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• 2011/07/21/1125/link  + (Raquel Nelson, an Atlanta-area mother, was recently [[Raquel Nelson homicide conviction|convicted]] of vehicular homicide because her 4-year-old son was struck by a car and killed while she was crossing a busy street at an intersection with no crosswalk.)
• 2014/03/15/Council of Islamic Ideology declares women's existence anti-Islamic  + (SATIRE: "The [[Council of Islamic Ideology]] (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah.")
• 2011/07/19/0838/link  + (Shares in News Corporation have fallen 4.3% in New York amid mounting pressure as the phone-hacking scandal develops.)
• 2011/07/31/0915/link  + (Skud summarizes the circumstances of her suspension from Google+, including her prior employment at Google and arguments in favor of pseudonymity.)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/13/0931  +
• 2014/03/05/Who is really responsible for the Ukrainian crisis  + (Someone, namely US and Canadian oil and gas barons, stands to make a helluva lot of money off this deal.)
• 2011/07/27/2214/link  + (Something happened to Dylan's Google accou … Something happened to Dylan's Google account, and it's been disabled. He doesn't know what happened to the account, and no one at Google with the power to help him is interested in acknowledging the problem or letting him back in to the cloud-based services where all of his correspondence and much of the digital trail from the last few years of his life is stored. the last few years of his life is stored.)
• 2014/12/16/McCrory, Sanford get payouts from broker  + (Soon after taking office, North Carolina Gov. [[Pat McCrory]] and U.S. Rep. [[Mark Sanford]] of South Carolina accepted six-figure stock payouts from an online mortgage broker accused by regulators of deceiving its customers.)
• 2014/03/02/Tug of War Over Ukraine Intensifies  + (Sunday was a day of messages and mopping u … Sunday was a day of messages and mopping up, with Ukrainian and Western leaders trying to dissuade President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia from overplaying his hand and ordering an invasion of eastern Ukraine, even as Russian forces and their sympathizers in Crimea worked to disarm or neutralize any Ukrainian resistance there.neutralize any Ukrainian resistance there.)
• 2014/02/26/David Byrne Covered 'Just a Friend' So Biz Markie Can Get Paid  + (Talking Heads frontman performs for [[Content Creators Coalition]], a new royalties advocacy group)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/22/1749  +
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/29/1858  +
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/07/1452  +
• 2014/03/28/Wild Horses and Burros Myths and Facts  + (The BLM addresses 15 myths regarding their "Wild Horses and Burros" program.)
• 2014/03/01/Ukraine's Donetsk calls for referendum  + (The City Council in the eastern city of Donetsk has refused to recognize [[Ukraine]]'s self-imposed government and called for a referendum on the region's status. The council has made Russian alongside Ukrainian the official language in the region.)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/27/1100  +
• 2013-01-01 2:09/Senate clear fiscal cliff measure  + (The Senate has passed legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff.)
• 2014/02/26/David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Chris Ruen Lead Rally For Radio to Pay Performance Royalties  + (The [[Content Creators Coalition]] sponsored an event in New York City calling on terrestrial radio to pay artists performance rights royalties.)
• 2016/06/13/Six questions we should ask after Orlando  + (The [[just asking questions|questions]]: * 1) Are there more home-grown terrorists than we realize? * 2) Are lone wolves avoidable? * 3) Why guns? * 4) Who can buy a gun? * 5) Why a gay nightclub? * 6) Should we bar all Muslims?)
• 2004-02-20 Soldier for the Truth: Exposing Bush's talking-points war  + (The [[neocon]] … The [[neocon]]s had three [[US reasons for invading Iraq|reasons]] for [[US invasion of Iraq|the US to invade Iraq]]: (1) sanctions were working, not leaving US companies in a favored position for doing business in Iraq; (2) the US needed a location for military bases; (3) the US needed to ensure that oil would continue to be traded in [[US dollar|dollars]].[[US dollar|dollars]].)
• 2011/07/19/1439/link  + (The argument goes like this: Because Congr … The argument goes like this: Because Congress already appropriated the funds in question, it is the executive branch's duty to enact those appropriations. The debt ceiling, then, is legislative "double-counting," because the executive branch is obligated to spend the money Congress appropriates, without having to go back and ask again for permission.g to go back and ask again for permission.)
