I love Hockey

As most of you know by now the Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup. It is the Hawks first cup since 1961 and more importantly this is the first time I have seen them win it.  I would have posted this sooner but I just woke up from the post cup winning bender.  

Way to go Science!!!

I love stories like this. It really doesn't have a downside. Apparently some scientists in Cleveland have developed a vaccine that appears could prevent breast cancer. This is terrific. Here is the original story from CNN.

Breast Cancer Vaccine Successful in Mice

Thank you Ms. Lab Mouse!

This is such good news but this is only a drop in the bucket in the fight against cancer. As such I thought that it would be appropriate to put a link up for donations to the American Cancer Society so.... here you go.

Donate to the ACS! 

I would like to say one last thing to the clowns that have been scaring the country about vaccines in general.  "You are all wrong so stay the hell out of the way of this!"  Remember Polio? Of course not. Why? VACCINES WORK!!!!! Woot Science!!!

Some Jedi are total dicks.

Spill Baby Spill!!

The latest attempt by British Petroleum to stop the massive oil leak in the Gulf has failed.  This is a terrible situation. The head of BP has tried variety of methods to stop the oil... all of which sound suspiciously like something you would order off of the menu at a Vietnamese brothel..... They tried the Dome, the Top Hat, the Junk Shot and now the Top Kill...... BP has announced plans to next attempt a Cleveland steamer followed by a dirty Sanchez directly over the leak.

Top Kill Fails (WSJ)

Again I'm really interested in where the "Drill Baby Drill" crowd is.  I'm not saying I'm against drilling. I'm actually for it. We can't break away from oil overnight but we can try to get away from the OPEC boys club that wants to bleed us dry then kill us. What I am against is the kind of adult set on mental retardation we see in people like Sarah Palin. Her kind of absolutism is just pathetic.... unfortunately it works.  Hopefully this tragic situation will open the eyes of her drones to understand the other side of the argument so we can work together on a holistic energy solution for the US.  But I doubt it.