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The Peacock Report wishes all visitors a Merry Christmas.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." -- John 3:16-17
The U.S. Navy is stepping up efforts to clamp down on steroid use by agency personnel, recent contracting documents show. The Naval Logistics Medical Command, through its Ft. Detrick, Md.-based Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is assessing the availability of qualified labs capable of conducting about 400 steroid-specific urine-specimen analyses annually over the next five years. According to a sources-sought notice dated Dec. 12 and located via a routine search of the FedBizOpps database, the endeavor aims to detect the use of performance-enhancing drugs listed in the Anabolic Steroid Act of 2004, such as 19-nor-androsterone, Boldenone, Nandrolone, Stanozolol, Methandienone, Drostanonlone, Trenbolone, Methenolone, as well as other compounds. Though unconnected to the recent spate of high-profile cases in the media, the stepped-up testing coincides with the release of a Major League Baseball report revealing pervasive steroid use among professional ball players (see Steroid Report Names Star Players; Washington Post, 12/14/2007; free registration required).
The Peacock Report has officially ended its its unofficial (and previously unannounced) hiatus that the site was on for the past month. As TPR editor and founder Steve Peacock over the past month had been immersed in end-of-semester grad-school activities (he's studying to be a high school English teacher), there has been zero time, sadly, to devote to TPR. However, stayed tuned for more digging and reporting on federal contracting, military and homeland security endeavors, and other governmental actions not reported elsewhere.
Steve Peacock: HOTEL DICK: HARLOTS, STARLETS, THIEVES & SLEAZE
A rare glimpse into the notorious Helmsley Palace, New York City's former playground of the wealthy and powerful. A memoir. (*****)
Ron Paul: The Revolution: A Manifesto
Written by one of the few members of Congress whose legislative record backs up his belief in smaller government, personal responsibility, and constitutional liberty.
