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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

News Good Morning, News!!

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Jan 15 at 8:21 AM

1.FDA!!! The federal regulator says meat and milk from cloned animals is safe—removing the last legal hurdle to it appearing on supermarket shelves. The FDA also approved Vioxx as “safe and effective” in 1999, before 27,000 lawsuits against the drug’s manufacturer pointed out that it actually kills people.
KILL YOUR KID: Milky Millky…

2.$9.83bn!!! Citigroup posts a big figure in its “loss” column, announcing it will cut jobs.

3.ORAL HISTORY!!! The Monica Lewinsky scandal, 10 years on.

4.EYE EYE!!! The FBI wants to create an international database of finger, palm and iris prints. Which is just fine according to civil rghts advocates, and for all sorts of reasons.

5.DIE DI!!! Princess Diana thought her mother in law would resign as Queen of England in 1996, a friend tells an inquest into her death in London. It’s like she was psychic or something.

6.HITCHENS!!! Slams Hillary Clinton. Hey, it woke me up this morning. Subtle hint to Jefferson High students: Today would be a good day for maximum press exposure if you’re planning any stunts for his highness, Tom Potter. My advice is to brainstorm on the theme “I AM IRRELEVANT,” and see where it takes you.

Good Day.

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> FDA!!! The federal regulator says meat
> and milk from cloned animals is
> safe—removing the last legal hurdle to
> it appearing on supermarket shelves.
> The FDA also approved Vioxx as “safe
> and
> effective” in 1999, before 27,000
> lawsuits against the drug’s manufacturer > pointed out that it actually kills
> people.

This is the kind of fine logic and journalism I have come to expect from the Mercury. Hey, it beats having to actually understand anything.

Posted by Nate | January 15, 2008 2:47 PM

Good Nate, I'm glad.

Posted by Matt Davis | January 15, 2008 3:39 PM

So, in exactly what way is meat from cloned animals not safe? You do realize they're clones, right?

Posted by G | January 15, 2008 4:21 PM

Well, clones have medical problems. They are typically born bigger, and have shortened lives. Scientists still do not understand why. So apparently *something* is going on in the cloning process to cause these anomalies. Shouldn't we understand those first before we eat them?

Posted by Patricia | January 16, 2008 10:37 AM

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