• 2014/03/04/Global Warming Slows Antarctica's Coldest Currents  + (The deep, salty currents that carry oxygen and nutrients to the ocean depths have been disappearing over the past few decades.)
• 2011/07/21/2112/link  + (The first top-to-bottom audit of the Feder … The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.conomic crisis since the Great Depression.)
• 2011/07/17/1956/link  + (The insanity of the GOP, which many people are finally just noticing, has been building gradually for a long time.)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/11/1603  +
• 2014/03/05/Russia puts Ukraine far-right leader on international wanted list over calls for terrorism  + (The leader of the Ukrainian radical group Pravy Sektor (Right Sector), Dmitry Yarosh, has been put on an international wanted list and charged with inciting terrorism, after asking Doku Umarov to attack Russia.)
• 2014/02/18/Sex Is Not an Economy and You Are Not Merchandise  + (The longer I live and the more I read and … The longer I live and the more I read and the deeper I fall in love and the less I give a fuck and the more patience I lose and the more perspective I gain, the more certain I become that the people who most aggressively try to define love for others have never actually experienced it themselves. never actually experienced it themselves.)
• 2011/07/24/1728/link  + (The media initially attributed the event - … The media initially attributed the event -- with some evidence -- to [[Muslim]] extremists, then rapidly backed off from that conclusion when the "blond Nordic-looking" suspect was identified. This is one of several parallels with the [[1995-04-19 Oklahoma City bombing|1995 Oklahoma City bombing]], and there are reasons to believe that there was a Muslim-extremist connection in that event as well.xtremist connection in that event as well.)
• 2019/09/12/Against neurodiversity  + (The movement has good intentions, but it favours the high-functioning and overlooks those who struggle with severe autism.)
• 2014/03/08/Republicans Must Make A Choice About Obamacare  + (The number of uninsured Americans has drop … The number of uninsured Americans has dropped by three to four million since [[Obamacare]] coverage took effect Jan. 1, according to a new Gallup survey. How much of the drop can be precisely attributed to the health care law is a matter of debate, though [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-uninsured-sign-ups there are signs] that enrollment among the uninsured is picking up.ollment among the uninsured is picking up.)
• 2011/07/17/2206/link  + (The obvious objections to the execution of … The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. ... But I want to add another and less obvious reason why we should not have executed Saddam Hussein. His mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars.at is now forever unavailable to scholars.)
• 2013/02/08/Amazon unpacked  + (The online giant is creating thousands of UK jobs, so why are some employees less than happy?)
• 2014/01/03/How I learned to stop worrying and love Amazon  + (The online retailer has reshaped bookselling since it entered the trade in 1995. But [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]'s aggressive and "anti-competitive" tactics, especially for selling ebooks, are raising hackles in an industry under stress.)
• 2018/08/30/Beaten for Autism  + (The person filmed by KGW News on June 4 [[US/OR/Detroit/2018-06-04 police beating|being struck on the head 16 times by a Marion County sheriff deputy while pinned down by three additional officers]] … The person filmed by KGW News on June 4 [[US/OR/Detroit/2018-06-04 police beating|being struck on the head 16 times by a Marion County sheriff deputy while pinned down by three additional officers]] says the incident may be partly understood as the response of uninformed individuals to [[autism|people they don’t understand]].[[autism|people they don’t understand]].)
• 2014/03/05/Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders  + (The snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaked phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister, which has emerged online.)
• 2013-09-10/Technology and the Distribution of Wealth  + (There is a question so important to the mo … There is a question so important to the modern economy that it often hides in plain view. I'm talking about the role that technology plays in the distribution of wealth. This connection between our distribution of societal resources and our rapidly evolving technology centers on two fundamental phenomena: (1) The way [[jobsolescence|technology displaces labor]] (2) The way technology concentrates profits2) The way technology concentrates profits)
• 2009-07-04 Asking for it  + (There's nothing like [[science]] … There's nothing like [[science]] for giving that [[objective]], white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for ''Telegraph'' readers when they came across the headline "[http://current.com/items/90259840_women-who-dress-provocatively-more-likely-to-be-raped-claim-scientists.htm Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists]". Ah, scientists.raped, claim scientists]". Ah, scientists.)
