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We won't repeat what we've already posted (see the link at the very bottom to see our earlier blogs on this topic).  But the U. S. Supreme Court is scheduled to announce a decision on the Troy Antony Davis case on October 6.

We're hoping for a new trial for the man who was convicted of murder on evidence that later proved to be very questionable.

You might want to visit http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/ and see more about the current situation at http://www.ajc.com/mero/content/metro/stories/2008/09/29/troy_davis_case.html

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"This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk."

That's from the official website of PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  It's apparently in the wake of news reports that a restaurant owner in Switzerland plans to buy breast milk to use in soups, stews and sauces.

Their site claims it's cruel to keep cattle locked up, forcibly impregnating cows every nine months just to keep up milk production.

Would their solution mean milk-supplying women would have to be impregnated every nine months?

Apparently not.  It appears that woman will continue producing breast milk as long as they're nursing, as the Veronika Robinson case points out (she breastfed her daughters until they voluntarily stopped breast feeding at age 7, one of them almost 8 years old who asked for it again on her 9th birthday.)  PETA claims breast milk is not only better for the animals, but for people.

If this becomes a trend, it leaves us with a very large question: what about yogurt, or milk itself?  A cow can produce many times the milk that a human woman can.  Where would all that milk come from?

Read the PETA letter and comments at http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993

See a short video about Veronika Robinson at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRyRCHuQ7g and Robinson's corrections to some of the video at http://www.themothermagazine.co.uk/extraordinarybreastfeeding.html (thanks to Einley for pointing these out at http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=844263 )

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In a bizarre twist, the U. S. Supreme Court was scheduled to look at the case of Troy Anthony Davis on September 29, 2008.  But the state of Georgia insisted on killing Troy Davis on September 23, 2008.  After 17 years, they didn't want to wait six days even if it meant an innocent man might be saved from death.

Fortunately, the emails, protests, etc. that we and many, many others were behind helped.  The Supreme Court gave Troy Davis a stay of execution just two hours before his scheduled demise.

For those who think you can't make a difference, you can.  Without the support, Davis likely would have been killed by the state a year ago.

Whatever finally results in this case, it's another example of a fundamental problem with execution: if you kill an innocent man, you can't take it back.

Learn more about the stay at http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/death-penalty/22892/supreme-court-stay-granted-for-troy-anthony-davis-2-hours-before-georgia-execution/

Or visit http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/

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Troy Anthony Davis, a quite possibly innocent man convicted of killing a cop, is sentenced to die in Georgia on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  After his conviction, seven of the nine main witnesses against him changed their testimony, some saying they were pressured into testifying against him by the police.  One of the two remaining witnesses has been identified by several people as the actual killer.  There is no physical evidence linking Davis to the killing, the murder weapon hasn't been found, and Davis still asserts his innocence.

But because of changes made in the law, it's extremely difficult for a man wrongly convicted to get new evidence heard in the court.  And with the death penalty, a mistake, a horrible mistake, is irreversible.

There's one last chance for Troy Davis--the ACLU and other organizations have an effort to get the execution commuted or stayed.  You can help by emailing the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=906&page=UserAction&s_src=acluonline_919908&JServSessionIdr001=fmuaepz1j2.app23a  

You can read more at http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2008/09/12/davis_denied_clemency.html

You may also want to do a search for the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which makes it much more difficult for a wrongly convicted person to receive justice.

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'LONDON (Reuters) - Children's author Eoin Colfer is to write a sixth novel in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, seven years after the death of its creator Douglas Adams, Penguin said Wednesday.'

Adams' widow approved it, but here's a very disturbing quote from guide's creator Douglas Adams (whom we named a Discordian saint) when he talked about how his series had five parts:

"Five seems to be a wrong kind of number; six is a better kind of number."

Can we accept someone who says something so blasphemist about our Holy Number Five to be a Saint?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/britain_galaxy_odd_dc

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Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled to be executed in Georgia on Tuesday, Sept. 23.  He was convicted of killing a cop on the testimony of nine witnesses with no physical evidence.  Davis says he's innocent, and seven of the nine witnesses have since recanted their testimony.  Some said they were pushed to testify by the police; some said they believe one of the two remaining witnesses who still blames Davis actually did the killing.

So why hasn't Troy Davis simply gotten a new trial?  It's because of a misguided 1996 Newt Gingrich era law that makes it much more difficult for a person convicted of a capital crime to appeal.  Because of that law, evidence in Davis' support can't even be seen by the court.

But it will be seen on Friday, Sept. 12, by the Georgia Department of Pardons and Paroles.  The department will decide if Troy Anthony Davis should be executed.

We aren't asking anyone to write the Georgia Department of Pardons and Paroles to declare Davis innocent.  We're simply asking that you ask them to truly consider the evidence.  It's quite easy.  Simply click on the link to the ACLU, which has provided an easy-to-use online form.  If at all possible, please do this by Friday, Sept. 12.  But even if it's after that date, please still do it.

Act now to demand justice and stop the execution of Troy Anthony Davis.

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Ken Campbell, who co-wrote the Illuminatus! play based on the trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, died at age 66 on Sept. 1, 2008.

Campbell also adapted Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the stage in 1979.

In addition to being a writer and director, he was an actor.  Some of you may remember him as Bartlett in the Pythonesque movie A Fish Called Wanda.  He auditioned for the part of the seventh Doctor Who, a part that ironically went to one of his protege's, Sylvester McCoy.

He was alternately praised and criticized for his highly eccentric productions.  His Wholiness the Rev. DrJon, from whom I learned Campbell died, declared Ken Campbell a Discordian saint.

Check the article about Campbell at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2663891/Ken-Campbell.html

There's another article that includes a clip from a TV show he made about the human brain at http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2008/09/01/7330/ken_campbell_dies

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