Adobe "digital editions" spy system sends users' complete reading logs to Amazon.

Adobe says this is legitimate because users agree to it in the EULA, but pressuring people to click "Ok, spy on me" does not excuse it.

This article focuses on the fact that the NSA can watch this data passing on the net, avoiding the need to use the PAT RIOT act to collect it directly from Adobe. It legitimizes the snooping by saying that's needed to enforce DRM, which legitimizes DRM too. According to the article's view, all this would be fine, if only Adobe didn't also leak everyone's dossier.

As a defense of readers' rights, this is pitifully weak. DRM, being evil itself, can't justify anything.

Israeli soldiers told the inhabitants of the village of Khirbet Um al-Jimal that all their homes will be demolished at some undetermined date.

Israel has repeatedly attacked Palestinians' water supply and sewage systems for more than a decade.

Jamal Jones is suing thugs for breaking car windows and attacking him only for not carrying identification (which he had no obligation to carry).

It is not enough to sue the thugs and the city; that is no deterrent for thugs. We need to prosecute them.

I hope, if you are ever on a jury, that you will reject any presumption that thugs are telling the truth. Lying in court is habitual with them.

Extinction of wildlife is another problem that the US could partially solve by legalizing marijuana.