And now for the second only-slightly-used post of the weekend. Really, these babies aren’t even used. They were owned by a 96 year-old grandmother who only read them once or twice a month to make sure the allusions weren’t creaky. Here goes: — I’ve been dealing with/reading comments by non-Americans a lot lately. This is […]
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Al Gore and Drudge
Drudge tells us what a hypocrite Al Gore is for using so much energy in his home. It may be true. I have no idea, since Drudge also apparently mis-reported (then removed from his site) that Gore used 5 cars to drive 500 yards in Cannes. (By the way, I don’t even know if the […]
Sexualization
Via Seed (link to Seed on main weeklyrob page), I read recently about a review of academic literature on the response of girls and women to “sexualization†(Link). [Apparently, the link is gone from Seed, so here it is elsewhere.] Sexualization is never actually defined in this article, because the writer can’t seem to follow […]
Kash for Kidneys
Apparently, if you need a new kidney, Iran is the place to be. There’s no waiting list, because donors are at the ready. In Iran, donors get paid about a third of the average national annual salary to donate. Iran says: 1. In the chain of people helping to get a kidney from donor to […]
Keeping the Streets Safe
If you’re concerned about adware and pop-ups on the Internet, it may be time to move from concerned to scared. Julie Amero is facing up to 40 years in prison for exposing her 7th grade class to a barrage of porn pop-ups. (Link) The charge is “impairing the morals of a child.†It’s a shame […]
Jews!
I was reading an article about fundamentalist religion in America, and I came upon the statistic that there are about six million Jews in the United States, give or take a bit. I don’t know about everyone else, but the number six million is permanently burned into my brain as the approximate number of Jews […]
Parents Who REALLY Want to be Grandparents
In Israel, courts just allowed parents to use their dead son’s sperm to impregnate a woman he never met. (Link) In short, the soldier died, and the parents had his sperm extracted from his dead body. They then advertised to attract women who might want to be impregnated by this sperm. They found one, and […]
Gattaca
The President calls for a ban on genetic discrimination. (Link) I betcha this will be a very important topic of our future world. As the (very short) article says, banning this kind of discrimination would have at least two effects: 1. It would eliminate the fear that people might have about getting checked for possible […]
iPods Are Good
The BBC delivers a more or less idiotic article on the new Apple iPhone and technology in general. (Link) The basic gist of the article is that certain people, especially 77 year old Luddites, don’t seem to want a new iPhone. In fact, the Luddite in question doesn’t want an iPod either. What a fucking […]
From the Horse’s Mouth
You’re probably all ready for me to stop talking about the Frozen Girl. But Seed gave me the actual blog that her parents keep. (Link) [End of Post]