8 May 2006
Pain-free way to test blood sugar developed
Device can measure glucose levels without pricking a finger, scientists say
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18531729/
Topical Honey Tested As A Treatment For Diabetic Ulcers, UW Study
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=69855&nfid=rssfeeds
Researchers Rid Diabetic Patients Of MRSA By Treating Their Foot Ulcers With Maggots
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=69856&nfid=rssfeeds
Trans Fat Lawsuit Against KFC Tossed Out
May 2, 2007
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a doctor who accused KFC of not telling customers that it used trans fats to fry its chicken.
In an occasionally sarcastic opinion, U.S. District Judge James Robertson said Dr. Arthur Hoyte could not show that he was harmed by KFC's use of the artery-clogging fats.
Robertson also noted other flaws in the case.
"While it might be appropriate for this court to find, as a matter of law, that the consumption of fat — including trans fat — is indeed within the reasonable expectations of the consumers of fried chicken and french fries prepared in fast food kitchens, it is not necessary for me to reach that question," Robertson wrote.
And in response to Hoyte's claim that customers have a growing understanding of the dangers of trans fats, Robertson wrote: "If consumers are increasingly aware of trans fat, where do they expect to find it if not in fast food restaurants?"
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/02/national/w100136D25.DTL
The fact is in the long run saturated fats are no better for you than trans fat. If you're concerned order a salad (without dressing) and not fried chicken and French fries...
Americans are 'Cheapskates' Over Lack of Foreign Aid Spending?
May 7, 2007
Leave it to a liberal to claim that Americans are "cheapskates" because our government does not spend enough money on foreign aid. In the L.A.Times for April 13th, that is just what we are treated to with Rosa Brooks' screed titled, To the rest of the world, we're cheapskates and subtitled, "The U.S. international affairs budget -- which helps fight AIDS, poverty and more -- is just 1% of total spending."
...Brooks contends that it is because we don't have enough government spending on the international affairs budget.
...Weighing in at $36.5 billion for fiscal year 2008, the international affairs budget annually accounts for only about 1% of total federal expenditures...
...Someone should remind Mz. Brooks that it isn't the American way to show its character and generosity via compulsory government spending. In fact, Americans constantly give more money to charitable causes than any other people in history and certainly more than any other nation today.
According to the Giving Institute, charitable giving in the
By contrast the rest of the world isn't nearly as giving as Americans. According to CAF International, Americans individually give 1.67% of GDP whereas the
Americans are far and away the more generous people, so don't tell us we are "cheapskates", Mz. Brooks....
Warner Todd Huston is a free lance writer, graphic designer and works in Desktop Publishing. Like every man when young, Mr. Huston was sure that Conservatives were inhumane, ignorant of history and greedy...then he grew up.
more at http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/huston/05072007.htm
Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' Wants Islam Takeover
May 8, 2007
Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience—little kids.
A giant black-and-white rodent—named "Farfour," or "butterfly," but unmistakably a Mickey ripoff—does his high-pitched preaching against the
"You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists," Farfour squeaked on a recent episode of the show, which is titled, "Tomorrow's Pioneers."
"We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate
Children call in to the show, many singing Hamas anthems about fighting
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8P0C2D80&show_article=1
photo of Mohammed Mouse
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070508/481/jrl13105081808;_ylt=AtHD4DHykZ_Fw32LNykim1YUewgF
6 (Islamists) charged with plot on Army post in N.J.
5/8/2007
FORT DIX, N.J. - Six Islamic militants from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were arrested on charges of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army post and "kill as many soldiers as possible," authorities said Tuesday.
In conversations secretly recorded by an FBI informant over the past year, the men talked about killing in the name of Allah and attacking
"This was a serious plot put together by people who were intent on harming Americans," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said Tuesday. "We're very gratified federal law enforcement was able to catch these people before they acted and took innocent life."
One suspect reportedly spoke of using rocket-propelled grenades to kill at least 100 soldiers at a time, according to court documents.
"If you want to do anything here, there is
"It doesn't matter to me whether I get locked up, arrested or get taken away," a suspect identified as Serdar Tatar said in another recorded conversation. "Or I die, it doesn't matter. I'm doing it in the name of Allah."
...Four of the men were born in the former
...The men also allegedly conducted surveillance at other area military institutions, including
...said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer, "when the government says 'Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous... Don't equate actions with religion." (Yeah...right...)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plo t
Bill Clinton on
May 07, 2007
The next Ambassador at Large, should Mrs. Clinton become president, has gone on record in the belief that the main victims of a nuclear strike that destroys
..he said [Bill Clinton] "If a nuclear bomb ever exploded in the Middle East, even if it wiped out
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/05/bill_clinton_on_israels_nuclea.html
To the Shores of
By Fred Thompson
May 8, 2007
...From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of
We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title of
...The very first line written for the Marine Corps Hymn, about the shores of
...Ransom and protection money were demanded and paid. Stories of terrible treatment of American men and women in the dungeons of
...In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams even went to
Several historians and writers have reminded us recently of the ambassador’s nearly forgotten answer. Fortunately,
“Disguising their feelings as best they could, they ‘took the liberty to make some inquiries concerning the ground of the pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury.’ The ambassador replied that it was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave.” He claimed every one of their guys who was “slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise."
