Odds ‘n Sods:

Is NYC’s new gunshot detection system recording private conversations?. – B.B.

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What’s next in police state America? Why wearable alcohol biosensors of course!. – H.L.

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Milita good for defending your country, not so good for projecting arbitrary force around the globe…. – D.E.

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Today, “60 minutes” Lara Logan reports on the plight of Christians forced to flee ancestral homes in Iraq. This might be a good program to watch, if you can.

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This Old Pill Bottle May Look Like Trash, But It Could Save Your Life.. – D.S.

HJL adds: We used to build these back in Boy Scouts. I’m not sure anyone’s life was ever saved from such a sparse kit, but it was fun and good practice.