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- 分享 ZT: Latest Supreme Court Decision On Abortion and Free Speech
- The Last Person You See Before Getting an Abortion The Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. It's a narrow decision that says a lot about free speech. EMMA GREENJUN 26 2014, 1:08 PM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/a ...
- 分享 China's air pollution reporting is misleading
- 原文挺长，我就不转贴了。链接在这里， http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6856-China-s-air-pollution-reporting-is-misleading 文章的主要信息是这个图。 另外，美国欧洲的污染等级到250就到顶了，而PM2.5 中国城市超过500的时候很常见。在美国和欧洲，这只有在火山爆发或森林大火的 ...
- 分享 Mozilla，麦卡锡主义和好莱坞黑名单
- Mozilla的CEO，Brendan Eich昨天辞职。Eich是Mozilla的创建人之一，一个多星期以前才刚被任命为CEO，网上就传出消息他在2008年加利福尼亚同性恋婚姻公决Proposition 8 中捐了1000美元给反对同性婚姻合法化的一方。2008年时，加利福尼亚以多数通过Proposition 8，禁止同性婚姻合法化。但是过去几年，美国人对同性婚姻的态度 ...
- 分享 美国宪法第四修正案
- 美国宪法的第四修正案的内容是 The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing ...
- 分享 [ZT]How Much Does It Cost to Be Ambassador to Hungary?
- How Much Does It Cost to Be Ambassador to Hungary? By Jeffrey Goldberg Feb 11, 2014 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-11/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-ambassador-to-hungary-.html Watching John McCain set-up a fellow senator like a bowli ...
- 分享 [ZT] Lovely Obituary on the Great Train Robber
- Ronald Arthur (Ronnie) Biggs, Great Train Robber, died on December 18th, aged 84 Jan 4th 2014 | From the print edition THE year 1963 was something of a watershed in human history. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Pope John XXIII died. Beatlemania really took off with “She Loves You”. And ...
- 分享 [ZT]16 American cities foreign governments warn their citizens about
- 16 American cities foreign governments warn their citizens about By Reid Wilson November 14 at 4:34 pm http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/14/16-american-cities-foreign-governments-warn-their-citizens-about/ Planning a trip abroad? It’s probably best ...
- 分享 [ZT]Man bites dog, repeatedly
- Crime in Florida Man bites dog, repeatedly Oct 30th 2013, 15:18 by The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/10/crime-florida MOST superheroes fight crime. Florida Man, whose Twitter feed identifies him as “the world’s worst superhero”, commits th ...
- 分享 美国政府关门的unintended consequences
- 现在美国联邦政府仍然是关门，报纸上在讨论共和民主两党谁能够从政府关门中获益。我突然想到了上次90年代政府关门事前大家都没有预料到的后果，也就是Lewinsky丑闻。 Monica Lewinsky 1995年大学毕业后依靠家里的关系当了白宫的实习生。在此之前Lewinsky的性生活就比较随便，19岁的时候就和一个有妇之夫有婚外恋，而且持 ...
- 分享 [ZT]NSA employee spied on nine women without detection
- NSA employee spied on nine women without detection, internal file shows Twelve cases of unauthorised surveillance documented in letter from NSA's inspector general to senator Chuck Grassley http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/nsa-employee-spied-detection-internal-memo A National S ...