From: Boing boing.

A porn company had an adult actress shoot a live buffalo and then have hardcore sex next to the corpse. I'm completely speechless. I'm wondering, is there a group of people that isn't offended by this? Some markets don't need exploitation.

The non-violent struggle to stop the construction of a new US military air base atop a coral reef in Okinawa's Henoko Bay has reached a new level of intensity and danger. (See below for information on WHAT YOU CAN DO and for detailed information/talking points on the proposed air base and the 8-year campaign to stop it ( Read more... )

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD21Ak02.htmlRead more... )

I have to say this. DUR!

Seriously. Do animals have feelings the same way we do? Shit, of course they do. I don't know where humanity gets off, thinking we're significantly different to animals - I assure you we are all animals. The emotions and desires and hopes and depressions and fears that make up each of us have their roots in a complex ( Read more... )

http://news.com.com/House+approves+electronic+ID+cards/2100-1028_3-5571898.html?part=rss&tag=5568415&subj=news.1028.5

At least in the House. Let's hope it doesn't make it to the senate.

(note: this campaign is uk only.)Prior to April 2004, HIV treatment was available free on the NHS to anyone who could show that they had been in the UK for more than 12 months. This ensured that any long stay resident of the UK, no matter how they became one, would receive the health treatment they needed on public health grounds ( Read more... )

Yikes! An article in The Register about behaviour profiling.

Members of the Washington, DC Metro Police have been trained by gurus at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in a new form of crimebusting voodoo that purports to help them "profile" the public, and zero in on vibes emanating from bad people ( Read more... )

I can't be the only person who finds this utterly, utterly, utterly ominous.

Quoted from the above BBC link:Torture to uncover brain secretsTorture is being used to help scientists understand how the brain works ( Read more... )

message from empower (a thai organisation working primarily with female sex workers)

Situation Report Thailand 29th December 2004On the 26th December an earthquake causing waves of 10 meters struck along the islands and coastline of south east Thailand. The disaster has affected six provinces in all i.e. Phuket, Krabi, Phangnga, Trang, Ranong and ( Read more... )

"Paying to store outdated records which are no longer any use wastes taxpayers' money," she said.

Gosh, so the Freedom of Information Act won't actually mean that the information is freely available, then. I wonder who gets to decide which "outdated records" are "no longer any use".