The terms of the treaty

I noticed that the Taliban and the South Korean government seem to have come to an agreement that will see the hostages that have been held for the last while released. The conditions that it seems the South Korean government has agreed to involve the withdrawal of South Korean troops and ...

"They will not send to Afghanistan those they sent for promulgation of ... Christianity and will ban others from coming again for promulgation of Christianity" (Canada.com)

Microsoft Train Simulator 2 screenshots

Microsoft's sequel to the Train Simulator product is built on the same engine used for Flight Simulator X, and now we've got some screen captures to see what it looks like. It looks to me that the locomotives and rolling stock are still more detailed than the rest of the environment, but the gap is certainly a lot smaller than it was in the first version.

Enough talk, let's see the screenshots!

The FBI and ethics

There have been some stories over the past decades of people being convicted for murders which it was later discovered that they didn't commit. This story is crazier yet.

The judge found two Boston FBI agents had allowed Barboza to frame the men because Barboza and his friend, Vincent “Jimmy” Flemmi, one of Deegan’s killers, were FBI informants who provided evidence in the agency’s highly publicized war against La Cosa Nostra.

Last month, a federal judge excoriated the agency for withholding evidence of the men’s innocence and ordered the government to pay a record $101.7 million to the Salvati and Limone families and those of two other men convicted with them who died in prison. (From MSNBC)

Wow! Four men sent to prison to sit on death row. Thirty years later (after 2 of the 4 were dead) it's uncovered that the entire time some FBI agents knew that they were innocent but wanted to protect their informant.

(HT: GlennSacks.com)

Now that it's renewal time, Dave should order

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