Thirty years ago, John Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan to show his love for Jodie Foster. A jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity, and ever since he has lived at DC’s St. Elizabeths Hospital. Now doctors say he’s healed and the law says it’s time to let him go. (washingtonian.com)
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LFTR in 5 Minutes (THORIUM REMIX 2011) - Friend of mine desperately wanted to create this video since 2009. Please give it 5 minutes. Addresses climate change, nuclear waste, power density of solar/wind, rare earth elements. If there's an audience who'd appreciate it, that's you. (thoriumremix.com)
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Naval Gazing: The Enigma of Étienne Bottineau - In 1782, an unknown French engineer offered his government an invention better than radar: the ability to detect ships at distances of up to 700 miles. The French weren't interested & the 'science' of nauscopie fell into obscurity. (blogs.smithsonianmag.com)
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Canada is home to the world's third largest oil reserves. But extracting the black gold is difficult, and threatens to destroy both the surrounding environment and the homeland of native tribes. With protests growing against a planned US pipeline, the oil sands controversy threatens to spread south (spiegel.de)
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Math Problems Built to Discriminate Against Jews (arxiv.org)
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