Today’s question is for presumed 2k8 White House hopeful Bill Frist, R-TN. LP: Sen. Frist, if the bubbling allegations that thimerosal causes or significantly contributes to autism prove true, how much of the $900,000 you’ve received from your good friends at pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly would you be willing to contribute to help cover the triilion-plus dollar costs of

Here’s a load of horsewax. Report: Sarbanes-Oxley could threaten security Published: July 11, 2005, 12:52 PM PDT By Steve Ranger Special to CNET News.com The multimillion-dollar cost of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is diverting spending away from protecting against other security threats, according to a new report. The Information Security Forum, an international security association, said Monday that it

Yeeouch. Nicked from nevermind6794 over in . Here’s a sample: “You can support the troops but not the president.” -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) Then it gets better….

This is just beyond ugly. A new analysis from Pulitzer and Peabody winning investigative reporter John Hanchette, currently of the Niagara Falls Reporter, connects some of the dots linking Big Pharma and future presidential candidate Bill Frist to the vaccine preservative thimerosal, which is being incresingly linked to the current explosion of autism cases in the US and abroad (“If

WashPost columnist David Ignatius says it far more briefly than I did. Bad Case for a Fight By David Ignatius Friday, July 8, 2005; Page A23 As a journalist, I’m angry that Judith Miller of the New York Times is in jail today for trying to protect a confidential source. But I am also angry that the press has allowed

Thank god they nabbed this woman. I suspect she’s probably not the only one out there, either…. AKRON, OH—Area resident Helen Crandall, 44, was arrested by Akron police Sunday, charged with conducting an elaborate “sex for security” scam in which she allegedly defrauded husband Russell Crandall out of nearly $230,000 in cash, food, clothing and housing over the past 19

A note for those of you who use RSS readers. If you look in the nav column to the left (this applies to those of you reading this at lullabypit.com – if you’re reading at lullabypit.livejournal.com, see the top two links in the Thinkworld box) you’ll see two blue links – one for RSS and one for Atom. You know

Did MTV get the message in the aftermath of their abominable show-day coverage of the VJs attending Live 8? I wouldn’t bet the farm on it. But right now they’re playing McCartney’s set, which was preceded by the entirety of the Floyd set, which was preceded by what I think was the entirety of the Who set (I tuned in

I’ve watched and read and listened to a whole lot on the Valerie Plame/Wilson case, which has now landed one reporter (Judith Miller of the NY Times) in jail and whipped the entirety of the journalism establishment into a hellacious frenzy over what they see as an egregious assault on the press freedom. And for the longest time I’ve been

Today’s question is for the executive director of the NHL PLayer’s Association, Bob Goodenow: LP: Mr. Goodenow, the agreement you finally reached with the NHL after your hard-line stance wiped out an entire season not only contains the hard salary cap you swore you’d never accept, it’s a cap that ESPN reports is “significantly lower than the one offered on

Friends, This morning I submitted my resignation at St. Bonaventure University. Angela and I are in the process of trying to sell the house and I have been actively pursuing employment in the Carolinas for a few weeks now. So far we have no offers on the house, and while I have been greatly encouraged by my conversations with business

Report: State employees’ lack of writing skills cost nearly $250M The Associated Press States spend nearly a quarter of a billion dollars a year on remedial writing instruction for their employees, according to a new report that says the indirect costs of sloppy writing probably hurt taxpayers even more. The National Commission on Writing, in a report to be released

Today’s question is for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT. LP: Senator, in 1998 you insisted (in ways that caused us to wonder how you could keep a straight face) that Kenneth Starr’s GOP-backed witch-hunt over President Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky had nothing at all to do with partisan politics or sexual morality, but that it was purely about perjury, saying

This is interesting. Apparently conservatives are warning Dubya off nominating Alberto Gonzales to replace O’Connor, whose views on abortion are “suspect.” If the base thinks Gonzo isn’t conservative enough, the next few weeks ought to really be fun. I almost feel sorry for Bush – can you imagine trying to find a candidate who’s acceptable to that crowd who won’t

We went out to the Caribbean Cafe with sirpaulsbuddy last night. The menu contained a box at the bottom of one page with the following warning: People who are allergic to seafood should avoid ordering seafood dishes. Of course, we live in a culture where this is probably something that actually does need saying, I guess….