Stem Cell fraudsters busted

Some back alley stem cell activity.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/03/3-arrested-for-peddling-miracle-stem-cell-cure/
From the article:
"Dr. Craig Klugman, a medical ethicist at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, said stem cells appeal to people who are desperate for cures."

no doubt... by the time they are at the stage of jumping countries all straws have hope.

Now as one of those "desperate for a cure", and i well remember my conversation with my kids about the intelligence of going avant garde for a cure, i gotta chime in a bit.
Stem cells have achieved miraculous results for me.  And the count is up to 4 others that i know personally that have used the same word miraculous or fountain of youth.  BTW, being of modest wealth and going downhill fiscally (still unable to work) i took the stem cells of a pig.

Another quote :
"They are using a new marketing tool to make you think this is something very futuristic and cutting edge," Klugman said. "I would be very skeptical of anything claiming to have stem cells in it because, at least in the United States, there is nothing commercially approved for use with stem cells in it."

It is not hard to see these as "futuristic and cutting edge" .... because they are!

So my rhetorical questions are:
Where is this stuff in mainstream medicine!?!  Is it because it will put the cut and dope men out of business?
Dr. Klugman's title is that of a medical ethicist, what is the ethics of withholding stem cell therapies from the American public?  What ethics are involved when irradiating, poisoning, and cutting are the preferred treatments?  Sounds like business ethics to me.

Stem cells should be front page news every day in the health sections.  And it should not be "beware of stem cell dealers in dark alleys" it should be "latest tests show...", "new strain developed to target inner ear cochlea cilia", (true btw added link 09/12/12 ) and "FDA finally gets off it's arse and looks at what Europe is doing with stem cells!".

These are also fairly inexpensive to make.

My source for these wonderful beauties has dried up.  I look forward to the day i can talk honestly with a mainstream doctor about where to get them and what to take.

Added link 3/7/12
Fox: stem-cell-research-allows-for-mismatched-kidney-transplants/

More Chinese purchasing of American Infrastructure

Just collecting info here.. China buying up American assets that imo should be kept American.


Corrected: Sinopec, Total pour $4.5 billion into U.S. shale


and just a bit north

PetroChina buys control of Canada oil sands project

Our accelerating proclivity to sell information, technology and natural resources without regard to long term American interests will bite us in the arse big time.  Until American politicians actively recognize China (and others) as economic enemies and start protecting the seeds of american prosperity  we are truly leaderless.

update 05/22/12
Chinese counterfeit parts in US military equipment:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155293 

Update 05/22/12

What the implications of this are i am not sure (other than what the article points out) but i doubt the long term effect will be good for America.  The gist is that China can buy US debt without the use of brokers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/22/us-usa-treasuries-china-idUSBRE84K11720120522

Why America is the greatest Political system

Good Explanation of the Uniqueness of Northern European law

http://europenews.dk/en/node/50739

While i have not read enough of the articles from the source site to know how extreme they are, this article is a good fast explanation of the differences between Northern European/American law, and other other  main "styles" of law in the world.  It rightly points out that in the moslem world women are treated awfully.
Vikings were slammed heavily in early history by christian propagandists.  Much was made of their barbarity and much of that reputation was deserved.  However the seeds of northern European/American legal systems were sprouted there in what is known as the Danelaw.