Tonga becomes the latest nation to sell its inhabitants’ genome. Wired

Sex speech by Nobel laureate shocks audience: ‘A Nobel laureate’s
provocative speech on sunshine and sex — complete
with slides of bikini-clad women — left some at the
University of California, Berkeley, aghast.

James Watson, who co-discovered DNA, dumbfounded
many at a guest lecture when he advanced his theory
about a link between skin color and sex drive.

“That’s why you have Latin lovers,” he
said, according to people who were
there last month. “You’ve never heard
of an English lover. Only an English
patient.”

“… People were
laughing at the beginning of Watson’s lecture. But the
laughter turned nervous as he developed his theme. There was a lot of looking at the person next to you
and saying, ‘I can’t believe he’s saying this’ ” …’ Salon

I’ve removed the link I published last night to the Modestino Bee‘s report of further charges in a depraved child torture case in Wonder Valley, CA; the link has expired and clicking on it directed people to today’s top story in that paper instead. But here is the Oct. 18 News Release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. of the original findings. And the Oct. 17 Desert Sun coverage, for those of you hungry to follow this disturbing story further.