Epidurals bad for breast-feeding Women who give birth with the aid of pain-relieving epidurals find it harder to breast-feed than those who give birth naturally, a study has found. The research suggests that some of the drugs used in epidurals make their way into babies’ bloodstreams, subtly affecting their brains and development for weeks...

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  ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGS Explaining basic reality so simply that even a Leftist might understand: One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me: “Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident.” This is...

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  Kentucky oldster ousts intruders: “It all came down to survival for Holton Smith on Saturday, Dec. 2 as he faced an intruder in his bedroom. Two men in their mid-20s broke into Smith’s home on Baton Rouge Road in Williamstown around 4 p.m. One came into the bedroom while the other stayed at...

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  FOLIC ACID: MASS MEDICATION IN BRITAIN PROPOSED Sufferers from some conditions (such as histadelia) are told to avoid folic acid. Looks like no convenient bread purchases for them in future! Britain will take the first step towards mass medication of the population this week with the publication of proposals to add the vitamin...

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HOLLYWOOD ECONOMICS It is not really news that Hollywood is still producing anti-business movies, but there is a certain irony in it nevertheless. Although these movies tap a certain envy and resentment of corporate wealth, that large corporate wealth comes from far more modest individual amounts of money from about half the population of...

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IN: Woman fears for life after son kills intruder: “One day after an her son killed one of two intruders who forced his way into her house, a Gary mother says she fears for her life. ‘I’m fearful because I don’t know who that guy was and I don’t know who his people are,’...

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FOLIC ACID: MASS MEDICATION IN BRITAIN PROPOSED Sufferers from some conditions (such as histadelia) are told to avoid folic acid. Looks like no convenient bread purchases for them in future! Britain will take the first step towards mass medication of the population this week with the publication of proposals to add the vitamin folic...

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FLYNN THE FOOL Ideology can make a fool out of otherwise creditable scientists. The way that the remarkable temperature stability of the 20th century (according to the U.N. only .6 of one degree rise over the entire 20th century) can be portrayed as an era of global warming is ample proof of that. And...

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UT: U redirects victim disarmament fight: “University of Utah leaders are taking their gun fight to the Legislature, hoping to keep at least part of the school’s controversial gun ban intact. After losing a lengthy and costly court battle, U. President Michael Young is working with legislators to find if the no-guns rule could...

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  FATTIES GET LESS BREAST CANCER And the researchers below tried to explain it away but could not Longitudinal Study on the Role of Body Size in Premenopausal Breast Cancer By Karin B. Michels et al. Background: A high body mass index (BMI) has been related to a reduced risk of breast cancer in...

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THE ISG IGNORES HISTORY A powerful condemnation of the latest Iraq proposals by Ralph Peters The superannuated membership of the Iraq Study Group shepherded by former secretary of state James Baker conjures a line from the film The Sixth Sense: “I see dead people.” Two centuries ago, Europeans dreaming of reform and freedom must...

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Police state mentality breeds poor judgment: “While citizens in New York search for answers in the horrendous shooting death of an unarmed man hours before he would have married his high school sweetheart, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says a factor nobody wants to discuss could be the...

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  Four big, fat food myths A comprehensive debunking of the obesity crusade from Britain The Government wants to set up a database to monitor every child in the country – including their diet. But are our children as obese and unhealthy as we are told? And what about us? Health researchers argue that...

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  MEDIA COVERUP OF MUSLIM ATTITUDES TO HOMOSEXUALS Post lifted from Bruce Bawer’s blog — dated October 29, 2006 I have before me two news items dated October 24th. One of them is from the Gay Community News, which reports that "The leading imam in Manchester…thinks the execution of sexually active gay men is...

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  PA: Homeowner opens fire on intruders: “A homeowner opened fire after intruders entered his home on Monday, police said. … The man and his 1-year-old baby were home at the time of the invasion. Police said several people kicked in the front windows of the home. According to officials, the homeowner then shot...

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  COMPANIES BACKING FOOD MYTHS It’s good PR for them to a deluded public — even though all the longevity studies show that diet and lifestyle changes do NOT prolong life Many companies are starting to sound like moms: They’re pushing employees to eat their vegetables and go outside and play…. At retailer Replacements...

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  Tough test of Britishness widened Mainly applicable to white immigrants from Eastern Europe. Not applicable to hordes of illegal Muslim immigrants of course Britain has almost doubled the number of new arrivals who must sit new tests on the English language and British way of life. The Blair Government announced yesterday that the...

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Wyoming intruder chased off by .45: “Investigators still don’t know who tried to break into an American Ranch Road home Monday morning, but they’re sure he wasn’t hit by the homeowner who shot at him, Sheriff Bill Pownall said. The 37-year-old homeowner woke up at about 2 a.m. when he heard dogs barking, Pownall...

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IT’S THE SKINNY WOMEN WHO MISCARRY MOST Women who are underweight are more at risk of suffering a miscarriage than those who are overweight, research suggests. Women whose body mass index was low – below 18.5 – when they conceived were much more likely to have a miscarriage in the first three months of...

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THE CHILDISH LEFTIST MIND   Like all other human beings, the modern liberal reveals his true character, including his madness, in what he values and devalues, in what he articulates with passion. Of special interest, however, are the many values about which the modern liberal mind is not passionate: his agenda does not insist...

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