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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Return to Barbarism

At least they're not being forced to drink from the slippers: > Men caught boozing by their wives in an Indian village now face being slapped across the face by their wives' slippers. > A committee of women at Japalli, in Andhra Pradesh, introduced the punishment in

The Bull Scored Six Points

> At least two people are being treated in hospital in Mexico City after a bull leapt into a crowd during a bullfight [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4663646.stm]. Did they call it "The Lambull Leap"? (Sorry, but I rarely make puns, so give

Robbery Foiled

From Switzerland [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1704873.html]: > A Swiss man returned home from his holiday to find a dead body in his living room. . . Johann Rauber, from Muenchenbuchsee, called the police when he found the as yet unidentified corpse lying on his couch. > A

Indian Bishop Attacked

But leave the cows alone! > Bishop Thomas Dabre of India's Vasai diocese was assaulted by a Hindu mob on Sunday, January 29, as he visited a home for impoverished children in a remote village in the western Maharashtra state. > About 200 Hindu militants shouted slogans and

Looking for Blogs

I'm looking for blogs that deal with abortion. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. (Note: I've already seen, and been impressed with, Afterabortion, so you don't need to send that URL.) Also: If you know of any blogs dealing with religious

Giving Fodder to the Socialists

Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, is struggling to stay within his $1 billion persona line of credit [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/31/MNG62H06991.DTL&type=printable] . Plus, he burns $20 million a year on personal

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