Hunter S. Thompson was one of the 20th century’s greatest literary social critics, and one of the most anti-authoritarian. In the tradition of Mark Twain and H.L. Mencken, Thompson never flinched at exposing the hypocrisies and contradictions of American life and ideology, and his contempt for authority permeated not just […]

It seems the lame duck Congressional session is becoming anything but unproductive. Yesterday, we saw the cloture of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), and today the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act was unanimously approved by the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday with a 19-0 vote. The COICA […]

[ New Zealand should totally get some of these … ] Iran has successfully tested the newly-developed S200 air defense missile system, during the country’s biggest-ever air defense drill. [youtube]iu7EzBG8CwU[/youtube] It’s capable of identifying and hitting targets at low and medium altitudes. The exercise, which started on Tuesday, is meant […]

In the Words of Mark Twain: “Be careful in reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” Reference Checking Go to: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ In the PubMedsearch box, enter: Last name of first author, space, volume number, space, and number of first page; when present, also type in first initial of […]

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