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Trees and wildflowers blossom during all four seasons in Kunming, which is known as The City of Eternal Spring because of its year-round mild temperatures. However, it is also home to something much less natural: a laboratory where scientists have been creating monkey embryos with a mutated gene so that, when born, they will age unusually fast. Such experiments are done to study human diseases such as autism, cancer, Alzheimer's and muscular dystrophy.

FACT SHEET: Socialized Medicine Is a Failure Everywhere It's Been Tried In terms of both availability and quality of care, single-payer systems leave citizens out in the cold February 7, 2017 | 202-228-7561 ------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) debated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a CNN Town Hall tonight regarding the future of Obamacare. During the debate, Sen. Cruz debunked the oft-repeated myth that countries with socialized, single-payer health care systems have better health outcomes than the United States. WAIT TIMES IN COUNTRIES WITH SOCIALIZED MEDICINE ARE ATROCIOUS STATS: UNITED KINGDOM •“The figures show that a...

Hoping to tamp down fears about Ebola, the Obama administration said Monday the virus wreaking havoc in West Africa is unlikely to mutate and spread by air. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a fact sheet that says samples from the current outbreak, which has killed about 5,000 abroad and elicited fear in the U.S., are nearly identical — 97 percent the same — as the strains studied when Ebola was discovered in 1976. Scientists monitoring the virus have not seen any evidence that Ebola may be mutating in a way that would make it spread more easily,...

December 18, 2008 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1229609413187.shtm Fact Sheet: DHS End-of-Year Accomplishments Under President George W. Bush’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has achieved considerable success in protecting the nation from dangerous people and goods, securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, strengthening emergency preparedness and response and unifying department operations. More than seven years without an attack on U.S. soil is a testament to this department’s 218,000 employees, the intelligence community and the nation’s first responders and law enforcement officers. Over 2008, we remained focused on strengthening the foundations for successful execution of our mission....

Former Kerry Campaign Manager Jim Jordan Founded Thunder Road Group, A Consulting Firm Representing America Coming Together, The Media Fund And America Votes. "Jim Jordan, a Winston-Salem native, was fired as John Kerry's presidential campaign manager in November…. Now he has started his own consulting firm, called Thunder Road Group. The firm is representing America Coming Together, the Media Fund, and America Votes, all pro-Democratic 527 political organizations gearing up for the 2004 election." ("People," National Journal, 2/28/04) Harold Ickes Is A Member Of DNC's Executive Committee And Head Of The Media Fund And Chief Of Staff To America Coming...

Even before John Kerry has spoken, he is working to distort his own record and the President's. He is engaged in an extreme makeover of his out of the mainstream record. My fellow Americans, this is the most important election of our lifetime. The stakes are high. We are a nation at war -- a global war on terror against an enemy unlike any we have ever known before. And here at home, wages are falling, health care costs are rising, and our great middle class is shrinking. People are working weekends; they're working two jobs, three jobs, and...

"We saw John Kerry's running mate tonight portray America as a nation in decline, but the American people know we are strong and overcoming the challenges of the past three years. John Kerry's extreme makeover of adding a smile to his pessimistic rhetoric cannot change his out of the mainstream record." -Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman The Facts On Health CareAll Seniors Will Be Guaranteed Access To Affordable Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicare. In December 2003, President Bush signed into law legislation that will make Medicare prescription drug coverage available to 40 million seniors and people with disabilities. (Health Care...

A 9-11 Commission staff report supports the Bush Administration's longstanding conclusion that there was no evidence of "collaboration" between Iraq and al-Qaeda on the 9-11 attacks against the United States. The Administration has never suggested that Iraq "collaborated" or "cooperated" with al-Qaeda to carry out the 9-11 attacks. "We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States." (9-11 Commission Staff Statement 15, June 16, 2004) "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with...September 11th." (President Bush, September 17, 2003) The Administration has said, however, that it was worried about a...

Today's Action June 17, President Bush addressed small business owners from across the country at the National Small Business Summit of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Washington, DC. The President's policies are helping America's small businesses and workers; nearly 1 million jobs have been created in the last 100 days and more than 1.4 million new jobs have been created since August. Small businesses create 7 out of 10 new jobs in America and account for more than half of the output of our economy. Background: The President's Policies are Helping America's Small Businesses President Bush recognizes...

National Jobs Data May's increase in employment remained strong and above market expectations. 248,000 new jobs were created in May - and the increases in April and March were revised upward 58,000 and 16,000 respectively, for a combined upward revision of 74,000 new jobs. The economy has posted steady job gains for each of the last nine months -- with nearly one million new jobs in the last 3 months alone. An average of over 257,000 jobs per month has been created since the beginning of this year. The household survey shows a similar increase in jobs, up 1.5 million...

"Bush-Cheney '04 is building the largest grassroots veterans organization that any campaign has ever created. The Bush campaign's focus on peer-to-peer contact among veterans supporting the President is truly unprecedented and reflects the strong ties between America's veterans and President Bush's principled leadership and commitment to our military." -Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman Bush-Cheney '04 Has Unprecedented Veterans Support More Than 40 Medal Of Honor Recipients Have Endorsed President Bush. Rolling Thunder, A Veterans Organization With 70 chapters And More Than 7,000 Members, Has Endorsed President Bush. Bush-Cheney '04 Has Assembled A National Veterans Steering Committee Of 60 Former...

Gephardt Attacked The High Cost Of Kerry's Health Care Plan Gephardt: Kerry Health Care Plan "Doesn’t Add Up." "Kerry’s explanation of how he’ll pay for his [health care] plan doesn’t add up. He’s trying to have it both ways." ("Out Of The Mouth Of Democrats," The Associated Press, 3/5/04) Gephardt: Kerry Won’t Say How He’ll Pay For Health Care Plan. "Gephardt has outlined how he’ll pay for his plan ---- by repealing all the Bush tax cuts. Kerry has not said how he’ll pay for his plan." (Dick Gephardt For President, "Kerry’s False Claims Against Gephardt’s Healthcare Plan," Press Release,...

Fact Sheet The August 6, 2001 Pdb · the August 6, 2001 Pdb Item Entitled "bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US" was prepared in response to questions asked by the President about the possibility of attacks by al-Qaida inside the United States. The PDB article did not warn of the 9-11 attacks. Although the PDB referred to the possibility of hijackings, it did not discuss the possible use of planes as weapons. The PDB was based largely on background information about past terrorist attacks conducted by al-Qaida and general threats from the late 1990s. The only recent information concerning...

Fact Sheet Immigration With various proposals for some form of amnesty for illegal aliens being debated in Washington, it is useful to have an idea of the magnitude of the problem. Of course no one knows exactly how many aliens are living and working illegally in the United States because of the illegal nature of their presence, which prevents enumeration. The 2000 Census, like all previous censuses, made no attempt to determine the immigration status of foreign-born residents. Nevertheless, the results of the Census did contribute to a re-evaluation of the proportion of the illegal alien population. It now appears

Gun Control Note: This listing of facts is derived from over 250 hours of research and analysis of more than 140 articles, documents, and books. Every statistic from a given year was chosen based on availability, and not to slant the results by singling out a specific year that was different from others. Especially when dealing with statistics, the determination of what constitutes a credible fact and what does not, can contain elements of personal subjectivity. It is our mission to minimize subjective information and to provide highly factual content. Monty Rainey, Junto Society Click on Link to View, http://www.juntosociety.com/factsheets/guncontrol.html