New York Mayor Bloomberg

Spent $80 – $100 million to get reelected mayor.
That’s unbelievable, even though the guy is a billionaire.

Dover, Pennsylvania Voters Intelligently Clean House

Voters in Dover, Pennsylvania have replaced “Eight Republican school board members who ordered a statement on intelligent design read in biology class ……. with Democrats who oppose the policy.”
The school board’s decision, as you will recall, is subject of a federal lawsuit filed by eight Dover families challenging the board’s unintelligent decision.
Read the story here.

A Multi-national Apartment Complex

The fourth, and heretofore only unoccupied, apartment within the complex in which I live has been rented to a Canadian couple. The apartment next to me, as I’ve mentioned a couple of times, is occupied by a Spanish fellow who plays in the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra and the apartment next to him is occupied [...]

Combating Hospital/Nursing Home Super Bugs

By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The growing problem of drug-resistant staph infections in hospitals needs a fresh approach — including antibiotic-free hospitals and perhaps a dose of “good” bacteria on surgeons’ hands, one researcher argues.
Writing in the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Dr. Mark Spigelman lays out a proposal [...]

Can the Depths of Bush Administration Turpitude Be Plumbed Any Deeper?

Reportedly, president Cheney met with republican senators for a Nov. 1 luncheon, I’m guessing to continue his lobbying for a CIA exemption to the anti-torture measures Senators McCain and Graham are attempting to attach, as an amendment, to legislation. The McCain/Graham amendment has been supported by all but the nuttiest nine senators, all republicans.
During [...]