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Bad News From the USA

Carol sent me the information below all accessed from public service radio in the USA and not far out conspiracy websites. DEpressing for us and more dpressing if like Carol you are American.

BBC Reveals NYC Tests HIV Drugs on Kids A nine-month-long BBC investigation has revealed that thecity of New York has been forcing HIV positive childrenunder its supervision to be used as human guinea pigs intests for experimental HIV drug trials, in some casesagainst their will.

All of the children in the program areunder the legal guidance of the city's child welfaredepartment, the Administration for Children's Services.Most were living either in foster care or independent homesrun on behalf of the local authorities, Almost all thechildren are believed to be African-American or Latino. OneNew York social worker told the BBC she had never beeninformed that the drugs she was administering to childrenwere experimental and highly toxic. Jacklyn Hoerger said,"We were told that if they were vomiting, if they losttheir ability to walk, if they were having diarrhea, ifthey were dying, then all of this was because of their HIVinfection." In fact it was the drugs that were causing manyof the problems. The BBC identified pharmaceutical giantGlaxoSmithKline as one of the companies that provided drugsfor the tests.

Ala. Legislator Proposes Banning Books w/ Gay Characters In Alabama, Republican state legislator Gerald Allen hasintroduced a bill that would ban all novels with gaycharacters from public libraries, including universities.If the bill passes, Allen said books containing gaycharacters will have to be removed from library shelves anddestroyed. One book that would have to be destroyed is"Sisters" a 1981 lesbian romance novel written by LynneCheney, the wife of Dick Cheney.

Gov't Defends Using Evidence Gained By Torture. Also at the court proceeding, the government claimed it hasthe right to use evidence gained by torture in decidingwhether to detain people at Guantanamo Bay. Statementsproduced under torture have been inadmissible in U.S.courts for about 70 years