Illegal Patents on Effexor Earned Wyeth/Pfizer Millions?

The federal government has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, which now owns Wyeth, maker of the SSNRI drug called Effexor. The claim is that Pfizer/Wyeth made millions through monopolistic practices and lies. Full story...

The Romanticized Drama of The End Game

This is an opinion article about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from my blog (which is not available right now). Since i'm feeling functional & constructive at the moment... i thought this would make an...

WordPress Changes Abuse Policy: Excises Defamation Reports-UPDATE

UPDATE2: Complaint Filed with Better Business Bureau on March 30th. WordPress's current rating at the BBB is a B-. WordPress.com has taken another step toward eliminating any responsibility for the hosting of...

Questioning the Legality of Non-Disclosure Agreements

Tech news commentator John C. Dvorak recently made an interesting comparison in challenging the validity of NDA's on This Week in Tech podcast episode 231 (omitted text was comprised of verbal stutters/repetitions...

Wyeth: Scientific Ghostwriting

For years, pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors to put their names on ghostwritten research papers designed to increase drug sales and downplay negative side effects. What what what??? Wait, save your...

Psych Meds Keep You "Sick" & Make You WORSE

Evidence is mounting that psych meds are making people (& populations) worse, not better. Nations that don't keep their patients on meds have a higher recovery rate than, the "rich & modern" nations like...

Dear John (USPS)

Dear John USPS, the last thing i have time for right now is a blog entry, and yet here it is. in two days i'll be moving, and so it was, at one of the worst possible times, that i sold a dvd on amazon. don't get me...

Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

Challenging Popular Myths About Autism

i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it...

Sex, Lies, and Asperger [Syndrome]

In 2006, Jacob Heinz, a native of Bensalem, PA, was jailed on charges of soliciting sex from a thirteen year old.In 2006, Jacob Heinz, a young man with Aspergers, was entrapped by police, locked in a cell for four...

HFCS - Now in your TV! Sweet!

well, of course that lovable HFCS has always been a pixelated glimmer in our eyes, working behind the scenes of all our favorite products as they nimbly dance across the screen. finally the corn refinement...

Happy "National Shame Day II" 2008 [UPDATED]

(Originally Written for Tuesday, November 25, 2008)Definitely Opinion(ated) As it was in 2007 for Jace, being too worn out to rant, so too it is for me, Intransitivus (who said she quit) this year in 2008....

Cops Above the Law: The Friends and Family Plan

Written Sunday, November 16, 2008, by Victory Grey of Dysamoria:  As enforcers of the law, police have some leeway when it comes to obeying it. For instance, a cop on duty may legally run a red light when ...

Elementary Social Studies Should Include More Cultural Anthropology

First I'd like to share a quote from the first lecture in Edward Fischer's Teaching Company course Peoples and Cultures of the World. He defines cultural anthropology by describing how it differs from other...

Buying Obama

It's no secret that presidential campaigns have long been colossal marketing events. While this year's election will go down in history for the obvious reasons, there may be another reason to note this election in...
 

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