Taste of His Own Medicine
Go to Politico for the whole story, here’s a sample… A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in. Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist who defeated freshman Democrat Frank [...]
New and Better
This might really improve things for a lot of people… CHICAGO — A major study out Monday promises to transform stroke prevention for millions of people with atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder that often sends blood clots swirling to the brain, researchers reported Monday. The study of 14,000 patients found that a new one-a-day [...]
Not Very Christian of Them
The Wesboro Baptist Church was not feeling the love… About a half-dozen members of the Westboro Baptist Church traveled to McAlester, Oklahoma Saturday to picket Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey’s funeral. Following the protest, the group returned to their minivan to find that the front and rear tires on the passenger side of the vehicle [...]
They’ll Outbreed Us
Truly, work is the curse of the blogging class, taking on a second job forces me to converse with carbon-based life forms in real time. But thank the gods that I can still do something in the material world, and get some bucks for it. Kmareka Multinational, LLC strives to corner the market in the [...]
Kind of Fun
I used to have the SETI at Home screensaver on my desktop until it crashed. It was pretty. It would be very cool if SETI actually caught a message from the depths of space, but most likely we’ll just have to solve our own problems down here. Unless the Rapture comes. I’d bet that the [...]
New Law Used Well
Just a quick post before work– I’ve covered the anti-trafficking efforts in Rhode Island and did not support criminalizing indoor prostitution. Since the law passed I’ve always said I’d be glad to be proved wrong. Like most who worked on this issue, my agenda has been helping victims and bringing justice. Amanda Milkovits of the [...]
Good News for Democracy
AP on Yahoo News is reporting that pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from decades of house arrest. Reuters has some background… Here are some facts about Suu Kyi, who went from being an housewife in England to a Nobel peace prize laureate incarcerated for 15 of the last 21 years because [...]
Steve Stycos with News Cranstonians Can Use
COMING AND GOING The faces at the Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market are shifting in the last few weeks of the season, but we will have plenty of fall vegetables like winter squash, carrots, apples and honey. After a week off, Zephyr Farm will be back on Saturday, but Pak Express will be absent as Chang [...]
Canadians Retreat
If you, like me, can have as much fun at a zoning board meeting as at a Pawsox game, you will appreciate the excellent blog, Greater City-Providence. Today’s edition has the latest on the retreat of Tim Horton’s Donuts from Rhode Island, including aerial photos and comparisons of traffic flow and potential site uses. Those [...]
No More
Today’s Providence Journal has a story by Amanda Milkovits that has been told too many times in Providence and elsewhere… PROVIDENCE — A half-dozen boys were on the basketball courts at the Manton Heights housing development on Tuesday evening, shooting hoops and practicing The Jerk dance moves. By quarter to 8, it was dark, and [...]
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