Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

Gold, myrrh…and Frankenpot?

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I always knew marijuana was a remarkable weed, but this is ridiculous. Soldiers trying to seize control of one Mexico’s top drug-producing regions found the countryside teeming with a new hybrid marijuana plant that can be cultivated year-round and cannot … Continue reading →

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Toronto does it again…

Posted on December 16, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…in diabetes research. First there were Frederick Banting and Charles Best, with their discovery of insulin as an effective treatment for diabetes (mostly for type 1, although some type 2 sufferers also depend on it). They made that discovery at … Continue reading →

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Preach it, sister…

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I never saw YayaCanada’s site until today, but I think I’ll be visiting it (along with 21st Century Socialism) more often. This lady is SANE. Get a load of what she said about the scariest movie of the year, “Jesus … Continue reading →

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Did Israel “mini-nuke” Lebanon?

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Sabina Becker

According to Italy’s RAI News, it smells suspiciously like it… The special report was triggered by the radioactivity measurements reported on a crater probably created by an Israeli Bunker Buster bomb in the village of Khiam, in southern Lebanon. The … Continue reading →

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Michael J. Fox on Limbaugh and stem cells

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Like pretty well everyone who went to high school in the 1980s, I liked Michael J. Fox. Not in a screamy, crushy, posters-all-over-my-wall, die-for-him way (uh, that would have been the guys in Duran Duran), but in a he’s-cute, he’s-funny, … Continue reading →

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It’s even more disgusting than I thought…

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Crooks and Liars has a video of Keith Olbermann and Sam Seder discussing the Rush Limbaugh’s nasty, crass, baseless attack on Michael J. Fox. Man, is it something. Olbermann and Seder are their usual awe-inspiring, bang-on selves. But the Pigman? … Continue reading →

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One sick Pigman

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

This bit of blather is exactly what we’d expect of the drug-addled Rush Limbaugh. The Pigman went over the top again, attacking Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson’s Disease rather severely, as “either off [his] medication or acting” when he … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Just what the doctor ordered!

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Sabina Becker

If this is Tuesday, Chavecito must be in Malaysia. Here he is at a herbal medicine institute, offering a prayer before planting a tree:

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O death, where is thy sting?

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Right here, baby! Researchers have developed a “man-made” scorpion venom to be used in the treatment of brain tumours. The venom is used as a carrier to deliver radioactive iodine into tumour cells left behind after surgery has removed the … Continue reading →

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Fair trade: Not just for food, but medicine too

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Well, who knew? The purchase of surgical equipment should be bound by the same fair trade rules as foodstuffs like coffee, sugar or bananas, a researcher suggests. Dr Mahmood Bhutta said he had anecdotal evidence there was exploitation of workers … Continue reading →

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