A fascinating topic, treating oneself for whatever ails, rather than relying on the healthcare system. Check this cancer self-care prevention and treatment article. Really interesting. Mentioned in the article are heat based treatment. Recent studies of heat treatment that raises the temperature of only the tumor to 104 degrees have been effective . Microscopic metal pellets that act as heating elements are inserted into the tumor, then an external radio wave heat source maintains the heat. It would be like a battery powered heating pad.   more »

Here is John Prine alone singing his magnificent song. Here is Bonnie Raitt. No reason to choose, but an interesting contrast. Now if I could only find a reliable link to the duet, try this one, it might work   more »

It looks bad for the greens in Iran, silent sitdown strikes that were really working have now turned to rock throwing and fires. Are violent factions in the protest movement being encouraged by government provacateurs? That is my guess, anger is taking over. Government thug handlers are sending them out to act like angry protestors giving police and militia the excuse they desire to attack en masse and then murder innocent nonviolent protestors in the crowd with rooftop gunfire. When nonviolent protestors are murdered in this cowardly, psychotic fashion, already angry, rock-throwing, fire starting protestors become enraged.    more »

Mind enhancement drugs or merely speed for students? As steroids are for athletes, Ritalin and other ADD drugs are becoming the extra edge that students use to compete in academia. But what about the familiar drawbacks of speed, brain chemical and neural receptor destruction? Wouldn't it be a lot better to actually enhance natural brain biochemistry with exersize, rest, and meditation? Like a program of endurance training with running or biking and yoga? This restores dopamine and dopamine receptors, that provide the reward for intellectual acomplishment.   more »

"Those who learn from history are doomed to watch others repeat it" (drx). So maybe looking at the history of FDR's guidance out of the great depression might just provide some kind of heads up this time around? FDR was heckled into curtailing stimulus, in favor of budget concerns, in the late 30's. The economy did another dip, then war production finally ended the depression. Should we heed the duplicitous warnings of neocons and bush era leaders on debt, and stop the stimulus a few months into it's initiation? After only wall street has been stimulated? And after none of the regulation imposed by FDR on wall street scamming is repeated under Obama's watch?   more »

Here's a very effective twitter search category to identify scambots, automated tweet generating bots designed to look like real tweople. Once I ID one, I unfollow them. Simple plan to clear your personal portion of the twitter hive mind of useless con game chatter.   more »

King Bee, the new theme song of the twitter hive mind, summer is blues season.   more »

Check this extremely complicated version of how this happens. Then a longer, slightly plainer explanation, then this more popular science version. I can't really understand it all, anyone have a clue? Could this be for real? Why take any chances while we're waiting for the results to be verified by good old blogo-twitterverse examination?   more »

Lots of back/forth on this lately. Stewart pointed out the obscenity of Morning Joe folk taking 10 million from starbucks, then touting this sugarey, slave coffee on air. While gulping the 700 calorie 7 buck quart sized caffiene junkie swill that only millionaire tv hosts can afford. But these talking heads get it for free because they tout it onair constantly? Mighty fine example of journalistic integrity isn't it?   more »

Nope, tasers are used as portable torture devices all over the place now, Palin's family experienced a taseing incident. Check this: 72 year old great-grandmonther tasered in Texas (video). But as we now realize from bush era chicanery, kidnapping, torture, and murder, everything is bigger in Texas, especially the assholes. Why does it take something this obscene to highlight just what tasers are really used for? Was the officer's life threatened? Nope, just his ego.   more »

Just tonight on both of these shows, tweeters got some mad props. Even though KO won't tweet and neither will Jon, they mentioned us in typical dissrespectful comedy stylings. We'll take it!! Thanks guys, from our radical bush era ending heroes, the badder the critique, the betyter we like it! Do your best/worst.   more »

Palin on the outs with the grand old patriarchy's apparatchik? Yes. snooty snippy Larry Craig style toe tapping politics is evident. Are the powerful GOP closet queens afraid of the snow queen from Alaska?   more »

Yes, it's true. Colbert had his head shaved to get into the military mindset excellent!! More as it develops.   more »

