Year: 2010
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Freedom From Religion
by Jason Stotts The Freedom from Religion Foundation has a scholarship contest running now about, you guessed it, freedom from religion. In case you’ve never heard of them, their “about FFRF” is: The history of Western civilization shows us that most social and moral progress has been brought about by persons free from religion. In…
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Psychological Perspective on Whipping
by Jason Stotts I found an interesting account of a woman explaining why she likes to be whipped. The post is from the blog Beautiful, Depraved (apparently now defunct) and is called ‘6’: The 400 Blows: Pleasure is Pain. (Warning: the site contains nudity) I have a strong mind and an even stronger will. While…
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"Excused Horrors"
by Jason Stotts Back in November, Walter Williams wrote a piece called “Excused Horrors” that I meant to blog about, but it somehow got lost in the shuffle. However, it was good enough that I still think people should take a look at it and think about Williams’s point. Nazis were responsible for the deaths…
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Kasidie Interview on Swinging with Susan Block
by Jason Stotts For those who don’t know, I’m currently researching information on swinging for a larger essay I’m writing on the subject. I put up an interview I did with a couple I know who is in the lifestyle called “An Interview with Swingers” followed by my first attempt at understanding an aspect of…
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Natural Fake Breasts
by Jason Stotts Back in December, the NYT ran an article called “Natural Breast Augmentation” on new techniques that are being developed to perform breast implants using live fat from other parts of the body. The idea is that if you could get this fat to grow and survive, then the breasts would be bigger,…
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Interview on Swinging with Terry Gould
by Jason Stotts I recently found a very interesting interview with Terry Gould, author of the book The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers. His book is considered one of the most in-depth and honest accounts of the swinging community, from what I can gather in reviews and statements by people actually…
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The State of Washington has Officially Incorporated the Second Amendment
by Jason Stotts In a landmark ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington has officially incorporated the Second Amendment in their state! This is amazing and sets a precedent for the upcoming SCOTUS case McDonald v. City of Chicago. Here are some of the highlights of the opinion, the full text of…
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California Set to Release Thousands of Prisoners
by Jason Stotts The People’s State of California, in addition to being completely bankrupt, is now going to be forced to release thousands of prisoners. California state and local officials, already reeling from budget cuts and public-safety layoffs, are struggling with a federal order to release about 40,000 inmates to reduce prison overcrowding and bracing…