ITALY — Six of Italy’s top seismologists and natural disaster scientists, as well as, a government official have been sentenced to prison terms over the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. The quake killed 300 people and destroyed the city. The court ruled the scientists guilty of manslaughter and sentenced them to 6 years in jail. Over 5000 […]
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Scientists Jailed Over Earthquake
Publishing
It is impossible to unpublish something. Unpublish is not even a word. To attempt to unpublish something is worse than futile. Please, just consider the last of the famous to try. Book burning – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning Book burning (also biblioclasm or libricide) is the practice of destroying, often …. A much-quoted line […]
Australia: top judge to face court over sedition charge
News for charged with sedition australia Fijivillage Restraint urged after PNG charges judge The Australian – 6 hours ago JULIA Gillard has urged political parties in Papua New Guinea to show restraint after police arrested the country’s chief justice and charged him … PNG’s top judge to face court over sedition charge Radio Australia – […]
Will the New Owners of FaceBook Be Responsible?
PHILADELPHIA, PA: The word on the street is FaceBook may be going public (in an IPO) as soon as this coming week. Will the new owners of FaceBook, those people who buy shares, be responsible for my privacy and security? Is it possible for individual shareholders to be accountable for what their company does? At […]
President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law
by the American Civil Liberties Union WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law today. The statute contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision. While President Obama issued a signing statement saying he had “serious reservations” about the provisions, the statement only applies to how his administration would use […]
Just Say No To Taxes
by Daniel Brouse I suggested that there should be little (to no) taxes. You responded: How does any of this function without taxation…? I would like to know your thinking on this… it doesn’t seem to be working now and sure doesn’t favor poor to middle class… but I think this is too long to […]