An article in the Vatican newspaper said that, on a practical level, condom campaigns increase the possibility of AIDS infection by promoting a false sense of security.
On a moral level, the article said, condom use by married couples goes against the church’s teaching about responsible procreation because it “deforms” the conjugal act.
The article was written by Father Juan Perez-Soba, a moral theologian who teaches in Rome at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. It appeared in L’Osservatore Romano May 24, three days before the start of a major Vatican conference that was expected to clarify church teaching on AIDS.
CNS STORY: Vatican newspaper article says condom campaigns increase AIDS risk
Nothing in the article states that Perez-Soba has any kind of degree or training in either medicine or public health.
…The Roman Catholic church of Pope Francis 1, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Tell Congress to rein in Pentagon Spending
This week, we have an opportunity to push Congress to rein in Pentagon spending—the House of Representatives is going to vote on The National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (NDAA), which authorizes massive U.S. military spending.
Join us in supporting amendments that will put a stop to the corporate boondoggles and misguided policies that fuel arms races with China and Russia—and that cost us dearly here at home.
If we don’t act, Congress may give nearly $640 billion to the Pentagon, which would exceed the caps set by sequestration.
Let’s let Congress know that we don’t buy it.
We don’t believe that while education, food stamps, housing, and other social programs are being cut every day, we can afford to spend more money on failed weapons systems (such as the outrageously expensive F-35), more nuclear weapons and troops abroad, and permanent foreign bases.
All year, Wage Peace supporters have been vocal in their opposition to Pentagon waste. This is another opportunity to tell Congress to invest in people, not the Pentagon.
Your representative needs to hear from you today!
(via What Is Trust: The 100 Most Trusted People in America | Reader’s Digest)
33. Nancy Brinker, founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer org
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Really? Nancy Brinker and The Susan G. Komen Foundation?
This study ends any debate. The extreme overuse of antibiotics in livestock is endangering human health.
For decades, the United States Food and Drug Administration has failed to act in the face of a growing threat. These findings make it clearer than ever that their failure is endangering human life. Starting today, the FDA must take strong federal action to reduce antibiotic use in livestock and protect human health.
Test Me, Treat Me: A Drug-Resistant TB Manifesto
As the epidemic continues to spread, Drug-resistant TB becomes increasingly hard to tackle. The treatment is too long, too toxic, and too costly – the drugs alone cost at least $4,000 just to treat one person. We want to save many more lives, but we desperately need shorter, safer and more effective treatment to do so.
We, the undersigned people with DR-TB and those involved in their care, here raise the alarm about the devastating toll this disease is taking on us, our families and communities across the globe, and therefore make the following three demands:
1) We call for universal access to DR-TB diagnosis and treatment now.
2) We call for better treatment regimens: the TB research community, including research institutes and drug companies, must urgently deliver effective, more tolerable, shorter and affordable DR-TB drug regimens.
3) We call for more financial support to increase DR-TB treatment, and a commitment to support research into developing better treatment
House Democrats came away from a closed-door meeting with President Obama on Thursday expressing openness to his proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare, after he assured them he would never cut entitlement benefits unless Republicans yield on tax increases.
After the meeting with Obama, several key Democrats expressed an openness to entitlement benefit cuts as part of a broader budget bill that includes higher taxes. Their statements run counter to the hoary conventional wisdom in Washington that Democrats are just as stubbornly opposed to cutting safety net spending as Republicans are to higher taxes.
In an important indication of where Democrats stand, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters after the meeting Thursday that as long as “Chained CPI does not hurt the poor or the very old, then it is something to put on the table.
The poor are getting poorer thanks to House Democrats’ apostasy. Grandma will now be eating catfood AND have to choose to pay rent or buy medications.
Worried about Exposure to Radiation? Take Potassium Iodide daily
see #6 at the previous link
World map of cities with the dirtiest air.
Beijing doesn’t have the worst and Los Angeles barely ranks
Sequester (sic) sets prohibitionists hair on fire.
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the Obama Administration has all parts of the Executive Branch talk about the very real cuts in services that the sequester will bring. The Office of Prohibitionism is tweeting about it furiously:
.@tndeptofhealth will lose ~$1,480,000 in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse. #sequester #Tennessee cc: @laurel_lee
The #Virginia @myvdh will lose ~$2,140,000 in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse. #sequester
And in #FL @healthyfla will lose about $1.4 million resulting in around 35,900 fewer HIV tests. 4500 fewer admissions to treatment programs
That’s just a sample, help yourself to look at The Office of National Drug Policy’s twitter feed to see more.
Odd how treatment — the enlightened approach to substance abuse now matters to The White House now. What is missing ONDCP / The Obama’s Administration’s Mr. Jekyl being threatened by the sequester (if funding for warehousing drug users and sellers is threatened by the sequester).
That answer may be found if you look for replies to
@ondcp does the #sequester threaten any funding jailing and/or detaining people in possession of contraband mind altering substances?
— Ken (@diegueno) February 27, 2013
Tell NM Legislature: Don't Let Bill 206 Turn Rape Victims Into Felons!
Republicans in New Mexico are pushing a bill that would force victims of rape or incest to carry their pregnancies to term if they wanted a sexual assault trial – and would charge them with a felony if their pregnancy was terminated.
This isn’t about preserving evidence, it’s about denying basic human rights — and we cannot allow this heartless, unnecessary and blatantly unconstitutional bill to become law. Please, join us in urging the state legislature to kill Bill 206. Stand up for the women of New Mexico: sign your name to our petition today!
PETITION TO NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE: Bill 206 infringes on the rights of women, punishes sexual assault survivors for their rapists’ crimes, and forces them to relive their trauma in order to get justice. Don’t let Republicans make this law – vote “no” on Bill 206 today!