• 2012-09-13/New questions about makers of anti-Muslim film as shadowy details emerge  + (This appears to be the same AP article as [[2012/09/12/California man confirms role in anti-Islam film]].)
• 2011/07/25/1658/link  + (This high-and-low-cortisol reactivity prov … This high-and-low-cortisol reactivity provides different developmental advantages and disadvantages, the authors write. Heightened [[cortisol]] levels characteristic of the doves were related to lower attention problems but also put them at risk for developing anxiety and [[depression]] over time. By contrast, the lower cortisol levels for hawks in aggressive families were associated with lower anxiety problems; however, at the same time, these children were more prone to risky behavior, including attention and hyperactivity problems.ding attention and hyperactivity problems.)
• 2016/03/Gender Ideology Harms Children  + (This is one of several credible-seeming pseudo-scientifi studies often cited by anti-LGBT activists, but its conclusions fly in the face of an overwhelming body of evidence.)
• 2011-04-16 To all Ladies: Free Protection and Safety System  + (This is the [[New York Initiative]]'s Craig's List ad offering assistance to [[New York City]] [[sex work]]ers in defending themselves from the [[Long Island Serial Killer]].)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/26/0914  +
• 2011/07/20/1315/link  + (This week the Center for Media and Democracy released 800 model bills, legislation that is straight out of the corporate playbook and drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council.)
• 2010/12/09/Voters Say Election Full of Misleading and False Information  + (Those who watched [[Fox News]] almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that a number of false statements relevant to the election were, in fact, true.)
• 2014/03/06/Why Is Our Government So Incompetent  + (Though many may reckon the U.S. government (and its Deep State) are not so much incompetent as merely evil, I suggest incompetence sows the seeds of evil consequences.)
• 2014/04/13/Kiev to launch full-scale military op as massive protests grip eastern Ukraine  + (Thousands of pro-autonomy demonstrators rallied across eastern [[Ukraine]], with the coup-imposed president in Kiev threatening to use military against the activists if they don't clear the seized government buildings by Monday morning.")
• 2014/04/07/If 97 Percent of Americans Sold Everything They Owned and Spent It on Congressional Elections  + (To max out on one side of every race inclu … To max out on one side of every race including PACs and parties would take $1,291,400. 97% of the country could not reach this limit if they emptied their bank accounts and liquidated all of their possessions. For [[economic disparity|a few lucky souls]], however, $1.3 million is a drop in the bucket.ver, $1.3 million is a drop in the bucket.)
• 2014/03/04/A New Fake Report On Climate Change  + (Two global warming denialists make a claim which would be important if it weren't totally incorrect, which it is.)
• 2014/03/01/Ukraine alleges Russian invasion of Crimea as Obama warns of costs  + (US President Barack Obama issued a stateme … US President Barack Obama issued a statement Friday evening denouncing "reports of military movements" taken by Russia in Ukraine, warning that "there will be costs for any military intervention." The comments come as the US/European-stoked regime change operation in Ukraine threatens to develop into a conflict between Western powers and Russia.onflict between Western powers and Russia.)
• 2016/03/01/Get Ready to Say President Trump  + (Unless something changes dramatically between now and November, [[Donald Trump]] will be the next president.)
• 2014/02/25/Secrets of the Vatican  + (Video (83:41): "An inside look at the scandals that rocked Benedict's papacy.")
• 2013-01-01/America goes to the brink, but millions already fell into poverty  + (Whatever the outcome of the political haggling, Congress has failed the 50 million Americans below the bread line.)
• 2009-07-18 Today's Question  + (When do we get to stop defining smart, passionate women by the most powerful men in their circle?)
• 2011/07/25/1618/link  + (While they fight the expiration of the bud … While they fight the expiration of the budget-busting [[Bush tax cuts]], Republicans have continually cited a report that shows that [[51 percent of Americans don't pay income taxes]], even admitting that middle- and lower-class Americans need to shoulder a larger burden in deficit reduction efforts.arger burden in deficit reduction efforts.)
• 2017/02/10/Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement  + (White House chief strategist [[Steve Bannon]] is reportedly a reader of [[neoreactionary]] political theory. A tour through the pro-[[authoritarian]] philosophy gaining visibility on the [[right wing|right]].)
