Thank god kids never have sex before the age of consent, then.

It’s that same old tenet that’s always been the driving force behind Puritanism: the fear that someone, somewhere, may be having fun.

So let’s summarize.

Slutty kids lead to slutty adults and that is something I can get behind. Or under.

For every dollar put into the program, he says, citing a state study, it avoids an estimated $5.85 in the state’s Medicaid program over a three-year period.

As the Denver Post reported, the IUD program in Colorado “faced resistance from fiscal hawks who consider the spending redundant and social conservatives who believe IUDs cause abortions, a point rejected by the medical community.”

Dan Savage did a fantastic piece on this, pointing out that it’s either outrageously hypocritical, or it exposes the fact that conservatives don’t really care about unborn babies—what they really care about is policing people’s sex lives (and women’s bodies):

For every dollar put into the program, he says, citing a state study, it avoids an estimated $5.85 in the state’s Medicaid program over a three-year period.

To be fair, bomb removal isn’t something you want to just take a long lunch break during.

To clarify...

For those curious about World War II history and bombs and stuff, this is interesting info...

Not too likely, but it’s still quite possible.

Detonator might’ve failed but it still very much has the explosive charge in it.

Probably safe to walk around it, probably not safe to knock on it with a shovel.

OH YEAH?

This is something that is so weird for me. I recently came upon a restricted diet (lchf) that really works for me. I lost 125 pounds, I feel amazing mentally, and that is awesome. That said, I don’t think it would be amazing for everyone. Everyone is different, our bodies and DNA have a wide spectrum of needs and…

I sometimes see “At least religion is dying out!” under articles about crazy religious stuff.

Fellow atheist here (technically an atheistic ecclectic pagan, but that just confuses people so I go with atheist). I was thinking “Hey, this makes sense. I dislike/and highly critical of religion. I’m also critical of/dislike diets. Must be my atheist-ness showing.” I can lose weight though. I used myfitnesspal.com…

In my religion, a bacon cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate shake are one of the sacraments.

I’eve never thought about diets this way but it makes total sense. Is that why I can’t lose weight? Can I blame my atheism?