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Wednesday 9 April 2008

Archive for the 'society' Category

Robots seen doing work of 3.5 million in Japan

Wednesday 9 April 2008 @ 1:12 pm

Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in graying Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country’s population shrinks.

Comments (0) | Posted in society, technology

Pregnant man tells Oprah: It’s a miracle

Friday 4 April 2008 @ 10:46 am

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.

Comments (0) | Posted in Oddity, biology, sex and metropolis, sex science, society, weird science

Do Attractive Women Want It All?

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 2:08 pm

Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.

Comments (1) | Posted in Political Correctness, biology, human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex science, society

Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of satellite, visionary in technology, dead at 90

Tuesday 18 March 2008 @ 7:22 pm

Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who co-wrote “2001: A Space Odyssey” and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90.

Comments (0) | Posted in society

Heather Mills paid $1400/hour for her marriage to Paul McCartney

Tuesday 18 March 2008 @ 11:53 am

Mills’ $48.7 million settlement - one-fifth of the total she demanded - breaks down to payments of about *$1,400 an hour* for the four years she was wed to the ex-Beatle.

Comments (0) | Posted in Eat them up yum, Marriage, Skank Culture, outrage, sex and metropolis, society

The criminalization of parents

Saturday 15 March 2008 @ 12:35 pm

By Stephen Baskerville

The California appeals court decision criminalizing parents who homeschool their children is only the tip of an iceberg. Nationwide, parents are already being criminalized in huge numbers, and it is not limited to homeschoolers.

Comments (0) | Posted in Opinion, sex and metropolis, society

New Zealanders chase “party pills” ahead of ban

Friday 14 March 2008 @ 1:50 pm

“A lot of party pill users will continue to use them or seek out illegal drugs,” Matt Bowden of the Social Tonics Association told Radio New Zealand.

Comments (0) | Posted in drug war lunacy, society

Actor Stein Plays Role In Debate On Evolution Education

Thursday 13 March 2008 @ 3:06 pm

TALLAHASSEE - Hollywood lent some of its glitz Wednesday to the debate over teaching evolution in Florida, where a bill has lawmakers questioning the very meanings of science and freedom of speech.

Comments (0) | Posted in Intelligent Design, Political Correctness, media, religion, society

Science spits, the media swallows

Wednesday 12 March 2008 @ 8:40 pm

Psychologist Christopher Ryan, author of “Sex in Prehistory,” says the desire for sex with more than one person has always been there - for leaders and followers alike. “The desire is not a function of status or power - it’s a question of availability.”

Comments (0) | Posted in Eat them up yum, Media Obfuscation, Skank Culture, counterPULSE, media, sex and metropolis, sex politics, sex science, society

Marc Rudov on “the downside” of a woman president: “You mean besides the PMS and the mood swings, right?”

Wednesday 12 March 2008 @ 1:16 pm

MediaMatters slimes Marc Rudov — yet again.

Comments (0) | Posted in Political Correctness, media, society