Monday, June 25, 2007

Headlines below the fold

Good News: US congress bans funds to Saudi Arabia.
Probably only symbolic, since they have plenty of money.
Bad news: hardly noticed in the US. Nine stories so far in google.

Good news: the LATimes editorial notes few defend freedom of speech
Bad News: Instapundit wryly observes:
Frankly, I think the best argument for electing a Democrat as President is that as long as a Republican is in office the media powers-that-be will refuse to condemn even the worst atrocities on the part of Islamists, for fear of helping the real enemy in the White House...

Mark Steyn's take on it is HERE.


An article about the secret service code names for those they protect: LINK
Renegade? Tumbler? we report, you decide..

MALARIA...national geographic has an article and photos on line.. includes graphic depiction of cerebral malaria....and to their credit they mention the near eradication and then the resurgence due to decrease in funding and that the banning of DDT probably caused 20 million deaths.



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