The article does not say that the farmer or farming itself causes weaker bones. The article implicates the societal impact of farming, i.e. food being more available and thus no need for the vigorous activity associated with hunting and capturing food, led to more people being more sedentary than before and thus loosing bone density in subsequent generations.

Why do you think that cops were more accountable 30 or 40 years ago? Do you think the mindset that cops are above the law only recently developed in police forces?

To which conservatives would probably reply, '11 trillion according to scientists? What do they know? The market will fix this in no time and come in at half that amount' or some such bullshit.

A "kingdom", you say? Then you should be taxed royally!

So do you mean people who live in a river valley, for example, will all vote the same way?

A "court-based justice system" is useless if the real crimes aren't publicized and investigated.

Just imagine the pure exhilaration of the petty revenge that a guy who is sitting in the top management of a powerful government agency, thus having a great deal of power or access to power and other relevant benefits of his position, gets out of pointing out the abuse in that same agency. Truly, he seems to have acted out of self-interest and only to his benefit.

Yah, but, politicians especially aren't allowed to change their opinions on topics.

Are these things being obsoleted? The most discussed and hot comments boxes haven't been updated in a week or two. Is the beta rollout still happening?

Sure, if you keep thinking it's okay to keep your mouth shut and roll over. I suppose though that at least he is writing about this and spreading the word, so he's not just keeping his mouth shut.

But the way he makes it seem like a foregone conclusion to me just doesn't sit well with me.

Beta!

oh, whoops, Doom beta, not /. beta.

Well, whatevs.

So am I the only person who is back after a week of choosing not to visit the site?

I could be wrong, but I thought the owner of Groklaw shut down the site because she was worried about government surveillance of her and her sources. Providing the general news of case results could be useful, but I don't know if getting the real scoop will be possible for a replacement.

I've been here for a while and it's my go to site for news or just to f*** around for a minute at work. If this site bites the dust (as in permanently assumes beta), I'll definitely be looking for a new site.

Aye! Agreed on all points.

I hope this can make it to front page fast.

As an aside, I also can turn off ads, but opt not to, figuring it benefits the site. That might not matter for much longer though.