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Archive > June 2008
Economist's View: Women's Rights, What's in it for Men?
Our theory suggests that the historical advance of women’s rights in the West wasn’t due to a sudden enlightenment of mankind after millennia of patriarchy. Rather, it was driven by old-fashioned self-interest deriving from men’s concern about their daughters’ welfare and their descendants’ education. [...] If our theory is correct, it implies that men in today’s developing countries can be given a stake in women’s rights. Ultimately, inducing developing countries to improve women’s rights on their own accord may be a more promising strategy than trying to impose gender equality from the outside.
[Those wicked values of the West - pluralism, secularism and capitalism - are what the world needs much more than the religion of peace or any other superstition. - Trevor Blake]
Overheard in New York | And Mr Cheney Is a Terrible Dancer
Teen #1: Yo, that machete nigga was dancin’ with Hitler in heaven! Teen #2: Yo, with Hitla?! Teen #3: Oh, shit!
David Blair: The Telepathic Motion Picture of "THE LOST TRIBES"
The creator of WAX or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees has many other films, including The Lost Tribes.
Marijuana May Be Effective For Neuropathic Pain
patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana.
Tick And Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially From Pine Oil
naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil that seems to deter mosquito biting and repels two kinds of ticks
Tick And Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially From Pine Oil
Animal rights group turns its fire on celebrity meat-eaters – World Politics, World – The Independent
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which became infamous for dousing fur-wearers in red paint – has launched an attack on the singer Jessica Simpson.
’American Dynasty’: Family Lies
”I didn’t like the Bushes when I was involved in G.O.P. politics before their two presidencies,” he acknowledges at the end of his latest book. ”And now I better understand why.”
Homosexual Behavior Largely Shaped By Genetics And Random Environmental Factors
Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world’s largest study of twins.
Homosexual Behavior Largely Shaped By Genetics And Random Environmental Factors
Texas high court rules exorcism protected by law | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
“The key point of this ruling is that we don’t have a right to have our standards of reasonableness foisted upon some other religion,” [so if a teenage girl is molested, well, too bad]
Texas high court rules exorcism protected by law | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Lisa Sandberg: Court reverses judgment against church in exorcisms
A North Texas Pentecostal church should not be held liable for emotional trauma a former parishioner suffered as a youth when church members physically restrained and touched her during two exorcism attempts in 1996, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. [Laura] Schubert was 17 at the time when fellow parishioners at the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Church in Colleyville, in an attempt to rid her of evil spirits, held her down and “laid hands” on her body as she struggled to break free. [...] In her original suit against the church, Laura Schubert said she suffered lasting emotional trauma in 1996 when, on two separate occasions in one week, church members held her down and “laid hands” on her while she cried, kicked, clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and made guttural noises. She said the ordeal left her deeply depressed and suicidal and needing psychiatric help. She dropped out of high school.
[...] “The key point of this ruling is that we don’t have a right to have our standards of reasonableness foisted upon some other religion,” Dallas attorney David Pruessner said. “None of our religious beliefs can be examined when they are emotionally disturbing to other people.”
[Article continues at link. So there you have it. See a teenage girl you want to 'lay hands' on? Maybe hold her down against her will while she struggles to escape? And do it a few times, you and your buddies? Just do it in the name of religion and down Texas way you won't even have to pay the legal fees. Any loathesome behavior can be excused when committed in the name of an invisible monster that lives in the sky. If you falsely imprison and abuse a teenage girl in the name of an invisible monster that lives in the sky then no one has a right to have their standards of reasonableness foisted on the act. No superstition can be examined when it is emotionally disturbing to other people - not in Texas, anyhow. Can you think of any activity other than superstition that exempts one from the rule of law so thoroughly? When was the last time - if ever - that you read a similar story about those can't-be-moral atheists? - Trevor Blake]
FlisKits Products Page – Rocket Kits – Midnight Express
You can download this kit as a pdf file, print it and build it.
FlisKits Products Page – Rocket Kits – Nebula
In keeping with our growing tradition of new, exciting and fun free downloads, FlisKits presents to you the Nebula.
Dick's Rocket Dungeon: Tensegrity in rocketry = the ultimate odd-roc?
Several years ago, Robert Galejs entered his Three Fin Snelson in r.m.r. Descon 13. True to the Snelson name, the fins on Robert’s rocket were suspended in mid air by a network of strings
Dick’s Rocket Dungeon: Tensegrity in rocketry = the ultimate odd-roc?
DesCon 13: Three-Fin Snelson
I thought it would be cool to try to incorporate some of Snelson’s ideas into a model rocket.
Bic Pen Rocket: Bic ARCAS
This is a fun little rocket that uses the tiny Quest MicroMaxx motors to loft a Bic(R) pen over 50′ in the air and land by Parachute.
