Daily Blend: Monday, May 23, 2011

Jordan Miles with beating injuries

• Shocking: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania cops who beat a music student [pictured] after mistaking Mountain Dew bottle in his pocket for a gun let off the hook.
  (via The Agitator)

• War in Libya now even more illegal than before. It really doesn’t seem to matter which party is in power, does it?

• US Supreme Court orders California to cut over 30,000 inmates from its horribly bloated penal system. No word on whether those released will be primarily non-violent drug offenders.

• Protestant Church of Scotland votes to allow gay & lesbian ministers, provides gateway to possible future same-sex marriage.
  (via @BreakingNews)

• Interesting experiment with even more interesting results. Restaurant allowing clients to pay anything (or nothing) for meals proves that people are fundamentally good.
  (via Zon)

• Color photographs from the Great Depression.

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