...Still, though, congress refused to act directly against the
complete article at
The Misanthropes
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, May 07, 2007
Eco-Radicals: They've long been with us, those who would rid Earth of humans. But now, thanks to some media currency, we can see where the environmental movement is headed...
more at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=263429132890915
ABC's story 'powerful propaganda, but substandard journalism,' says watchdog
May 8, 2007
Read how ABC manipulated the "hate crime" issue:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/05/abcs_story_powerful_propaganda.php
Scant Coverage of Brutal Crime Called ''Journalistic Malpractice''
May 08, 2007
The national news media demonstrates a double standard in covering "hate crimes," as evidenced by the lack of attention given to the murder of a white couple in
However, a media analyst responded that a crime is not necessarily a hate crime simply because the victims are white and those accused of perpetrating it are black.
Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were out on a dinner date in
...Five men and a woman, all African-American, have been arrested and face up to 46 charges, including carjacking, kidnapping, rape, premeditated murder, theft and robbery.
The case sparked considerable debate on Internet blogs, but mainstream media coverage has been modest.
AP wire reports of the killings were carried by
"True, there are some 17,000 murders committed in the
"Could it be because the two victims were white and the five defendants are black?" Alexander asked.
He pointed to the case in 1998 when "three white men in Jasper, Texas, beat James Byrd -- a black man -- then chained him to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him three miles to his death. Not surprisingly, Byrd's murder received national media attention -- as it should have."
When Democratic politicians seized on Byrd's murder to call for hate crimes laws, "then-Governor of Texas George Bush said there was little need for such legislation -- after all, two of the defendants were sentenced to death and the third received a life sentence," Alexander stated.
the entire article is fascinating:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200705/CUL20070508a.html
Regarding "hate crime" legislation that Congress vote on last week... isn't all crime "hate crime"?
The difference is now if your motive for committing a crime fits a certain category then the punishment is harsher. Shouldn’t the punishment for 1st degree murder be the same regardless of what the murderer was thinking? Why is it a hate crime if a heterosexual kills a homosexual because he doesn't like homo’s worse that if someone breaks into my home and kills me for what ever reason? Why isn't it a hate crime when a homosexual kills someone because they are heterosexual? There are numerous examples of that happening and I don't think any of them were tried as hate crimes but rather they were tried as "crimes of passion" as if that is a more acceptable reason to murder someone...
Also, just having certain thoughts (even if not accompanied with any action other than verbally stating your thoughts) is now being classified as a hate crime and if your thoughts are not politically correct then you're guilty of a "hate crime." Man oh man is this idea dangerous!
DB
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Neal Boortz: Brace yourself for this one. Your tax dollars are being called upon to pay for reparations to the people of
Here's the story. A bill will be introduced this week in the House called the
Well it turns out that Truman signed an agreement with
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Billboard peddles divorce
May 7, 2007
Chicago- ...a divorce lawyer has erected a billboard critics say is giving all lawyers a bad -- or worse -- name...
...the billboard proclaims, "Life's Short. Get a divorce." It provides the phone number for attorney xxxxx xxxx's firm...
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/373627,CST-NWS-divorce07.article
Islamic Apologetics
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTFiZTk3ZWE4OWI5OGUwOGMxYWEwNzA0MTcyODg4ZTY=
Biblical creationist disputes latest 'proof' for evolution
April 26, 2007
A former evolutionist who now heads a biblical creationist ministry says the recent discovery of DNA in a dinosaur bone does not prove evolution, as many scientists have claimed. Recently, scientific journals and secular news sources reported that bits of protein taken from a dinosaur bone provided the first genetic proof that the T-Rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken.
Dr. Grady McMurtry, president of Creation Worldview Ministries, says the discovery offers proof for a young Earth. "...Most molecular biologists will tell you that DNA could not possibly exist for more than 10,000 years," he notes. So, since evolutionists believe DNA does not last millions of years, he says the discovery of DNA in a dinosaur bone is consistent with the biblical account of creation.
Scientists who discovered the DNA are not telling the entire story, McMurtry asserts. "If one really looks at the science behind what they found today, evolutionists talk about chimpanzees and humans being ... 99 percent the same genetically," he says, "but what they fail to tell the public is that they're only looking at three percent of the total genome."
Evolutionists failed to report that they only used a small amount of the dinosaur DNA for comparison, that "they're only looking at three percent of all the DNA," the scientist contends. And media journalists, he says, often do not check the facts, as "most journalists today are not good reporters. They're not investigative reporters even though they will claim to be investigative reporters."
more at http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/04/biblical_creationist_disputes.php
posted by David Bennett | 9:26 AM
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