It’s bittersweet to say the least. The homeless, being used by the lobbyist beast. They get paid and a shot towards a better life. But in their back, the lobbyists stick their knife. The homeless most likely favor healthcare. But that won’t happen, if the lobbyists fair. So the line-holders stand holding the...
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Archive for July, 2009
Conflict
LRO Sees Shows Apollo Landing Sites
I’ve been waiting my whole life to see these pictures! NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon’s surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules’ locations...
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Why?
High-tech drugs get 12-year monopoly Senators have agreed to give high-tech biotech drugs a 12-year market monopoly before generic versions can compete. The Obama administration and the AARP had wanted a much shorter exclusivity period for the high-tech injectable medications used to treat cancer and other ailments. But senators on the Health, Education, Labor...
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