privatization

Blackwater, the shady US private security force, is being kicked out of Iraq after shooting 8 innocent Iraqis from a convoy. If only we could have the courage to boot them out of the US too.

Free Voice Media Alliance has produced a new episode of SourceCode, Free Speech TV’s original news magazine program. This episode is “Private Prisons: Commerce in Souls.”

Here's a great story at the New York Times on the madness of allowing patents on genes.

From the story:

For example, Canavan disease is an inherited disorder that affects children starting at 3 months; they cannot crawl or walk, they suffer seizures and eventually become paralyzed and die by adolescence. Formerly there was no test to tell parents if they were at risk. Families enduring the heartbreak of caring for these children engaged a researcher to identify the gene and produce a test. Canavan families around the world donated tissue and money to help this cause.