Open thread ...
Back from NOLA now ... will get back into the saddle soon.
Been here in New Orleans for the 5th Anniversary of Katrina. Rainy. The people are resilient. Still lots to do to recover. The population dropped 40% right after Katrina, but is back up to 80% of what it once was.
Your government can track poor or middle class citizens with GPS devices, but not the rich elite, says a "liberal" court ...
If you are wondering where your tax money went that was to rebuild New Orleans, look to the oil companies who got the lion's share ... MOMCOM hath tentacles everywhere but no integrity anywhere (except in the eyes of her child/sister/mouth, the media) ...
disaffected mentioned the case that has put a halt to stem cell research pending appeal ...
Global weirding is a child of global warming which is a child of green house gases which are the children of toxic oil ... Pakistan's suffering is a child of global weirding ... and all of it is a child of toxic oil addiction ...
Iran's President is a fake Islamic leader if he wants drones to be ambassadors of death, but according to the BBC that is not what he indicated ... U.S. drones show that these weapons are ambassadors of the death of innocent bystanders all too often ...
Feds not testing for certain toxins so they can say the seafood is clean then put the liability on the Gulf of Mexico fishermen ... Dredd Blog warned of this in a recent post ... Mother Jones has an article in the Sep-Oct paper version (I subscribe) titled "The BP Cover-Up" subtitled "The truth is down there" ...
Iran & Russia start up nuclear power generating plant.
Pakistan's Floods Signal "Global Weirding"
Wikileaks founder all of a sudden is a suspect in a rape case now - he says it is a frame up ********* UPDATE ********* Swedish authorities reversed themselves and withdrew the accusations: Wikileaks founder not a suspect any more
Another snag has developed in Humanity's trek to outer space so as to avoid extinction ...
Hackers bring down airliner ... AND easily put Pac-Man on YOUR voting machine ...
Scientists say the Big One could hit Los Angeles much sooner than previously thought ...
Saw this development today and figured Dredd would be all over it. Just another example of the inherant growing politization of the judicial branch, more often than not thrust upon them whether they want it or not. I might add, the responsibility does indeed cut both ways, as this decision supports (for those who accuse the judiciary of being defacto liberal).
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