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Warning: The body parts you are about to see may have come from Chinese prisoners who were tortured and executed.

What should be on a sign outside of the Bodies exhibit in New York City.

More about the settlement related to these bodies.

Those who don’t recognize this odd sentence would be well-served to read about “All base are belong to us” at Wikipedia.

Meanwhile, contemplate the constitutionality of this:

• A Spanish citizen has a website hosted in the Bahamas.
• This person sells trips to Cuba to Europeans.
• This person makes the mistake of registering his web site domains using a police state-based, er I mean United States-based, domain registrar.

And the His successful non-U.S. business is brought to its knees by the Treasury Department, which demands that the U.S.-based domain registrar shut down his domains AND refuse to transfer them to a non-U.S. domain registrar.

And that’s exactly what they do. Without recourse of any substance.

Read the details in the NY Times. Unbelievable. Sort of.

A cyberattack has caused a power blackout in multiple cities outside the United States, the CIA has warned.

The SANS Institute, a computer-security training body, reported the CIA’s disclosure on Friday. CIA senior analyst Tom Donahue told a SANS Institute conference on Wednesday in New Orleans that the CIA had evidence of successful cyberattacks against critical national infrastructures outside the United States… read more via the link below.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6227090.html?tag=nl.e550

Interesting that they would tell us about this instance, but not about any other.  I’m sure it has nothing to do with manipulation for political gain.

From public information gathered by the folks at journeytoforever.org:

… Inequitable Distribution

Among the 4.4 billion people who live in developing countries:

• THREE-FIFTHS have no access to basic sanitation
• Almost ONE-THIRD are without safe drinking water
• ONE-QUARTER lack adequate housing
• ONE-FIFTH live beyond reach of modern health services
• ONE-FIFTH of the children do not get as far as grade five in school
• ONE-FIFTH are undernourished

The 3 RICHEST PEOPLE in the world own assets that exceed the combined gross national product of ALL LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES and their 600 million people.

The richest 20% of the world’s population enjoys a share in global income that is 86 times that of the poorest 20%.

More than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less that $1 a day. More than 50% of them are children. Nearly 1 billion cannot meet their basic consumption requirements.

The assets of the 200 richest people are more than the combined income of 41% of the world’s people.

A yearly contribution of 1% of their wealth or $8 billion could provide universal access to primary education for all.

Industrialized countries hold 97% of all patents, and global corporations hold 90% of all technology and product patents.

Over 80% of foreign direct investment in developing and transition economies goes to just 20 countries, with China receiving the maximum share.

Debt relief for the 20 worst affected countries would cost between US $5.5 billion to $7.7 billion, LESS than the cost of ONE stealth bomber.

… Inequitable Consumption

Basic education for all would cost $6 BILLION a year:

• $8 BILLION is spent annually for cosmetics in the United States alone.

Installation of water and sanitation for all would cost $9 BILLION plus some annual costs:

• $11 BILLION is spent annually on ice cream in Europe.

Reproductive health services for all women would cost $12 BILLION a year:

• $12 BILLION a year is spent on perfumes in Europe and the United States.

Basic health care and nutrition would cost $13 BILLION:

• $17 BILLION a year is spent on pet food in Europe and the United States;
• $35 BILLION is spent on business entertainment in Japan;
• $50 BILLION on cigarettes in Europe;
• $105 BILLION on alcoholic drinks in Europe;
• $400 BILLION on narcotic drugs around the world; and
• $780 BILLION on the world’s militaries.

20% of the world’s people in industrialized countries account for 86% of total private consumption expenditures, while the poorest 20% account for 1.3%

The overall consumption of the richest 20% of the world’s people is 16 times that of the poorest 20%.

The share of the poorest 20% of the world’s people in global income is 1.1%, down from 1.4% in 1991.

There are 16 cars per 1,000 people in developing countries and 405 cars per 1,000 people in industrialized countries.

On average, developing countries have one doctor for every 6,000 people whereas industrialized countries have one for every 350 people.

Sources:
United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2000 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000);
–, Human Development Report 1999 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999);
–, Human Development Report 1998 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).