According to last Saturday's Globe, a State Police Lab administrator admitted to misrepresenting and mishandling DNA test samples and test results in at least ten rape cases. This newly disclosed FBI audit may be the final straw that … [Read more...]
Archives for January 20, 2007
Pelosi’s end run around Petro-Dems (with Markey as fullback)
Throughout the years, one of the main obstacles to Democratic action on energy independence has been midwestern Democrats, especially those representing the interests of the Detroit Dinosaurs, the auto industry. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), … [Read more...]
Golden Eggs: Engineered hens lay drugs
Science News reports: Scottish scientists have genetically engineered hens that can not only produce useful drugs in their eggs but also reliably pass on this characteristic to new generations of chickens. Successfully combining these two … [Read more...]
2008 Ups and Downs
Joe Biden ⇓ He declared, nobody cared.Wesley Clark ⇔ Clark has been seen in SC, and hitting key early states. Clark arguably turns in the best Sunday Morning appearances of the people on this list but barely cracks … [Read more...]
Health Care: Connector swings and misses
No, no, no, this is not going to work:At today's meeting, the Policy Committee members and the public who attended learned that the average premium for MCC [Minimum Creditable Coverage, the "cheap" option] plans submitted by the State's … [Read more...]
Bill Richardson’s “progressive” creds?
While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are getting most of the press lately, it looks like NM Governor Bill Richardson will also be tossing his hat in the ring as presidential candidate.I'm not a big fan of Hillary's, and while I still hold … [Read more...]
Election 2008: The Saga Continues
CNN is reporting that Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is filing papers with the Federal Election Commission to establish a Presidential Exploratory Committee.Your Thoughts???? … [Read more...]
New Warnings on Climate Change: Revkin
Note the estimate is now "90% probablity" of being human caused. And remember, that the feared doubling of CO2 is merely an arbitrary number. There is no reason, based on current trends, that the buildup of CO2 would stop there. And, as the … [Read more...]