UN urges ban of all human cloning

One of many examples of the Bush administration's black and white approach to the world, and one of their many attempts to push the UN in directions that most countries don't necessarily want to go:

Boston.com / News / World / In Bush win, UN urges ban of all human cloning: "The UN General Assembly yesterday urged governments to ban all human cloning, including the cloning of human embryos for stem-cell research, in a divided vote that handed a symbolic victory to the administration of President Bush."

Interestingly, our traditional ally in the UN, Britain, was opposed to this measure. "Britain condemned the ''intransigence" of nations opposed to cloning for medical reasons."

UA student incarcerated for possessing illegally copied movies, music

This is just plain evil:

UA student incarcerated for possessing illegally copied movies, music

A college kid of 18 was imprisoned for sharing movies using P2P software. I have no idea why so much time, energy, and tax payer dollars has to be spent helping out huge multi-billion dollar corporations. Seems like there are more pressing issues than making sure every single person plunks down their $9 for the overpriced schlock they serve out in the movie theaters.

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