Just in case you might be confused, when you install a GPS or your car comes with navigation computer you are not relieved of your duties behind the wheel. Consider what happened to the people highlighted in a recent story by Reuters: In October a 53-year-old German, obeying his satnav’s command “Turn right now!” jerked … Continue reading Your navigation system is the co-pilot, not the pilot
A US federal court has ruled that Exxon need not pay the penalty for spilling over 11 million gallons of oil along more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989. The BBC reports: In the original court ruling, Exxon was ordered to pay out $5bn. Later decisions ordered the lower Alaskan court to set … Continue reading Exxon fines significantly reduced for Valdez Spill
Is this the Macaca incident part deux? Virginia Representative Virgil H. Goode Jr. has opened his mouth and stuffed his foot firmly inside. How much more un-American can you be than to issue this kind of warning? I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if … Continue reading Threat to traditional values
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