Archive for 2013

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Women Find Orgasms Elusive in Hookups. Hey, every woman is different. On a one-night stand, the best you can do is apply your one-size-fits-most approach; learning the specifics comes later, if there is a later. And for some guys, if they’re pretty sure it’s only a one-nighter, they may not even make that much effort.

But don’t worry, feminism has an answer! “When her partner’s performance was lackluster, she still took pride in her own sexual prowess.” As IowaHawk observed a while back, it’s amazing how much of modern feminism seems to have been thought up by horny teenaged boys.

On the other hand, while you’re taking pride in your sexual prowess, be aware that the guy might be faking it.

PHONY “ENROLLEES” FROM A PHONY ADMINISTRATION’S PHONY INSURANCE PLAN:

Who counts as an Obamacare enrollee?

Health insurance plans only count subscribers as enrolled in a health plan once they’ve submited a payment. That is when the carrier sends out a member card and begins paying doctor bills.

When the Obama administration releases health law enrollment figures later this week, though, it will use a more expansive definition. It will count people who have purchased a plan as well as those who have a plan sitting in their online shopping cart but have not yet paid.

It’s Potemkin villages all the way down.

LEGAL EDUCATION IS INNOVATING by educating more non-JD students. This isn’t really new — Yale had the one-year MSL program for journalists back when I was there — but now schools need the warm, tuition-paying bodies.

FASTER, PLEASE: A Cure For The Allergy Epidemic? “The working hypothesis is that innocuous cowshed microbes, plant material and raw milk protect farming children by favorably stimulating their immune systems throughout life, particularly early on. . . . The earlier exposure begins, it seems, the greater the protection — and that includes during pregnancy. Children born to mothers who work with livestock while pregnant, and who lug their newborns along during chores, seem the most invulnerable to allergic disease later.”

REMEMBERING THE GREAT 2003 BLACKOUT. “In 2003, a blackout crippled areas of the U.S. and Canada, leaving some 50 million people in the dark. Ten years later, we are still grappling with concerns over the vulnerability of our power grid.”

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