Yes, it's (rumored to be) true! Janet Reno will not only be named the next supreme, but she will reportedly head her own super secret extra-judicial branch that uses gun/gold sniffing search dogs to uncover and confiscate the hidden stashes of right wing survivalist militia groups and individuals across the country. Forfieture law will be used for the collection of guns and gold, then the purps will be declared "enenmy combatants" (in the best cheney-style) and specially extradited to re-education camps in an undisclosed terrorist supporting nation.   more »

Sorry, that's an insult to assmonkeys everywhere. But given the many, many wing nut, neoconman, corporatist serving aspects of foxnews, let's just say it right from now on. It is "effnews"! Take one glaring example (I'll find the video later), remember when michelle and barack fistbumped during the campaign and effnews labeled it a "terrorist fist bump"? It did happen. Now of course dimbulb limboobs everywhere, following their bouncy "bro" (alternate name for the "mansiere") "drug" limboob, are calling Barack's trip evidence that he must be in league with al queda? Yep?!? In reality, Bin laden is the one who is terrorized by Barack's peace making. Al queda will be out of work, and billions in funding and millions in recruits, as Obama ushers in ME peace. Bin laden is already finished and he knows it.    more »

Just watched the latest in a series of events that has featured the historical place of empathy and pragmatic idealism. The power the Obama campaign tapped to win this most recent election. And as Barack detailed, the same power that won WW II. The Cairo speech was the magnificent start of this presidential tour. It moved the world using the whole media, including social networking. Then the Buchenwald event, with Ellie Weisel speaking directly to personal history. Imagine your father dying in the bunk just above you, calling out for you, and being too afraid to even move, terrorized. isn't that real terror? Let US all remember what real fear and terror are about, and try to live up to our forebears who faced it down in factories, on farms, and battlefields. Give US another chance to rise to the ocasion Barack.   more »

Pat yourselves on the back, all Obama voters/supporters. What could be a better boost for peace than Obama's visit and his fantastic speech in Cairo? Maybe identifying with Egypt's marvelous ancient history, personally? compare the ears on the hieroglyphic (video). Now touring the concentration camp his grandfather helped liberate with Ellie Weisel. Forgive yourselves for getting verklempt, we really have helped change history. "Those who learn from history are doomed to watch others repeat it", maybe we all dispelled that gloomy historical cloud somewhat? Who said our individual votes/volunteer efforts don't count? They were wrong!   more »

Scientific evidence of the mechanism of empathy, that basis for all civilization. All human progress. Now please let us all look in the same mirror, at all life everywhere on spaceship earth.   more »

Yes! Twitter, facebook, and other sites are transmitting Obama's Cairo speech right across cultutral boundaries. Right onto ME blogs. More news as it develops. Tweets are changing the world? "We tweet therefore we can!", hehehey.   more »

Sad to say, "Bill" is dead in real life. Was it the "5 point open palm exploding heart technique" that got him? Nope, not likely. He helped make zen popular in american culture with the tv show in the 70s, turning the classic western into a martial arts feature. How much difference will that make as US direction shifts away from consumption/quantity towards quality of life, a zen measurement of cultural progress.   more »

It would seem that Sotomayor was actually fighting "judicial activism" in her decision that the employer, the city of New Haven in this case, ought to be able to determine their own tests for employment. Should courts intervene and force New Haven to continue tests that seem to discriminate based on race? For instance: if hispanic speakers who are familiar with the culture of the people in the area where the fire protection is being applied are favored because their communication with their citizenry is a major factor in fire protection (that involves life/death emegency actions), should the court step in a disallow cultural concerns involved in employment decisions?   more »

We have become the agents of chaos, battling the forces of hegemony all around the world, tweeters are officicially dangerous to the power structure now. China has blocked us. Hehehey. #tweetoergosum, "We tweet therefore we can, yes we can!". As I said awhile back:   more »

As advised in this interview with Vince Gilligan on the ending, don't be too quick to judge. Is that teddy bear in the pool from he baby shower episode? Hehey. Or was it in the suitcase? It would be carry on luggage right?   more »