If the woman ripped her blouse open, moaned,  and began to pump lasciviously to the tune of The Stripper, then it probably would have been inappropriate. But I suspect she didn't.

Yes, Pippy,  I suspect you are right. Giordano Bruno certainly  didn't make out too well. Great pranksters those people are. Their god is quite the prankster, too, locating that awful thing between our legs to always be within arm's reach... ours or someone else's.

The older I get, the more I realize what stupid, superstitious, frightened, idiotic, ridiculous, bullheaded, helpless, dangerous creatures we are. We can't even look at our own bodies without being scared to death. I give up on you religious, conservative fools. I certainly can't change you. Science, and mere common se...more

In the first birth I witnessed when I was a medical student, the woman suffered a placenta accreta. This is when the placent attaches very deeply in the uterine tissue. She bled profusely and required transfusion. Pregnancy is not a disease, and conditions such as placent accreta are rather rare. Nonetheless,  had she ...more

Placentas weigh about a pound. If it is to remain alive, then it needs to be oxygenated. This would have to be by the baby's heart. If a baby weighs about 7 pounds, then this would be like a full grown woman of 140 pounds carrying around an extra 20 pounds of fat fro her body to nourish and take care of. This is just a...more

The situation seems hopeless. The country is polarized beyond any possibility of resolution. It's like the budget problems. The conservatives won't budge. The liberals won't budge. Is there anything that people with brains can agree on? For example, should the government have the right to restrict fully automatic weapo...more

These are  undoubtedly Norway rats. Thus, she shouldn't be French kissing them. Unfortunately, I don't have the slightest idea what a Norwegian kiss is.

Remember WMD? I wouldn't  start a contest for lies and stupidity of government if I were you.

The biggest and best study that refutes this utterly ignorant notion is the Dutch population  study over 15 years that showed a marked decrease in suicide rates despite a near doubling of antidepressant prescription rates from 1994 to 2008. P.F Bouvy & M Liem. Antidepressants and lethal violence in the Netherlands 199...more