Comet and asteroid strikes may have seeded Earth with cyanide that prepared the planet for life.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Was life founded on cyanide from space crashes?
Comet and asteroid strikes may have seeded Earth with cyanide that prepared the planet for life.
Chickenhawk Tancredo storms off set after Markos confronts him on veterans health care
This is priceless:That's a repugican chickenhawk for you. They can't handle the truth so they runaway!
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Cows are eating chicken what?
The new FDA is getting back in the business of protecting consumers after an eight year drought.
This sounds like a reasonable request to me.
I don't eat at McDonald's, but kudos for joining the call for change.
A large buyer like that carries a lot of weight which in this case, is good news.
This sounds like a reasonable request to me.
I don't eat at McDonald's, but kudos for joining the call for change.
A large buyer like that carries a lot of weight which in this case, is good news.
A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice of feeding chicken feces and other poultry farm waste to cattle. McDonald's Corp., the nation's largest restaurant user of beef, also wants the FDA to prohibit the feeding of so-called poultry litter to cattle.
Members of the coalition are threatening to file a lawsuit or to push for federal legislation establishing such a ban if the FDA doesn't act to do so in the coming months.
Private Health Insurance the "Worst Product in American History"
He's not the first former health insurance company ex-employee to speak of the extent to which the health insurance industry will go to ensure its profits, but he's the latest.
Andy Cobb, a former Blue Cross spokesman, is fed up and has teamed with Brave New Films for a new ad.
Birther Site Is Already Lying About Ft. Hood Shooter and Obama
Conspiracy-theorist Website WingNutDaily (excuse me, WorldNetDaily, no, WingNutDaily is correct - never mind) posts the inevitable “connection” between Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and President Obama, and it possesses the same level of rigor and responsibility we’ve come to expect from the leading source of disinformation that the president wasn’t born an American.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished As PG&E Seeks Higher Rates for Frugal Customers
Energy-sipping customers of PG&E may face higher rates, if the California utility has its way.One might think it would be good if people cut down on their energy usage, but PG&E apparently doesn't agree.
In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls.
Jurors convict man in 'fat defense' trial
A jury convicted a Florida man today of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.
Jurors convict man in 'fat defense' trial
Jurors convict man in 'fat defense' trial
The true cost of eating lunch out
The true cost of eating lunch out
Make these 10 popular restaurant meals at home and save cash and calories.
Reasons why kids have temper tantrums
Reasons why kids have temper tantrums
Knowing these 6 common triggers is the first step in preventing another meltdown.
Kinks in a seemingly simple retirement plan
Kinks in a seemingly simple retirement plan
It's not as easy as it seems to live off the interest you can earn on your investments.
Shake, smack, or stick a knife in it?
Shake, smack, or stick a knife in it?
Some of these tricks to get ketchup flowing out of the bottle seem just a little too easy.
'Daily Show' parody takes on Glenn Beck
'Daily Show' parody takes on Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart describes a conspiracy around the TV host's hospitalization.
The 'war' over Beck's internal organs
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Island wonders seen from space
Island wonders seen from space
Some of the most unusual islands on the planet make for stunning images from space.
Foods that help fight inflammation
Foods that help fight inflammation
Eating a diet rich in colorful produce can reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, and more.
Kitchen gadgets that save you money
Kitchen gadgets that save you money
Using these five small appliances regularly can save you hundreds every month.
Most promising startups in America
Most promising startups in America
These companies have raised millions of dollars even if they're not household names — yet.
Miss England Relinquishes Crown After Bar Fight
The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.Pageant organizers say Rachel Christie has also withdrawn from next month's Miss World competition in South Africa.
They said in a statement that the 21-year-old heptathlete will now focus on clearing her name and training for the 2012 Olympics.
British newspapers reported that Christie got into a dust-up with another beauty queen — Miss Manchester Sara Beverley Jones — in a nightclub earlier this week.
Greater Manchester Police said Friday that a 21-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault after an altercation at the city's Mansion nightclub on Monday. She was released on bail pending further inquiries.
Teabaggers: Hypocrisy, Hatred, Anti-semitism and Buffoonery
Dana Milbank has some of the color from the teabagger rally on Capitol Hill yesterday:
More ominously, a man standing just beyond the TV cameras apparently suffered a heart attack 20 minutes after event began. Medical personnel from the Capitol physician's office -- an entity that could, quite accurately, be labeled government-run health care -- rushed over, attaching electrodes to his chest and giving him oxygen and an IV drip.And, this was just disgusting:
This turned into an unwanted visual for the speakers, as a D.C. ambulance and firetruck, lights flashing, pulled in just behind the lawmakers. A path was made through the media section, and the patient, attended to by about 10 government medical personnel, was being wheeled away on a stretcher just as House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) stepped to the microphone. "Join us in defeating Pelosi care!" he exhorted. A few members stole a glance at the stretcher. Boehner may have been distracted as well. He told the crowd he would read from the Constitution, then read the "we hold these truths" bit from the Declaration of Independence.
