Atheist Nomads

THIS DAY IN HISTORY January 8 * 1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the only time.* 1867 – African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.* 1982 – The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.* 2005 – The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.* 2011 – The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is subsequently arrested, kills six people and wounds 13, including Giffords. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Canadian woo doc treated suicidal teen with vitamins* Australian court to penalize homeopaths for false claims* Vaccination up in California POLITICS AND RELIGION * Update - Ryan Bell | Adventist response | Other Christian response* Update - Educational website about child medical neglect in Idaho launched