Stuff below the fold

The Anchoress has a discussion on what the pope actually said about condoms, if you are interested. more HERE.


Actually, what he said wasn't new: we docs were taught fifty years ago that using condom use to stop disease spread was allowed (although if the woman was fertile, a small hole was advised to let the possibility of pregnancy).

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Cleopatra has to be reevaluated as a power woman, not a slut, says the Smithsonian.

Actually she was both, but never mind. Killing your brother to get power is a bit worse on the moral scale than sleeping with an old guy to save your country.

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Abufares discusses the storm god and Ebla.

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BBC has an article on Heinz expanding into the third world.
yes, we can now buy their catsup at the local market...regular, spicy, sweet, and banana catsup.

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TeaAtTrianon reviews a book written by a high school student of Frank McCourt.

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One of the Vikings had a Native American girlfriend...

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Latest "We're all gonna die" story of the week: Melting permafrost releases methane, a green house gas, which will warm us all to death.

and then there is the danger of nanosilver pollution.

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food news of the week: Noodles date back at least to at least 500 bc...
more HERE.



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Foreign policy has an interesting article on the coming greyhair population problem...

one interesting factoid: Introduce TV, and the birth rate goes down.