WOW: 3-D Map Of Universe Shows Galaxies In Unprecedented Detail
We’re Teaching Kids History, But We’re Leaving This Entire Bit Out?
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Maybe we should revisit our history coursework.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
Be sure you listen to the part about New Orleans before you dismiss this as old stuff or just polemic.
The FBI’s Nearly Unbelievable Record of “Justified” Shootings
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We’re still waiting for the FBI to finish its internal investigation into exactly what happened in an Orlando apartment last month, when an FBI agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev, a Chechan man who knew Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
NEARLY??? Come on; if they shot down an unarmed two year old, they’d call it justified. That’s one of the obvious problems with law enforcement.
IRS Staffer: ‘What I Did Was Not Targeting’ : NPR
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More interview transcripts from the IRS investigation are released, but there’s still no evidence of a direct connection to the White House.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
It appears that buraucracy not political purpose was behind the IRS investigation into TEA Party groups. I am glad to learn that. However, the whole story shows how really impossible the bureaucratization of government has become.
The Uncertain Science Of Fetal Pain
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As the Republican-led House of Representatives passes a far-reaching bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks based on the science of ‘fetal pain,’ Michelle Goldberg reports on whether the unborn can feel hurt.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
If the “Right to Life” crew insist on trying to attribute cognition and awareness to a fetus, then they must demonstrate at least a minimal level of learning to substantiate that attribution. I await those replicable and valid experiments. Bet they won’t (can’t) be done.
Idaho Republicans: Void anti-discrimination laws in case ‘gay guy’ works ‘in a tutu’ | The Raw Story
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There we have it, void local anti-discrimination laws because some gay guy might come to work in a tutu. No bigotry here. Why are there any Gays and Lesbians still in the GOP?
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
A bigot with a weird sense of something. How about respecting local law or is that too much to expect from a Repiglican?
Guy rescues baby hummingbird after it was attacked.
The Latest Argument for Banning Abortion? Fetuses Masturbate.
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Later Tuesday the House will vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a GOP-sponsored bill that aims to ban abortion after 22 weeks.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
What is wrong with the far right? Could it be that they have no control over their own sexual preoccupations?
The Forgotten Uprising in Eastern Saudi Arabia
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To achieve lasting peace in Saudi Arabia’s restive Eastern Province, the regime must address the deep-rooted sectarian, political, and socioeconomic drivers of dissent.
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
This is potentially of great importance as Sunni and Shia join together to redefine what a modern Islamic state should be. I am sure that the Prophet would smile on this.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do You Have A Right to Remain Silent? Thoughts on the “Sleeper” Criminal Procedure Case of the Term, Salinas v. Texas
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“This morning the Supreme Court decided a very important criminal procedure case, Salinas v. Texas, by a 5-4 vote. I’m guessing that you haven’t heard of Salinas. And it probably won’t get much attention in the press. But it should: Salinas is likely to have a significant impact on police practices. And it’s a fascinating case for legal nerds, too. So I thought I would explain the issue in Salinas and offer some thoughts on why it matters and what it might mean. “
Kenneth Weene’s insight:
This decision means that if you don’t answer questions when you aren’t under arrest the prosecutor can use that silence against you in court. So if you are not arrested, you should immediately refuse to talk to the police and assert your Fifth Amendment Right to silence, whether you are guilty or not. That offsets this potentially damaging decision.
By the way, unless he was a balistics expert, the individual would have been a fool to answer the question to which he remained mute. I for one don’t know how shotgun shells are matched to a gun and how accurate such a match might be.
