July 13, 2010

Plavix: Are pre-schoolers allowed to write precriptions for this drug?

A few minutes ago, I saw a commercial for Plavix (a drug that can prevent future heart attacks, as per the commercial) on the CBS evening news with Katie Couric. After some seemingly “doctor” stuff, which can only impress people with IQs less than room temperature in Centigrade, not Fahrenheit, the actor Doc writes a prescription for Plavix in CAPS (PLAVIX). This made me wonder: Does the law in any state (which licenses physicians) allow kindergarderners to write prescriptions for this drug? I am now seeing the impact of a science-challenged sociey on commercial advertisement. By the way, Centigarde numbers are smaller that Fahrenheit numbers.

June 22, 2010

A lesson for us in the US

Facing Deficit, Britain Unveils Emergency Budget

June 10, 2010

Call me Chevrolet

Well, GM (or should I say General Motors) employees will, from now on, be fined a quarter and heaped with other humiliations every time they call the car they make Chevy! (NPR, today) . Well, what are they teaching in MBA schools these days: Get prestige – us big words? How about prestige without bailouts?

March 30, 2010

Towards second place . . .

Large Hadron Collider Sets Record

We used to be the first in such matters.