November 9, 2009
CNN story - Is monogamy realistic?
CNN story - Is monogamy realistic?
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September 27, 2009
Bill Maher - Commentary
We have a pretty good idea of the Republican plan for the next three years: Don't let Obama do anything. What kills me is that that's the Democrats' plan, too.
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September 18, 2009
Study links 45,000 annual U.S. deaths to lack of insurance
Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis released on Thursday.
"We're losing more Americans every day because of inaction ... than drunk driving and homicide combined," Dr. David Himmelstein, a co-author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard, said in an interview with Reuters.
Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.
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Teen birth rates highest in most religious states may be due to communities frowning on contraception, researchers say
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September 5, 2009
Look what came out of my vagina!
Posted by doctormatt at 8:46 PM
Tiny Nibbles
Posted by doctormatt at 8:42 PM
Oddball Films - Erotic, Eclectic and Unusual
Oddball Films - Erotic, Eclectic and Unusual
Posted by doctormatt at 8:18 PM
August 13, 2009
Video - Web Side Story
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August 10, 2009
The next sexual revolution?
Newsweek article on a different style of relationship
Great commentary from an atheist polyamorist
And the AOL Health Front Page article... .the reaction to the Newsweek story just keeps on giving
Mentioned in Polyamory In The News
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"Polyamory is simply the recognition that love is not a zero-sum game. I can love one person, and that in no way diminishes my capacity for loving another. Hence, I can love, and be in love with, a number of different people."
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August 1, 2009
Shooting beauty film trailer
Disabled persons are given cameras - see what happens.
SHOOTING BEAUTY trailer from George Kachadorian on Vimeo.
Bent's tireless dedication to Shooting Beauty is more than a labor of love -- it is a grassroots effort to change the way we look at people with disabilities... [After] more than a decade of personal and professional sacrifice, Bent and [director George] Kachadorian are ready to launch their joint masterpiece...
Shooting Beauty tells the inspirational story of an aspiring fashion photographer named Courtney Bent whose career takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with significant disabilities. Shot over the span of a decade, this film puts you in Courtney's shoes as she overcomes her own unspoken prejudices and begins inventing cameras accessible to her new friends. Courtney's efforts snowball into an award-winning photography program called "Picture This"--and become the backdrop for this eye-opening story about romance, loss and laughter that will change what you thought you knew about living with a disability--and without one.
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June 21, 2009
Barney Frank proposes federal decriminalization of personal marijuana possession
Barney Frank Introduces Sweeping Reform of Federal Marijuana Laws
Measure Comes as Growing Chorus Calls for End to Prohibition
WASHINGTON - June 18 - With criticism of marijuana prohibition rising, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has introduced legislation to end federal criminal penalties for possession or not-for-profit transfer of small amounts of marijuana.
"Congressman Frank's bill represents a major step toward sanity in federal marijuana policy," said MPP director of government relations Aaron Houston. "Calls for rethinking our marijuana policies are coming from all quarters, and for good reason. Our decades-long war on marijuana has given us the worst of all possible worlds -- a drug that's widely used and universally available but produced and sold entirely by unregulated criminals who obey no rules and pay no taxes."
Frank's bill would remove federal criminal penalties for possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana and the not-for-profit transfer of up to 1 ounce (28.3 grams) of marijuana. It would not change marijuana's status as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act and would not change federal laws prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana, sale of marijuana for profit, or import or export of marijuana. It also would not affect any state or local marijuana laws or regulations.
As recently as 2005, no national opinion survey had ever found a level of support for making marijuana a legal, regulated product above 36 percent. This year, a succession of major surveys have found levels of support for "legalization" ranging from 40 percent (Rasmussen) to 46 percent (ABC News/Washington Post) and even as high as 52 percent (Zogby). A June 12 report from CQ Researcher noted that opposition to legally regulated marijuana "appears to be weakening."
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With more than 26,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit http://MarijuanaPolicy.org [2].
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February 22, 2009
Documentary - Judgment Day, Intelligent Design on Trial
"PBS Nova: "Judgment Day- Intelligent Design on Trial" takes an in depth look at Kitzmiller v. Dover School District, the case that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania, in the 2005 court battle over the teaching evolution in public schools."
Film courtesy of PBS
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December 13, 2008
Zeitgeist movie
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