Maybe it’s just me but I can’t help but notice that the Armenian prime minister is suddenly found dead a few weeks after announcing that his country would start using a new gas pipeline from Iran by 2008 to lessen its dependence on Russia for power-generating facilities. It seems the first section was reported to … Continue reading Andranik Margaryan dead at 55
No, this is not about the effects of some kind of smelly cheese. The weather has yet again taken a turn for the worse in Europe and apparently produced winds strong enough to kill almost fifty people (reported so far), most of whom are said to have been motorists. What percentage of the population would … Continue reading Dangerous Wind in Europe
I recently wrote about how destabilization has created a growing soldier of fortune industry (some call it the “security industry”) in the Middle East. That was based on the need by oil companies to protect their pipelines when no capable conventional force is available (or such a use might be too politically controversial). Now there … Continue reading Australian and New Zealand mercenaries arrested in Lebanon
After a rather scathing report in the New York Times, it looks like the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is in hot water yet again. Lilly’s own published data, which it told its sales representatives to play down in conversations with doctors, has shown that 30 percent of patients taking Zyprexa gain 22 pounds or more … Continue reading Eli Lilly issues Zyprexa damage control statement