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From time to time, I come across a story that irritates me, or amuses me...the kind of article that evokes a "WTF" reaction. You can find them here...

Condoms for kids

Underage pregnancy is a huge problem in many parts of the world, made worse by deadly STD's and backwards beliefs. A Swiss company, Lamprecht AG has developed a possible solution: extra-small condoms for 12-14yo boys. The condom, named the "Hotshot" is supported by a number of Swiss family planning groups and government, who found that young boys were more likely to participate in unprotected sex.

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Ethics redefined

The so-called "ethics committee" of the US House of Congress recently ruled that it was okay for elected officials to earmark hundreds of millions of dollars in no-bid contracts for contractors who also just happened to make large campaign contributions to said politicians.

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Justice for all

Judges without legal training, no oversight , and sometimes no court records sending people to jail for up to two years and holding people without trial for months...some third-world banana republic? Not quite. It would seem that kangaroo courts are not unusual in New York State. In the words of one, not so learned, judge, “And the hell with the law.”

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Go big big or go home

The professional porn watchers at the Australian Censor Board have decided that women with small boobs should not be allowed in porn productions.

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Onwards Christian mixed martial artists

The New York Times reports that American churches are turning to violent sport to attract converts...apparently the "marriage of faith and fighting is intended to promote Christian values."

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'Oral sex' definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools

The Guardian reports that schools in Southern California have banned the dictionary because it contains words parents do not like. Here is a word that you will find in any dictionary, "Stupid"!

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SA GDP now includes organised crime

South Africa has changed the way it measures its GDP to include the "non-observed economy". This includes drugs and prostitution.  Iafrica reports that "Cannabis farming will now form part of the agricultural sector while prostitution falls within the personal services sector ", some analysts have said that the estimates were probably too low! Welcome to South Africa!

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In lawless Liberia even the laws are held hostage

Liberia is literally lawless as the government no longer has a complete record of its laws! But all is not lost...the one-time Minister of Justice has compiled a set and has offered to make them available to the government...for a "small fee"....welcome to Africa

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Detention without trial in downtown Manhattan

Detained without trial...put to work at a dollar day to pay for food...no access to legal counsel....Soviet Gulag? No...the fourth floor of a US federal office building in Greenwich Village, New York.

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Rocks in the head...

Rocky Mountain Bank sends banking info to the wrong email address and then gets a judge to deactivate the email account. Google stepped up to the plate to protect it's unknown user's right to a Gmail account, but lost. Scary to think that your email account could be shut-down because some idiot accidentally sends you something you are not supposed to see.

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