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Bubonic plague strikes again...
It seems that
bubonic plague has never actually gone away with reports of occurences in
Madagascar, Bolivia and now it seems, from New Mexico. Given that the disease has been diagnosed and treated outside of the host cities in the cases of the Bolivian woman and the couple in New York, I think this highlights how diseases we tend to classify as third world health problems, are merely a plane ride away from causing an outbreak here.
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:52 AM on November 7, 2002
(26 comments)
Lawmakers blast pledge ruling...
Yes I know this thread was started yesterday but at over 130 posts and given the
recent news from lawmakers stating they would push for a constitutional amendment authorising the words "under God" if the Supreme Court did not smack down the 9th circuit courts decision I felt compelled to post again on this subject. Smack me down if you like...
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:14 AM on June 27, 2002
(155 comments)
Florida announces close to a thousand children missing...
After the Rilya Wilson tragedy, Florida desperately tries to meet and account for all children within the social services child welfare office and comes up with 972 unaccounted for and a lot of ifs, ands, buts, and maybe's...
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 5:54 AM on June 4, 2002
(17 comments)
A Town Rich in Stolen Art, but Not Nosy Questions
Gerstheim, population 3,000, was the dump site for part of one of the biggest series of art heists in history when a mother, furious at her son's stealing, threw 100 of 172 pieces of art into the Rhone-Reine Canal. The hilarious part is the locals seem to not care one whit... how very French of them...
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 7:51 AM on May 22, 2002
(7 comments)
Overcome Depression: The New Computer -Cognitive Treatment
Overcoming Depression is the world's first self-educative computer program for understanding, dealing with, and preventing depression using a unique dialogue mode that allows you to express yourself freely in your own words and that responds in meaningful every language characteristic of a therapeutic context.
So much for the personal therapeutic process. My question is - can this program prescribe meds??!??
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:41 AM on May 20, 2002
(18 comments)
Barbie creator, Mattel founder Handler dies
More than one billion Barbies have been sold in 150 countries and has inspired love from girls everywhere and pure hatred from feminists everywhere.
"The impossibly well-endowed doll -- her original figure would be about 39-18-33 if she were human -- has infuriated feminists, inspired artists and intrigued academics around the world. Barbie even was placed in the official "America's Time Capsule" buried in 1976." Can you think of any other toy who has brought about as much ferver as Barbie???
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 7:15 AM on April 29, 2002
(30 comments)
Former porn star Linda Lovelace dies...
Who could forget the classic pr0n movie of all time...
Deep Throat and that SONG! Can anyone find the intro song (and self-titled) to Deep Throat??
Unfortunately, the movie is also a classic example of women being forced into the pornography business which later led to Lovelace becoming an anti-pornography advocate.
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:55 AM on April 24, 2002
(11 comments)
Google runs into Copyright Dispute...
Does the Church of Scientology have a leg to stand on in suiing Google for linking to church documents? Be sure to check out
Operation Clambake, the site in question who claims all documentation on their site is
", is allowable under the "fair use" provisions of internationally recognized copyright law". If it is truly a question of copyright, shouldn't the Scientologists be suing the
site in question and not Google????
When Google removed the link, it outraged the technology community - can Google win in this case??? Check out what
Don Marti has to say about the issue...
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:29 AM on April 22, 2002
(1 comment)
Phyllis Chesler calls it as she sees it in her latest feminist manifesto.
This is not what you think folks - Chesler toes the line at anti-feminism according to most modern day feminist. I well remember reading Chesler's
Letters to a Young Feminist eight years ago and patting down misogynistic tendencies in the hopes of bettering the lives of women everywhere. She calls for sisterhood to further opportunity and does not condone manhating and oppression from the masses which makes her arguments
logical as opposed to seething, vituperative vitriol. We all seemed to be begging for a discussion on feminism and issues between the sexes yesterday in
this particular post and after reading salon today, felt I would provide one...
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 7:27 AM on March 29, 2002
(3 comments)
Berry, Denzel Make Oscars History
Denzel Washington is only the second African American male to win an Best Actor Oscar since Sidney Poitier's win for
Lilies of the Field in 1963. Halle Berry is the first African American female to win Best Actress ever.
Berry's speech was quite good (albeit long) but it leaves me wondering how all those "women who stand behind her[sic], Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox and it's for every nameless faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened" feel about being named inferior. And why didn't the camera flash onto Jada Pinkett-Smith when Berry said that? Now, that would have been a true Oscar moment.
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 7:02 AM on March 25, 2002
(60 comments)
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Whether it is for your
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evil in general, this website is for you. The
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Free Baby ad. Just a little something to give you a giggle on a Monday. Enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:34 AM on February 25, 2002
(22 comments)
New gender-neutral bible planned...
It seems there is a lot of
controversy surrounding the revised bible known as "Today's New International Version," or TNIV. The Council on Bibllical Manhood and Womanhood has released a
statement on what is wrong with a gender-neutral bible translation while admitting there are a few improvements regarding changing the word
men (which isn't specified by Greek text) to
all people, a faithful rendering of the Greek pronoun
pas
According to some, this is the work of the devil and
feminist groups
everywhere.
There have been outright denouncings of the gender-neutral bible by several Christian groups... but really, what do you think? Is it really the big deal people make it out to be? How can the church teach that man and mankind in the Bible refers to all of God's human creatures and yet, not support a genderless translation???
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 8:19 AM on January 28, 2002
(64 comments)
I hate to post from Salon but this just torqued my ass!
"The Vatican has come up with new guidelines for the Roman Catholic Church to handle pedophilia accusations against priests, ordering church officials worldwide to inform it swiftly of such cases and declaring them subject to secrecy..."
Since when does being a Catholic priest exempt you from the law?
Vatican II was supposed to bring Catholicism to the people and that included allowing man's laws to permeate the pontifical sphere that has protected so many priests for centuries. We expect holiness from these men, allowing for human failing and error; however, no one should be above the law!
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 6:36 AM on January 10, 2002
(26 comments)
It isn't the circus YOU remember...
Why would the head of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey hire a former top CIA honcho to torment a hapless freelance writer for eight years? Plus, some goodies on the Felds family - makes for a
long but interesting read...
Interesting... I always knew there was a reason people
feared clowns but now it seems you need to fear the circus??? What has the world come to, I ask you???
posted to MetaFilter by gloege
at 8:19 AM on August 30, 2001
(7 comments)
