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And the Russians thought they were screwed under communism
“Russian province gets set for 'Conception Day'
"A Russian province is readying for "Family Contact" day unofficially being called "Conception Day" -- in an effort to boost flagging birth rates, officials said on Monday. The special day for encouraging procreation was dreamt up by the governor of Ulyanovsk province, Sergei Morozov, who this year awarded prizes ranging from a television to a Russian-made all-terrain vehicle for giving birth on Russia's Constitution Day on June 12."
Just close your eyes and think of the flat screen…
Yo Atkins, I got your diet revolution right here
‘Starch 'fuel of human evolution'
Man's ability to digest starchy foods like the potato may explain our success on the planet, genetic work suggests. (The BBC)
Next week on BBC 1, the evolutionary implications of the “fryolater”
Sure, if you grow poppies for a living
“Rumsfeld calls Afghanistan ‘a big success’”
Somewhere, Orwell is doing a spit take
“In places like Chad, American Special Forces train and arm police or border guards using what it calls a "holistic approach to counterterrorism." Sgt. Chris Rourke, a U.S. Army reservist in a 12-man American Civil Affairs unit living in Dire Dawa, in eastern Ethiopia, says it comes down to this: "It's the Peace Corps with a weapon." (MSNBC)
A “holistic approach,” like with lentils and green tea? Heavy metal macrame?
Just Jihad For Men
“Al Qaeda Web site claims new bin Laden video”
How about, "Issue a fatwa on your gray…."
For the curious, there’s actually a Web site called www.fatwa-online.com that has over 150 fatwas on fasting for Ramadhaan alone.
Headline of the morning
“Housing Market Slump Forces Couple To Open Brothel”
That's definitely a different kind of “fixer-upper.”
Hey, foreplay, foreclosure, what's the difference?
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