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POPSHonor Killing in Canada Leads to 1st Degree Murder Conviction (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  6-5-2009   
 So distressing.
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POPS50 Million Preventable Malaria Deaths (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-23-2009    1
 ...but who's counting? And what did we learn?
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POPSUnanswered Questions About Global Warming (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-20-2009    1
 Scientists are far less sure about global warming - and far more divided in their opinions - than most of us realize.
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POPSSave Lives Today - Or Waste Money Doing Almost Nothing for Tomorrow's Problems? (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-20-2009    2
 Money is always limited. If we spend billions on X, we can't also afford to do Y. It seems to me we should all have a little more faith in future generations, in human ingenuity. Google is only 10 years old. The World Wide Web is only 20. Not so long ago there was no email, no BlackBerry's, no GPSs. Which means that, a century from now, people will have tools we haven't even dreamed of to help them meet environmental & other challenges. For us to assume they'll be helpless bystanders seems pretty insulting.
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POPSNanotechnology Kills Cancer Cells in Rats (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009   
 Extrapolating from here, the future will be one in which nanobots live in our bloodstream - zapping cancer cells, viruses, and bacteria before they have the chance to do us serious harm. Whoa!
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POPS6th Grader Forbidden To Talk About Gay Activist Harvey Milk at School (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-24-2009    2
 After watching Milk, the Oscar-winning film, student wanted to do a class project.
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POPSRussia to Outlaw Equating Stalin and Hitler (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-28-2009    1
 The more things change, the more they stay the same...
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POPSWar on Drugs a Pointless Disaster (Mar 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009    1
 No Remarks
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POPSChina Treats Bereaved Parents Like Criminals (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009    1
 The thousands of parents who lost their only child when schools collapsed during last year's earthquake are now being persecuted by their government.
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POPSDrug Policies as Unrealistic as Sexual Abstinence Policies (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-29-2009   
 The pressure for a shift in thinking appears to building.
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POPS Chavez Calls Obama an "Ignoramus" (Mar 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009    1
 Such a nice man, Chavez...
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POPSEthanol Reduces Fuel Efficiency & Damages Motors (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-26-2009    1
 original title: The Great Ethanol Scam"
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POPSObama Champions Diversity of Views (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 Overall, this commencement speech delivered by Obama at Notre Dame has too much God-talk for my taste. But these are wise words about "not reducing those with differing views to caricature".
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POPSSafe Drinking Water Still a Dream for 2/3rds of the World (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-23-2009    1
 But tons of money is being thrown at reducing carbon emissions - even though their harmful effects are vigorously disputed & more long term.
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POPSGay Marriage in America (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009    4
 Democratic presidents haven't been terribly supportive.
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POPSMedical Marijuana in Canada Stymied by Unconstitutional Regs (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-29-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSFacebook Reunites Mother & Son After 25 Years (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-29-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSCopyright Laws Protect Critics, Persecute Fans (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-22-2009   
 An interesting analysis of the perverse nature of current copyright laws. If you're a fan who loves characters/fictional worlds so much that you want to make creative non-commercial use of them, you risk being sued for stealing someone's intellectual property. However, if you're a critic who does nothing but trash someone else's creative labour, you're legally protected.
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POPSFree Speech Applies to Those We Disagree With, Too (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-20-2009   
 Why the Philadelphia Inquirer is publishing columns by controversial law prof / torture memo author John Yoo. This is exactly why America is so fab.
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POPSBeing Gay in Russia (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009    1
 In case anyone had any confusion about how intolerant modern-day Russia is toward gays.
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POPSInvesting in Venezuela - a Really Bad Idea (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-23-2009    1
 A country transitions from democracy to tyranny before our eyes.
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POPSHave Those Photos Really Been Deleted? (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009   
 Photos may still be accessible a month after you thought you'd deleted them.
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POPSEnd Marijuana Prohibition: Former Mexico Prez (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 How many more billions of dollars and thousands of lives will be wasted trying to stop people from consuming substances that can't even be kept out of maximum security prisons?
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POPSEye Medication From Contact Lenses (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009    1
 The future of medicine looks more amazing every day.
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POPSIran Blocks Facebook Ahead of Election (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-24-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSBlogger Says Media Misreported GPS Story (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-22-2009   
 "We need smarter, better-informed, & less gullible reporters." Amen to that.
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POPSFight Heat Waves with White Paint (Nov 07)
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by TripodGirl  5-26-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPS75-yr-old Widow Jailed for Inviting Nephew In (Mar 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 Saudi law enforces strict separation of the sexes to the point where the authorities are prepared to administer 40 lashes to a 75-year-old woman whose sin was returning a kindness.
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POPSChavez Eliminates Political Opposition (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 Darkness descends on Venezuela
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POPSAnother Reason to be Wary of Global Warming Computer Models (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-27-2009    2
 The carbon cycle is extremely complex. The computer models that predict future climate disaster currently have too little info to be trusted.
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POPSVenezuela - Where Troops Seize Rice Processing Plants (Mar 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPS13-Year-Old Refuses Life-Saving Chemo - the Back Story (May 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-21-2009   
 One last quote from the article: "Science says Daniel has a 5 percent chance of survival without chemo." So is this case about child abuse, religious freedom, medical freedom of choice - or all three?
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POPSJail People Who See Things Differently: Global Warming Activist (Feb 08)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009    2
 As a former board member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association myself (1994-2001), I must say I'm appalled. There's often a large chasm between what the "science" on climate change says and how activists - and many media outlets - portray this science.
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POPSSaudi Arabia - Where the Police Worry About Valentine's Cards (Feb 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 Yep, these people live in the 21st century.
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POPSPolitically Motivated Murder in Russia (Jan 09)
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by TripodGirl  5-19-2009   
 In a nutshell: the politically-connected in Russia get away with horrific crimes. Those who protest are murdered in broad daylight.
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