she’s earthy..
Death by dementia underreported: First I thought, “Huh, what the??” but it’s a yeah, definitely. Pls take *seriously* http://twurl.nl/vrrqj3
Workers World :: Woman with a disability being evicted because she fell for a #MortgageFraud scam.. http://twurl.nl/j6ezos
Honest Tip 4 Alabama DHR : Less trips to Belk’s and Victoria’s Secret “for the kids” might leave more in the coffers. http://twurl.nl/pv0a2r
Special to Bob Cesca @ celeb rag #HuffPo: Basically wasting bytes on politics as usual where politicians *will be* seen as what they eat. ;)