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Date: June 3rd, 2009

Stem cell contact lenses cure blindness in study

3 June, 2009 (15:06) | Medicine, Politics, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

Simply amazing… Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells. All three patients were blind in one eye. The researchers extracted stem cells from their working eyes, cultured them in contact lenses [...]

Coming from GM (Government Motors): The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport. (Via Iowahawk, that mad genius)

3 June, 2009 (14:52) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

Yeah, it’s funny now. Until the thought sinks in how true this might be, enjoy! (h/t: Iowahawk and Breitbart.)

As green an envy as it gets….

3 June, 2009 (13:14) | Blogging, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Ooooohhhhh, thou dost truly suck, Professor. Truly dost thou…

“Highly Confidential” White House document listing government and civilian nuke facilities posted on the Internet (Updated)

3 June, 2009 (12:31) | GWOT, Human Interest, Politics, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

(See Update below.) On May 6 the Obama Administration published a document that lists the locations and activities of all government and civilian nuclear facilities as part of a report to Congress. The document, labeled “highly confidential safegards sensitive”, was then posted to the Internet. (Note: the publication was performed by a Congressional Office, not [...]

Topless coffee shop burns to the ground. Oh, I’m sure it was an accident.

3 June, 2009 (12:02) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Strange sequence of events: Jokes about cup size came grinding to a halt Wednesday after a fire destroyed a controversial topless cafe in a residential neighborhood in Maine. The blaze was reported about 1 a.m. at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, just north of Augusta, where shirtless waitresses served Java to ogling [...]

Wreckage from Air France flight 447 confirmed spotted, possible bomb in the story now.

3 June, 2009 (08:55) | Aviation, GWOT, Human Interest | By: ricjames

After an initial sighting that might have been wreckage from Air France (AF) flight 447 military search aircraft were directed to the area for a closer search. It’s now being reported that they have found the wreckage of the plane. Coming to light now, however, is another piece of information that’s a bit more troubling: [...]