Daily Archives: February 25, 2008 »
Pharma spends more on marketing than development
S.A Ramratan Why are pharmaceuticals so expensive? This question has been asked for many years. In fact this was the question asked by Senator Estes Kefauver (D) in the late 1950s. Senator Kefauver was
Read More »The North American Union – Voting Your Rights Away?
Barbara L. Minton One issue that is conspicuously absent from the rhetoric of the presidential candidates is the North American Union (NAU). The questions of immigration and border security are frequently raised and the
Read More »Welcome to Big Brother Britain
Immigrants will give fingerprints, iris scans AND personal details for ID cards … or be thrown out By JAMES SLACK Foreigners who repeatedly flout the rules when they are made to apply for ID
Read More »MoD responds to Iraq abuse allegations
BBC Panorama asks why the British Army in Iraq used interrogation techniques that were banned over 30 years ago. Panorama: On Whose Orders? BBC One 8.30pm on Monday 25 February 2008 In 1972 the
Read More »Ron Paul back on election trail
The 72-year-old congressman Ron Paul has solemnly vowed to continue his current campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. There has been confusion in recent weeks since the Texan gave the impression that he was
Read More »Mugging the public
Harry’s Place Almost everybody hates paying taxes. I certainly do. But as hard as it might be to part with a wadge of one’s hard-earned cash, one still grudgingly admits that it is necessary
Read More »VIDEO: The Invisible Government
John Pilger’s talk on “The invisible Goverment” is an education in itself about the role of the media from the 1920′s onward. Pilger explains in clear, concise terms about the role of the “corporate
Read More »US to set ‘binding’ climate goals, finally
By Richard Black The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials say, if other nations do the same. The comments came in a news conference in Paris
Read More »Questions Remain About Rove’s CIA Leak Email
by Jason Leopold It’s been nearly five years since former White House political adviser Karl Rove sent an incriminating email to then Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley indicating that Rove had a candid
Read More »Are Biometrics the Future of Credit Cards?
Credit and debit cards have taken the place of cash for most modern transactions. What’s next? According to research from Emme Kozloff, a Sanford Bernstein analyst, the power to buy groceries will soon be
Read More »IBM scientists look to DNA to build future chips
DNA strings could become the template for nanotubes and nanowires by 2028 By Sharon Gaudin Looking for a way to continually shrink computer chips while still squeezing more transistors onto them, IBM scientists are
Read More »MPs must thwart the dark plans of the state
Parliament has never been less vigilant about the many measures to increase Home Office power. In the name of the great democrats of the past, act now Henry Porter Following the convictions of Steve
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