Source: By Simeon Bennett | Bloomberg
Adrian Gibbs, the virologist who said in May that swine flu may have escaped from a laboratory, published his findings today, renewing discussion about the origins of the pandemic virus.
The new H1N1 strain, which was discovered in Mexico and the U.S. in April, may be the product of three strains [...]
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29 Nov
Scientist Repeats Swine Flu Lab-Escape Claim in Published Study
12 Nov
Open Thread, On a New Form of Indentured Servitude
Source: River Daughter
There’s so much going on in the USA that warrants attention these days that it’s hard to know where to start. But, since I’m an economist I’m going to start here.
“There are families not eating at the end of the month,” said Stephen Quinn, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Wal-Mart [...]
24 Oct
Cat vs Toilet Paper
Our investigation provided us with evidence the cat caught in the act in this video is a paid operative for the t-paper industry.
more about “Cat vs Toilet Paper “, posted with vodpod
23 Oct
Countdown to Halloween: Shadow people
See anything wrong with this image? Notice there is no reflection cast in the water by the people on the hill. Well there is a good reason for that, they are shadow people and they were not present to the naked eye when the picture was taken.
This picture was taken in March 2005 by Tom Halstead during an [...]
21 Oct
Open Thread….What’s wrong with this picture?
An article in today’s N&O started off with this opening line; “Water bills are going up. Again.”
The council voted 5-3 to charge $3.27 per 1,000 gallons of water, up from $2.87, said Dale Crisp, the head of Raleigh’s public utilities department. A bi-monthly base fee of $8.47 will go up to $9.61.
That means the average household [...]
17 Oct
Meet Bill McKellar, your Butner Town Council Candidate
Countdown to Butner’s First Historic Election
November 3rd, 2009 opens a new chapter in Butner, North Carolina’s rich history. For the first time, the citizens of Butner will decide which candidate(s) are best suited to represent the community; be it environmental or cultural, economic growth or development the interest of the residents must come first and not the special interest. Just consider that [...]
22 Sep
GAO Report: High-containment Laboratories, National Strategy for oversight is needed
A hearing slated for later today will examine the latest findings made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the oversight and expansion of high-containment laboratories in the United States. In their report, the GAO focused on the Bio-Safety level 3 & 4 laboratories both operational and planned i.e. National Bio and Agro Defense facility (NBAF), for obvious reasons; these facilities conduct [...]
3 Sep
Rachel Maddow: Afghanistan Embassy Contractors Drinking Vodka Shots Off Guy’s Butt
Yummy, Do idiots taste differently than the rest of us? You know we could probably pay for the health-care reform public option if we weren’t paying for all of those military contractors and especially these guys to take vodka shots off each others butts.
28 Aug
Absent NRC’s EIS review, Army breaks ground for flagship biological defense lab
Army breaks ground for new biodefense lab
Source: The Associated Press
The U.S. military’s flagship biological defense agency broke ground Thursday on a $680 million headquarters building designed for expanded Army research on the world’s deadliest pathogens.
The new home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick is scheduled to open in [...]