• 2011/12/10/0822/link  + (Would a publisher accept a completely nons … Would a publisher accept a completely nonsensical manuscript if the authors were willing to pay Open Access publication charges? After being spammed with invitations to publish in [[Bentham Science Publishers|Bentham Science journals]] earlier this year, I decided to find out. ... Bentham confirmed receipt of my submission the very next day (January 30, 2009). Nearly four months later, I received a response – the article was accepted.response – the article was accepted.)
• 2014/02/23/Worse than Wal-Mart  + (You might find your Prime membership morally indefensible after reading these stories about worker mistreatment.)

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• 2014/01/13/Amazon Has Jedi Mind-Tricked You Into Forgetting It's Pretty Much Walmart  + ([[Amazon.com]] is the best-loved company in America, despite being very similar to one of the least-loved companies in America: [[Wal-Mart|Walmart]].)
• 2020/09/19/Obama calls for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor to be appointed by the election winner  + ([[Barack Obama]]: “A basic principle of th … [[Barack Obama]]: “A basic principle of the law – and of everyday fairness – is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what's convenient or advantageous in the moment. The [[rule of law]], the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our [[democracy]] all depend on that basic principle.” basic principle.”)
• 2012/07/16/Chick-fil-A admits guilty as charged  + ([[Chick-fil-A]] COO [[Dan Cathy]] defends the company's [[anti-gay]] activities on [[Biblical]] grounds.)
• 2020/06/17/Fox News Argues Viewers Don't Assume Tucker Carlson Reports Facts  + ([[Fox News]] argues in court that [[Tucker … [[Fox News]] argues in court that [[Tucker Carlson]]'s audience knows that things which Carlson asserts, no matter how definitively stated as fact, may in fact have been entirely made up by Carlson on the spot and could be completely false, and that Carlson's employer will not only take no action against him for doing so but will in fact defend him. for doing so but will in fact defend him.)
• 2014/03/02/Fox News host calls out Darrell Issa on Benghazi  + ([[Fox News]] host [[Chris Wallace]] on Sunday confronted Rep. [[Darrell Issa]] (R-CA) after he was rated as having the "highest level of falsehood" for his obsession with the [[2012 Benghazi attack|terrorist attacks in Benghazi]].)
• 2012-09-12/Craft Store Chain Sues For Right To Deny Their Employees Contraception Coverage  + ([[Hobby Lobby]], a large chain of craft st … [[Hobby Lobby]], a large chain of craft stores owned by [[US conservative|conservative]] [[evangelical]] [[Christian]]s, filed a federal lawsuit against the [[Obamacare/mandates/contraception|contraception mandate]] today, claiming they should have the right to deny coverage for emergency [[contraception]] to over 13,000 employees across 40 states. Hobby Lobby's owners, the Green family, claim the [[Obamacare]] requirement to provide employer-based coverage for that contraceptive service violates their [[freedom of religion]] and [[freedom of speech|speech]]...[[freedom of speech|speech]]...)
• 2014/03/20/Russia Responding to Years of Hostile U.S. Policy  + ([[Jack Matlock]] argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in response to years of perceived hostility from the U.S., from the eastward expansion of NATO to the bombing of Serbia to the expansion of American military bases in eastern Europe.)
• 2011/07/27/1124/link  + ([[Jaywalker]]s have migrated to the [[subu … [[Jaywalker]]s have migrated to the [[suburbs]]. They venture across four- to eight-lane roads, often not using crosswalks, pausing on the raised medians or the middle “suicide lanes” to look for a break in traffic as cars whiz by. Sometimes the crossings end tragically, as it did last month for a young mother who watched her 4-year-old son killed in the road."r-old son killed in the road.")
• 2014-02-24/Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine  + ([[John McCain]] and other State Department members have troubling ties to the ultra-nationalist [[Svoboda]] party.)
• 2016/07/01/The Palestinian Incentive Program for Killing Jews  + ([[Mahmoud Abbas]] may not be able to stop the knife attacks. But he shouldn't [[Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund|pay the killers' families]].)
• 2019/12/18/Judge rules against researcher who lost job over transgender tweets  + ([[Maya Forstater]], a tax expert who lost her contract at the [[Centre for Global Development]] after tweeting that transgender women cannot change their biological sex, has lost her tribunal case.)
