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Month: August, 2008

Amazing

31 August, 2008 (13:42) | Medical, Science, Sociology, Technology | No comments

[tag]ReWal[/tag]k devised by [tag]Argus Medical Technologies[/tag] allows the [tag]paralyzed[/tag] to [tag]walk again[/tag] via a very minimal exoskeleton, This video is of a person who has been paralyzed from the waist down for 20 years, walking again.

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I see right through you

31 August, 2008 (13:11) | Science | No comments

Damn think of the money you wasted on buying those from the back pages of your favourite reading material.when it turns out you had all along
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The Abuse of Power

31 August, 2008 (12:18) | Political | No comments

If you’ve been cruising the intertubes this past day then you’ve likely seen mention of the, what should be illegal, house raids and arrests taking place pre- in . has an excellent column up today (and do read his coverage from yesterday as he was on the scene.)
As the police attacks on in [...]

Good news for Science

31 August, 2008 (11:02) | Economics, Environment, Political, Science, Sociology, Technology | No comments

The Story
In November, 2007, a small group of six citizens - two screenwriters, a physicist, a marine biologist, a philosopher and a science journalist - began working to restore science and innovation to America’s political dialogue. They called themselves , and they called for a . The call tapped a wellspring of concern [...]

Help the Network is Following Me

30 August, 2008 (19:10) | Business, Humor, Media | No comments

Someone in Verizon’s PR department has a really good sense of humour

via Rubberchickens
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Some weekend funnies

30 August, 2008 (15:27) | Humor | 1 comment

Tips from John McSame’s a
General

Never take a beer to a job interview.
Always identify people in your yard before shooting at them.
It’s considered poor taste to take a cooler to church.
If you have to vacuum the bed, it’s time to change the sheets.
Even if you’re certain that you’re included in the will, [...]

Al Gore at DNC 2008

30 August, 2008 (08:51) | Political | No comments

Gore’s speech at the Denver convention

[tags]DNC 2008,Election 2008,Al Gore,speech[/tags]
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This Time Welcome Back

30 August, 2008 (06:40) | Political | No comments

Back in 1992 when was trying to get pushed through congress the hired a couple of actors and made, a now infamous, TV ad featuring sitting at their kitchen table, that helped scuttle the bill. Now, the same two actors are back but this time they are fully behind health care reform, [...]

A Change Will Do Us Good

30 August, 2008 (06:15) | Political | No comments

rocks them at the in Denver

via All Noise All The Time
[tags]A Change Will Do Us Good[/tags]
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Joe Biden’s Speech

29 August, 2008 (19:07) | Political | No comments

 

[tags]Joe Biden,DNC convention,Election 2008,Denver[/tags]
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