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  • Scientist arrested for smuggling vials used in Ebola research into US

    05/13/2009 8:47:29 PM PDT · by null and void · 26 replies · 1,203+ views
    AFP/Breitbart ^ | May 13 01:18 PM US/Eastern | no byline
    A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada's National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday. Konan Michel Yao, 42, "was taken into custody" while crossing from Manitoba into North Dakota A Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman [said] Yao "was working on vaccines for the Ebola virus and HIV, among other things." The Ivory Coast-born scientist is said to have studied at Laval University in Quebec and briefly worked at the University of Manitoba's plant sciences department.
  • Missleading Water Filter Scam Still Out There

    05/04/2006 9:30:44 AM PDT · by HOTTIEBOY · 25 replies · 1,341+ views
    05/04/2006 | dg
    HottieGirl, bless her heart I love her to death, is somewhat gullible. She almost fell for the oldest trick in the book.Well, its not really a trick, just a missleading marketing strategy to get you to buy an elaborate water filtration system that can run into the thousands $$$. Here's how it started: Last week I noticed a vile sitting on the counter. It came in the mail and had "water test division" on it. I didn't give it another thought. HottieGirl, being the responsible citizen she is, fills it full of tap water and puts it back in the...
  • Unfair Ad? (Newest Bush Ad)

    11/26/2003 8:13:25 AM PST · by ChewedGum · 5 replies · 175+ views
    King of Fools ^ | 11/26/2003 | ChewedGum (aka King of Fools)
    Politics is a blood sport. If you cannot take the heat, it is best to avoid the political arena altogether. The level of intensity and the ferocity of the attacks increase with the level of the office. For months, the Democratic Presidential candidates have been fighting to represent their party next November. Their attacks have not been limited to their current opponents; they have also taken every possible opportunity to take the offensive against the current President. Here are some examples from the September 4, 2003 Democratic Presidential debate: Joe LiebermanNo planning was done by this administration. I believe it's...
  • Technological Dub Erases a Bush Flub for a Republican Ad (Barf Alert)

    11/25/2003 6:05:52 PM PST · by OESY · 37 replies · 201+ views
    New York Times ^ | November 25, 2003 | JIM RUTENBERG
    DES MOINES, Nov. 24 — It may be called the Case of the Disappearing Pause. When President Bush laid out the potential threat that unconventional weapons posed in Saddam Hussein's hands last year in his State of the Union address last year, he became tongue-tied at an inopportune moment. The line read, "It would take one vial, one canister, one crate, slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known." But Mr. Bush stumbled between the words "one" and "vial." And when at the word vial, he pronounced the "v" as if it...