Sunday Linkblast - May 24

• Canadian Court finds African man guilty of war crimes
  But American war criminals like George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice are welcomed with open arms and $1000 a plate dinners. They won't be attending any in Spain any time soon though.
  
  
• Turning muscle tissue into antibody factories
  The human immune system is based in the marrow inside our bones - which is why you have joint ache when it goes into overdrive when you're sick - scientists find an alternative that bypasses this system.
  
  
• Iran isn't the boogieman we're constantly told it is
  But Obama's diplomatic overtures may be designed to fail anyway.
  
  
• Imagination is built in rather than learned
  Babies are gurgling, drooling and fantasizing constantly.
  
  
• In praise of cities
  Conservative contempt for cities and those who dwell in them can be seen in their rhetoric and their efforts to marginalize them - here in Alberta a rural vote has been carefully gerrymandered to be worth more than multiple urban votes.
  
  
• Plastic lobby paid researcher finds cloth bags dangerous
  yeah, no conflict there.
  
  
• High school dealer runs clandestine operation out of his locker
  A brisk trade in banned books.
  
  
• The heartbeat of the world
  Rhythmic magma pulses from the center of the Earth discovered.