Midweek Snips

Webcam helps sons save diabetic mom who was unconscious

The number of refugees fleeing the western Iraqi town of al-Qaim and surrounding villages in the wake of US-led military offensives launched earlier this month has reached some 100,000 persons. What the hell is our President doing?!

Superspreaders... Or how a small subset of particularly infectious people can exert a powerful influence over how disease outbreaks progress.

Ouch. Cindy Sheehan sends one nasty letter to Barbara Bush. Doesn't Cindy know that Barbara is senile?

Good news for vets with PTSD claims under review

Major screw-up by mainstream media currently underway regarding Libby case. More HERE. And HERE.

The scourge of insulin resistance

Cheney refuses legitimate reimbursements for travel/lodging expenses from the private sector so that he doesn't have to report details of his trips. Taxpayers must then pick up the tab. This is just another form of secrecy by the Bush Administration, and another example of the government wasting our taxes.

Lookie here, the Neocon's first hit song: "Bush Was Right" by The Right Brothers (Real Audio format; also mp3 format). Article here.

FEMA gives 150,000 Katrina victims a two-week eviction notice.

From where do Iraq's insurgents originate? From HERE.

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart wins the 2005 Thurber Prize, for the book The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy in Action.