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Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:39:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Apparently raping a kid doesn't get you death penalty but "offenses against the state" like being a spy can get you a death sentence. Sure. That makes sense, Supreme Court.

/sarcasm

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

By LINDA GREENHOUSE

Published: June 26, 2008

WASHINGTON — The death penalty is unconstitutional as a punishment for the rape of a child, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The 5-to-4 decision overturned death penalty laws in Louisiana and five other states. The only two men in the country who have been sentenced to death for the crime of child rape, both in Louisiana, will receive new sentences of life without parole.

The court went beyond the question in the case to rule out the death penalty for any individual crime — as opposed to “offenses against the state,” such as treason or espionage — “where the victim’s life was not taken.”

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said there was “a distinction between intentional first-degree murder on the one hand and non-homicide crimes against individual persons,” even such “devastating” crimes as the rape of a child, on the other.

XKCD: Dreams

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:11:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is how almost all my dreams are recanted.

Clip Source: xkcd.com

Mag Lev Train

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Slick new train idea may be the beginnings of fast trans-atlantic travel.

Clip Source: www.popsci.com

Vacuum Tube Train: A 4,000-mph magnetically levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference. It’s not impossible: Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they’re feasible, though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its airport. But supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air—and therefore air friction—from the train’s path. A vacuum would also save the tunnel from the destructive effects of a sonic boom, which, unchecked, could potentially rip the tunnel apart. Photo by Mika Grondahl

Trans-Atlantic MagLev

One Laptop Per Child

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:45:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: How amazing would this be to learn on?

Clip Source: www.dezeen.com

Designer Yves Béhar has unveiled the successor to the XO laptop for the One Laptop Per Child project - a folding tablet design called XOXO.

The computer, which is half the size of the XO and features two hinged touch-screens, was launched in Boston today.

The original XO laptop won the Design of the Year award at the Design Museum in London earlier this year.

War of the Camps

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:20:22 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The War of the Camps went on for three years - one of the bloodiest and most destructive periods of Lebanon's long civil war.

Vietnamese Day of Vesak

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:01:19 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Vietnamese women perform at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Day of Vesak in the capital, Hanoi. The holy festival of lights honours the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha.

Palestinian Children

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:00:20 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Palestinian children hold toy rifles during a demonstration in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon marking the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba, or "the Catastrophe" – when Israel declared independence.

South Korean Special Forces

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:59:17 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A South Korean special forces soldier destroys bottles with his hands during an anti-terrorism exercise at a base in the capital, Seoul.

NDS Games I want

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:21:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mrbass.org

Blood Stains

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:56:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Photography from brutal reality

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Blood stains cover a bullet-riddled wall in the Lebanese town of Shwayfat. The country has been rocked by fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government forces.