Sep. 17th, 2013

birdwatcher: (Dore: Ogre)
USA Today -- Federico says she lost her job because Litt didn't like lesbians and "felt that women who had men behind them were stronger and better employees."
"The fact that plaintiff was a lesbian was not a secret and, in fact, plaintiff kept a picture of her wife on her desk," her complaint says.
The university, in court papers filed in response to the lawsuit, denies that Litt harassed Federico and argues that her inability to meet deadlines was the reason she was let go last October.
birdwatcher: (Pegomastax africanus)
jpost.com - Israel wanted Assad gone since start of Syria civil war.
birdwatcher: (Dore: Ogre)
News.ru: Чешские полицейские задержали в магазине сбежавшего кенгуру, когда тот прятал в свою сумку копченую курицу
birdwatcher: (Dore: Ogre)
USNews: За незаконное изготовление гроба и цепей приговорен к 27 годам лагерей опасный воображаемый насильник-людоед. "Portway can only claim fantasy here because he hadn't done it yet," - отметил прокурор. Логично же!
birdwatcher: (Leif Gram: Mr. Fix)
“Eighty to 90 percent of people are not negatively affected by drugs, but in the scientific literature nearly 100 percent of the reports are negative,” Dr. Hart said. “There’s a skewed focus on pathology. We scientists know that we get more money if we keep telling Congress that we’re solving this terrible problem. We’ve played a less than honorable role in the war on drugs.”