Unreliable Cancer Studies

The cancer detection and treatment industry generates enormous income for medical companies.  Due to the money involved, researches rarely document that cancer research is unreliable and can not be reproduced.

In cancer science, many 'discoveries' don't hold up

A former researcher at Amgen Inc  has found that many basic studies on cancer -- a high proportion of them from university labs -- are unreliable, with grim consequences for producing new medicines in the future.

 During a decade as head of global cancer research at Amgen, C. Glenn Begley identified 53 "landmark" publications -- papers in top journals, from reputable labs -- for his team to reproduce. Begley sought to double-check the findings before trying to build on them for drug development.

 Result: 47 of the 53 could not be replicated.  ...  As we tried to reproduce these papers we became convinced you can't take anything at face value.
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Of 47 cancer projects at Bayer during 2011, less than one-quarter could reproduce previously reported findings, despite the efforts of three or four scientists working full time for up to a year.

Read the entire article to learn about selective publication of results and how grant money leads to unreliable results.

Pay To Travel

Congress is considering revoking travel if the IRS determines taxes are owned.  Restraint from travel, without conviction by a court of law, seems unconstitutional.  The bill is authored by Senator Barbara Boxer.

Owe The IRS? Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers

A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could potentially allow the federal government to prevent any Americans who owe back taxes from traveling outside the U.S. is one step closer to becoming law.

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includes a provision that would allow for the “revocation or denial” of a passport for anyone with “certain unpaid taxes” or “tax delinquencies”.

Irish Are Getting Restless

The Irish government caved in to the demands of the banksters and had the Irish government take over the banker's bad debts.  Maybe the Irish people are becoming willing to stand up and tell the bankers to take their losses.

Ireland Faces Popular Revolt Over New Property Tax

The government said less than half of the country's 1.6 million households paid the charge by Saturday's deadline to avoid penalties. And about 5,000 marched in protest against the annual conference of Prime Minister Enda Kenny's Fine Gael party.

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Kenny said his government had no choice, but to impose the new charge as part of the nation's efforts to emerge from an international bailout.  ...

Tsunami Wreckage

A year after a tsunami in Japan sent debris into the sea, the debris is reaching western shores of North America.  Did radioactive debris also make the trip?

Japanese Ghost Ship Spotted Off Coast of Canada Signaling Arrival of Tsunami Wreckage

Last week, a unmanned boat identified as a Japanese fishing vessel was spotted off the coast of Canada, indicating that after more than a year, some of that debris could still be on its way to American and Canadian shores.