Thoughts on some of today's Drudge Report stories

AIDS Problem Growing in Russia

The worldwide AIDS situation just horrifies me. If we don't get a handle on the HIV epidemic (hopefully through a cure, or at least a vaccine), the consequences will be earth-shattering. Think of all the children who are growing up as orphans because of AIDS. These are going to be some seriously messed-up adults in twenty years. Already, we see all kinds of problems with children adopted from abroad. Many of these children were raised in orphanages without proper social interaction or mental stimulation, and they are permanently impaired as a result. Meanwhile, the U.S. government (at the behest of conservatives) refuses to fund or promote realistic family-planning and sex-education programs, here and around the world. I agree that abstinence and monogamy are the best solutions, but we need to face reality. The upheavals that AIDS could cause are shocking. We need to try and leave our children a better world.

Benign Nazi occupation?
Soccer fascism
The spirit of Hitler and Mussolini lives on. It's sickening that, after the death and devastation of World War II, there are still so many Europeans who are drawn to fascism. These people only worship one god: pure, brute force.

Harry, what were you thinking? He's an early contender for this year's bad-taste awards.

No justice for chickens The employees should have been prosecuted, even if the penalties were light and mostly symbolic. A message needs to be sent that animal cruelty is unacceptable, even in a slaughterhouse. What kind of sick freak gets off on torturing animals, anyway?

No WMD When the Iraq war began, I idly wondered if the CIA might secretly plant a stash of chemical weapons in Iraq for our troops to find (assuming that no genuine Iraqi WMD were found). Some cops allegedly carry "throwaway" guns to plant on dead suspects; I almost wondered if the CIA might manufacture some "throwaway WMD". I guess my imagination got a little carried away.

Don King says, "Show me the money" How the hell did Don King get off with just four years for beating a man to death? I'm amazed that anyone still does business with this man.