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We're Not Surprised . . .

. . . We've suspected for many years that certain folks like to kill babies. We always felt a little shrill thinking such a thing, but there's evidence for it, including this: > Appearing before the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services subcommittee last week, Dr. William Hurlbut, a

Well, That's Good News

We hate spam and we hate porn. Any knife (needle) in their sides is good. We knew such operations were in place, but we didn't think very many people got caught or punished: > Federal regulators accused seven companies Wednesday of hiring others to send illegal e-mails with

Test Orphans

Startling stuff from James Kushiner over at Mere Comments: > Last year we posted a link to the writing of investigative writer Liam Scheff, who wrote about the use of orphans in New York as subjects for testing AIDS drugs. We received a couple of complaints or warnings not to

Internet Catastrophe Looming?

> U.N. bureaucrats and telecommunications ministers from many less-developed nations claim the U.S. government has undue influence over how things run online. Now they want to be the ones in charge. > While the formal proposal from a U.N. working group will be released July 18, it&

Say "No" to Moreau

Prison Fellowship has run a nice and concise critique of chimeras. Link [http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=16322] . Excerpt: > Even the magazine Scientific American says that some human-animal chimeras “disquietingly blur the line between species.” It notes that

Big Brother is Catching You

London's public cameras apparently played a role in cracking the London case. Link [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/13/ncctv13.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/07/13/ixportaltop.html] . Excerpt: > The critical breakthrough in the hunt for the London bombers

Monkey Men

This comes close to disagreeing with one of pop culture's commandments: If we can do it, do it. > In cutting-edge experiments, scientists have injected human brain cells into monkey fetuses to study the effects. > Critics argue that if these fetuses are allowed to develop into self-aware

Wi-Fi Everywhere

We like Wi-Fi. We use Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi lets us blog at various locations, thus bringing you, our faithful readers, quality(?) entries throughout the day. But it looks like Wi-Fi is about to step into the annoying sphere. Backpacks with Wi-Fi capabilities will transform every public place into a potential hot

Big Brother? No.

> City officials [in Chicago] are using new technology that recognizes the sound of a gunshot within a two-block radius, pinpoints the source, turns a surveillance camera toward the shooter and places a 911 call. Officials can then track the shooter and dispatch officers to the scene. . . > After a

Deep Impact Lawsuit

> Russian astrologist Marina Bai has filed suit in a Moscow asking for 8.7 billion rubles (311 million U.S. dollars) because, she claims, the NASA Deep Impact mission damaged her business by altering her ability to provide accurate horoscopes, harmed her "system of spiritual values," and