Monthly Archives: June 2010
“Older Really Is Better,” by Alpha Unit
When I was a kid, my idea of what it might feel like to be old had been captured in this Beatles song: When I get older, losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me … Continue reading
Filed under Alpha Unit, Guest Posts, Neuroscience, Psychology, Science
Good Audio Session on OCD
Voices of those who have OCD. Pretty good program. Six audio segments of six neurotics afflicted with an anxiety disorder called OCD. All are high-functioning people, and none appear to be insane in the slightest. It always bothers me that … Continue reading
Filed under Anxiety Disorders, Mental Illness, OCD, Psychology, Psychopathology
A Strange Bioethics Case
A Bioethics site highlights a strange protocol engaged in by a pediatric urologist team. This team is involved in clitoroplasty of young girls. The girls have CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia), a condition that can produce an enlarged clitoris, among other … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Girls, Health, Medicine, Operations, Philosophy, Science, Sex
Interview with CPI (Maoist) Spokesperson Gopalji on the Current State of the Revolution in India
Great interview with an Indian Maoist spokesperson from the Monthly Review. The interviewer is hostile, as you might expect. The talk took place in Jharkand. We don’t hear much about Jharkand these days, but lately the Maoists have seriously overrun … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, China, History, Imperialism, India, Left, Maoism, Marxism, Modern, Political Science, Regional, Revolution, South Asia
Like Rice? Eat Brown, Not White
These healthy Asians love to eat this White rice, but increasing evidence indicates it’s not even good for them, much less for the rest of us. Just forget White rice altogether as much as possible, and eat the brown instead. … Continue reading
Deepening Fascism in Israel: The Evidence
Like I said earlier. From the always great Jonathon Cook (a bit long at 30 pages, but if I can read it, so can you), an American living in and writing from Nazareth, you know, the birthplace of, you know, … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Europeans, Israel, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Jews, Middle East, Palestinians, Race/Ethnicity, Regional, Religion, The Jewish Question, War, Zionism
The Internet: A US-owned and Controlled Asset
A stunning claim, yet that is what is proposed in an incredible new Senate bill announced by Jew Lieberman, I mean Joe Lieberman, formerly a Democrat, then Independent Senator from Connecticut, now a National Socialist Senator from Tel Aviv. The … Continue reading
Filed under Government, Politics, Ridiculousness, US Politics
What An Idiot
What kind of person does some lines of coke, then decides to give himself a hydrofluoric acid enema? You should read medical journals sometimes. Amazing the stuff you read in there. Psychiatric journals are even better. My favorites, but then … Continue reading
Filed under ER, Gross, Idiots, Sick, Sick and Evil
How Black and Hispanic “Values” Clash with White Middle Class Upbringing
Referring to the video here, a commenter disagrees that the people on the show were out of line to ask the White woman why she won’t date Blacks. He also denies that they said she was racist: One again, did … Continue reading
Filed under American, Blacks, Culture, Europeans, Hispanics, Mexicans, Race Relations, Race/Ethnicity, Social Problems, Sociology, Whites
Male Birth Control Pills
Damn, I would so kill for a supply of those. Ever since I was, like, 17 years old, when I started needing them. The research has been ongoing forever, but people are pessimistic. A lot of guys are saying it … Continue reading
Filed under Gender Studies, Heterosexuality, Science, Sex, Women
