David Swanson on the Urban Journal With Keith Murphy

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June 30, 2009

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Franken: Breaking News...

06/30/09
8:05pm

The Minnesota Supreme Court just ruled by a 5-0 decision that Al Franken has won election to the US Senate.

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

Al Franken Wins!

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06/30/09
8:24pm

Thanks for the news grinch ;)

Interesting thing Jim...the court did not...

07/01/09
5:17am

order(and it could have and has done so in the past)the governor to sign Franken's certificate of election--one of the final legal steps to Franken's taking his well-earned seat in the Senate.

The governor's statement was carefully and legally written so that whether or not he would sign the certificate--without court order to do so--is still up in the air.

Coleman has apparently withdrawn, but who knows what plots are being hatched.

This situation may be over and it, at the same time, may not be over.

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

MN governor has signed Franken's ...

07/01/09
5:51am

Certificate of Election. No details yet.

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

Ah...

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07/01/09
2:25pm

...ha.

Sounds like Al is in.

Don't hold yer breath Jim, ...

07/01/09
6:48pm

Swanson may organize to protest the signing.

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

A definite...

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07/01/09
2:24pm

...maybe.

Finally!

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07/01/09
10:48pm

Norm Coleman dragged this out as long as possible.

Congratulations to Senator Franken!

And the first person to attack the new senator...

07/02/09
7:53am

by very publicly calling Franken a clown is: drum roll.....

INHOFE of Oklahoma.

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

Ah but

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07/02/09
11:16pm

Inhofe quickly explained that he meant no disrespect. He said that he thought Franken wanted to be called a clown (or something like that ). Speaking of clowns.

"Each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past.” - M. Maeterlinck

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future." ~Orwell

Hmmm...there ought to be some very interesting...

07/02/09
11:37pm

verbal exchanges in the near future in the senate.

AS to Inhofe, anyone know why he only served in the armed forces for one year?

A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.

Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623

 

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

The Al Franken news was nice...

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07/03/09
12:21am

This June 30th news was exciting as well:

U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells

TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- American physicians say they've performed the first procedure in which a patient received injections of his own heart stem cells to repair heart attack damage.

The 39-year-old man is the first of 16 people who will undergo the procedure as part of a phase 1 clinical trial being conducted at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles. Another eight people will act as controls.

All of the participants have damage and scarring from heart attacks that occurred within four weeks before their enrollment in the study. They will be monitored for six months after the procedure, and the results are to be released in late 2010.

Preparing for the procedure, doctors first use medical imaging to pinpoint the location and severity of the scars caused by heart attack. The patients then undergo a minimally-invasive biopsy to remove a small piece of heart tissue. The tissue is sent to a specialized lab, where heart stem cells are cultured using methods developed by the researchers. It takes about four weeks for the cells to multiply to the numbers (about 10 to 25 million) needed for treatment. A catheter is used to place the stem cells into the patient's coronary arteries.

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http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/news/view.aspx?id=628573&xid=nl...

Everyone: stay alive long enough for stem cell technologies to lend a hand ;)

Jim