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1. Fake Lesbian Phenomenon [Explicit Photos & Video] [4,738]

2. Sex Addiction [4,182]

3. More Casual About Sex [Hook-Up Culture] [4,180]

4. 2: Top Five Viral Videos [3,733]

5. 5: Fantasy Five [Explicit Videos] [3,649]

6. 27: Last Week's Front Page Photo Stories [3,626]

7. Cybersex Games [3,135]

8. Miley Cyrus, "Incest" & America's Culture War [2,952]

9. From Lolita to Miley Cyrus: Delicious Nymphets [2,463]

10. Almost Dead Bush: You Say Asshole; I Say Arsehole [2,099]

11. New Art: "Actress Slash Model" [Martin Maloney] [2,015]

12. Sex & Society: Prostitutes Condemned with Extreme Prejudice [1,914]

13. Sex Lives of Politicians [Don't You Long to Know More?] [1,873]

14. Maureen Dowd Gets Class-Conscious! [1,770]

15. 3: Top Five Viral Videos [1,742]


FRIDAY 9 MAY

Sex & Society: Prostitutes Condemned with Extreme Prejudice [1,304]

3: Top Five Viral Videos [1,096]

Meet the BoObs [Bourgeois Obamians] [713]

Myanmar [Burma] Disaster: Imperial Powers Itching to Intervene [651]

8: Most Popular Articles [Last 28 Days] [588]


THURSDAY 8 MAY

5: Fantasy Five [Explicit Videos] [1,804]

Myanmar [Burma]: Cyclone Disaster Exploited by the West [787]

Hillary Clinton Plans to Push Campaign Beyond Primaries [760]

Consumer Capitalism 101 [683]

Superhero Costumes: Kitsch Clashes with Fashion [661]


WEDNESDAY 7 MAY

Fake Lesbian Phenomenon [Explicit Photos & Video] [2,155]

Sex Lives of Politicians [Don't You Long to Know More?] [963]

Hillary Clinton Chases the Prole Vote [864]

"Iron Man" - Capitalist Propaganda Movie [829]

American Idol: Dumbed Down & Out [572]


TUESDAY 6 MAY

More Casual About Sex [Hook-Up Culture] [2,162]

Hillary Clinton: "Yes, We Can!" [958]

Barack Obama aka Slim Shady [869]

Creationists: Dumb Design Freaks [664]

The Brilliant "Mad Men" & America's Culture War [534]


MONDAY 5 MAY

27: Last Week's Front Page Photo Stories [1,682]

Cybersex Games [1,385]

Maureen Dowd Gets Class-Conscious! [924]

Reverend Jeremiah Wright Faces Racist Abuse [903]

Oprah & Obama: "Ordinary" Blacks? [879]


SUNDAY 4 MAY

Sex Addiction [2,040]

2: Top Five Viral Videos [1,719]

Miley Cyrus, "Incest" & America's Culture War [1,318]

Almost Dead Bush: You Say Asshole; I Say Arsehole [1,216]

New Art: "Actress Slash Model" [Martin Maloney] [1,163]

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Asian Affairs



Myanmar [Burma]: The West's Propaganda Campaign for "Intervention"

Sunday, 11 May 2008 9:28 A GMT+01
The catastrophe has provoked an extraordinary campaign by the US and Europe, and in the western media, demanding that the military junta open its borders to aid and aid officials as well as to American military aircraft, troops and warships.

Myanmar [Burma] Disaster: Imperial Powers Itching to Intervene

Friday, 9 May 2008 8:34 A GMT+01
“The death toll could mount to something like 250,000 people.” Such estimates need to be treated with caution as there is an unmistakable media propaganda campaign to vilify the Burmese junta in order to justify international intervention.

White Man's Racism & Colonial Conquest [Iraq Is the Latest]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 8:57 A GMT+01
Western propaganda talks about about fighting for ?democracy? in Iraq while they whip up hysteria over the alleged threat posed by ?Muslim extremists? to ?our values?. The racism is clear. But it is part of a much deeper tradition in Western culture.

Fuck Charity! [Helping the Privileged Feel Good about Themselves]

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 8:55 A GMT+01
'American Idol' was not giving back anything, besides the enormously heavy air of self-congratulation. The people giving back were the public -- manipulated by clips and photos of tearful, pitiful-looking black and brown children, women and men.

Anti-China Hate Campaign: The Power of US 'State' Propaganda

Monday, 14 April 2008 8:51 A GMT+01
The anti-Chinese protests didn't mobilize massive numbers of people, yet received wide coverage in the US media. The vast worldwide demonstrations against American intervention in Iraq in February 2003 didn't get one-tenth the anti-China coverage.

Anti-China Campaign Intensifies: Western Media Frenzy

Sunday, 13 April 2008 8:30 A GMT+01
Washington is providing financial, political, diplomatic and propaganda support to the racist demonization of China, supposedly because of concern for “human rights.” Yet America is directly responsible for the death of one million Iraqis since 2003.

China, Tibet, The Olympics & Western Propaganda

Thursday, 10 April 2008 9:16 A GMT+01
America's political elite would prefer nothing more than US students forming "Free Tibet" committees and protesting against China’s fictitious "cultural genocide" in Tibet while Washington continues its very real war and occupation of Iraq.

Guess Who's Fomenting the Anti-China Olympics Campaign?

Monday, 7 April 2008 8:45 A GMT+01
Can there be any doubt that the U.S. government is behind the attacks on China targeting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing? "Free Tibet" is just a ruse. The events that unfolded at the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece were most revealing.

