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John Grisham writes about innocent Guantanamo prisoner

mercredi 14 août 2013 à 14:00

John Grisham, whose books are banned in Guantanamo, writes about an innocent prisoner who may finally be freed — and sent to a country where he knows nobody.

High levels of strontium-90 in groundwater near Fukushima plants

mercredi 14 août 2013 à 14:00

The groundwater near the Fukushima plants has so much strontium-90 that drinking it for a year would surely give a person cancer. When it gets into the ocean, it accumulates in algae and in fish, so the marine life in that region will be contaminated for a long time.

It would be interesting to see a comparison between the quantities of strontium-90 leaking from the Fukushima plants today and the amount released by above ground nuclear weapons tests in the 50s and early 60s.

Small step towards ending the War on Drugs

mercredi 14 août 2013 à 14:00

Holder plans to stop charging "low-level drug offenders" with crimes that require a prison sentence.

It is a small step towards what must be done: ending the War on Drugs.

Most members of Congress kept in the dark about massive surveillance

mercredi 14 août 2013 à 14:00

The Obama regime and congressional leaders kept most members of Congress in the dark about massive surveillance when they had to vote on it.

British Library's filtering software blocks Hamlet

mercredi 14 août 2013 à 14:00

The British Library's filtering software blocked access to the text of Hamlet, calling it "violent content".

It is insulting to refer to Shakespeare's plays, or any works of authorship, as "content". Please join me in rejecting that term.

Calling Hamlet "violent", however, is accurate, and the example shows why blocking access to violent works (or any works) is wrong.