Pat Robertson: God told him Bush will be re-elected

posted by ewing2001 on Friday January 02, @12:37PM

Pat Robertson: God tells me it's Bush in a blowout

Associated Press -January 2 2004

NORFOLK, Va. -- Pat Robertson said Friday that God told him President Bush will be re-elected in a landslide.

``I think George Bush is going to win in a walk,'' the religious broadcaster said on his ``700 Club'' program on the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded.

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NINDS-Scientist: Simple Treatment for BSE ignored

posted by ewing2001 on Tuesday December 30, @11:14AM

Scientist Says Anti-Mad Cow Measure Ignored

Reuters -Dec. 30

— By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. scientist said on Tuesday a simple treatment combining high pressure with heat could neutralize the proteins that cause mad cow disease, but federal officials had shown little interest in it.

Dr. Paul Brown of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said his process, developed with European researchers, would inactivate the prion proteins that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy without damaging the meat. Normal cooking does not affect prions.

"For the past two years I have been looking at a method of inactivating prions in meat," Brown, a top expert on BSE and related diseases, said in a telephone interview.

"It uses high pressure and it works, but to this date no one seems interested in using it."

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DOE: No money for Los Alamos Cleanup

posted by ewing2001 on Tuesday December 30, @04:24AM

DOE withholding money for Los Alamos lab cleanup

AP/SF Chronicle -Tuesday, December 30, 2003

The U.S. Department of Energy is withholding extra money for cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory because the state and the federal government have failed to reach regulatory agreement.

Agreement is necessary before as much as $43 million in cleanup money is released to the lab, said Jessie Roberson, head of DOE's environmental management program.

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Richard Perle lobbied for Boeing deal

posted by ewing2001 on Saturday December 06, @11:28AM

Perle lobbied for Boeing's tanker bid

Financial Times -December 5

Richard Perle, a prominent Pentagon adviser, lobbied on behalf of Boeing's bid for a controversial $18bn government contract a year after the aerospace company made a $20m investment in the venture capital fund he runs.

Mr Perle, a former Reagan-era assistant defence secretary, is considered one of the most influential civilian members of Washington's defence establishment.

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