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Date: January 26th, 2009

Instant outnumbered: Octuplets

26 January, 2009 (21:52) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

YeeOWza! A woman gave birth to eight babies in Southern California on Monday, the world’s second live-born set of octuplets. The mother, who was not identified, gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds, doctors at Kaiser Permanante hospital told KCAL9.

Stimulus package looking less and less like it has anything to do with helping the economy

26 January, 2009 (11:25) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

I’m all for spending public funds on public projects when those project actually produce a measurable benefit. The stimulus package getting the bum’s rush out the Congressional door so it can hit America’s street isn’t measuing up to that promise with far, far more funding going to things that don’t really generate jobs and don’t [...]

Hamas proposes a year-long truce with Isreal

26 January, 2009 (09:09) | GWOT, Politics | By: ricjames

Yes, I’m sure it’s a tempting offer. Hamas is proposing a truce – which the rest of the world defines as “we don’t shoot at each other” – for a year so long as Isreal opens the border between Gaza and Isreal. Considering how well that’s worked in the past, I cannot imagine what incentive [...]

Catching the “fat bug”?

26 January, 2009 (08:58) | Science | By: ricjames

Scientists at The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA have advanced the theory that there’s a causal relationship between a virus, called AD-36, and obesity. Seriously:  Obesity can be “caught” as easily as a common cold from other people’s coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists are set to declare today. The condition has [...]