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Current events: April 28, 2024

Heretic TOC – Should we publish and be damned? – Those who start wars on terror end up behaving like terrorists themselves. Police around the world targeting people for their political beliefs which make them "a person of interest". (Blog, UK) Our Love Frontier - In Life And Fiction, Edward St. Aubyn Sheds The Weight Of His Past… - “The writer is best known for his semi-autobiographical novels about an Englishman from a posh but monstrous family. St. Aubyn’s new book marks a departure.” (Blog, USA) Sebastian Edathy - German politician embroiled in controversy related to Azov Films. Operation Yewtree - (also known as the Yewtree Inquisition and the Savile Inquisition) is a police investigation into historical sexual abuse allegations in the UK some dating back more than 50 or 60 years. Paedophile Information Exchange - Several British politicians including Harriet Harman (Labour Deputy) and Patricia Hewitt (Health Secretary) and a judge (Lord Justice Fulford) and Peter Thornton, the Chief Coroner have been servery criticized in the tabloid press for their peripheral connection with PIE while promoting civil liberty in the 70's and early 80's. Bryan Singer - American film director, screenwriter and producer known for his work on the X-men series accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault of a minor. Voodoo Molestation and US Law - In the recent decision by the US Supreme Court on April 23, 2014, Doyle Randall Paroline v. United States, et al., it was adjudicated that restitution can be awarded based not only on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of child pornography; but can be collected from all those who have been convicted of viewing the image, based on the magical belief that viewing the image has essentially caused damage to the soul of the subject.