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See if you have the smarts to follow this: global warming is going to cause "thick ice layers on top of [the] snow" in Norway, which will make "it harder for reindeer to reach the lichen that they feed on beneath." More global warming means more ice and less lichen. OK so far? Now, you're an ordinary, compassionate sort of fellow (or fellowette) are you not? You'd hate to see Santa forced to cancel Christmas because his heard of sleigh-pullers crapped out for the lack of lichen, isn't that so? What would you do? Well, if you were an intellectually...

(NaturalNews) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is gaining a reputation for funding technologies designed to roll out mass sterilization and vaccination programs around the world. One of the programs recently funded by the foundation is a sterilization program that would use sharp blasts of ultrasound directed against a man's scrotum to render him infertile for six months. It might accurately be called a "temporary castration" technology. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is gaining a reputation for funding technologies designed to roll out mass sterilization and vaccination programs around the world. One of the programs recently funded by the...

Poland's government has approved a law that will make chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles. The new law will see those convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years undergo chemical therapy, in which they are made to take drugs to reduce their sex drive, following their release from prison. The move has sparked criticism from human rights groups, but in a statement, the government defended its decision. 'The purpose of this action is to improve the mental health of the convict, to lower his libido and thereby to reduce the risk of another crime being committed by the...

Poland Approves Forcible Castration For Paedophiles Poland's parliament has approved a law making chemical castration obligatory for convicted paedophiles and perpetrators of incest, sparking criticism from human rights groups. 25 Sep 2009 Under the law, sponsored by Poland's centre-Right government, paedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative would have to undergo chemical therapy on their release from prison. "The purpose of this action is to improve the mental health of the convict, to lower his libido and thereby to reduce the risk of another crime being committed by the same person," the...

Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for pedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups. Under the law, sponsored by Poland's center-right government, pedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative would have to undergo chemical therapy on their release from prison. "The purpose of this action is to improve the mental health of the convict, to lower his libido and thereby to reduce the risk of another crime being committed by the same person," the government said in a statement. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said late...

  Alan Turing, who is said to be the father of modern computer science, was a WWII code-breaker until he was prosecuted by the British government for having homosexual relations. Thousands have now signed a petition calling for a government apology.Turing committed suicide two years after his prosecution in 1954, but was before given experimental chemical castration as a “treatment”. He is most well known for his NAZI enigma code breaking work for the British during the second World War and his helping establish a test to measure the intelligence of a machine which is now known as a Turing Test.So...

President Obama said that comments by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the "castration of all white males until they are no longer dominant," have been "taken out of context" by right wing ideologues. In the speech delivered to the San Juan chapter of NOW, Sotomayor said, "I want to be perfectly clear about this next comment so that there is no mistaking my words to mean something other than what they plainly say: the time has come to end white male oppression by castrating every white male until they are no...

Desmond Hatchett's children have 11 different mums and their ages range from a newborn to 11-years-old. The prolific father even boasted of fathering four tots by different women in the same year His giant brood came to light after authorities in Tennessee took Hatchett to court for non payment of child support. [snip] Hatchett, who earns minimum wage, told reporters he knows the names and ages of all his children. [snip] Hatchett's lawyer Keith Pope said: "The children can't all be supported by Desmond, so the state of Tennessee has had to step in."

A man aged 29 has fathered 21 children with 11 different women, it emerged yesterday. Desmond Hatchett's brood came to light after authorities in Tennessee in the U.S. took him to court for non-payment of child support. He has apparently set a U.S. record but said: 'It just happened.' He added that he would not have any more children. 'I'm done. I'll say I'm done,' he said. Hatchett, who earns a minimal wage, told TV reporters he knows the names and ages of all his offspring. Authorities in Knoxville said they plan to take half of his monthly salary to...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Castration could be a sentencing option for some sex offenders in Louisiana under a bill approved by a state Senate judiciary committee.

McKinney, Texas (AP) -- A man who underwent surgical castration after he was shot in the groin during a police raid has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing at the officers. Guillermo Urquiza, 27, said he was asleep at home in April 2006 when a police SWAT team burst in to arrest him and look for evidence that he had solicited an informant to kill a police officer. Urquiza shot at the officers but didn't hit anyone. The officers, who said they fired after hearing gunshots, wounded Urquiza in the groin and stomach. He has since undergone...

