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Wars and Rumors
Hundreds of Yazidi sex slaves have been freed from the embattled city of Fallujah after the Islamic State (Isis) continue their withdrawal whilst under pressure from the Iraqi army. The 354 girls from the fringe minority sect had been kidnapped by the extremists 305 miles away in their spiritual home near Mount Sinjar, in northern Ira, during the summer of 2014.…
Citing IBTimes
8:56pm CDT Fri 2016 Jun 24 :MW
Nature can be Deadly
CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, this technology has led to questions: How will this new power affect humanity? What are we going to use it to change? Are we gods now? Join journalist Jennifer Kahn as she ponders these questions and shares a potentially powerful application of gene drives: the development of disease-resistant mosquitoes that could knock out malaria and Zika.…
Video: 12:25
10:52am CDT Fri 2016 Jun 24 :MW
Scientists studying the Zika outbreak in Brazil say previous exposure to dengue, another mosquito-borne virus, may exacerbate the potency of infection.…
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Theory of Sex Education
…The school said the contractor recorded the party video on DVDs that were previously used to store pornographic videos, portions of which were found to play after the end of the school party footage.…
Maybe the contractor did this on a master disc, but it reads like all the DVDs were re-writable, which seems weird.
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Breitbart is Here
Another "Republican" comes out in favor of Hillary…
President Temper Tantrum acts up, again…
More wonderful mosquito news…
News headline links, after a fashion
10:41am CDT Fri 2016 Jun 24 :MW
…On this day in 1949 Hopalong Cassidy premiered on TV. It was the first TV western. They were still showing in on Saturday mornings when I was a kid.…
Vic covers the world, with disdain
10:12am CDT Fri 2016 Jun 24 :MW
US Election 2016
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal judge on Thursday scrapped the city of Cleveland's plans for a heightened-security zone that would have encompassed most of downtown during the Republican National Convention, saying that the restrictions are burdensome to people who want to express their free-speech rights.
U.S. District Judge James Gwin's ruling comes 25 days before Republican delegates and leaders will descend upon Cleveland and forces the city to redraw the boundaries to the so-called "event zone," which would have encompassed a 3.5-square-mile area at the heart of the city.…
Making a "safe space" for riots and chaos!