“Danes claim blister gas find”: Danish troops have found dozens of mortar rounds buried in Iraq which initial tests show could contain blister gas, the Danish army said on Saturday local time. The Danish army said the 36 120mm mortar rounds found on Friday had been buried for at least 10 years. “All the instruments […]
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Adobe anti-counterfeiting feature:
Reader Jim Herd points to this Toronto Globe & Mail story: Adobe Systems Inc. acknowledged on Friday it quietly added technology to the world’s best-known graphics software at the request of government regulators and international bankers to prevent consumers from making copies of the world’s major currencies. The unusual concession has angered scores of customers. […]
More on Saddam as POW:
Phil Carter agrees with my analysis from last night, and has more.
Faked survey results:
From the Washington Post: A survey a judge cited in his decision to move Scott Peterson’s capital murder trial out of Modesto contained made-up information, criminal justice students who conducted the survey told a newspaper. The 10-county survey suggested that more jurors without bias could be found in the San Francisco Bay area or Southern […]
More on criminal libel in Colorado:
See the update to the post below.
Free trade:
Michael Kinsley (Slate) has a good piece on the subject.
Sex discrimination in New York Times book review? Duncan Frissell discusses the subject.
New Stu’s Views:
Mark Steyn on the limitations of international tribunals: Seems right to me.