Archive for February, 2008

How To Get Free Stuff By Using Drug Store Rebates (CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens) (pfblogs.org)

Now why would anyone want to spend money at a drug store chain like CVS, Rite Aid, or Walgreens to begin with? Looking at their store prices, it’s clear everything is ridiculously overpriced compared to that offered at supermarkets. The reason why you would shop there – for the amazing drug store rebate deals that [...]

ICH today

“Media manipulation in the U.S. today is more efficient than it was in Nazi Germany, because here we have the pretense that we are getting all the information we want. That misconception prevents people from even looking for the truth.” – Mark Crispin Miller   = “If you tell a lie big enough and keep [...]

Here I Glean, There I Glean, Every Where I Glean Glean

From around the Internet, I bring you “Things I found interesting this week.” Enjoy. Ken Madore He’s created some amazing images based on basic human fears. They don’t seem so bad, presented with such asthetic. Extreme Downsizing How moving from a 6,000-square-foot custom home [...]

5AM’s stealthy ImmunoNewco has a president!

5AM’s stealthy ImmunoNewco has a president! A few weeks ago, we broke the news that http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/29/5ams-stealthy-immunonewco-has-a-president/5AM Ventures is nurturing a stealthy startup called — for now — ImmunoNewco. The trail led back to the Danish biotech Borean Pharma, which is developing protein-based drugs against autoimmune conditions, and which may be in the process [...]

Social Security and Marijuana

Today’s newspaper featured a crime story from a neighboring community – Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Apparently, Doanzell Geiddarr Johnson , AGE 37 (thirty seven years is key here), was arrested for possession – he says delivery only since he did not own it — of 213 pounds of marijuana. Now Mr. Johnson is [...]

Son sets in Gauteng, Free State

Son sets in Gauteng, Free State 29. February 2008Comments Off “Dear reader, this is the last publication of Son ’s northern edition. Thank you very much for your loyal support through the years, Editor.” Regulars Interact Jenni O’Grady 29 February 2008 05:00 Media24 on Friday announced the [...]

Scientology Trumps Rehab

Jeff Conaway is mostly famous for starring in Grease and Taxi — oh yeah, and for having a terrible drug habit. The good news is, he’s recovered: And not by going on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Surprising, right? If a reality show can’t cure you, what can? His [...]

GSK Pulls Malaria Medicine Linked To Anemia

GSK Pulls Malaria Medicine Linked To Anemia February 29, 2008 – Topics malaria, mosquito, plant, disorder, medicine, deficiency, blood, africa, anemia and disease GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced Friday that it will suspend development of its malaria drug Dacart and is recalling another drug, Lapdap, after it discovered the two drugs can lead to anemia. Tests [...]

*Breaking* Barry Bonds: More BALCO Steroids Tests

The news that the government ordered Barry Bonds’ testimony to be unsealed, which includes multiple positive tests turns out to be misleading. Actually Judge Susan Ilston agreed with Bonds’ attorneys and ordered federal prosecutors to straighten out Bonds’ indictment so that mistakes like the one earlier this month would not happen again. In [...]

Thriving Taliban drugs show Afghan woes (AP)

Thriving Taliban drugs show Afghan woes (AP) February 29th, 2008 | Category: Politics Breaking News AP – The Taliban have built a huge and profitable drug operation in Afghanistan while provincial governors look the other way, the latest grim sign of backsliding in a country the U.S. has [...]