Blood Type Breakthrough: What Are Its Implications?

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NewsLocale - Blood Group Breakthrough: What Are Its Implications?
Blood transfusion may never be the same again if a discovery by Danish researchers is proved safe and effective in humans. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used newly discovered enzymes to eliminate the incompatibility of blood groups A, B and AB by converting these blood groups into the universal donor group O.

The discovery raises hope that shortages of blood in blood banks for transfusions may finally be done away with. Compatibility of blood groups is a problematic issue that has to be faced by hospitals on a daily basis. If the donor’s blood type does not match with the recipient, a potentially fatal immune reaction can be triggered.

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This could be very cool indeed!

The Once and Future Republic of Vermont - washingtonpost.com

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The Once and Future Republic of Vermont - washingtonpost.com
The winds of secession are blowing in the Green Mountain State.

Vermont was once an independent republic, and it can be one again. We think the time to make that happen is now. Over the past 50 years, the U.S. government has grown too big, too corrupt and too aggressive toward the world, toward its own citizens and toward local democratic institutions. It has abandoned the democratic vision of its founders and eroded Americans’ fundamental freedoms.

Vermont did not join the Union to become part of an empire.

Some of us therefore seek permission to leave.

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This will be interesting to follow.

E.R.A - What do my female friends think?

I had expected my female friends to weigh in on the E.R.A. debate but so far only the guys have responded.
What's up ladies? What do you think?
Should the guys rule the day and tell us whether or not we can have this?

Alanis Morissette

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Holy Crap. Hahaha.

VOA News - Top US Court Declines to Hear Guantanamo Prisoners’ Appeal

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VOA News - Top US Court Declines to Hear Guantanamo Prisoners’ Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of Guantanamo prisoners who want the right to challenge their detention in U.S. federal courts.
In a divided vote, with six justices supporting the decision and three justices dissenting, the court said it would not rule on the constitutionality of a tough anti-terrorism law that denies prisoners the ability to have a federal judge review their detention.
Congress enacted the law last October, after the Supreme Court struck down the previous military tribunal system for the detainees created by President Bush after the September 11, 2001, attacks. After that ruling, President Bush sought new powers to detain and try prisoners under anti-terrorism laws.
There are currently about 395 detainees being held at the Guantanamo detention center on a U.S. naval base in Cuba. Some prisoners have been held for more than five years and most have not been formally charged.
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Oh my God! I actually held out hope that the SCOTUS would do their job. I’m severely disappointed. What a bunch of cowards.