I stumbled across an amusing bit of scientific confusion at Addicting Info ("The Knowledge You Crave") in an article titled "The U.S. Navy Just Announced The End Of Big Oil And No One Noticed." The author, Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario, says the U.S. Navy has "achieved the Holy Grail of energy independence – turning seawater into fuel."He's talking about an … [Read more...] about Not Quite the End of Big Oil
Bioethicists Who Give Ethicists a Bad Name
I remember that when I first heard of Jack Marshall, who blogs at Ethics Alarms, my opinion of him was colored by the fact that he claimed to be a professional "ethicist." I had a strong negative reaction to that word. It sounded to me like a self-aggrandizing title that someone would make up for themselves in the hope that it would make people take their opinions and … [Read more...] about Bioethicists Who Give Ethicists a Bad Name
Game of Thrones – Season 4
The fourth season of Game of Thrones begins today, and I have a few predictions. I realize this is a fool's game, since people who've been reading the books already know what happens next, but those of us who've skipped the reading might as well speculate. The story is too large for me to address all of it, but here are a few things I expect to see, in no particular … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones – Season 4
Lessons in Allocution and Acquitted Conduct
Apparently yesterday was sentencing hell day at Simple Justice.First up, Scott reminds us of the case of Antwuan Ball, Joseph Jones, and Desmond Thurston who were accused of engaging in a massive drug dealing conspiracy. The case went to a jury trial, and they beat all of the conspiracy charges. The jury only found them guilty of some relatively small-time drug … [Read more...] about Lessons in Allocution and Acquitted Conduct
A Few Ways to Look At Criminal Lawyers
(This post started with a few ideas, and then got all long and rambling, but I don't have time to make it shorter. Sorry.)A few years ago I had a toothache, and I made an emergency appointment with my dentist.Her diagnosis was that the tooth's pulp was infected around the nerve, and her treatment procedure required a lot of painstaking work using her carefully-honed … [Read more...] about A Few Ways to Look At Criminal Lawyers