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The hunting of the snark

July 1st, 2008 No Comments

I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.”
– Lewis Carroll

As the New York Times reports today, a federal appeals court yesterday found that accusations against a Uighur detainee held for more than six years at Guantanamo were based on bare and unverifiable claims.
“With some derision,” the three-judge panel said the [...]

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From “Bodies” to Playboy?

June 21st, 2008 No Comments

In another first, legislators in New York just voted to require anyone showing a plastination exhibit to show where exactly the bodies came from. Senator Jim Alesi (R-Perinton) sponsored the bill, which mirrors similar efforts in California, Pennsylvania, Washington and Hawaii.
North Carolina may see similar legislation introduced next year.
Alesi told WROC-TV, “It’s human dignity [...]

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