Monthly Archives: February 2009

COURAGE Guinea pigs — patients at veterans hospitals

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 26, 2009

Optimal Medical Therapy with or without PCI for Stable Coronary Disease, NEJM April 12, 2007 Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) This is not to question the ethical standards of the men and women who conducted this research, nor is it to voice a cultural criticism regarding the Veterans Administration as a [...]

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Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, and DOJ Attorneys

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 24, 2009

February 24, 2009 *Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials * We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department [...]

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Taking it easy

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 22, 2009

A heavy snowfall, a snow shovel, a sunny morning—I donned my coat with the quilted down lining, covered my bean with a stocking cap, pulled on gloves, and strode forth briskly to meet the challenge. Shoveling snow is a great aerobic upper body exercise, but today I took it easy. After I had pushed most [...]

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Who knows where the time goes

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 21, 2009

The fire of Web 2.0 has finally burned out. The Web 2.0 consultants have risen from the ashes born again as Social Media Experts. A question I heard recently: “What’s the difference between a Social Media Expert and a large pizza?” The answer? “A large pizza can feed a family of four.” In the sixties [...]

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Sarah Palin School of Wildlife Management

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 20, 2009

“If you shoot wolves to save moose, and then you shoot the moose, you’re either out of your mind or in Alaska.” – Friends of Animals poster, autumn, 2008 And now the State of Nevada is using the same logic to kill mountain lions that prey on deer. The reasoning being that we need to [...]

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Xe Worldwide — the mercenaries formerly known as Blackwater

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 19, 2009

Blackwater, Enron, Halliburton, KBR… most of the top brands of the Bush administration have been destroyed or devalued. Blackwater Worldwide, with it’s eye on the prize of no-bid contracts to patrol the Mexican border has been rebranded. Hoping to wash away the stains from their homicidal outlawry in Iraq, the killers formerly known as Blackwater [...]

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Houston? Houston?

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 15, 2009

Stand by for re-entry. Might be a bumpy ride. I still can’t get my head around the fact that we die. That we die comma period.  This, this very this, astonishes me every day of my long legged life.  But I suppose it’s better to wait for that grim bastard standing on my own two [...]

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Gaza aid

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 2, 2009

The hits just keep on coming. Obama simply makes me feel good about our American prospect. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ­ For Immediate Release February 2, 2009 January 27, 2009 Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza By [...]

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