America's Manipulation of 'Unrest' in Tibet

Sunday, 30 March 2008 9:45 A GMT+01
With the CIA's deep involvement with the Free Tibet Movement and its funding of the suspiciously well-informed Radio Free Asia, it would be unlikely that any revolt could have been planned or occurred without its knowledge and clandestine support.

Dalai Lama: The Brand Name for Celebrity Buddhism

Friday, 28 March 2008 9:38 A GMT+01
The Hollywood image of Tibet as a Shangri-La guarantees that there is little real understanding of the Tibetan situation amongst the wider population. It's seen as a cultural relic - mystical, unchanging and desirable in an ‘ever changing’ world.

China, Tibet: CIA-Sponsored "Uprising"

Wednesday, 26 March 2008 9:14 A GMT+01
he US news media are filled with stories about events unfolding in Tibet. The sources of the reports are shadowy and unknown. If past practice is any indicator, it is likely that the U.S. State Department and the CIA are their primary sources.

Tibet, China & Western Hypocrisy

Monday, 24 March 2008 10:10 A GMT+01
What bothers me is the self-righteous Westerners' failure to examine themselves in the same light. China has a shaky record on human rights, but the West, particularly the US, has a human rights record that has created suffering around the world.

Sex in Japan: Men Prefer Masturbation, Virtual Sex & Prostitution

Saturday, 8 March 2008 2:25 P GMT+01
Porn, masturbation aids, web porn sites and social networks that lead to "virtual relationships", soaplands and Japan's widespread prostitution industry allow men outlets for sexual fulfillment while not fulfilling other needs, such as procreation.

The Prince Harry Stunt: For Queen, Country & Propaganda Value

Monday, 3 March 2008 9:39 A GMT+01
The army will use Harry's tour of duty to win popularity for the Afghan mission. Just as the prince is meant to lend legitimacy to the war, so the royals may hope the war will lend legitimacy to the prince. It's been an exercise in shameless spin.

Prince Harry in Afghanistan: War, Royalty & Propaganda

Sunday, 2 March 2008 9:32 A GMT+01
Still, it's good to know that the Boy Prince is a warmonger like the rest of us. How courageous of him to be Britain's jingoistic mascot in Afghanistan. Also satisfying to know that 'our' boy has played a part in killing a few more ragheads.

Pakistan: The Battle Between Radical Islam & Neoliberalism

Friday, 29 February 2008 9:02 A GMT+01
Neoliberalism is the Orthodoxy...In Islamabad one of only two seven-star hotels in the world is nearing completion. Here the Pakistani elite will meet to do business with the global rich, while the poor will be expected to look on in wonder.

Japan: Enjo Kosai - Sex & Teenage Prostitution

Thursday, 28 February 2008 2:24 P GMT+01
School age girls - usually high school but occasionally middle school girls - meet with older men, strangers, and date them in exchange for expensive designer label gifts or the money to buy them. The dates can range from a walk in the park to sex.

Lolicon Culture in Japan [Child Porn]

Friday, 22 February 2008 2:16 P GMT+01
The Lolicon industry produces photo books and magazines with teenage and preteen models sometimes as young as eight years old. The format is usually "near nudity" or "implied nudity", but a recent photo set featuring a 14-year-old girl went too far.

Pakistan Election: Defeat for Musharraf, Bush & the "War on Terror"

Friday, 22 February 2008 9:45 A GMT+01
The new civilian Pakistani government on the verge of forming may be far less amenable to the hard-line, militaristic policies of the Bush Regime and its close alliance with Musharraf. The "war on terror" has been dealt a severe, perhaps fatal, blow.

Afghanistan: Western Imperialism's Last Stand

Friday, 15 February 2008 9:48 A GMT+01
The Taliban's approach is methodical and deliberate. They've shown they can survive the harshest conditions and still achieve tactical victories over the better-equipped enemy. They're fighting to defend their own country from imperial occupation.

"War on Terror" - The Comic Book Super Villain Version

Sunday, 10 February 2008 7:45 P GMT+01
Bin Laden, al-Zawahiri, al-Zarqawi...each has been "public enemy number one". Now, al-Libi and Mehsud are accorded the ultimate tag. It's all part of the personalization trick to cover up foreign policy fiascoes of Washington and London.

China: Terrible Weather, Appalling Exploitation

Monday, 4 February 2008 1:06 A GMT+01
Worst hit is the city of Guangzhou, just hours from Hong Kong. It is a mecca for China's faceless and woefully paid army of migrant factory workers who quench the world's demand for cheap iPods, high-street clothing, children's toys and DVD players.

"War on Terror" Gave Bush Licence to Bring Death & Misery to MiIlions

Thursday, 31 January 2008 9:20 A GMT+01
To Bush, the "war on terror" is the ruling mantra of his politics of fear. Since 9/11 gave a prop to his weakening presidency, his language has scaled new heights of alarmist rhetoric. It's validated every internal repression and every external war.

"Hentai" - Sexually Explicit Manga [Japanese Comics]

Thursday, 10 January 2008 10:15 A GMT+01
Hentai anime and manga allow elements of sexual fantasy to be represented in ways that would be impossible to film. This may include portrayals of sexual acts which are physically impossible, unacceptable in society, or run counter to social norms.

Post-Bhutto: Pakistan Replaces Iran As Greatest Threat to US Hegemony

Tuesday, 8 January 2008 9:51 A GMT+01
In one fell swoop, almost overnight, Pakistan replaces Iran on the Bush Regime's radar screen. Israel may not like what is happening, but Cheney and company won't have even a fighting chance of reviving the Iran bogey in the remaining year of BushCo.