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Nov. 2nd, 2005
Political Diatribe du Jour 11/2/05
Nov. 2nd, 2005 08:34 pmThe Bushies at their best
And here I thought Duhbya was only pushing Bird flu to distract us from his miserable failings in Iraq and New Orleans
New York - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that's now the most-sought after drug in the world.
Rumsfeld served as Gilead Research's chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/
We'd rather women died than had sex
A new vaccine that protects against cervical cancer has set up a clash between health advocates who want to use the shots aggressively to prevent thousands of malignancies and social conservatives who say immunizing teenagers could encourage sexual activity.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000747.html
If the government cannot keep the media dumb forever, than the money boys will
A group of investors from Florida, who are regular contributors to Bush and GOP National Committee, are trying to break up the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Knight-Ridder is one of the few truly independent mainstream news sources that provides truly independent coverage and investigative journalism. Knight Ridder includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as major papers in Northern California, Miami and many other cities.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/2/12343/3632
And here I thought Duhbya was only pushing Bird flu to distract us from his miserable failings in Iraq and New Orleans
New York - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that's now the most-sought after drug in the world.
Rumsfeld served as Gilead Research's chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/
We'd rather women died than had sex
A new vaccine that protects against cervical cancer has set up a clash between health advocates who want to use the shots aggressively to prevent thousands of malignancies and social conservatives who say immunizing teenagers could encourage sexual activity.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000747.html
If the government cannot keep the media dumb forever, than the money boys will
A group of investors from Florida, who are regular contributors to Bush and GOP National Committee, are trying to break up the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Knight-Ridder is one of the few truly independent mainstream news sources that provides truly independent coverage and investigative journalism. Knight Ridder includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as major papers in Northern California, Miami and many other cities.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/2/12343/3632