Dews Tuesday Rundown...

WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!


Rumors of our deaths were greatly exagerated...

Having just gotten back from Vegas, SayHey and I are still recovering, while the good doctor Jack Gonzo is still en route. Needless to say, that has caused poor Dewey to try to carry the burden of updates without much help (MoDews and Steve, I'm looking at you!), but that should slowly change now that we're back, and relatively healthy.

That being said, there shall be a few pictures of our adventures slowly, provided there aren't any identifiable markings in them :). Some of us are still entertaining a future in politics afterall.

Anyway, lets get to the news:

Leading off is a story that is near and dear to me, as it will save my life one day. I prefer to call it a technology that will enhance the safety of dating (for me mostly I think, long story though), but others call it frivolous "Internet Gene Testing"...

The tests, which biotechnology companies will begin selling in a few months, will
allow people to find out, by sending off a spittle sample, if they possess gene
variants that increase their chances of suffering bipolar depression or
schizophrenia. The information will help both patients and doctors, it is
claimed.

I cannot tell you how excited I am for this technology... Being able to know almost immediately whether the person you are going out with is pre-disposed of schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder is quite the advantage in the dating world!

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Keeping with the medical wonders theme, scientists have discovered a new way to kill viruses... Shake them to death!

New research mathematically determined the frequencies at which simple viruses could be shaken to death.
"The capsid of a virus is something like the shell of a turtle," said physicist Otto Sankey of Arizona State University. "If the shell can be compromised [by Mechanical vibrations], the virus can be inactivated."

Truly some weird and wacky stuff if we can effectively harness this new method for fighting outbreaks.

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And finally, Britany Spears and Michael Jackson have been shown to be decent parents (at least) given just how strong toddlers apparently are!

A German photographer caught the heart-stopping moment when a father decided there was no other way to save his 2-year-old son from a blazing apartment fire
than to drop him out of fourth-story window.

Really, if toddlers are so damn strong and apparently adept at surviving a dive out of a 4th story window, doesn't that just kinda prove that they can survive living with Mr. Jackson and Ms. Spears?

That is all...

Dews Wednesday Issues

Ahh, another freezing day up here in basically Canada, but lets get right to the issues of the day...

We have apparently found a supercharged germ that is drug-resistant and spreading like crazy right here in the States. Not only that, but it is killing more people in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported yesterday.

Little scary to think about, but I suppose this is what happens when people don't take their medication properly!!!

Southern California is apparently in worse shape real estate-wise then a lot of other parts of the country. Sales of houses have sunk another 30% this month.

Again, glad the market is still tumbling, since my return to DC may not be all that far off it seems...

Bush appears on target to make Harry Truman's numbers look positively amazing as he continues to sink in polls. Currently Bush is polling at just about 24% approval rating which really makes me want to go door to door to all those bastards that voted for him and slap them silly, since it took this long for them to finally learn their lesson.

Finally, some uplifting news out of New York City though. As part of their "Get tough on Graffiti" campaign, they've apparently rounded up a 6-year old girl for drawing with chalk on the sidewalk.

I'm sure this has something to do with Giuliani, but I can't prove it... Yet...

UPDATE: If anyone has any interest in the state of the current primary elections, Slate.com has a great scorecard running that seems to be updated daily. You can find it here

Universal Healthcare, Bush Style?

Neatly tucked away in this USA Today article is a very interesting tidbit of information. You wouldn't see it if you were a staunch conservative since the picture of Hillary and constant tidbits of information about her would have cause your blood to have boiled over and head to have exploded by the time you got to this precious nugget:

Bush will urge Congress to join him in seeking coverage for all Americans.

"He'd like to see the larger debate begin," Leavitt said. "The very best opportunity we have may well be in the next 15 months."

Huh.

Does that make him a pinko commie, or a corporate whore? Judging by the Prescription drug benefit bill, I'm guessing the whore, but what do I know?

Cell phones do cause cancer?

(Picture blatantly taken from the article at DailyMail and boy is she happy to be getting cancer!)

Expanding upon something people have joked about, then proved, then disproved to be a real concern, once again a group of researchers have decided that "Yes", we do again think that Cell Phones cause cancer:

They found even low levels of radiation from handsets interfere with the way brain cells divide. Cell division encourages the growth of tumours.

Now, I don't much rightly know much bout these here "Cells", but this sounds an awful lot like the same line people were giving for Aspertame? We use things on a daily basis that do strange things to cell structure, so I guess I'm just confused what the difference here is?

Guvmint Hates your kids!

This just in from the land of Columbine, missile silos, and lots of assholes with expensive Ski Gear:

An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

wow...

First it was Dodge ball, now its tag???

Seriously, are we trying to breed a nation of pussies? Its bad enough these kids go home and sit in front of a computer (or big screen TV) and play games or watch TV all night (before anyone comments on the hypocrisy of me saying that, I'm in decent shape and I'M NOT A KID! :) ). Add to that, the easily accessible Pepsi and Coke products that are planted in vending machines throughout public schools now to add money for "boosters" or some shit.

Now add the ever growing possibility that these schools have to cut back on programs such as the Arts and Physical Education to make ends meet (no child left behind, after all), and you're creating a recipe for disaster! Not only on our future workforce, but look at the health care issues you could be adding to an already destroyed system once those selfish baby boomers start sucking us dry???

Bad signs all around us, hoping there is someone out there that may not have the answers for these, but at least understands there ARE issues and is willing to bring them to light.

Breaking Health News out of London

This just in from our neighbors across the pond...

It is unhealthy to live unhealthily!

Its true! Check the wonderful information provided by the Universal Healthcare enjoying warm beer aficionados.

Link

Who would have possibly learned this without such research.

Thank you England, thank you so very very much.