January 1, 2007

THE THINKING SPOT

"For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing underfreedom' to which we are subjected and in which all too often we serve as unwilling instruments." Noam Chomsky

ALERT

If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks: …… Frederick The Great

DUMB BUSHISM

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." -Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

PONDER THIS

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

WAR

Iraq braced for unhappy New Year - "There were six heads in our street this morning."
http://tinyurl.com/y4t3d2

Americans Want a Rapid Exit from Iraq but Elected Leaders Aren't Even Considering It
http://tinyurl.com/vxw2j

THE WHITE HOUSE

Like a blue-blood version of a Mob family with global reach, the Bushes have eliminated one more key witness to the important historical events that led the U.S. military into a bloody stalemate in Iraq and pushed the Middle East to the brink of calamity.
http://tinyurl.com/yzx9mz

CABINETS, COMMISSIONS, etc

Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order
http://tinyurl.com/62nk9

DID YOU KNOW

-Predictions include Global Warming, Military Draft, The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

-Did Saddam right his secrets anywhere

-Jim Kolbe ends his career this week (page scandal)

-Would Jesus ever own a gun and vote Republican

-Unskilled truckers everywhere, much licensing fraud severe in 24 states

-Dem. congressman Lane Evans steps down (Parkinsons's)

-Some Calif. billionaire pays $200m in back taxes keeping state afloat

-AT&T-BellSouth merger approved by FCC ($86Bil)

-Big salary increase requested by Chief Justice for lower ranked judges

LEGAL ITEMS

Demanding Answers, Defending Privacy - these court cases promise the best hope of revealing whether the government violated the rights of citizens in the war on terror.
http://tinyurl.com/ygupbh

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Anti-Aging Molecule Discovered - The team, headed by Prof. Kim Tae-kook at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, argued the newly-synthesized molecule, named CGK733, can even make cells younger.
http://tinyurl.com/f3pmt

Metabolism Gene Connected to Spina Bifida
http://tinyurl.com/u9bld

New medical devices that are improving health care. Read what Carnegie Melon's George Stetten, M.D., has to say about the Sonic Flashlight and how it allows doctors to see inside a patient's skin, and why Dr. William Lunn says the Microdebrider, which is used to remove tumors or other airway blockages in the throat, is safer than the standard cutting tools.
http://tinyurl.com/v88ot

Another new device in the news is the ultrasound using Volume Imaging Protocol, which Michael Smith, M.D., talks about in our in-depth doctor's interview. Dr. Smith thinks this will be a revolutionary breakthrough in ultrasound, with its ability to give a 360-degree video image that can be manipulated.
http://tinyurl.com/vt7r6

Are Animal Studies Useful to Humans?
http://tinyurl.com/v95rs

No Matter Where You Sit, Buckle Up!
http://tinyurl.com/skl6p

HEALTH

Should ! You Bank Your Own Blood Prior to Bypass?
http://tinyurl.com/y77kxy

All Lotions not Created Equally
http://tinyurl.com/y4j2dd

How Botox is now helping patients with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and traumatic brain injuries;
http://tinyurl.com/y6kzxn

The painful condition called "tennis elbow" -experimental treatment Stanford University orthopedic surgeon, Allan Mishra, M.D., is testing on his patients with chronic tendonitis.
http://tinyurl.com/yyldr5

How stroke patients are relearning how to speak through the universal language of music.
http://tinyurl.com/uer4p

Cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's as much as by 76% according to one study in our report from Seattle.
http://tinyurl.com/y7prqe