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Court upholds right to give police the finger
A New York man can seek damages following a disorderly conduct arrest when he “flipped the bird” at police
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/04/court_upholds_right_to_give_polive_the_finger/

I couldn’t think of a better title, so stole the one from …

I was reading this post by Jared Bernstein:

A Few Fiscal Points re this AMs WaPo
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/a-few-fiscal-points-re-this-ams-wapo/

and then read this comment:

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/a-few-fiscal-points-re-this-ams-wapo/#comment-412115 (reproduced below)

The “intra-governmental” debt is maybe even more problematic. What it really represents is money that

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I happened across this and thought my reader(s) might find it amusing…

http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2006/06/marketing_101.html…

Dumb and dummies: Italian trio held over shop break-in
Rome police hold veteran thieves who pretended to be mannequins during alleged theft of designer clothes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/17/shop-dummy-italian-thieves-arrested

Not so amusing to the thieves, I am sure, but quite amusing to me! …

Science News has some interesting articles today, several have a theme (to me, anyway) so I am going to discuss them together. I have long predicted that I was young enough to be able to take advantage of what I …

Congressman draws fire for calling evolution, Big Bang ‘lies from the pit of hell’
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/10/congressman-draws-fire-for-calling-evolution-big-bang-lies-from-the-pit-of-hell/?hpt=hp_t3

Broun, a medical doctor by training, serves on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

This is what he says, at least when he …

Why police lineups can’t be trusted
The single biggest cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken eyewitness identification. Is there a better way?
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/29/why_criminal_lineups_cant_be_trusted/

I also thought about calling this ‘Eyewitless Testimony”, but thought the quote from the article was ultimately …

I used to consider CNN a useful place to get (mostly) objective reporting. That was 10+ years ago and I have sort of watched it since then out of habit (not that there really is any place better, broadcast media …

Artist Samuel Silva’s Incredible Photorealistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/samuel-silvas-amazing-pho_n_1822572.html

Which is real and which is Memorex?

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Humans didn’t breed with Neanderthals
http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/65398-humans-didnt-breed-with-neanderthals

It seems I may have spoken too soon. It seems there is a perfectly plausible explanation for the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in our genome: we share common ancestors.

This is how science …