Yes, you read my thread title correctly, because two very recent crimes are a result of what happens when we stop considering the power differences between men and women, and start becoming overly concerned about guys who just got their signals crossed etc.:
California gunman, in manifesto...
Well, this might be a lonely thread! Since I came back here, I'm not noticing a whole lot of interest in environmental issues on RF, and nobody so far has posted on the WWF's efforts to promote the commemoration of Earth Hour tonight, according to their website at between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m...
Hello again,
Looks like I've been away from RF for almost a year and a half...judging from when I posted my last comment. I wasn't banned or restricted, though getting in arguments with mods might have eventually led to getting banned.
I think most of my frustrations were sourced in the fact...
This was posted by Op-Ed News and MSNBC, original article written by Stephanie Pappas of Livescience interviews with some of the scientists behind a new study published in Nature:Earth is rapidly headed toward a catastrophic breakdown if humans don't get their act together, according to an...
No surprise that the Post's comments thread is no more charitable than the average news site. Most of the comments want to nominate him for this year's Darwin Award:Mack Wolford, a flamboyant Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia whose serpent-handling talents were profiled last November in The...
A local talk in my home town by Maude Barlow, of the Council of Canadians, highlighted a recent alarming study on the health and even the continued existence of the Great Lakes near the end of this century:Maude Barlow says the Great Lakes are in such peril that if nothing is done to correct...
I got this Youtube link yesterday. It's from an Australian comedy group called The Chasers, who did a show that seems to be mostly pranks and stunts like this one on an Australian ABC show called "War On Everything." It seems like it is still the perfect way to get past security....but take...
That's a real news headline folks! At least real enough to show up on Yahoo News. Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News Canada
A Florida couple was on a weekend camping trip that ended in an airlift to the emergency room.
Steven Egan, 52, was hunting...
Y! SPORTS
They say they're coming back in 2013, but don't be surprised if it just disappears without a trace like similar new leagues that went on hiatus.
First, my apologies if anyone is offended by the photo above. It's from the Yahoo News story, and it had to be included in case anyone is...
This week, Charles Davis is filling in for a vacationing Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com, and asks the question that Democrats and movement liberals have a blind spot for: What if George W. Bush did it?
Oh, I know, I know: don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good! Well, I'm glad there are a...
There can't be too many kids, says ' 19 Kids and Counting' mom
Americans especially, will recognize the name. This is the woman who starts in the reality show - 19 And Counting, and is trying to have her 20th child, and had a miscarriage from the last attempt, and will likely die in childbirth...
Women's beach volleyball players can opt for shorts, sleeved tops
I noticed this AP story yesterday, and my first thoughts were how did the IOC and this beach volleyball committee or organization get away with requiring bikinis....and brief bikinis at that....for so long?
I know this is...
For economic and social reasons, many Afghan parents want to have a son. This preference has led to some of them practising the long-standing tradition of Bacha Posh - disguising girls as boys.
BBC News - The Afghan girls who live as boys
Ms Rahfhat's husband, Ezatullah Rafhat, thinks having...
This isn't exactly news to most people: Upper class more likely to be scofflaws due to greed, study finds
but, I was going to post this previously but forgot. The collation of six studies mentioned, shows that the wealthy are more likely to be dishonest, and excuse unethical behaviour out of a...
Humans Are Not Naturally 'Nasty'
Our species has a lot of pro-social tendencies, debunking the view that humans are competitive, aggressive and brutish in nature.
I wanted to post something about this study reported in Discovery News a week ago, but I was finding myself spending way too...
Earlier today, I got around to listening to one of the podcasts I collect off of Itunes - the NPR science magazine - Science Friday. Hour 2 of the show can be heard here, first under the heading "Recent Episodes.", if you don't use Itunes. This episode featured interviews with Per Petersen...
Right now, it appears that Barack Obama is running to the finish line, and will win a 2nd term as President, by default, not actually accomplishing goals and any campaign promises from 2008.
"Don't judge me by the Almightly, judge me by the alternative" is laughably cynical considering what...
The deindustrialization of a nation's economy that occurs when the discovery of a natural resource raises the value of that nation's currency, making manufactured goods less competitive with other nations, increasing imports and decreasing exports. The term originated in Holland after the...
I was a little disappointed scanning through all of the forums and subforums here that I couldn't find one that specifically dealt with fitness issues. Since there's a couple of threads on yoga, I guess this would be as good a place as any to post a topic on aerobic exercise.
For myself, aside...
This week, there has been a lot of stories (at least from media I follow) regarding the U.N. estimate that the World now has 7 billion people. I don't start many threads here, and I am surprised that no one else picked up the ball and has been interested in getting this subject up for...