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Wow. Apparently in the US, laws have been added in each state since back in the early ’50s, saying that driving a car is implicitly giving consent to the police to ’search’ their blood, breath or urine. In recent years this has started getting more hostile. Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada and Texas [...]

Compare and Contrast:
BBC News vs The News of the World

In 2002, the US Supreme Court considered the case of whether or not the death penalty could be imposed on the mentally retarded. It held that executions of mentally retarded criminals are “cruel and unusual punishments” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.
For many this might have been seen as a decisive ruling on the subject. Not [...]

Amazon drink the kool-aid.
They should really support some form of auto-discovery - I can’t see yet how to find these if you don’t know of their existence. I also can’t see yet how to subscribe to someone’s wishlist, which would be a useful addition.

dull financial stuff
play Space Invaders and Pacman!

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