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Motive for whistleblowers
The difference between Teixeira, who leaked secret military memos this
year, and whistleblowers such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden,
is a matter of motive.
The whistleblowers wanted to serve the public; Teixeira was motivated
by bad wishes.
We must revise the Espionage Act to include a public interest
justification. For Manning and Snowden, it would have exonerated them
and probably discouraged prosecuting them at all. For Teixeira, it
would have changed nothing.
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Protesters stopped coal train in UK
Protesters stopped a coal train in the UK and started shoveling out the coal.
This should be justified by the necessity defense by citing the deaths
and diseases that coal will cause. |
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Model for Israel's assault on judiciary
*Hungary and Poland provide model for Israel’s assault on judiciary.* |
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The Supreme Court intervened on mifepristone
The Supreme Court surprisingly intervened and blocked the appeals court's
temporary ruling that would have greatly limited access to mifepristone.
The result is that sales of the drug, even by remote orders, are still
lawful.
This is like a game of reversi. |
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US objection to EY plan to split
The giant accounting company EY offered to split up into an accounting
company and a consulting company. That split would limit opportunities and
temptation for corruption. The US objected to a detail of the plan.
I wonder what the objection was. Was the US protecting corruption?
Or was EY's plan designed to play a fast one? |
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Modern day Republican candidates
*What is it about many modern day Republican candidates?
If they win an election, everything is on the up and up. If they lose,
something was amiss and certainly unfair.*
My explanation is, they accuse Democrats of doing what they would
plan to do. |
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Urgent: Technical request related to Javascript
This is a request for a small technical project for someone who knows
Javascript.
Boston public transit has changed its web site, mbta.com, so that it
is impossible to access bus schedules without running nonfree
software. It used to have a "PDF Schedule" button with which you
could download a bus line's schedule. But that no longer works.
For instance, the page for bus line 1, mbta.com/schedules/1/line, has
a button "Get schedules", but without enabling Javascript that gives
an error.
Can someone please develop a script or method to access these PDF
files? It could be a simple shell script that uses wget, grep and awk,
or simple Javascript program if you can tell me how to run it.
Please give it clear comments so I can understand what it does,
and if it is more than 8 lines or so put a free license on it.
I will appreciate your work every time I look at a bus schedule. |
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5th circuit restricts mifepristone
The federal appeal court placed onerous restrictions on mifepristone.
It will be available in principle, but obstructed by
senseless
restrictions.
They include a reimposed requirement for an in-person visit to a
doctor. In addition, the court arbitrarily cut it its use at 7 weeks
of pregnancy. Many women don't learn they are pregnant that early, so
this will compel millions to have surgical abortions.
More info.
People
stocked up on mifepristone
in case they will need it later.
It is urgent to ramp up the underground networks that obtain
mifepristone and convey it to women who need it. |