Tonight, Jim Talent(R) fired back against the heartbreaking ad that Michael J. Fox made for the Claire McCaskill campaign.  No, this wasn't the clumsy, amateurish ad that was featured on Drudge earlier today.  This was a quite well produced ad featuring Talent on screen, voicing his support for science -- and his disgust at his opponent's "attack ads."

In his ad, Talent was back to his usual low-key, reasonable guy mode, as he told how he didn't oppose research.  He opposed... human cloning.  This was a term he repeated later in the ad, saying again that he had made a "moral and ethical decision" that he couldn't support human cloning.  

Despite the false information, it was a well made ad.  Too bad for Talent, he didn't buy the thirty seconds that followed.

The President's recent veto has caused a stir in all quarters of public life, from the blogosphere to the cable news networks to the dinner table. But the debate may well become stagnant due to its unique jargon. "Embryonic stem cells", "snowflake baby", "fetal farming" - how can one understand the debate without understanding the language? Thankfully, we have help. Today, we're hosting a Q & A with Dr. Psuedo, who is a legitimate scientist from an accredited university whose name eludes us right now. He'll be answering your questions on these topics and more. So, without further ado, here's Dr. Psuedo.

White House sources denied the existence of "Operation Blizzard"


Washington, DC (Rotters) - The New York Times is reporting today on the existence of a top secret cloning and stem cell development program under the auspices of the NIH, the day after President Bush vetoed a controversial yet popularly supported bill that would extend government support for stem cell use and research. Anonymous sources within the NIH informed Times reporters that the secret program had remained active and had indeed expanded throughout Bush's tenure with the full support of the White House.

Dubbed "Operation Blizzard", the program worked in conjunction with fertility clinics nationwide as well as "snowflake baby" activists to warehouse and pool embryos which would otherwise be slated for destruction.