] Pope Pius IX reversed the stance of the Roman Catholic
] church once more. He dropped the distinction between the
] "fetus animatus" and "fetus inanimatus" in 1869. Canon
] law was revised in 1917 and 1983 and to refer simply to
] "the fetus." The tolerant approach to abortion which had
] prevailed in the Roman Catholic Church for centuries
] ended. The church requires excommunication for abortions
] at any stage of pregnancy.

Historical abortion beliefs of the Christian church

] PARIS (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat lay in a coma ``between
] life and death'' on Friday as senior Palestinian
] officials met to consider a future without him.

When he first went to Paris, I was going to pose the question "What if Arafat dies?"

Arafat Is in Coma 'Between Life and Death,' Spokeswoman Says

] BOSTON -- The federal government must have regulatory
] authority over VoIP (define) if the technology is to
] develop quickly and uniformly in the United States,
] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael
] Powell said today.

Powell Calls for Federal VoIP Rule

] UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
] Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that
] involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the
] Bush administration's push for a treaty to ban such
] research.

Annan Backs Stem Cell Studies, Differs with Bush

] Those who live and work in this fortified city woke up
] Wednesday to find a 178-foot white blimp floating in
] highly restricted airspace about 1,000 feet above some of
] the most visible symbols of American democracy and
] military strength - the White House, the Capitol and the
] Pentagon.

A 178-Foot Surprise Rises Over Washington

]
] PARIS, Sept. 21 - Iran defied the United Nations' nuclear
] agency on Tuesday, announcing that it had begun
] converting tons of uranium into gas, a crucial step in
] making fuel for a nuclear reactor or a nuclear bomb. The
] International Atomic Energy Agency called Saturday for
] Iran to suspend all such activities.

Iran Moves Toward Enriching Uranium

] Instead of implementing a registry that would, at best
] have no impact on spam and, at worst, cause it to
] increase, the FTC%u2019s plan recognizes the need for an
] authentication standard. The FTC%u2019s Report explains
] that %u201Cwithout effective authentication of email, any
] registry is doomed to fail. With authentication, better
] CAN-SPAM Act enforcement and better filtering by ISPs may
] even make a registry unnecessary.%u201D

Apparently, the FTC is holding a summit on mail authentication
in November.

New System to Verify Origins of E-mail must Emerge Before %u201CDo Not Spam%u201D List Can Be Implemented, FTC Tells Congress

] The FTC today issued a report assessing whether and how a
] system that rewards members of the public for tracking
] down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of
] the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography
] and Marketing Act of 2002 (CAN-SPAM Act.) That Act, which
] became effective on January 1, 2004, required the FTC to
] conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on a
] CAN-SPAM %u201Cbounty system.%u201D

FTC Assesses Reward System for Catching Spammers

] Making Torture Legal, a story by Anthony Lewis about
] an issue that ought to be an issue in this issueless
] campaign, is the best of its kind that I've seen. I
] was referred to it by an Israeli friend. As he said to
] me, "of course there is torture in Israeli prisons,
] but there is nothing remotely as bad as this."
]
] Truth, and justice. May it again be the American way.

Lessig Blog: Making Torture Legal

This pretty much sums up why I hate apple weenies.

Apple zombies attack RealNetworks