Transcending Technology – Michael J. Russell

Compare the health-care bill that passed in the Senate Dec. 24, 2009, with the House’s version of health legislation passed Nov. 7, President Barack Obama’s pitch to Congress in September and the plan he released ahead of a televised health summit with congressional leaders Thursday. Any final health-care bill would have to meld proposals from [...]

Terrorism: Agents for Britain’s MI5 intelligence service reportedly have discovered that Muslim doctors trained at some of Britain’s leading teaching hospitals have returned to their own countries to fit surgical implants filled with explosives. Women suicide bombers recruited by al-Qaida are known to have had the explosives inserted in their breasts under techniques similar to breast enhancing surgery. The lethal explosives – usually PETN (pentaerythritol Tetrabitrate) – are inserted during the operation inside the plastic shapes. The breast is then sewn up. The explosive is activated with a syringe like those used by diabetics.

A similar procedure has been developed for men, with the explosive inserted into the buttocks or appendix region.