But the best of Bachmann's recruits were a few rows into the crowd, holding aloft a pair of 5-by-8-foot banners proclaiming "National Socialist Healthcare, Dachau, Germany, 1945." Both banners showed close-up photographs of Holocaust victims, many of them children.Then, there's Todd Akin's performance. Akin wanted to drive liberals crazy by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. But, as Paul Constant noted at the SLOG, "it does drive us crazy when somebody gets all smug about owning the Pledge of Allegiance and then he can't f*#$@ing say it without screwing it up":
You laugh to keep from crying - these idiots truly can't know how stupid they are.
Climate bill takes a step forward without repugicans
A key Senate committee's Democrats on Thursday approved a plan to impose the nation's first-ever caps on greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
Gunmen again target army officer in Pakistan
Gunmen on a motorcycle wounded a senior army officer and soldier in the Pakistani capital Friday, the third such attack in about two weeks as militants retaliate against a new military offensive along the Afghan border.
South Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try
From the "Remind me not to visit her village anytime soon" Department:
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.
If it took that many tries to pass the written part, I don't want to know about the driving part!
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.
If it took that many tries to pass the written part, I don't want to know about the driving part!
Sheboygan man tries to sell the rights to his name
Unemployed and desperate, a 19-year-old Sheboygan man is trying to sell one of the only things he owns - his name.
Stopping the short-sight epidemic
Myopia is on the rise all around the world, but there might be a simple way to spare many kids the need for spectacles. Generation specs
Picking up mates at the white shark café
Great whites roam the oceans to hunt but always touch base at their favorite dangerous dive.Picking up mates at the white shark café
Portrait of gunman emerges
Portrait of gunman emerges
Nidal Malik Hasan aroused suspicion before the Fort Hood shooting rampage, officials say.
Doctors, seniors endorse US health reforms
President Barack Obama's hopes of overhauling the US health care system were given a major boost Thursday as two advocacy groups representing doctors and seniors backed the reforms.
Doctors, seniors endorse US health reforms
Doctors, seniors endorse US health reforms
Galleon case grows
Authorities charged 14 investors and attorneys with insider trading Thursday, expanding the case involving New York hedge fund Galleon Group.
Galleon case grows with 14 arrests
Galleon case grows with 14 arrests
Co-Worker: Ft. Hood Suspect Made ‘Outlandish’ Comments Condemning US Foreign Policy
"He said, precisely, that maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor."
Beatles Label Sues Web Site Over Digital Downloads Beatles Label Sues Web Site Over Digital Downloads
Apple Corps has not allowed any Internet music service to sell digital downloads of Beatles songs, not even iTunes.
Beatles Label Sues Web Site Over Digital Downloads
Signs you have a Chinese drywall problem
Signs you have a Chinese drywall problem
No definitive test exists for the building problem, but there are warning signals and steps to take.
Jobless rate surges past 10% mark
Jobless rate surges past 10% mark
Nearly 16 million Americans can't find jobs, even though the worst recession in decades has ended.
Are you being 'greenwashed'?
Are you being 'greenwashed'?
Misleading eco-friendly product claims may be confusing consumers, but they aren't illegal.
Now This Is Just Getting Ridiculous
Popular Science is reporting that a piece of bread, dropped by a passing bird, has managed to damage the Large Hadron Collider.
The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine.
If this really is the work of time-traveling Higgs boson particles, however, they're demonstrating a lot of creativity, but not a lot of competence. The Bird Incident won't delay the reactivation of the facility, which is still scheduled for later this month.
Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down the Large Hadron Collider (Really), Popular Science. You should follow the link just to see their illustration "according to eyewitness accounts".
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Gawd, you can't write comic material like this!
Daily Almanac
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Having power and having control are very different possessions.
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Having power and having control are very different possessions.
You don't have to be the one in charge to shape the future.
Don't think small today -- focusing on the person behind the steering wheel is waste of time. Instead, you're plotting your own course, so break out the map and start planning your future.
Let go of the wheel and go for a ride -- it's better to let the stars dictate your next destination.
Alrighty then.
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