Has he bit any of the children yet? If he has, have them shot, and keep him for curiosity, to see if it was the hydrophobia.
Charles Lamb, 1775 – 1834, English essayist.
Health in Pregnancy Grant
Pregnant women will get about £200 paid into their bank account to spend on healthy food under a government initiative, the BBC has learned.
From April 2009, expectant mothers in England would receive a one-off payment from their 29th week of pregnancy to encourage them to eat well.Health secretary Alan Johnson will announce the “Health in Pregnancy Grant” on Wednesday.
The Grumpy Vegan recognizes the good intentions of Britain’s Labour government in encouraging pregnant women to eat well with the Health in Pregnancy Grant but isn’t this taking the Nanny State too far?
How’s the government going to ensure that the money is used on healthy food? Moreover, isn’t this shutting the gate after the horse has bolted? What about a government grant to give pubescent children free birth control until their 21? Now, that’s what I call a grant to encourage healthy living.
Huh?
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients’ medical records almost instantly. The FDA found ”reasonable assurance” the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005’s top ”innovative technologies.”
But neither the company nor the regulators publicly mentioned this: A series of veterinary and toxicology studies, dating to the mid-1990s, stated that chip implants had ”induced” malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats.
”The transponders were the cause of the tumors,” said Keith Johnson, a retired toxicologic pathologist, explaining in a phone interview the findings of a 1996 study he led at the Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, Mich.
Leading cancer specialists reviewed the research for The Associated Press and, while cautioning that animal test results do not necessarily apply to humans, said the findings troubled them. [emphasis added]Some said they would not allow family members to receive implants, and all urged further research before the glass-encased transponders are widely implanted in people.
“Chip Implants Linked to Animal Tumors” New York Times September 9, 2007
Thought for the Day
Animals have these advantages over man: they have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills. [The Grumpy Vegan notes unless you’re Leona Helmsley].
Voltaire, 1694 – 1778, French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher.
Thought for the Day
Moral Indignation
What is in most cases 2 per cent moral, 48 per cent indignation, and 50 per cent envy.
Vittorio de Sica, Italian neorealist director and actor, 1901 – 1974.
The Old Brown Dog
What became known as the Old Brown Dog is the story of a dog who became the subject of a lawsuit when he was repeatedly used in experiments in London in 1903.
To cut a long story short a statue was erected in memory of the
Brown Terrier Dog done to Death in the Laboratories of University College in February 1903, after having endured Vivisection extending over more than two months and having been handed from one Vivisector to another till Death came to his Release. Also in Memory of the 232 dogs vivisected at the same place during the year 1902. Men and Women of England, how long shall these things be?
