Prostate Cancer

From Roll Call they report Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer and is beginning treatment, the 16-term lawmaker said Monday in a statement. [ . . . . ] “In late July, during a routine checkup, my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels were found to be high, which can be [...]

Sunday Round-Up

And this is surprising ? ?  Follow the Money Five things you need to know.  Health care lies, lies and more lies.  De-bunked. He gives misogyny a new definition.  And he might be a governor. And lest you think I only criticize Republicans, think Illinois and probably Massachusetts. I do not necessarily agree with Senator [...]

A Bay Stater’s View of Ted Kennedy

I graduated from high school in Massachusetts when a different Kennedy was a senator from Massachusetts.  Upon graduation, I joined the Navy and left the Bay State.  Upon hearing of Senator Kennedy’s death, I emailed a classmate who, except for his college years, has lived his whole life in eastern Massachusetts and asked: Friend & [...]

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From McClatchy

Ted Kennedy, R. I. P.

Steve Clemons at The Washington Note has the most intelligent remembrance of Senator Kennedy I have seen this morning.  Not fawning, but analytical, it explains in a minimum of words the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of the late Senator. My thoughts are how lucky we have been as a nation to have a person with his [...]

Health Care

Connie Schultz, columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and wife of Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, had a column last Sunday on her personal experience regarding health care.  It is a very good read on multiple levels.

Watch Out

Watch out if your 9-digit social Security Number begins with a ZERO. Holly Ramer, a AP writer, has this bit of info which I found on Yahoo. Of course, it is not surprising that no one wants to assist solving this problem. The fuzzy image is more readable if you re size it to 150%.

I’m Sure

this will result in a lot of new customers for the Marriot chain.  N. O. T. A downtown hotel being sued by a woman raped at gunpoint in its parking garage is claiming she was careless, negligent and “failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper [...]

Is This A Case Of

two plus two equals what we think it does? First, go out to this piece on FDL Seminal.  It is long and requires a fair amount of concentration.  Then come back and read what Dr. Hern has to say.

Welcome News

In the fight against the dreaded cancer sickness, this story at RawStory is definitely good news. A new study conducted on mice has uncovered a chemical compound that effectively targets cancer stem cells — the key cells that spread malignant tumors and are usually resistant to treatment. For whatever reason, cancer is an expanding scourge.  [...]