June 18, 2009

* Mousavi & Karrubi reject Khamenei offer of partial recount
* Mousavi speaks briefly in public; calls for self restraint
* Basij militias raided numerous universities, beat students
* Daily Show's Jason Jones in Iran just before the election
* Chicago Democratic Convention "Riot Cops Reunion" June 26

* 1 in 3 Americans can't afford to comply with prescriptions
* Violence in Mexico caused by drug prohibition, not US guns
* Government security policies "evolved in an ad hoc manner"
* Cuban exiles propaganda about Oswald before assassination
* SCOTUS rules 5-4 that convicts have no right to DNA tests

* Twice this week GOP activists apologized for racist humor
* US Senate apology for slavery doesn't address reparations
* 90 year old J.D. Salinger seeks "destruction" of new book
* Demeter's depression ended with sight of Baubo's genitals
* Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to improve atlas of the Moon

* DVD Les Miserables [1998] "ransomed from fear and hatred"
* About 300 Germans protest planned Internet "Berlin Wall"
* Indian leader urges activists to lift blockades in Peru
* Half dozen loons at "Fire David Letterman" rally: video
* Video explanation of Maglev tchnology uses scale models