Extreme DNA

The woman in the pic is a gratuitous addition; the article is about horses!





This is not scintillating reading, but struggle through it -- trust me, your brain needs the exercise. Click either 'read more' or the headline. The horse genome: Riding high | The Economist Read more!

Some Jaxonia shaving help

The biggest problem with shaving in the shower is the mirror gets spotty and foggy. Despite the many 'fog-free' mirrors being touted, nothing keeps them really clean... until now.



Just cut off a chunk of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and put it under your razor. One swipe, and you're clear as glass. By the way, if you've succumbed to the scare stories about this product, they're all rubbish. Check it out - click on the headline.


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The Fox hatchet job -- revealed!

Here, thanks to mediamatters.org, is a compilation of Fox ?News? diatribe. Please notice that it is month-by-month, starting right after the inauguration!


So far, the president has played the part of the cartoon Roadrunner, while Fox and the right-wing crazies are Wiley Coyote; despite elaborate plans and actions to undermine his presidency, Obama has been able to blithely ignore their traps and remain focused on issues. As long as this confrontation stays out of the oval office, he should be OK. Read more!

We need more Elizabeth Warrens!

Brilliant, unflappable, tough-as-nails and apolitical, Elizabeth Warren chairs the Congressional Oversight Panel, which is charged with submitting monthly reports to Congress on the use of the Treasury Secretary’s authority under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the impact of the government’s asset purchases on financial markets, the effect of transactions’ disclosure on market transparency, and the effectiveness of the program on mitigating foreclosures and maximizing taxpayer benefits.
(Click on the headline to go to the COP website.)




Professor Elizabeth Warren is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard University. She has written eight books and more than a hundred scholarly articles dealing with credit and economic stress. Her latest two books, The Two-Income Trap and All Your Worth, were both on national best seller lists. She has been principal investigator on empirical studies funded by the National Science Foundation and more than a dozen private foundations. Warren was the Chief Adviser to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, and she was appointed as the first academic member of the Federal Judicial Education Committee. She currently serves as a member of the Commission on Economic Inclusion established by the FDIC. She also serves on the steering committees of the Tobin Project and the National Bankruptcy Conference. The National Law Journal has repeatedly named Professor Warren as one of the Fifty Most Influential Women Attorneys in America, and SmartMoney Magazine recently designated her one of the SmartMoney 30 for 2008. She was also one of eight law professors to be named on the Leading Lawyers in America list compiled by Law Dragon. Read more!