You may die because of a gene patent that should never have been granted. The owner of that patent owns the gene that exists in your body. It’s private property. Well, according to the late Michael Crichton anyway. Good golly, that sounds frightening. What should and should not be patentable has been the subject of debate – and legal disputes… Read more »
FriendFeed: This NCAA expansion stuff is too depressing to blog about, but in short, I can’t believe they want to turn Thursday & Friday — the best two days in sports — into a crapfest of games like #9 Wake Forest vs. #24 Lehigh, #11 Minnesota vs. #22 Oakland, and #16 South Florida vs. #17 Texas Tech. Put that s**t on Tue/Wed and start the real tourney Thu!!
Twitter: From @midmajority’s mouth to God’s ears: “The NCAAT won’t expand beyond 68 this summer. This is all just a negotiating ploy.”
Dayton’s win over North Carolina in the NIT title game Thursday lifted Steve Ivey of Greensboro, NC to the championship of the 6th annual — and perhaps last — Living Room Times NIT pool. The Flyers’ win also denied Rick Boeckler a record third LRT pool title. Ivey, a 2005 Kentucky grad, finishes with 188 points out of a possible… Read more »
Twitter: w00t! RT @ESPNAndyKatz: Gonzaga’s Elias Harris decided to come back. That’s a rarity in this floodgate early-entry trend.
Twitter: Dayton 79, North Carolina 68, final. @Steve_Ivey wins the 6th annual Living Room Times NIT Pool. Full update & final standings a bit later.
Twitter: Dayton 45, UNC 32 at halftime. @Steve_Ivey twenty minutes from Living Room Times NIT Pool championship, if score holds.
FriendFeed: Underway: North Carolina (Rick Boeckler) vs. Dayton (Steve Ivey) for NIT (and NIT Pool) championship
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — Scott Roeder, an abortion-rights foe convicted of killing a doctor in church, sentenced to at least 50 years in prison.
Twitter: CBS: Obama “said both Democrats and Republicans have a responsibility to tone down the rhetoric.” Drudge, linking to the CBS article: “OBAMA TELLS CRITICS: TONE IT DOWN”