Ridiculous pornography charges brought against Zambian newspaper

Aug 05, 2009 - Zambia reporter in 'porn' trial By Jo Fidgen BBC News, Lusaka The news editor of Zambia's largest independent newspaper has gone on trial accused of distributing obscene images. Chansa Kabwela sent two photographs of a woman giving birth without medical help to the country's vice-president, health minister and rights groups. She says she was highlighting issues in the healthcare system and calling for an end to a nurses' strike. - 42 Comments

New Jersey: Sea Isle police chief agrees to retire

May 12, 2008 - I found this on the Press of Atlantic City. My personal comment (sarcastically, of course)..... it must be nice to do all of these unethical, immoral and illegal acts, and then retire with benefits and not face prosecution. - 1 Comment

Critics Cringe at Ad for Burger King's Latest Sandwich

Jul 01, 2009 - By Joshua Rhett Miller June 30, 2009 An advertisement for Burger King's latest sandwich leaves little to the imagination and should be discontinued due to "distasteful" and unappetizing references to oral sex, advertising experts told FOXNews.com. The print ad for the "BK Super Seven Incher" — a limited time promotion in Singapore, a society known around the world for its strict government controls of social conduct — shows the "mind-blowing" sandwich near the open mouth of a wide-eyed, red-lipsticked woman accompanied by the suggestive tagline: "It'll blow your mind away." "Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled," the ad continues. - 10 Comments

Science of Porn Surfing

Sep 29, 2009 - Porn surfing rampant at U.S. science foundation http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/29/workers-porn-surfing-rampant-at-federal-agency/?page=3 By Jim McElhatton Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, grew sixfold last year inside the taxpayer-funded foundation that doles out billions of dollars of scientific research grants, according to budget documents and other records obtained by The Washington Times. The problems at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were so pervasive they swamped the agency's inspector general and forced the internal watchdog to cut back on its primary mission of investigating grant fraud and recovering misspent tax dollars. - 3 Comments

A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists

Oct 19, 2009 - A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists by Barbara Bradley Hagerty October 19, 2009 Morning Edition such artwork. October 19, 2009 Last month, atheists marked Blasphemy Day at gatherings around the world, and celebrated the freedom to denigrate and insult religion. Some offered to trade pornography for Bibles. - 37 Comments

Who Killed California?

Oct 15, 2009 - by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post.  The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages.  It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your  mind up what to believe before reading. - 29 Comments

Do I have a right to be upset?

Sep 29, 2007 - So my boyfriend and I are an interracial couple. He's Indian, and I'm white. He looks at porn, which is fine. - 12 Comments

'John schools' try to change attitudes about paid sex

Aug 27, 2009 - 'John schools' try to change attitudes about paid sex   By Stephanie Chen   NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- The accused came from all walks of life: Retirees, dads and twentysomethings. An engineer, a business owner and an auto worker. A man in a wheelchair. - 10 Comments