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News Briefs 25-09-2012

Hi anonymous readers out there who never comment! Goodness there’s a lot of you…

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  1. Skeptics and the chupacabra
    A refreshing observation:

    “Travis and I learned a great lesson, which is to treat people reporting an unusual sighting with respect and not to ‘tell’ them what they’ve seen. There is a lot of weird stuff out there. Skeptics often have as much trouble as paranormal believers in just accepting ‘we don’t know.’ Travis and I have developed a better understanding of how it must feel to have skeptics tell you what you saw, wasn’t what you saw.”

  2. Drugs don’t work . . .
    I briefly worked for a medical research organization that got nicked by the FDA for falsifying clinical trials results. Fearing the loss of funding from big pharmaceutical company trials, without pressure from big pharma, researchers were fudging results in favor of trial drugs. It was felt that too many negative results would result in a loss of clinical trials funding for the organization across the board.

    The FDA was threatening to shut down all drug and device research, yet researchers were still tap dancing around with their fudged results. I was let go after I casually mentioned that I commuted to work daily with a federal government health care fraud investigator. All in all, no big loss for me because I quickly had lost any respect for the people I worked for and came to see them as bottom feeders no matter how many advanced degrees, from which highly respected institutions, they held.

    Sometimes, it’s not just the pharmaceutical companies who are committing fraud.

      1. thanks bro 🙂
        As for the tallest dog, a lot of people are saying he is too skinny or malnourished, but I think he is relatively healthy looking considering his medical issues. He would be showing other signs, like extreme exhaustion if he wasn’t get enough food. My guess is that the combination of hormone therapy he’s getting to stop his growth, and his own metabolism is what is causing his gangly look. Also it takes a long time for a dogs weight to adjust to a change, sometimes years especially if they are that big. I have seen malnourished dogs and rescued a few and the biology of every animal is different. You have to consider that his skin is being stretched over an ever expanding frame and over feeding could result in a metabolic catastrophe. If you are not a vet, don’t judge how someone takes care of their dog, but if you witness true abuse don’t be a bystander. We see greyhounds and don’t call them malnourished, but I’ll be damned if someone tries to convince me those racing dogs aren’t abused. And no I am not a vet, but if I had a dog like this (and a house big enough) or with any medical condition I would consult a vet with how to handle his diet and go from there, which is likely what the owners are trying to do.

        Sorry for all this, but I love animals and I will not stand for attacks on other animal lovers or their creatures.

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