Unemployment rate hits 4-year high as job losses continue - Aug. 1, 2008
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Employers cut jobs in July for the seventh straight month, while the unemployment rate hit a four-year high, according to a government report released Friday.
This is not surprising at all. Locally I have seen way too many retail [...]

Weeding Out The Highs Of Medical Marijuana
ScienceDaily (July 15, 2008) — Research exploring new ways of exploiting the full medicinal uses of cannabis while avoiding unwanted side-effects will be presented to pharmacologists on July 15 by scientists attending the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies Congress, EPHAR 2008.

For a second time today I am posting a [...]

It is hard to figure out exactly what the priorities of Bush Administration really are since they are covered with so many layers of obfuscation and double talk. Thankfully though, that administration’s days are numbered. Not even W would be so arrogant as to think he doesn’t have to leave the White House [...]

The proposed Gas Tax Holiday smells like it has been stuck up the ass of a politician for years and is only now being pulled out at election time. No matter how you try and sell the plan, the results still stink.
First there is nothing to prevent stations from simply offsetting the 18.4 cent discount [...]

I am scared to say this but for the first time in my life I am agreeing with the sentiments of W’s spoken word. He has all but blamed the rising middle class of India for the current rise in food prices and availability. This extends to China and other Southeast Asian nations who get [...]

I no longer care who is the next president is. Okay maybe that is a bit harsh, I certainly don’t want it to be a lot of people. What I have decided I care about is the democrats taking a majority in the house and sixty seven seats in the Senate. I [...]

I was linked to this morning through a completely unrelated topic this morning to a letter to the editor and just had to do a post of my own. To make a long story short the letter’s author blames people having babies who can’t support them for most of our economic woes. In part I [...]

Alternately we could call this another delusion of grandeur from the president. The checks started showing up today through direct deposit. Of course being a guy who owes the IRS money, I am not getting one. I might be a little bitter, but only because I could use the extra cash to [...]

In honor of Pope Benny’s 81st birthday and nearly Darwin’s 200th, I give you “Evolution in Cyberspace” New Scientist hooked up on the theme of Charles Darwin’s birthday when it published Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions.  it is a fascinating read and Digg worthy which is where I found the article in the first place.
John Hawks, [...]

Why does India produce the most odd pregnancy and baby stories I see in the news. Aside from the occasional mother taking go forth and multiply to the point of going forth and doing fertility clinic calculus here in the states we seldom see stories of the two faced baby outside of the tabloids. [...]