You're talking about SARKOZY here, a man famed for his machismo. Not the French.

Europe had fuck all to do with that. Switzerland is not even in the EU. Its currency is not the euro.

Plus, the replacement guy had previously announced he's leaving.

I caught myself wondering the same thing and then feeling depressed because I think I know.

They didn't dismiss her, she chose not to name him, until now. She stated she didn't want to be 'that journalist who had trouble with the politician', or words to that effect.

I felt the same way after walking out of the cinema. I was Loki all the way. It also helped that I found Thor yawnworthy as a character. Okay, nice abs, but otherwise cardboard.

I didn't buy the romance , but IMO it wasn't Portman's fault. Thor, as a character, just wasn't that interesting or attractive, beefcake aside. He was a one-dimensional hammer-wielding arrogant brute who did a 180 in a day. Why? Who knows. They had zero chemistry together. She had to work it really hard. And overdid…

Yes. And as far as I understand, as medical layperson, CF can't be cured by drugs. It's a genetic defect and as such would require some form of gene therapy to cure.

Ask the Egyptian women who are routinely harassed no matter what they wear, see what they say [news.bbc.co.uk] Just asking the question is making the argument, and the 'what was she wearing' argument doesn't become any less victim-blamey because she's a reporter or because she's abroad in a city throwing a party - or…

God, she's brave, telling it like that. Forthright, open-eyed and clear. I don't have the words right now to say much more, except that I think I held my breath through her whole story and only drew my first breath when she told about the woman she 'fell into' and who threw her arms around her.

Ha! That's what I thought when I read that comment - that the Princes were locked away before the marriage - until I realized that the only source I had for that conviction was Jean Plaidy - ie, fiction. I devoured each of her books I could get my hands on when I was about twelve. There are still a bunch of historical…

An autocratic ruler who more and more starts behaving like a tyrant... Mmm. Is that phenomenon so outrageous it need to be explained medically?

No, but you're overlooking the fact that it's not just about the end product being better for women, but also about the work. It cuts both ways. It's about not having any obstacles for women who want (or have, to make a living) to work in the actual manufacturing line, which would improve life for them. The point is…

@october271986: Ever heard the story of the car brand who forced their mostly male designers to wear a skirt and heels and try their design for a car? They did, and encountered various problems they'd never thought of before, entering the car being one of them. Subsequently they changed the design to solve those…

These guys' research methods are ranging from highly questionable to completely inappropriate and possibly illegal, so I wouldn't put much stock in their conclusions.

The copy I had had quite a few conspicuously often-thumbed pages.

Everything you never wanted to know about ghost sex by Anne Rice?

I didn't have the heart to pick that up.

Ditto!

Then again, Anne fucking Rice is also responsible for one of the most squickworthy sex scenes I've ever read, which turned me off her books forever and ever. In The Witching Hour, Rowan Mayfair is seduced by a spirit and has sex with him when pregnant. But the 'entering' bit isn't limited to his ghosty manhood, noooo,…