Julian Assange And Noam Chomsky
Posted on June 30, 2012 in Videos
When not being wanted by various government authorities, Julian Assange finds the time to talk Noam Chomsky about the future of free society.
When Life Gives You An Oil Spill…
Posted on June 30, 2012 in Political Cartoons
Not necessarily as sweet as lemonade but important nonetheless.
A Losing Battle For Science
Posted on June 30, 2012 in Articles
The Article: How Science Lost a PR War and We Lost a Lyme Disease Vaccine by Michael Berne in Vice.
The Text: I have no idea where you live, but here in my current home state of Maryland we have ticks just, like, materializing out of thin air. Merely seeing a spot of grass in the distance makes you tuck your pants into your socks and reach for the Deep Woods Off. That is because ticks are among the worst things going in nature — their whole thing is to shove their wretched little faces into your flesh and suck and suck until they either get fat with blood and fall off, or are found and tweezed. Finding one latched onto your ankle like some kind of pimple-insect hybid elicits an entirely unique kind of shudder.
Ticks also carry Lyme disease, a potentially disabling bacterial infection that’s on the rise and will likely continue to rise (2009 saw 30,000 cases in the U.S.). And tick-wise — and Lyme disease-wise — this season threatens to be brutal. You might want to get vaccinated. . . except the vaccine was yanked from the market by its manufacturer in 2002.
In 1998, GlaxoSmithKline released a vaccine. It was made from a protein found on the surface of the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi; you get a dose and it triggers antibodies, which, rather than killing the bacteria, travelled into the tick itself, knocking out the bacteria at its source before it can enter the body. As far as vaccine mechanisms go, it’s pretty clever and one-of-a-kind. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before things to go downhill.
The GOP Courts Women
Posted on June 29, 2012 in Political Cartoons
Surprisingly, the heavy handed approach doesn’t go over too well.
This Week’s Best of PBH
Posted on June 29, 2012 in Articles
What is it about Friday that makes you want to laugh, cry, and scream all at the same time? To help coax those emotions out in the open, here are some of the best posts featured on the PBH Network this week!
5. The Most Iconic Images of the 80’s
It’s hard to peg what exactly will define any period of time, but these images seem to stand out in the mind’s of those who survived the 80’s. There may not be any hair bands on our list, but we’re sure you’ll be just as impressed.
4. The Suburban Hardass Meme
