Improved allergy treatment could save time and money
Scientists have completed a study that suggests that three allergen injections into the lymph nodes is as effective as 54 allergen injections under the skin.
Opinion
Disabled girl kicked out of disabled group
A disabled girl was kicked out of a Brownies troop for disabled kids because her disability scared the other parents. The autistic, 8-year-old, 30-pound girl had a tantrum and the other parents of disabled kids did not know how to handle it. In related news, Proposition 8–which oppresses a minority–passed largely because the historically most … Read more
Official government report: Bush administration cannot do math
In a shocking revelation, the US Government Accountability Office discovered that the Bush administration is incompetent. The discovery that Bush projections about the cost of running the government are delusional come just in time to help the country vote him out of office. Riiiiiight, as if the voters pay attention to obscure details like “facts” … Read more
Florida same-sex adoption ban struck down
Gay couples can adopt children despite the amazing discovery by the Florida Department of Children and Families that gay people can infect children with mental illnesses. I wonder if Florida thinks that we can solve mental illnesses by killing all gay people.
Nurses are the most trusted professionals
Bankers dropped from 35% trusted to 23% trusted, but they are still well ahead of lawyers. Bankers have nearly destroyed the entire world economy, but people still trust them more than lawyers.
Kurds in Iraq get weapons from Bulgaria
Bulgaria sold weapons to the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq. The government is using the arms to patrol areas outside of the three provinces it legally controls. If this article is to be believed, there are two major problems. First, there may be a civil war between Kurds and Baghdad over oil. Second, the … Read more
Roundup of site changes
I converted my Computer Science GRE study guide from a Word document to a series of blog posts, backdated to November 2004. All requests for the original word document and directory are now redirected to the blog posts. I fixed a potential redirect problem with the Ethics Exam Study Guide. I originally had “Redirect /studyguide/Ethics/index.html … Read more
UN wants to punish war mongers of Somalia
The UN approved a framework for sanctioning people or groups that promote war in Somalia or interfere with relief work there. This is obviously fueled by piracy in northern Somalia, but the framework seems most likely to affect Islamic rebels in the south while having little affect on the pirates.
Cleric vows to end segregation in mosques
The Mufti of Australia is seeking to end gender segregation in Australia’s Mosques.