Archive for August, 2008

WTF AudioVox?

Sunday, August 17th, 2008
So I got AudioVox’s ExpressR back in April for my birthday, as I am in the car for about 2.5 hours a day. I chose it over the ExpressRC even though that one was newer and fancier (color screen) as the ExpressR has 30 presets, versus something like 10 for the RC. Anyhow, this thing (read more...)

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Experimental drug activates body’s own defences to fight cancer

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Four of 38 patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have seen the disease disappear following treatment, while five others saw reductions of 50 per cent in their tumours. While the trials were only carried out on patients with blood cancer, it is hoped the methods can be adapted to tackle other cancers. The drug, which could prove cheaper than (read more...)

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Let’s stop kidding ourselves…

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
I know America is far from perfect.  In fact, there’s so much wrong with it that it drives me nuts.  But - I also know that there are a lot of countries that are deliberately making things worse, and in many cases they’d like to see us all in poverty or dead.  Conversely, those countries (read more...)

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Chinese government maintaining status quo, still scumbag thugs. Boycott the Olympics!

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing’s international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. White House officials would say only there were “logistical problems” getting clearance to unload the aircraft. The flight crew was told the Chinese were insisting (read more...)

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