Monday, January 17, 2011

Whoops...Sorry about that

The Daily Mail says that, 100 years after he was executed, DNA has proven Dr. Crippen was not guilty:

his wife's "body" turns out to be that of a man...

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High rank officers avoid computerized combat simulations for fear of losing.

Of course, they could always cheat: The Kobayashi Maru simulations discussed at wikipedia.


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The good news: Discussing "end of Life" treatments was not the same as a "death panel".

The bad news: THIS is a death panel:

"...Can they limit the number of chemotherapy rounds allowed cancer patients? Or restrict the type of dialysis offered to people with kidney disease?This week an independent advisory group convened by the Obama administration launched what is likely to be a long and emotional process to answer such questions,,,"

uh, does the constitution allow the government to deny you the right to medical care? the Ninth Amendment suggests no.

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Disease of the week: Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite,

actually, I've diagnosed two cases of blastomycosis in humans in 35 years of medicine, but I've never seen a kinkajou....apparantly, they have claws and can bite, and their bites can be serious.
Here's a photo (Hint:The smart looking one is the Kingkajou).

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