• 2012/09/12/California man confirms role in anti-Islam film  + ([[Nakoula Basseley Nakoula]], 55, told The … [[Nakoula Basseley Nakoula]], 55, told The [[Associated Press]] in an interview outside Los Angeles that he was manager for the company that produced "[[Innocence of Muslims]]," which mocked Muslims and the prophet [[Muhammad]] and may have caused inflamed mobs that attacked U.S. missions in [[Egypt]] and [[Libya]]. He provided the first details about a shadowy production group behind the film. shadowy production group behind the film.)
• 2010-06-04 No mosque at Ground Zero  + ([[Pat Condell]] throws his lot in with the US right-wing media on the issue of the [[Ground Zero Mosque]], warning that it is the first major step towards the [[Islamic cultural invasion/US|Islamic cultural invasion of America]].)
• 2018/08/30/Offering a more progressive definition of freedom  + ([[Pete Buttigieg]] is the mayor of [[US/IN … [[Pete Buttigieg]] is the mayor of [[US/IN/South Bend|South Bend, Indiana]]. He is a progressive Democrat, Rhodes scholar, served a tour of duty in Afghanistan during his time as mayor, and is openly gay. In [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pete_buttigieg-36-year-old-mayor-south-bend-indiana-2020-713662/ a recent interview with ''Rolling Stone''], Buttigieg talked about the need for [[progressive]]s to recast concepts that [[political conservative]]s have traditionally “owned” – like [[freedom]], [[family]], and [[patriotism]] – in more progressive terms.iotism]] – in more progressive terms.)
• 2014/04/06/Threat of armed conflict subdues in Nevada  + ([[Rachel Maddow]] provides considerable ba … [[Rachel Maddow]] provides considerable background on recent US [[anti-government violence]], from Clinton-era incidents including the [[Sagebrush Rebellion]] through [[Ruby Ridge]], Waco, and [[1995-04-19 Oklahoma City bombing|Oklahoma City]] up to the recent [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|armed confrontation]] at [[Bundy Ranch]].[[Bundy Ranch]].)
• 2014/05/05/Rand Paul says 40 times more Kentuckians have gotten health-insurance cancellation notices than signed up for Obamacare  + ([[Rand Paul]] email: "Since the implementa … [[Rand Paul]] email: "Since the implementation of [[Obamacare]], hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians have received cancellation notices from their current health care providers. For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage." Rated [[lies|pants-on-fire]].[[lies|pants-on-fire]].)
• 2019/09/30/Richard Dawkins Loves Evangelicals if They Hate Social Justice  + ([[Richard Dawkins]] is uncompromising in his opposition to [[religion]] – except when it happens to oppose something that he thinks is worse, like [[social justice]].)
• 2004-09 Ronald Reagan's Effort to Prevent the Enactment of Medicare  + ([[Ronald Reagan]] may have crystallized, i … [[Ronald Reagan]] may have crystallized, in the minds of [[US Republican|Republican]] strategists, the political ability of [[popular myth]] to be more powerful than the [[truth]] – as exemplified by his well-documented history of working against [[social program]]s ([[Medicare]], [[Social Security]]) while convincingly denying it in debates with [[Jimmy Carter]].Jimmy Carter]].)
• 2014/03/17/Somali traffic cops battle gridlock and chaos  + ([[Somalia]]'s new traffic police tackle illegal parking, speeding drivers and temperamental street lights in Mogadishu.)
• 2007/04/16/New Research Shows Wal-Mart Rigs the System  + ([[Wal-Mart]] appears to be skipping out on … [[Wal-Mart]] appears to be skipping out on its fair share of taxes that most Americans have to pay to help support state governments. New research conducted in part by a leading non-partisan, non-profit tax organization reveals that Wal-Mart avoided $2.3 billion in state income taxes, cutting its payment to state governments almost in half between 1999 and 2005.ents almost in half between 1999 and 2005.)
• 2007/02/01/Wal-Mart pays itself rent, gets large tax breaks  + ([[Wal-Mart]], the nation's largest employe … [[Wal-Mart]], the nation's largest employer and the world's biggest retailer, is regularly paying itself rent and using the transaction to decrease the taxes it pays to state governments, according to a report in this morning's ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.[[Wall Street Journal]]''.)
