Tom Green interrupts some kind of government meeting. I got this from the second season of The Tom Green Show that aired in Canada.
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On March 13, 2008, Dr. Randy Pausch provided testimony to the Labor, Health & Human Services Subcommittee on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. This is his personal story about his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and his fight to survive.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, but receives extremely little federal funding to support research efforts. In March of 2008, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network went to Congress to urge the federal government to provide critical funding to speed the cure for this horrible disease.
Duration : 0:8:20
Oct
30
Why did housing prices go up so much from 2000-2006 even though classical supply/demand would not have called for it
Duration : 0:9:21
Oct
30
From Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Oct
27
Steven Crowder of PJTV.com and http://youtube.com/stevencrowder appeared on Hannity to discuss his latest video, ObamaCare Yay Or Nay?, a hidden camera look at the Canadian healthcare system.
Steven took his hidden cameras into clinics and emergency rooms funded by the Canadian government. He discussed the 2-10 hour wait he encountered for emergency care and the 2-3 year wait for a blood test, among other shocking stories.
Duration : 0:6:27
Oct
27
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don’t know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.
As part of its ongoing PharmaWater investigation about trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in drinking water, AP identified 22 compounds that show up on two lists: the EPA monitors them as industrial chemicals that are released into rivers, lakes and other bodies of water under federal pollution laws, while the Food and Drug Administration classifies them as active pharmaceutical ingredients.
The data don’t show precisely how much of the 271 million pounds comes from drugmakers versus other manufacturers; also, the figure is a massive undercount because of the limited federal government tracking.
To date, drugmakers have dismissed the suggestion that their manufacturing contributes significantly to what’s being found in water. Federal drug and water regulators agree.
But some researchers say the lack of required testing amounts to a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy about whether drugmakers are contributing to water pollution.
“It doesn’t pass the straight-face test to say pharmaceutical manufacturers are not emitting any of the compounds they’re creating,” said Kyla Bennett, who spent 10 years as an EPA enforcement officer before becoming an ecologist and environmental attorney.
Pilot studies in the U.S. and abroad are now confirming those doubts.
Last year, the AP reported that trace amounts of a wide range of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in American drinking water supplies. Including recent findings in Dallas, Cleveland and Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, pharmaceuticals have been detected in the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans.
Most cities and water providers still do not test. Some scientists say that wherever researchers look, they will find pharma-tainted water.
Consumers are considered the biggest contributors to the contamination. We consume drugs, then excrete what our bodies don’t absorb. Other times, we flush unused drugs down toilets. The AP also found that an estimated 250 million pounds of pharmaceuticals and contaminated packaging are thrown away each year by hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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Duration : 0:10:11
Oct
27
Paul Krugman from Princeton University predicts the biggest housing bust in history.
Duration : 0:5:56
Oct
27
Applying for free government grants, loans and scholarships begins with the free FAFSA online application, which helps to determine the estimated family contribution and the government’s contribution. Apply for student financial aid, including the Pell grants, Stafford loans and Perkins loans, with financial advice from a guidance counselor in this free video on student loans.
Expert: Cheri Ashwood
Contact: www.wearehdtv.com
Bio: Cheri Ashwood has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education, and has been a guidance counselor for nearly a decade.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Duration : 0:1:32
Oct
27
In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new copyright legislation that closely followed the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate and angry – tens of thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings, negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue. This film, produced by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary, asks Canadians from across the country and from a wide range of sectors the question – “why copyright?”
Duration : 0:47:58
Oct
25
The Government of Canada concedes defeat to the H1N1 Pandemic, bypassing the distribution of Tamilflu, Vaccines and Hand Sanitizer, moving straight to the body bags.
Duration : 0:2:31