PORN IN THE USA

I wonder what the US Administration makes of the idiom that includes the words pot, kettle and black.

The reason for this recent musing comes from revelations that a stash of pornography was found during the infamous Abbottabad raid in Pakistan by US Navy seals.

Not only did the Obama gang boast that they’d finally got the world’s most wanted man but they gleefully revealed a few days later that among the “millions” of intelligence documents was a pile of porn.

Of course we’ve not seen an ounce of evidence to support either of these claims, so not surprisingly there are those demanding that the Americans either ‘put up or shut up’.

Obama argues he will not release pictures depicting the al-Qaida leader’s death because they are too graphic and could offend and inflame Muslims across the world.

It’s an odd argument since he then sees no problem in allowing people to think the al Qaida leader wiled away his days with his head buried in dirty magazines.

But quite frankly, ever since the WMD lies peddled by the US Government to justify the invasion and war in Iraq were exposed most people hold a healthy scepticism towards any official statements coming out of Capitol Hill

Yvonne Ridley | 22 May 2011 - read full post.

the White House is "using" the dead!

9 May 2011 - High time to realized that it's not about Bin Ladin, it's about the occupation of Afghanistan. Bin Ladin's death is used to buttress terrorist sieged mentality!

Pat Downs : the politics of fear in America?

4 May 2011 - American children women & men have to go through Pat Downs. Is this a program to instill & permeates fear within the citizenry? Did the Brits had to go through Pat Downs in UK when the IRA was active?

Nuclear fallout was avoidable: ex-official.

AlJazeeraEnglish on May 4, 2011 - After health scares Japanese opposition to nuclear power is spreading across the country.

Making a Killing:

Dec 13, 2010 - This video provides the facts about psychotropic drugs and the huge profits they create for the pharmaceutical industry. These drugs are not safe and have not been on the market long enough to provide sufficient long term studies regarding their effects. These drugs do cause addiction, however most "doctors" would call this dependence because you do not have to take an increasing dose over time. They are completely fine with you being addicted to the same amount of any given drug on a daily basis. Over half of the people that commit suicide in the United States are prescribed to psychotropic drugs. (Ex: Paxil, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Seroquil, etc.)

You are NOT allowed to commit suicide: Workers in Chinese iPad factories forced to sign pledges .

Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed.At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 months as a result of horrendous working conditions.Many more are believed to have either survived attempts or been stopped before trying at the Apple supplier's plants in Chengdu or Shenzen.

Appalling conditions: An investigation by two NGOs has found new workers at Foxconn factories in China are made to sign a 'no suicide' pledge

After a spate of suicides last year, managers at the factories ordered new staff to sign pledges that they would not attempt to kill themselves, according to researchers. And they were made to promise that if they did, their families would only seek the legal minimum in damages.

An investigation of the 500,000 workers by the Centre for Research on Multinational Companies and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (Sacom) found appalling conditions in the factories.

They claimed that:

1. Excessive overtime was rife, despite a legal limit of 36 hours a month. One payslip showed a worker did 98 hours of overtime in one month, the Observer reported.
2. During peak periods of demand for the iPad, workers were made to take only one day off in 13.
3. Badly performing workers were humiliated in front of colleagues.
4. Workers are banned from talking and are made to stand up for their 12-hour shifts.

Read more: mailonline | May1,2011 read full report

Have a Quadruple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill!

Gluttony - 1 of 7 deadly sins?

Fatty food as lifestyle choice : AlJazeeraEnglish on Apr 30, 2011 - Welcome to the Heart Attack Grill, a Texan restaurant that celebrates cholesterol.The pick of the menu? The quadruple bybass burger.Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports on how some people are choosing to buck the politically correct healthy eating trend.