http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/16/teens_ignore_abstinence/
Teenagers will not refrain from having sex, even if you spend a
billion dollars trying to persuade them to keep their trousers zipped
and chastity belts locked.
This is the conclusion from a six year study by Mathematica Policy
On 16 Apr 2007, at 19:05, William T Goodall wrote:
The abstinence programme has been a central part of the Bush
administration's social policy, and the government has poured about a
billion dollars into it over the last 10 years.
But the research would seem to suggest that the money has not
William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/16/teens_ignore_abstinence/
Teenagers will not refrain from having sex, even if you spend a
billion dollars trying to persuade them to keep their trousers
zipped and chastity belts locked.
Ok, but I don't see how you can
On 16 Apr 2007, at 19:19, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ok, but how can these numbers yield the conclusion that the chastity
program is _worse_ than sex education? It's exactly the same crap and
waste of money.
It shows that the idea that non-abstinence sex education encourages
youth promiscuity
Maru Dubshinki contributed:
Last I heard, SS was not a pension; so apparently they have
no problem living off charity.
It was you, not me, who suggested giving the excess crops to retirees.
~Maru
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:54:35 +0100, God [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maru spoketh:
What, precisely, is the true difference between giving retirees
crops/foodstuffs and money (aside from the sheer versatility of money
of course.)? They are both charity as far as I can see.
~Maru
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:18:05 +0100, God [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maru Dubshinki contributed:
Maru spoketh:
whether it is in money or other financial instruments. I
hear that farmers are paid really large sums to deliberately
curtail crop production; why not take that wasted money, use
it to buy the excess crops and give it to those retirees in
some way or other (so they don't
Last I heard, SS was not a pension; so apparently they have no problem
living off charity.
~Maru
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:54:35 +0100, God [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maru spoketh:
whether it is in money or other financial instruments. I
hear that farmers are paid really large sums to
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 12:47:27AM -0500, maru wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong Trent, but isn't the whole point of modern
society, technology, science, and liberal democracy to reduce the
amount of physical misery, mental anguish and sheer drudgery/work a
person has to go through
I wouldn't
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 12:47:27AM -0500, maru wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong Trent, but isn't the whole point of modern
society, technology, science, and liberal democracy to reduce the
amount of physical misery, mental anguish and sheer drudgery/work a
person has to go
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:58:11AM -0500, maru wrote:
And Erik, I don't think 120 trillion dollars over 70 years is all that
much.
That's good. Then you'll have no trouble saving $1 million for your own
retirment, since that is about your share of the $120 trillion.
By the way, would you mind
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:58:11AM -0500, maru wrote:
And Erik, I don't think 120 trillion dollars over 70 years is all that
much.
That's good. Then you'll have no trouble saving $1 million for your own
retirment, since that is about your share
Less probably, since they'd share the same shelter.
~Maru
Julia Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:58:11AM -0500, maru wrote:
And Erik, I don't think 120 trillion dollars over 70 years is all that
much.
That's good. Then you'll have no
One fine day in the deep deep South
The universal joint in the old pickup truck needed replacing. Well, that's
easy to do when you have an A-frame overhead engine hoist. Just lift up the
entire front end of the truck and set your blocks. Take out the old joint and
let
the drive shaft
Correct me if I'm wrong Trent, but isn't the whole point of modern
society, technology, science, and liberal democracy to reduce the
amount of physical misery, mental anguish and sheer drudgery/work a
person has to go through (as opposed to points such as 'for the further
glorification of
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:59:00AM -0700, Trent Shipley wrote:
Of course, with ever increasing (and expensive) life qualities and
life spans there will be people born in 1976 still collecting their
retirement social security in 2075.
Andtheir PIA will already have been calculated years
On Wednesday 2005-01-05 23:17, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Erik wrote:
Apparently you don't understand the difference between 2005 and 2075 and
70 years of 1.5% increases.
Probably not. What has been the average increase 1935-2005?
I agree that Social Security _should be_ a safety net for low
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blood, do you think
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And you might have been so kind as to warn that it's disturbing, with
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29627.html
Gateway in 'preference file' patent puzzle
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Posted: 07/03/2003 at 08:19 GMT
Proof that the US Department of Commerce employs robots to research
patent applications finally emerged this week.
On Monday,
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983552.html
Patent scare hits streaming industry
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 6, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
Michael Roe, proprietor of the small RadioIO Webcasting station, got a
surprise FedEx package this week, containing a notification that he
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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns3238
http://robertandtim.topcities.com/quiz/christ/christquiz.html
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/CSAforBush.htm
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