Interesting Links for 21-02-2013
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fearmeforiampink- Prime minister's private dinners net Tories £700,000 | Politics | The Guardian
'Conservatives accused of taking cash for government access as Labour insists receptions for its donors are different'
- How one man's lies almost destroyed the comics industry
'A new investigation of Wertham's papers by University of Illinois information studies professor Carol Tilley has revealed that the psychiatrist fabricated, exaggerated, and selectively edited his data to bolster his argument that comics caused antisocial behavior.'
- Why do we let the Prudocracy police our sexual fantasies?
'I masturbate. You masturbate. Let's not get our knickers in such a twist about it'
- Juries could be open to more scrutiny, two top lawyers say - Telegraph
'Lord Woolf, a former Lord Chief Justice, and Lord Macdonald, a former Director of Public Prosecutions, said the system could be improved after a jury was criticised for showing "fundamental deficits of understanding" during the trial of Vicky Pryce.'
