"But that hypothesis doesn't hold, to any relevant degree. A widely-cited 1996 study from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology sampled over 4,000 women and found that the rape-related pregnancy rate was 5.0 percent and studies from other countries have reported the percentage to be even greater."

A more likely explanation is that the women were already using some form of birth control or that they simply were not in the fertile period of their cycle.

The only voting that will help are those votes made from the rooftops.

The three books composing the Second Commonwealth War series are the most depressing stories I have read in over 60 years of reading science fiction.

I fought in Viet Nam, and then went freelance, fighting for various groups and causes through Africa and Asia. On occasion I've read the same book several times in succession simply because it was the only damned book I had or could get. I know war fairly well from a ground-level perspective.

Rick Shelley appears to know war quite well, himself. He has certainly captured the essence of war in these books. The whole "we won, but at what a cost" syndrome is laid out for everyone to see.

You can "win" any war. But at what cost to your own side?

That's still ten more NYT articles than I would bother to view.

I've taught in the military, public schools, and private industry. As a teacher, I know that evaluations of my technique can help me hone my skills and become more effective. The public teachers in NYC should take the critique and act upon it to make them better at their jobs.

 

People in the WebOS community are already running Ubuntu on HP TouchPads..

Being a westerner, and being a geek, you probably wouldn't be toting any protection beyond a cellphone. That places you in a very precarious position. You'd be a prime target for kidnapping and easy meat for a drive-by or casual sniping.

You wouldn't really be safe outside of a compound, and possibly not even there. I spent most of 40 years in combat zones. It's a damned hard place to live if you aren't armed and don't have team mates to cover your ass. IMHO, people who like "daily excitement" don't generally need to worry about having piles of money for later. Mainly because they don't get a "later," just dead.

people have been skinned.

Our particular form of government is past it's prime and is too big to work as it stands. The American government was designed to support the needs of widely-spread agrarian society with little or no access to news and discussions of current issues, but were fortunate to have personal trust in the people elected as representatives.

All of those conditions disappeared long ago. All we have left now is a corrupt collection of power-hungry gits.

"We The People" is an ingenious device to let the American subjects think that they have some effect on government's actions, when in actuality, this is yet another method for Obama to jerk you off. Change you can believe in: Say hello to the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss. Credits:

• The 2008 Obama Campaign (Change slogan)
• Phil Fotot (Handjob Hussein, the Jerkoff King)
• The Who (Won't Get Fooled Again)

I mean, he's been jacking us off for a few years now. He should be compensated.

Well, said.

The largest difference, now, being that those doing the uprising already have decent training courtesy of Uncle Sam. Have you ever wondered how many SF veterans there are?

Plenty ;-)

Marijuana is addictive in the same manner as is enjoying a scone with your tea every morning. Once you are accustomed to that scone, if it's taken away you experience an annoyance that slightly disrupts your mental well being. How disruptive is not having that joint after work? Not enough to measure. Physical addiction? LOL. There is none. Even government studies have refuted that theory.

As for the rest of the letter's statements, well, charitably, it was well written. It was all lies and 1930's-style FUD (a la "Reefer Madness").

It is in Obama's best interest to lie his way out of having any serious discussion on the legalization issue because he knows that he'll have his ass handed to him in a debate on the subject. He has no ammunition and no way to find any because it doesn't exist unless he has it manufactured.

Perhaps Michelle or one of his kids will be stricken with Multiple Sclerosis. It would be a very Dickens-esque ending.

They're behind seven proxies. The Zetas are phucked.

I see that I was mistaken. I started at the librarian tab and went to subscriptions.

Thanks for calling this to my attention. I've always wanted to be able to read some of the early natural philosophy journals.