• 2015/01/16/Draft of new Thailand constitution offers protections for gay, transgender people  + ([[sexuality/rights|Gay rights]] activists are welcoming a clause in a draft of [[Thailand]]’s new constitution that is aimed at protecting the rights of gay and transgender people.)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/10/22/1838  +
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/08/1514  +
• 2008-09-19 Scientists Explain Why People Vote For Republicans  + (a collection of scientific investigations into why people vote [[US Republican Party|Republican]])
• 2017/08/19/what the evidence says about Mr. Damore’s Google memo  + (a detailed rebuttal of the supposedly-scientific arguments supporting [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|Damore's arguments]]; includes links to many other rebuttals and related resources)
• Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/28/1106  +
• 2019/01/03/Transphobia in the UK  + (a mostly-audio (spoken word) video (35:05) giving a fairly detailed layout of [[transnegation]] arguments [[transnegation/UK|in the UK]])
• 2004-01-21 Best of the Web Today  + (a potpourri of news items, including "The al Qaeda Cheering Section" in which Taranto [[dissent is disloyalty|equates]] dislike of the [[USA PATRIOT Act|Patriot Act]] with being fond of [[terrorist]]s.)
• 2012-12-29/Entire Regions Within the US Are Treated Like Exploited Colonies  + (a recent interview conducted with [[Chris Hedges surrounding]] his latest book ''[[Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt]]''.)
• 2011/05/21/Lab personnel: Technically gifted  + (an article mainly about the lab technician job market which happens to use [[James Damore]] as an example, long before he became notorious)
• 1999/01/24/ACPI extensions  + (an email from [[Bill Gates]] suggesting that the [[ACPI]] be designed in such a way as to prevent it from working with anything except [[Microsoft Windows]])
• 2011/07/17/1827/link  + (eight moral/political lessons taught by the ''Harry Potter'' series)
• 2011/07/17/2147/link  + (excerpt::The avalanche of news last weeken … excerpt::The avalanche of news last weekend was triggered by the story that Opensource Obscure, a Second Life resident from Italy, had his profile suspended by Google+ because his name "violated community standards." This was followed by reports of the accounts of Second Life users being culled, much in the same fashion as had happened at Facebook weeks ago.ion as had happened at Facebook weeks ago.)
• 2011/07/27/2134/link  + (lead paragraph:: A Georgia woman convicted on misdemeanor charges in the death of her son after he darted out into traffic will receive a new trial, a judge ruled.)
• 2011/08/15/1334  + (lead paragraph:: A Georgia woman who was convicted on misdemeanor charges in the death of her son who darted out into traffic will not spend time in jail, a judge ruled Tuesday.)
• 2011/07/27/1042/link  + (lead paragraph::A Marietta mother may serve more time than the driver who hit and killed her 4-year-old son.)
• 2011/07/18/2046/link  + (lead paragraph::A cousin of admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi publicly revealed for the first time Monday that he was in on Zazi's chilling 2009 plot to attack New York City subways with suicide bombers.)
• 2011/07/31/1255/link  + (lead paragraph::A week ago, I was stunned to discover that my entire Google account -- gmail, reader, blogger, Google documents, YouTube, Google Plus (G+), etc. -- was suddenly suspended because their system "perceived a violation.")
• 2011/07/17/2134/link  + (lead paragraph::Earlier this month, the US … lead paragraph::Earlier this month, the US Travel Association released the results of a survey that found that 45 percent of respondents would pay a fee of "up to" $150 for a background check and verification program that would allow them to speed through airport security. On Friday, America's Transportation Security Administration announced that this Fall, it will move ahead with a plan to test just such a program.d with a plan to test just such a program.)
• 2011/08/18/1544/link  + (lead paragraph::I have just been informed … lead paragraph::I have just been informed that ScienceBlogs will no longer be hosting anonymous or pseudonymous bloggers. In case you are interested, despite extensive communication from many of us as to why we blog under pseudonyms, I have not been given any rationale or reason for this move. Particularly, no rationale or reason that responds to the many valid points raised by the pseudonymous folks.d points raised by the pseudonymous folks.)
