According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, there were 102,560 reported rapes or attempted rapes in 1990.[1] The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 130,000 women were victims of rape in 1990.[2] A Harris poll sets the figure at 380,000 rapes or sexual assaults for 1993.[3] According to a study by the National Victims Center, there were 683,000 completed forcible rapes in 1990.[4] The Justice Department says that 8 percent of all American women will be victims of rape or attempted… [read post]

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Here's the first, your intrepid author, with photographic proof of his geek cred: 1 - I'd thought about posing as Arthur Dent, the hapless Earthling from the series who travels the universe in his bathrobe and towel, but Brett Trout of Blawg IT does it better - he's even got the hair right: 2 - Our next picture is from Colin Samuels, of Infamy or Praise, this year's Blawg Review of the Year award winner (OK, he's won every year so far… but only because… [read post]