Forward from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Akira Kawasaki) > [Original Message] > From: What's New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 8/4/2006 1:58:36 PM Subject: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday August 4, 2006
WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 4 Aug 06 Washington, DC 1. PLAN B: THIS WEEK THE FDA IS BEING RUN FROM CRAWFORD, TX. Timing is everything, but Senate Democrats aren't falling for that one again. On Monday, the day before confirmation hearings for Bush family friend Andrew von Eschenbach, the agency said it would meet with the maker of the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, to talk about over-the-counter sales. The FDA has only had a confirmed head for 18 months of the entire Bush Presidency, but Democrats want over-the-counter approval first. The FDA said its initial rejection was based on concern for the safety of young girls. It proposes limiting over-the-counter sales to 18 or older. You might think the "emergency" would be greater for the young, but opponents say it would encourage sexual activity. To insist that society rely on abstinence is to deny an instinct against which the gods themselves seem unable to contend. The entire history of mankind is testament to its inexorable power. 2. KANSAS: VOTERS DROWSE THROUGH ANOTHER PRIMARY ELECTION. Moderate Republicans took a 6-4 advantage over conservatives on the Kansas Board of Education. Evolution, of course, was the issue. In principle, evolutionists could increase that to 8-2 in November, but this is Kansas where the general election is just a formality. Whether this is more evidence of the "Dover effect" is not clear http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN06/wn021706.html , but don't count the intelligent design movement out. 3. BLEEP: WILLIAM TILLER AND "RAMTHA'S SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT." August is a slow month, and I promised last week to say a little about Ramtha and William Tiller. Ramtha is a 35,000 year-old spirit-warrior from Atlantis who showed up in JZ Knight's Tacoma, WA kitchen in 1977. She is his channel. I first learned of Ramtha a year ago from William Tiller, PhD, a physicist who was the expert witness for Pacific Health Center, Inc., charged by the State of Washington with violating consumer protection laws with a fraudulent medical diagnostic device. I agreed to be the expert witness for the State of Washington. Pacific Health lost. Tiller had been at Stanford before taking "early retirement," I think they call it. I was familiar with a 1994 medical device that Tiller said would protect computer users from the effects of EMF http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN94/wn052794.html . To my knowledge, no one who bought the device was ever harmed by EMF from their computer. Tiller says he has a high regard for the graduates of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment who produced Bleep. He said the movie doubled the sale of his books. 4. SPACE STATION: NASA THREATENS TO SHUT DOWN RESEARCH ON ISS. For a year, yesterday's Nature says, to save money. This is the "Washington Monument ploy." WN predicted a year ago that NASA would try it http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN05/wn031105.html , but there is no meaningful research on the ISS to shut down. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. Opinions are the author's and not necessarily shared by the University of Maryland, but they should be. --- Archives of What's New can be found at http://www.bobpark.org What's New is moving to a different listserver and our subscription process has changed. To change your subscription status please visit this link: http://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=bobparks-whatsnew&A=1
