2.0somethings

Thought we first mentioned it yesterday, today the Washington Post has a much more complete rundown of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that terrorism suspects have the right to appeal their detentions in civilian courts. Some are saying the decision was influenced by the fact that some detainees have been held for 6 years without a trial. This was the fourth time the court has ruled agianst the Administration’s detention policies. It is worth reading the story just to read the spluttering outrage in some of the dessenting opinions.

OK, I’ll admit it, this blog is not the best place to go for up-to-the-minute FDA safty announcement news. Apparently tomatoes are the most recent vegetable that will make you get sick and die. This was announced like Tuesday and yes, we probably should have given you a heads up earlier (at least before you had that BLT for lunch). However, there is a plus side, if you haven’t gotten E. Coli already you are probably fine. Paul Krugman has a good take on why vegetables keep getting contaminated.

Thunderstorms are tearing through the midwest with massive flooding and tornadoes in several states. Wednesday night a tornado hit a Boy Scout camp in Western Iowa, killing 4. Seconds after the tornado hit, the least wonded scouts organized first aid stations to care for the dozens of others who had been wounded. Paramedics say that this quick work likely saved lives of many of the more seriously wounded.

The Nintendo Wii continued it gaming domination in May. It was the top selling console of the month with 675,000 units sold. That brings the total US sales of the Nintendo Wii to 10.2 million - on a par with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 which has sold 10.27 million. This is even though the Xbox 360 came out more than a year before the Wii (an eternity in the gaming world).

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