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Evidence That The US Bought The Megrahi Conviction
posted by seti at 2009-10-04 22:21

Ash: USA! USA! USA!
surrael: Megrahi conviction == lockerbie PanAm bombing blamed on Libyan
surrael: "the entire prosecution case was founded upon the testimony of a single clothing shopkeeper from Malta, Tony Gauci, that supposedly sold the clothes that were believed to be in the suitcase containing the bomb"

Validation
posted by seti at 2009-10-04 19:06

seti: (via)

Man arrested after disseminating police movements at G20 via Twitter
posted by seti at 2009-10-04 18:45

surrael: "it can't happen here"
surrael: all states are totalitarian ...
surrael: EVEN YOURS
surrael: NYPost and NYTimes articles have more details
surrael: cops seized "A dozen gas masks, liquid mercury, backpacks containing hammers and anarchist literature" ...
surrael: the man was "a social worker who has described himself as an anarchist"
surrael: "charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of instruments of crime"

Who Rules The Social Web?
posted by seti at 2009-10-04 15:05

surrael: gender (im)balance of popular networking sites

Will California become America's first failed state?
posted by seti at 2009-10-04 14:16

surrael: eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs ... and teachers are on hunger strike
surrael: "playground of the rich and famous ... slashing spending in education and healthcare" ... why do these items not seem incongruous??????
surrael: "The scene is reminiscent of the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, as crowds of impoverished citizens ... come for free healthcare"
surrael: "One in four American mortgages ... worth more than the home itself, are in California."