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...size one. That's what they say. According to "experts," "industry studies" and "surveys," anywhere between 70% 85% of women are treating their breasts badly, either shoving them into too-small cups or allowing them to float freely in a draping sling. The statistic's origins are murky - some cite a Victoria's Secret poll, others something from the Wacoal brand. But it has been quoted back to me by friends, colleagues, interns. It sounds true. "Eighty percent of American woman are wearing the wrong bra" is the "more likely to be killed by a terrorist than get married" statistic...
...Such concerns in turn inspired more than 100 lawmakers to write to the CDC to warn about playing politics with what should be purely scientific judgments. "Certain activists and organizations are mounting a campaign to prevent this vaccine from becoming widely available," the letter stated. "They cite the possibility that, by preventing a horrible disease, and more than 3,700 deaths a year, this vaccine could remove an obstacle to teenage sex.... In contrast to the strong scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of the cervical cancer vaccine, there is no scientific evidence to support the fear that its use will...
...model for what such a spot might look like--and one that animal-behavior experts routinely cite with approval--is the zoo in Oakland, Calif., where four elephants live on 6 acres. "Our philosophy is to just let the elephants be elephants as much as possible," says executive director Joel Parrott. "That means giving them space, not dominating them, and working with them in ways that do not use physical discipline." The animals spend their days socializing, taking dust baths, swimming, eating and wallowing...
...Chapter 5, you say Democrats "choose only messengers whom we're not allowed to reply to. That's why all Democratic spokesmen these days are sobbing, hysterical women. You can't respond to them because that would be questioning the authenticity of their suffering." As an example, you cite the Jersey Girls, four World Trade Center widows who argued for the commission to investigate 9/11. Then you directly question the authenticity of their suffering, saying they are "reveling in their status as celebrities ? I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much." You also call them various names...
...Just so no one ever accuses me of not fact-checking you, I have a fact-checking question: On page 88, you cite a Bush-Gore L.A. Times poll from 1996. I assume you mean...