FDA highlights Jackson Gabriel Silver Foundation as Part of the F

As part of its global campaign to raise awareness for rare diseases and the Americans afflicted by them, the FDA has highlighted Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and the Jackson Gabriel Silver Foundation. JGSF Director Alex Silver said “We’re honored that the FDA is helping to...

Go ahead, shut down government

Will March go out like a lion?If the Senate can shut down government by withholding funding, then why not shutdown Afghanistan and Iraq? When a patient is hemorrhaging, you clear the airway and stop the bleeding. ...

Chump change we can't believe in

$50 billion needed to secure teacher and state employee votes It is interlinear – between the lines, cut the budget now before elections, are you kidding? You see if we needed the teachers, firemen, law...

Ben Nelson rejects abortion compromise

In an interview today, Senator Ben Nelson told KLIN radio in Lincoln, Nebraska, that he will not vote for the Senate Health Care bill as it now stands. Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, said in the interview that...

What does China really want? Is USA in need of a good translator?

Is the USA and the rest of the world listening to what China has to say?  China is not really after money to clean up their own pollution act, what they want is the West more responsible I am pretty damn sure...

Kate Armstrong: GOT CULTURE? Um, actually no

Kate Armstrong takes on the Provincial Government over their brutal cuts to the arts.  "B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92...

LTTE was behind the attack on SL cricketers : Pakistan Premier.

According to the Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, the now extinct Tamil terrorist group, LTTE was behind the ludicrous attack on visiting Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan. The daring attack took place on...

Tourist Holidays being spoiled by Master Card

It has been impossible for tourists and ex-pats to access there bank accounts at home in United Kingdom for a week now. Where as its been advised that tourist should not carry to much cash and its best to use...

Tory Minister loses funding program responsibilty

"Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has been stripped of responsibility for administering a major tourism funding program after she signed off on a grant for Toronto's gay pride week." "Ms. Ablonczy, who retains her title as minister of state for small business and tourism, was...

Stupid property owners

The taxes that property owners hate most are the ones that hurt them least and are most likely to be spent for their benefit, writes Gavin R. Putland.–April, 2009–"Land and taxes In any tax jurisdiction, the supply of land is fixed. From the viewpoint of the...

Campaign to stop IMF and war funding

Bill for supplemental war and IMF funding could be defeated

Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The $3 billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort project filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Tuesday, after a group of lenders pulled out of an $800 million loan that was needed to finish the...

Funding a brighter future through micro-grants

Micro-grant programs are helping schools and businesses get back on their feet Iraq. "Because of the micro-grant program, this school, along with local businesses, now has proper facilities to help improve...

majority of online poll respondants want to scrap CBC

This is an ongoing poll being conducted by canoe.ca (a Canadian news site with no appparent political bias)   Are cuts at the CBC needed? Yes  25% No  5% Ottawa should give them more money  9% Ottawa should...

Australia Pledges $10 Million in Aid to Zimbabwe

Every now and then I'll hear something in the news that makes me proud that I am from Australia.  Today Australia is pledging aid and money to those less fortunate in Zimbabwe. Australia has an embassy in...

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