Year in which perfluorochemicals, used in Teflon and other nonstick products, were first introduced : 1956
Percentage of U.S. children who now have one of these nonbiodegradable chemicals in their bloodstreams : 96
Minimum number of prescription drugs currently under investigation for Medicaid price-gouging or marketing fraud : 500
Percentage markup that Abbott Laboratories charged in 2001 on solutions of sodium chloride, i.e., salt water : 20,735
Offering truth beyond the mere black and white.
"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." -- Antonio Gramsci
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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