Brain surgeon operates with DIY drill - Times Online

"Free healthcare" coming to your town soon!

Brain surgeon operates with DIY drill - Times Online: "An eminent British neuro-surgeon has been performing complex brain operations using a £30 do-it-yourself cordless power drill at a clinic in Ukraine.
Henry Marsh, a senior consultant at St George’s hospital in Tooting, south London, has used the Bosch 9.6 volt battery-operated hand tool to open up the skulls of his patients to remove life-threatening tumours. Occasionally the battery has gone flat halfway through.

The operation is performed with the patients fully awake – a technique that fell out of use in Britain 50 years ago. Marsh said that Ukrainians could withstand such a practice because they were “very tough”.
The 58-year-old consultant travels to Ukraine twice a year to perform free operations at a clinic run by a fellow surgeon, Igor Petrovich. The handyman drill was used because the local doctors could not afford state-of-the-art equipment."

Salmon Fishing Ban Possible This Year

Salmon Fishing Ban Possible This Year: "Federal fisheries managers took the first step Friday toward imposing what could be the strictest limits ever on West Coast salmon fishing amid a collapse of the central California chinook salmon fishery.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously adopted three options for sport and commercial fishing off the Pacific Coast, including an unprecedented complete shutdown of fishing off California and Oregon."

Something's rotten in Big Ten basketball

Something's rotten in Big Ten basketball:

"This game was an ordeal to watch.

From an entertainment standpoint -- and that's what these games are after all -- it would have been more merciful to decide the game with a coin flip at the very beginning.
There's an old saying that the best officiated game is one in which you don't notice the officials.

Unfortunately for MSU, and even Wisconsin, which really can't claim a clean victory on the merit of its own talent and hard work, the officiating was just about the only thing that was noticed"

more:http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/msu-red-cedar-message-board/303086-big-10-hoops-long-rant.html#post4556652

We do have our own free will.

If you needed a spiritual advisor, would you consult with this lady:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tcb7b34do

Or would you consult with this "man"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPR5jnjtLo

Granholm signs law to improve organ donation process

This is good.

Less government will save millions of lives.

Granholm signs law to improve organ donation process: "Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed a law supporters say will improve the organ donation process and strengthen the rights of organ donors."

Barack Obama & Jeremiah Wright

Barack Obama & Jeremiah Wright: "But Jeremiah Wright is not exactly peripheral to Barack Obama’s life. He married the Obamas and baptized their children.

Those of us who made the mistake of buying the senator’s last book, The Audacity of Hope, and assumed the title .................. in fact the phrase comes from one of the Reverend Wright’s sermons.

Jeremiah Wright has been Barack Obama’s pastor for 20 years — in other words, pretty much the senator’s entire adult life.

Did Obama consider God Damn America as a title for his book but it didn’t focus-group so well?"

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time :: Blender.com

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time :: Blender.com

Tomorrow Never Knows

#2 Decca Records A&R exec tells Fab Four, “No, thanks”Dick Rowe was not the only record-label executive who passed on the Beatles in the early ’60s, but he was the only one who brushed off their manager, Brian Epstein, with the astute prediction that: “Groups with guitars are on their way out.”

Epstein begged Rowe to reconsider, so Rowe hopped a train to Liverpool to check out the band live. When he arrived at the Cavern, he found a mob of kids trying to force their way into the club in the pouring rain. Annoyed, he smoked a cigarette, went home and signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

Unintended consequence The Monkees

Nugent suit against Muskegon fest finally over

And the poor residents of Muskegon and Summer Celebration fans paid the cost of its refusal to stand up to our local racists.

Bummer dude...

Nugent proves his point: "The Muskegon County jury found in Nugent's favor, awarding him $80,000 for breach of contract and $20,000 in lost merchandise sales."

Remember me.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0

Coolest Winter Since 2001 for U.S., Globe

- NOAA: Coolest Winter Since 2001 for U.S., Globe

Al Gore kept warm by piles of money he made from selling carbon credits.

Weather Channel Founder: Sue Al Gore for Fraud

Weather Channel Founder: Sue Al Gore for Fraud "'You want to tune to the Weather Channel and have them tell you how to live your life?' Coleman said. 'Come on.'"

NCAA Tournament Droughts

NCAA Tournament Droughts - SpartanTailgate.com - Michigan State Spartans Forums

Bummer dudes!

'Military Recruiters Are Under Attack,' Group Says

'Military Recruiters Are Under Attack,' Group Says: "'They were left with no other choice but to cut the flow of bodies for the war,' he said"

Apparent Fraud Costs GOP Group Heavily

Apparent Fraud Costs GOP Group Heavily: "The committee in charge of running House Republican campaigns said Thursday that a former treasurer 'deceived and betrayed' the group, which is missing hundreds of thousands of dollars - and possibly more - due to fraudulent acts conducted over the past several years."

Teacher of the year

A truly wonderful story and a truly wonderful teacher.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Veterans Return Desks

Iowa Man Celebrates 100th Birthday With Wings and Women at Hooters

This is a man who had a great life!

Kind of a bummer for folks who spent their lives eating broccoli.

Iowa Man Celebrates 100th Birthday With Wings and Women at Hooters: "I don't know how I did it,' Persinger told the newspaper. 'Good living, I guess. A lot of good food. Steaks, fried potatoes.'"

Kwame Kilpatrick should resign

Finally, a man with guts speaks the truth!

Michigan attorney general says Kwame Kilpatrick should resign: "Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick should resign because he is a liar and a race-baiter 'on par with David Duke and George Wallace' and no longer fit for office.
Cox told WJR-AM he was shocked by the black leader's televised use of the N-word and his appeal for support while attacking opponents as racist.
'I thought his statements were reprehensible,' said Cox, who is white. 'It was race-baiting on par with David Duke and George Wallace — all to save his political career.'"

An opportunity to be heard

MRC Action: "Petition to Media: Demand Balance in 2008 Election Coverage"

Hollywood incentives?

Why not reduce taxes on the rest of businesses that might consider Michigan?

Maybe Hollywood just pays better?

State lawmakers pass incentives to lure Hollywood: "The Legislature is starting to pass bills aimed at making Michigan one of the country's most attractive states in which to make a movie.
The legislation would give movie studios a 40 percent credit or rebate on their production costs."

Proposed Law Looks to Wipe Out Problem

Proposed Law Looks to Wipe Out Problem: "State Senator Victor Crist, a Republican from Tampa, felt the problem was so important, a law must be passed to protect the backsides of anyone in Florida. The measure will also try to regulate the cleanliness of restrooms in eating establishments.