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the plea, in Bay County Circuit Court, of Bobby James Allen, Jr., to four counts of Armed Burglary, three counts of Sexual Battery while Armed, and one count of Attempted Sexual Battery while Armed. These pleas resolve a number of cases which arose in late 1998 and 1999. Allen is to be sentenced on September 20, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. The agreed-upon sentence will be 25 years prison, as a dangerous felony sex offender and, by law, Allen will serve 100 per cent of that sentence. The prison term will be followed by 10 years...

A St. Paul man, complaining of chronic pain, wanted to have his testicles removed. When conventional medical staff refused to do the job, he hired other "professionals" to take off his testicles, according to a search warrant affidavit filed Monday in Ramsey County District Court. Two or three people operated on the man, Russell Daniel Angus, 62, a couple weeks ago at his home in St. Paul. He was unconscious during the surgery, and when he woke up, his testicles had been removed....

BRUSSELS, July 14 (UPI) -- A human rights group says it has serious reservations about the Czech Republic's use of surgical castration to treat sex offenders. The Czech government has said surgical castration is confined mainly to sex offenders who commit murder and then only with the offender's consent. In a new report, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture questions how freely given the consent could be when the prisoner knows the alternative is chemical castration and indefinite confinement in a psychiatric hospital, BBC News reported Saturday. The committee, under the Council of Europe, said it was concerned about...

Castration plan for paedophiles By Paula Sheppard and Philip Johnston  Last Updated: 2:34am BST 13/06/2007   Paedophiles are to be offered a drug treatment known as chemical castration, the Government is expected to announce today.   Home Secretary John Reid   Under the plans, persistent child sex offenders who agree to the treatment would be given injections of leuproreline, which cuts testosterone levels in men.Other countries - including Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the United States - already use the method in an attempt to reduce reoffending.John Reid, the Home Secretary, is expected to say that "temporary castration" will not be...

What does it take for a healthy man to choose to have his testicles removed? Roger Davies is one of a surprising number who have found salvation in castration. Like many sensitive teenagers, Roger Davies felt different from his peers. He wasn’t into sport and abhorred the aggression he saw in other boys. When, at the age of 22, he still hadn’t grown out of his sense of isolation, he took radical action: he travelled to America and underwent castration. “I’m really happy with who I am now,” says the 25-year-old cleaner and caterer from Southport. “I don’t have any...

Chemical castration is the common treatment for advanced prostate cancer, and more than 250,000 American men are taking these drugs. My initial response to the therapy was typical. My mood plummeted along with my testosterone level....My memory suffered. Not only was I now more likely to lose my car keys, I occasionally couldn’t remember where I left the car. When I was stoked up on testosterone in the old days,...I would obsess about exacting revenge on those who offended me. Now I see the foolishness in such macho fury. Rather than trying to undo others, I can now willfully exercise...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Three men, including a former Topeka resident, accused of operating what police described as a sadomasochistic "dungeon" that included castrations have been sentenced to jail time. Richard Peter "Master Rick" Sciara, his partner of 20 years Michael Mendez, and the man they called their slave, Danny Carroll Reeves, pleaded guilty to felony castration and maiming. Sciara had worked as a physician's assistant at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka from February 1976 to June 1999. Superior Court Judge Dennis Winner said it was difficult to call the dungeon's willing patients "victims," but he said six...

(12-29) 18:18 PST Lillington, N.C. (AP) -- A woman was charged with malicious castration for allegedly attacking a man during a Christmas party, police said. Rebecca Arnold Dawson, 34, is accused of grabbing the genitals of a 38-year-old man during a fight that erupted early Tuesday morning at a party hosted by the man's girlfriend. All three were heavily intoxicated, Lillington Police Chief Frank Powers said. "I believe he needed more than 50 stitches to repair the damage, but he is back home at this point," police Cpl. Brad Stevens said Friday. "All we can tell you is that the...

<p>Lillington — A Harnett County woman faces felony charges after police say she castrated her husband.</p> <p>Rebecca Ann Dawson, 34, of Stockyard Road in Lillington, was arrested Sunday after the alleged attack on her husband, Kevin Russ, during some type of domestic situation.</p>