Every now and then when I see my wife spritz herself with some crazed cocktail of over the counter scents I think to myself, “Man, the world should know about this…”

Well, now they do…

According to a study by Canadian researchers, email spam can actually be good for you.

E-mail spam can be good for you if it comes as a steady stream of e-mails nagging about healthy habits, Canadian researchers said on Thursday.

People who were spammed about healthy eating and keeping active, tended to exercise and lose weight, according to the researchers at the University of Alberta.

I’m pretty suspicious of any study that suggests spam has this kind of an impact on its recipients.

If it did, my johnson would need to be tucked into my sock by now (sadly, I’m not quite there, even when I wear my 70s tubesocks).

Of course, putting all my cards on the table, I’m pretty suspicious of studies that come out of Canada in general…

The Supreme Court was split on the issue of displaying the Ten Commandments on government land:

The Supreme Court ruled today that displaying the Ten Commandments on government property does not necessarily violate the constitutional principle that there must be a separation between church and state.

In one of the cases, Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote: “While the Commandments are religious, they have an undeniable historical meaning. Simply having religious content or promoting a message consistent with a religious doctrine does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause.”

The Judeo-Christian god has now been reduced (or promoted, depending on your religious beliefs) to the status of historical and not necessarily religious meaning?

I doubt that even Zeus would put up with that.

The Supreme Court has ruled that, contrary to previous notions, file sharing software makers can be held liable for the sharing of copyright protected content that spreads via their networks.

That’s bad news for the current model being employed, good news for those start-ups working on new ideas and provides an ideal opportunity for the entrance of Snocap which can now come in and help the former become the latter and the latter thrive.

So the reaction to the obviously orchestrated comments by Karl Rove is heating up.

The Rovian line in question:

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

I have to tell you, as a so-called liberal, a regular consumer of left coast therapy and a major proponent of understanding, I really don’t feel that driven to get excited and anxiously defend myself and my Party against Karl’s comments. They were delivered to illicit just such a response.

I just want to clarify one thing. In 9-11′s aftermath of twisted metal and deadly clouds of despair and shock, it was not the Conservatives who prepared for war. It was the men and women who of the U.S. military who prepared for war.

I think it makes sense to get that part right. Don’t mistake tough talk for tough walk.