http://www.pajamadeen.com breaking news, political commentary, current events journalism, faux news satire Wed, 14 May 2008 03:26:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lady who’s bad at math continued plodding towards Denver ? tonight, making it clear in her West Virginia Democratic primary victory speech that she’ll remain in the Democratic race for the presidency until the bitter end all of the primaries are over. Or, until the money runs out. ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/politics/bicycles-hillary The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who have been embroiled in other sometimes lethal controversies regarding the use of tasers, last weekend subdued an 82-year-old bedridden man, Frank Lasser, by tasering him at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. Lasser, who’s had heart bypass surgery and must use ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/canada/patient-tasered Thank God, Pajamadeen can go to bed. Hillary couldn’t quite bring herself to congratulate her opponent, Barack Obama, for his North Carolina primary win and his hard-fought near-route of her in Indiana, but she did thank her supporters, her family, etc. in her 2:00 a.m. speech after Indiana ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/politics/indiana-primary A gaunt-looking Patrick Swayze, 55, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January, was spotted on April 25 by paparazzi at a convenience store near his Lake View Terrace, California ranch near Los Angeles. The cancer-stricken actor has been receiving chemotherapy at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/health/patrick-swayze Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, today expanded its discount prescription drug program for consumers, by further slashing prices and adding new medications, including tamoxifen — used to treat breast cancer — to its discount drug offerings. A three-month supply of prescription drugs formerly available for $4.00 a month can ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/health/walmart-prescription Pajamadeen’s been going through a few changes lately. The blog is being upgraded behind the scenes, and Pajamadeen’s apparently been upgraded in the eyes of her parental unit, known to most people as a mother. The parental unit, or p.u. (sorry, we couldn’t resist!) has always been dissatisfied ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/firefighting/joe-cocker Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who spoke tonight to 12,000 people at the NAACP’s 53rd annual “Fight for Freedom Fund” dinner held at Cobo Hall in Detroit Michigan, said he is “descriptive,” and not divisive in describing American social ills. In part, ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/homeland-security/terrorism/jeremiah-wright Fortified with MP5 machine guns (and $30 million from the Department of Homeland Security), New York City’s finest are now patrolling the Big Apple’s subways in a counterterrorism initiative dubbed “Operation Torch.” The police are also armed with M4 carbine rifles and body armor and are accompanied by bomb-sniffing ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/homeland-security/terrorism/operation-torch Canadian scientists at Toronto’s McEwan Centre for Regenerative Medicine have successfully turned embryonic stem cells into “master” heart cells which could ultimately create healthy heart tissue for patients with heart disease, including heart attack victims. Three types of cells are found in a human heart: blood-pumping muscle cells ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/health/stem-cell Mary Martin wouldn’t have had to sing “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” in South Pacific if she’d had one of the latest gadgets: a powerful taser disguised as a lipstick. Have an annoying man who doesn’t get the message? On a power trip? ... http://www.pajamadeen.com/americana/lipstick-taser