Feb 29 2012
This Intellipissies guest post was written by Doug Keenan, whose bio can be found below. Imagine if the most feared, omnivorous fresh water fish (level of fear may be debatable, the legend is not), was swimming the waters of the Amazon toothless. Would the legend exist, or would they be viewed as just another fish? …
Feb 25 2012
I wanted to get my tubes tied. I was over thirty. I was pregnant with my daughter. I had an older son of my own and a step son with a disability. My doctor, however, thought that since I would have only made one child with the help of my current husband, it was a bad …
Feb 23 2012
Maybe somebody could clear this up for me, because it doesn’t really make sense. Didn’t we get the sonofabitch we were after? But We’re Still There Earlier this week, some Qurans were burned at Bagram Airfield. Yes, Americans burned them – but they didn’t do it maliciously. The DoD has suggested that the burned Qurans …
Feb 23 2012
Aren’t we past testing on bunnies? Nope. And you might not care – lots of people don’t. But what if someone talked about the bunny this way: Large, unpigmented ears facilitate repeated venous injections and bleeding. or said: Their medium size and very docile nature make these rabbits particularly easy to maintain, handle and restrain …
Feb 22 2012
You’re not going to believe this one. The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Virtual Mentor, suggested last month that participating in clinical trials for vaccines ought to be mandatory. Mandatory. As in required by law. And if you don’t want to participate, you’d have to opt out ahead of time. It’s not required right …
Feb 21 2012
Who knew God charged for matchmaking? Apparently, the folks at Christian Mingle are the same ones who run Almighty Credit Union, Bank and Trust. They collect a monthly fee for Christians to ferret out the one God picked for ‘em. That’s a match made in (groan) heaven if I ever saw one. Pick a Christian, …
