Experiments with truth: 6/20/11

    • A group of around ten women in Muslim headscarves crashed the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis for about ten minutes Saturday, protesting what they said was an incident targeting Muslim women Thursday night.
    • London Underground drivers ended the first of four strikes yesterday to protest the dismissal of a union activist, coinciding with the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

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