Archive for March, 2008

Believe, Believe More, or You’ll All Blow Up!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

27th March 2008 It is a fact that the antitobacco industry feels the pressure of its opponents, although it would rather die than admit it. Many things are becoming clear — and they are now repeated from the four corners of the world, in all languages, from al…

Hamish Howitt Will Not Step Down from Principle

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

27th March 2008 British pub owner Hamish Howitt has had another day in court and hopes for more.

Dissidence or Orthodoxy?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

26th March 2008 We are glad to present to our readers this new session of the FORCES Round Table. Gian Turci’s guest this time is Michael Siegel. As most of our readers know, Siegel is a tobacco control advocate who has become, shall we say, the Aleksandr Solz…

Neighbour’s Fault Is Smokers’ Headache

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

26th March 2008 A couple who were investigated by their local council for smoking in their own home have been told that it’s the fault of the neighbour who complained.

Want a Fight?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

25th March 2008 They say fascism makes atrocity conventional….

Engineered Confusion

Monday, March 24th, 2008

25th March 2008 We live in an anxious and confused era where sweethearts are reduced to disposable "significant others" and where the bother of compassion and companionship can be dismissed by substitution of quick ‘n’ easy "tough love."…

Liars

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

24th March 2008 The New York City Health Department, it has been revealed, is running TV ads showing stock footage of diseased kids, identifying the anonymous photographic subjects as "victims of secondhand smoke." Says the president of the American Academ…

The Mysteries of Media Monotone

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

24th March 2008 We’ve recently reported on some exceptions to "health, safety, and environment" obeisance amongst mainstream media sources. At America’s National Public Radio, however, you’ll still find nothing but genuflection, to a point of contortion.

Attorney Benjamin Responds to Anti

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

24th March 2008 Last week the goose-stepping Minneapolis Star-Tribune printed an editorial stating that Attorney Mark Benjamin of the "Theatre Night" movement was atrociously out-of-step in interfering with the amusing humiliation and social eradication of…

Global Warming: Science versus Fraud

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

24th March 2008 We keep hearing that the threat of global warming is supported by an overwhelming consensus of scientists. Who are these scientists? The media never tells us.