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...more reasoning in the ancient Vedic philosophy of India that the creator and the created are one and the same. The world is self-designing, depending on the environment, and it's a trial-and-error process. As Dawkins asserted, there can be no miracles, since neither the creator nor the created can act against the laws of nature. Chepudira Poonacha Belliappa Coorg, India...
...went on Amazon and ordered a copy of Kafka's The Trial because I needed a refresher course in bizarre legal procedures...
...appellate court, citing a 1980 rape ruling based on the English common-law idea of "the initial de-flowering of the woman as the real harm," unanimously ordered a new trial, essentially stating that how fast was not the issue, nor was whether the accuser had said no during intercourse. In Maryland, rape is determined at the beginning of the sex act, and therefore consent is officially given at that point. The court wrote, "It was the act of penetration that was the essence of the crime of rape; after this initial infringement upon the responsible male's interest...
...story, hard to follow, with a changing cast of characters (including a reporter for TIME), each of whom does a star turn and then bows out. The star of the moment is I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, who was the Vice President's chief of staff, and is now on trial for perjury...
...Libby is charged with perjury, not with the leak itself. But some might recall that perjury, and not illicit sex, was the charge in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton a few years ago. And many people-including me-felt that prosecutor Ken Starr had set Clinton up: perjury is not good, but there had been a fundamental unfairness in forcing Clinton to choose between committing perjury and revealing information he should never have been asked for. Libby ' s case is similar, isn't it? That is, it is similar if you hold to all the theology about the importance...