Ronald Reagan's Blood for Sale!

I remember the real Reagan. The GOP demigod is
a different guy.

Ermahgerd. . . You've really gotta be freakin' kidding me. I'll bet you the winner will be sorry that Republicans are against human cloning.

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Anger over 'Ronald Reagan blood' auction

"UK-based PFC Auctions says the blood was taken from Reagan after the failed 1981 assassination attempt against him.  The PFC website put the latest bid at £7,587 ($12,000) on Tuesday. . ."

Read more at: BBC News

Does Sharron Angle Have a Mini-Me?

Image from source, 8NewsNow

It's strange this campaign season how so many conservative candidates are skipping out on any press event that might be unfriendly to him. How many have we seen dodging reporters, ignoring questions, only appearing on FOX "News" or right-wing talk radio?  When they do land in unfriendly territory, they filibuster the interviewer, and get indignant when asked questions they are uncomfortable answering. In any previous election, this sort of tactic just didn't play well. This time? They all seem to be getting away with it.  But maybe Nevada's Sharron Angle has a different reason?

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Commentary: Two for the Price of One?



. . .Some call the move pathetic. Others say it’s ingenious. But, I think it explains everything. Sharron Angle tipped her hand. Nobody realizes she pulled back the curtain. She exposed the truth, and the truth has set her free.



That was no decoy. Sharron Angle has a clone. . .

Read more at: 8NewsNow

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.

Science is Cool Gross!: Lab Grown Meat

Image from London's Times

*Urp!* Something about this seems like a bad, bad idea.

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Mad Science? Growing Meat Without Animals

Winston Churchill once predicted that it would be possible to grow chicken breasts and wings more efficiently without having to keep an actual chicken. And in fact scientists have since figured out how to grow tiny nuggets of lab meat and say it will one day be possible to produce steaks in vats, sans any livestock.

Pork chops or burgers cultivated in labs could eliminate contamination problems that regularly generate headlines these days, as well as address environmental concerns that come with industrial livestock farms. . .

Read more at: Live Science (found at AmericaBlog)

Science is Cool Creepy: Cow/Human Hybrids?

When George W. Bush admonished scientists for thinking about creating animal/human hybrids, we thought he'd just chugged a few too many near-beers. But check this out!

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Cow-human cross embryo lives three days

HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled "monstrous" by opponents.

A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows' ovaries, which had most of their genetic material removed. . .

Read more at: News.com.au