Takeover of Wyeth by Pfizer for $68 billion

I was just reading this article about the takeover of Wyeth by Pfizer for $68 billion and caught this really disturbing paragraph: “The deal, the industry’s largest since Glaxo Wellcome paid $76 billion for SmithKline Beecham in 2000, comes as major players in the pharmaceutical industry struggle to find new products to keep their revenue stream flush against an increasing wave of generic rivals.” Is it just me or is there something incredibly sinister about this observation. The bottom line here is that these drug companies are supposedly in the business of helping people…right? WRONG! These drug companies are in . . . → Read More: Takeover of Wyeth by Pfizer for $68 billion

Model Loses Hands and Feet

You know sometimes I take a look around at things and just despair at the state of mankind. You may well ask what would lead me to be thinking of such things right at this moment. Well the story goes like this… I was checking Google Trends a few hours ago on a disrelated topic and noticed that the hotttest search on the net right then was “mariana bridi da costa.” The name rang a bell so I took a look at the details. Whilst the name itself was a search term the other terms just annoyed me because this . . . → Read More: Model Loses Hands and Feet