• 2011/07/28/1805/link  + (lead paragraph::Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas where Sharia law enforcement zones have been set up.)
• 2011/07/24/1012/link  + (lead paragraph::On Saturday, January 16, 2 … lead paragraph::On Saturday, January 16, 2010, black activists will be standing outside of a Pizza Hut on Bragg Boulevard. In October, 2008, black pro-life activists with graphic signs stood on Yadkin Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to expose what was believed to be a stealth Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in the making. Parenthood abortion clinic in the making.)
• 2011/07/17/2038/link  + (lead paragraph::Renowned hacker group Anon … lead paragraph::Renowned hacker group Anonymous revealed yesterday that its Google+ profile has been removed and that their Gmail account has been blocked as well. Google claims that the profile and account go against "Community Standards" and has shut down most, if not all, profiles related to Anonymous.if not all, profiles related to Anonymous.)
• 2011/07/17/1834/link  + (lead paragraph::Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have taught a computer how to play strategy game ''Civilization'' by providing it with the game's instruction manual.)
• 2011/07/19/0831/link  + (lead paragraph::Sean Hoare, the former ''News of the World'' showbusiness reporter who was the first named journalist to allege that Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead.)
• 2011/07/20/1556/link  + (lead paragraph::Standard & Poor's on Monday placed News Corp.'s credit rating on a negative watch citing increased business and reputation risks from investigations into the widening phone hacking scandal in Britain.)
• 2011/07/30/1606/link  + (lead paragraph::The March 2005 issue of '' … lead paragraph::The March 2005 issue of ''Popular Mechanics'' magazine contains a 14-full-page cover article which attacks skepticism about the government and media explanation of the 9/11/01 attack. The primary method of the piece is to build and attack a straw man of myths it claims are "at the root of virtually every 9/11 alternative scenario" embraced by the "growing army of conspiracy theorists." PM selects a combination of 16 valid, erroneous, and inconsequential claims found on websites, implying that they are all endorsed by the "army" of skeptics.re all endorsed by the "army" of skeptics.)
• 2012-09-12/Moving Photos of Pro-American Rallies in Libya  + (pictures of [[Libya]]ns holding up signs apologizing to US for the death of US ambassador [[Chris Stevens]])
• 2011/07/23/1705/link  + (quote::...some pundits, mostly right-wing … quote::...some pundits, mostly right-wing neoconservatives, proclaimed that this bore all the hallmarks of Islamic terrorism, even going so far as to draw policy prescriptions. At the ''Washington Post'', normally a well-respected news outlet, Jennifer Rubin quoted the [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]]' Thomas Joscelyn and [[American Enterprise Institute|AEI]] scholar Gary Schmitt to say that the attacks were the result of Islamic terrorism. She then concluded the "jihadist" attack on Oslo means the U.S. shouldn't cut military spending...he U.S. shouldn't cut military spending...)
• 2011/07/20/1531/link  + (quote::Ahmad Al-Shlash, a tribal leader in … quote::Ahmad Al-Shlash, a tribal leader in Syria, gave an interview to the Arabic language channel Al-Dunya TV in which he, along with his "cousins," reportedly called for the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Stephen Ford, to be cooked and eaten like "American mutton," either "with salt or without salt."tton," either "with salt or without salt.")
• 2011/08/15/2230/link  + (quote::Raquel Nelson, 30, could now spend more time in jail than the driver because she didn't use a crosswalk when she walked her three children over a busy street from a bus stop to their apartment in Marietta, Georgia.)
• 2008-07-07 Presidential economics: Do parties matter  + (some historical data on economic performance by political party)
• 2011/07/30/0948/link  + (sub-headline::Popular Mechanics examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11.)
• 2005-09-12 WTC7 Collapse: The Real Story (not tinfoil)  + (“I see a semi-regular appearance of the id … “I see a semi-regular appearance of the idea that the WTC7 building (part of the [[World Trade Center/NYC/v1|WTC complex]] but not one of the [[World Trade Center/NYC/v1/twin towers|Twin Towers]]) [[9-11/anomalies/WTC7|collapsed]] due to [[controlled demolition|deliberate demolition]] rather than due to damage from the Twin Tower collapses. This is pretty implausible so I did some internet research to find out why so many people believe it and what actually happened.”le believe it and what actually happened.”)