- New York Attorney General sues Bank of America
- Find an independent bank or credit union at moveyourmoney.info
- Obama says the drop in unemployment is a cause for hope – looks like AP changed the internal link again….
- Calculate the true unemployment rate at shadowstats.com
- Swine Flu vaccines cost millions of dollars, people still getting sick from the vaccine
- Death cat
- Ghost update
- Featured alcohol: Vodka Shootout Round 2: Smirnoff vs. Seagrams
- Featured music: The Slapbacks and Yellow Matter Custard
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Intro music: “Anhelos” by Leechmaster
Outro music: “8-bit Junkie” by George Wood

Notes:  A lot of news in this episode!  We continue our vodka shootout with last week’s winner, Smirnoff, up against Seagrams.  In the end it was a tie, I chose Seagrams and Joe chose Smirnoff.  The next day I wanted to change my vote because the Seagrams gave me a real bad headache BUT we drank all the Smirnoff so Seagrams moves to Round 3 by default.  We mentioned some websites to check out (linked above) and we played a song from a psychobilly band called The Slapbacks and a Beatles super-cover-band called Yellow Matter Custard.

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From Reuters:

LONDON (Reuters) – Spanish research appearing to show that very heavy drinking can reduce men’s risk of heart disease has come under fire from scientists who say the study is flawed and should not encourage anyone to drink more.

The controversial study found that men who drank moderate, high and very high levels of alcohol had a lower risk of coronary heart disease.

People were classed as non-drinkers, former drinkers, low, moderate, high and very high drinkers. The latter drank more than 90 grams of alcohol a day, equivalent to around a dozen drinks. Following the patients for 10 years and mapping the number of coronary problems they had, the researchers said the overall results for men showed that drinking alcohol cut the risk of heart disease by 30 percent, and that heavy drinking cut the risk even more than moderate drinking.

“Spain is the world’s third largest producer of beer and wine and its per capita consumption of alcohol places it sixth in the world. But it also has one of the lowest death rates from coronary heart disease in the world,” the researchers wrote.

More alcohol = healthy heart.  Now there’s a statement I can get behind.  Seriously, who wouldn’t want to be the healthiest slosh at the party?  All the more reason to listen to the podcast for our weekly alcohol reviews.  We’re doing our part to promote a healthy lifestyle.  Screw canola oil and tofu.  Have another beer and live an extra day!

Read the full story at Reuters

From ScienceDaily:

“Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a genetic “switch” in fruit flies that plays an important role in making flies more tolerant to alcohol.  This metabolic switch also has implications for the deadly liver disease cirrhosis in humans. A counterpart human gene contributes to a shift from metabolizing alcohol to the formation of fat in heavy drinkers. This shift can lead to fatty liver syndrome — a precursor to cirrhosis.

In the study, published in the October print issue of the journal Genetics, the research team measured the time it takes for flies to stagger due to alcohol intake while simultaneously identifying changes in the expression of all their genes.”

Now this is a proper scientific study.  If given the opportunity, who wouldn’t want to be able to tolerate more alcohol?  Just flick that switch and point me to the bar.

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