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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

18 June - Late Links


Air Pollution Linked to Sleep Breathing Problems

Increased the risk of sleep-disordered breathing, a group of disorders including sleep apnea, in which breathing stops briefly



LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE SEEN FROM SPACE




How to Set Up OpenID on Your Own Domain




Seven Sci-Fi Weapons from Tomorrow Are Here Today




Music and speech share a code for communicating sadness in the minor third



Gut-Residing Bacteria Trigger Arthritis in Genetically Susceptible Individuals



UK border officials 'beat deported Iraqis'

14 of the deported all told the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, that they had been beaten by UKBA employees both to get them on the plane in London, and off it in Baghdad.

A surveillance operation in parts of Birmingham with large Muslim populationshas been halted after it was revealed the move was linked to counter terrorism


Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases


caab.org

Nancy Pelosi yanks campaign finance bill



Following a rebellion by two important factions of rank-and-file House Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has pulled a campaign-finance bill opposed by a broad coalition of special interest groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Pelosi and other Democratic leaders had scheduled a Friday vote on the DISCLOSE Act, a bill requiring special-interest groups to disclose their top donors if they choose to run TV ads or send out mass mailings in the final months of an election. The legislation is designed to roll back the controversial Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, which overturned restrictions on corporate campaign activities.
But after complaints from the conservative Blue Dogs and the Congressional Black Caucus, Pelosi was forced to pull the bill on Thursday night.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38698.html#ixzz0rBNVjNIR

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