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The "Counterthink" comics are sometimes funny, sometimes thought provoking but never dull: Mental Treatment (comic)

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At last a real sport comes to the USA

Hopefully the baseball, American football, basketball, etc. fans will forgive me for the title of this post but I grew up with football (called "soccer" in the US) and seeing David Beckham heading over to play for the LA Galaxy is brilliant (that's English for "awesome").

Beckham coming to 'make a difference'

Another "Safe and Effective" Psychiatric drug found to be not so safe

Zyprexa is a "miracle" drug that made Eli Lilly roughly $4.2 billion last year. It now appears that Lilly knew of it's dangerous side-effects as far back as 1996 but failed to warn doctors. Law suits so far have cost Lilly an estimated $1.2 billion, but if you have made something on the order of $40 billion from sales of a drug who cares if you have to pay out a mere $1.2 billion to the people who have been damaged by it? The pharmaceutical & psychiatric industries seem to operate on the "ethical" principle that the profits justify the means.

Lilly Settles With 18,000 Over Zyprexa

Millions of Americans affected by new Psychiatric Disorder

Here is a vital story that everyone should be aware of: Millions of Americans affected by Television Deficiency Disorder (TDD) - (satire)

Panel Wants Broader Antidepressant Labeling - New York Times

When it comes to people dying, saying "I told you so," doesn't give one much consolation. How many people have died since 1991 when an FDA panel decided that antidepressants were completely safe?

But one should recognize progress when it occurs. So let's acknowledge the FDA Panel that has recommended that the warning of increased suicide risk on anti-depressants be extended to include anyone up to the age of 25: Panel Wants Broader Antidepressant Labeling.

Of course one does have to ask: So when someone hits their 25th birthday what happens to suddenly make them immune to the suicidal effects of anti-depressants? I suppose the drugs suddenly realize that this person is too old for that particular side-effect? Or are we just going to have to wait another 15 years before these killer drugs are banned completely?

Disaster Relief - Your Help Is Needed

Church of Scientology of Melbourne Coordinating Scientology Disaster Relief for Bushfires in Victoria, Australia
Australian Bush Fires
Help Needed With Australian Bush Fires
Scientology Volunteer Ministers now Fighting Brushfires in Australia
Volunteers REALLY Needed to Combat Australia Brushfire

Scientology Disaster Relief Team Forming Up for the Philippines
1,000 feared dead after typhoon
Typhoon Durian - Philippines Update
Typhoon Durian - Scientology VM’s to the Philippines
Typhoon Durian Update - Scientology VM's Needed

They're at it again

You really have to stay awake in this country if you want to retain your civil and human rights. Read this story so you stay informed: Federal government launches marketing campaign for psychiatric industry

Nice to see a celebrity refusing to bad-mouth others

The press is always ready to yell about one celebrity saying something nasty about another so it's nice to hear about a celeb who refuses to bad-mouth her peers: Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes.

Good manners go a long way and it's about time the news media started learning that.

Human Right #4 – No Slavery

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Human Right #3 – The Right to Life

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