Australian Breakthru in Adult Stem cells

Here’s yet another reason to abandon Embryonic Stem Cell research. Over 2 months ago, scientists at Griffith University in Australia announced an amazing breakthrough. They have shown that you can harvest stem cells from the nose of an adult and turn them into heart cells, brain cells, neurons, liver cells and muscle cells.

One argument for embryonic stem cell research is that they are more pluripotent (that is they can be coaxed into changing forms into different types of cells) while adult stem cells are not as malleable. Well, this proves that wrong!

Unlike embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells grow in a more controlled fashion and are less likely to form tumors. Also, since they can be harvested from your own nose, there is no risk of rejection, thus eliminating the need for immunosuppressive drugs.

European Union voting rules

According the the website FT.com, published on May 25, 2005, the President of the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker, has stated that if France and the Netherlands vote to reject the EU treaty in the next several days, the governments of those countries should just keep repeating the referendum until they get the "right answer."

To quote this socialist whiner, " The countries which have said No will have to ask themselves the question again."


I guess ,after seeing the Republican party in the USA fold like a wet rag doll after the Democrats kept up their "threat of filibuster", President Juncker has been emboldened.

Fuzzy white bugs- score one for Google!

We've got a tulip poplar tree in our back yard that is overrun with little, white, fuzzy bugs. I had no clue what they were, so I googled the term "fuzzy white bugs" and within 5 minutes I found out what they were and how to kill them! The internet is an awesome thing!!!