Straight Talk in a Crooked World
From today’s Seattle Times: A $10 million settlement has been reached between King County and the family of Christopher Sean Harris, the Edmonds man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in May 2009 when he was shoved into a wall by a sheriff’s deputy. The settlement — the largest individual award in the county’s history […]
Read More Excessive Force?Suppose you and ten friends have been mowing lawns all summer to be able to buy a boat together. You’ve been sweating in the hot sun since June and have a few more weeks to go until you return to school in September. Two of your friends have no idea how to handle money, four […]
Read More Audit the FedRiver fish loaded with Prozac: study. Ugh. Here is another story about how our use of pharmaceuticals is fouling up our wildlife and water supply. Most people are already familiar with how birth control hormones are causing sexual mutations in fish. Now the fish are getting Prozac-ed too. Thanks to WorldNetDaily for featuring this. ************************************************************************************* […]
Read More Prozac PerchToday Howard Garrett and Susan Berta of the Orca Network sent out an email update on Tokitae (Lolita), the captive Salish Sea native who has spent 40 years in substandard conditions at the Miami Seaquarium. I appreciate their ongoing efforts to free Tokitae and save other marine mammals from life as prisoners. Their news release […]
Read More Captive OrcasA comment on my blog has prompted me to mention Julia Schopick’s website, Honest Medicine, http://www.honestmedicine.com/. On her website, David Brownstein, MD says, “I recommend Honest Medicine to all who are open-minded and looking for safe, effective therapies that have a sound biochemical basis behind them. This book should be required reading for all physicians […]
Read More Honest MedicineThe name of this drug should be in every American’s medical lexicon, but it’s not. Ask someone what Low Dose Naltrexone is, more commonly referred to as LDN, and you might get a blank stare. Considering the wide range of serious health conditions that LDN can help, it is astounding that more doctors don’t familiarize […]
Read More Low Dose NaltrexoneToday Amy Rolph of the PI brought readers’ attention to the five newest Pemco Northwest profiles: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/235988.asp. #51 is Oblivious Left-Lane Occupant!! Having just blogged about this very phenomenon, the blatant refusal of drivers in the Puget Sound area to get out of the passing lane, I am delighted to see Pemco taking note of […]
Read More Go Pemco!Ah, Seattle, home of Starbucks, the Space Needle, and grunge. Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the Emerald City has been associated with the angst-saturated sounds of modern rock’s wrong turn down a dark alley. Thankfully there is a new generation of musical artists who are helping our area become known for more […]
Read More English’s LanguageSome pictures just beg to be captioned. It’s funny how, when you look at a photo or picture, your mind can immediately think of a caption that’s different from the intended message. I saw this first aid class ad at work and couldn’t help myself. Friends and family will recognize that I’m giving a nod […]
Read More Ah, Crayons…Earlier today I briefly combed the web for background information on Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman who murdered six people and critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson. He shot 13 other people as well. Here’s what I was looking for, because it is almost always there: definite warning signs that he was going to […]
Read More Red Flags Before A Killing Spree
Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie 