Delicious LiveJournal Links for 6-29-2010

[andrewducker]

• Official Google Blog: An update on China
  (tags: google china search)
• A Half-Hearted Defense of the “Star Wars” Prequels
  (tags: jedi sith movies philosophy starwars)
• Suspected Russian spies charged in US
  What is this, the 80s?
  (tags: russia usa)
• A Neuroscientist Uncovers He Has The Brain Of A Psychopath
  (tags: brain genetics neuroscience psychopath science psychology)
• Dozen eggs banned? Yes, they did make it up
  (tags: eggs eu)
• Israeli pig-farming kibbutz draws religious ire
  (tags: israel pigs)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I've seen that egg story repeated so many times now it's become a Fact.

Bloody Daily mail.

[matgb]

Came from somewhere else first, I suspect OpenEurope, but could be anyone. Another article on it:
You COULD make it up: On abolishing eggs by the dozen | Nosemonkey's EUtopia

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

And pretty much everybody I have spoken to about it today have been outraged at the EU for such ridiculous legislation. So, whoever started it, it very much achieved their goals. :(

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

It's not just the Daily Mail. The Sun, Mirror & Express all carried similar stories yesterday. I haven't checked, but no doubt the other taboids will have done likewise.

And in the 21st century tradition of publications copying other's news stories without checking any of the fact, the same story now appears in publications from as far away as USA Today and the Times of India.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

It's one of the top news stories on the BBC now too.

... You'd have thought the bloody BBC would have done some fact checking.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

If you mean this article, it's far more factual than most I have read.

[andrewducker]

Yup, that covers things pretty well.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Amazingly, those accused of being Russian spies are getting trials.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

> Dozen eggs banned? Yes, they did make it up

Yes of course they did and shame on the Observer (2nd time in 1 issue) for repeating it.