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Eric Scheske

Condoms Don't Stop AIDS?

Brian Saint-Paul points out that condoms don't stop the spread of AIDS in Africa [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/183/story_18348_1.html]. Excerpt: > [A] March 2004 article in the medical journal "Studies in Family Planning." Titled "Condom Promotion for AIDS Prevention

A Little Good News in Muslim Britain

Britain's religious hate bill--designed to give Muslims even more protection, to the detriment of free speech--didn't pass yesterday [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=SB2BW35M5WQKLQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2006/02/01/nrelig01.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/01/ixportaltop.html] . Previous

Yet Another Pill

> In the largest clinical study of its kind, researchers at the University of Minnesota found that daily doses of an experimental drug called nalmefene, often used to treat alcoholism, appeared to curb the craving to gamble. > The research represents the latest effort to control the biology of misbehavior

Misc. Leno

From last night: > In a stunning loss "Brokeback Mountain did not win a single SAG award last night. Those two guys really got shafted. Someone really stuck it to them didn't they? > Everybody is still talking about Kobe Bryant's 81 points. Kobe was

What Did Iowa Do to Deserve This?

Remind me of this, if they ever decide to name a battleship after me: San Francisco wants to turn a portion of the battleship Iowa into museum that tells the story of minorities in the military, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops. Link [http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/

Two ID Cards

GK Chesterton once said that some things can't be reasoned with. Instead, you simply have to stomp on them with your heel. I say a similar thing: You can't reason about some things. You just have to vomit on them. From Britain: > Transsexuals who have

The Science of Polling

You need any more proof that people lie in polls, and they're often meaningless? > What appears to be a first leading up to Super Bowl XL is that the most popular snacks millions will munch in front of television are now vegetables. > The news came from

Polyamory Society

The Polyamory Society homepage [http://www.polyamorysociety.org/]. > Polyamory is the nonpossessive, honest, responsible and ethical philosophy and practice of loving multiple people simultanously. Polyamory emphasizes consciously choosing how many partners one wishes to be involved with rather than accepting social norms which dictate loving only one person at

Congratulations, Number 5

I'll be you $25 that the next nominee ain't Catholic [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-01-31T164554Z_01_WBT004688_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ALITO-VOTE.xml&rpc=22] . Heck, I'll give you 5-to-1 odds.

Adult Stem Cells

Adult stem cell research advances: > Researchers say they have turned adult muscle stem cells into cartilage, and used them in animals to heal the kind of damage caused by arthritis. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060130/hl_hsn/musclestemcellstransformedintocartilage] But who cares? It's no fun unless