Comment Bill Failed (Score 5, Informative) 174
The bill failed to pass. It required a 2/3 vote and didn't get close:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/201...
Comment Samples are "de-identified" (Score 2) 187
From TFA: "And CDPH says the blood spots are de-identified and can’t be tracked back to the child." I don't see the issue here. This helps with medical research.
Submission + - NASA Employees fight invasive background check (iht.com)
Electron Barrage writes: "Longtime JPL scientists, many of whom do not work on classified materials, including rover drivers and Apollo veterans, sued NASA, Caltech, and the Department of Commerce today to fight highly invasive background checks, which include financial information, any and all retail business transactions, and even sexual orientation."
Comment Cancellation? (Score 1) 668
What's the prognosis for my wife and I? Will we have neither boys nor girls as children? (She's a nurse and I'm an electrical engineer.)
-Jonathan
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