US 'to fight back' in cotton war

BBC NEWS | Business | US 'to fight back' in cotton war: "We will defend US agriculture in every forum we need to and have no intention of unilaterally disarming."

Is this trade or war? Why the talk of disarmament. Force and violence is endemic in the discourse of capitalism. And all the while we, the huddling masses, are categorised as consumers -- passive cattle to be milked of the fruits from our labour power.

It is time to denounce greed. It is time to cultivate compassion and deliberation.

We are all the same DNA, we all bleed the same blood and no amount of insurance will save us from our mortality.

Real Reality TV

Merlin breaks silence on Big Brother protest: "I wasn't trying to destroy the show. If people want reality television then this is reality."

I'd like to personally thank Merlin Luck for co-opting a format that pandas to those who do not want to confront what is happening in our world. His brave stand for debate and deliberation in our political landscape should be an inspiration to us all.

Namaste Merlin.

We are what we are told to be

British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles - World - www.smh.com.au: "Nine out of 10 surveyed said they were unhappy with their looks and 85% of women said they thought about their size and shape every day.

Three-quarters of women thought their life would be better if they were happy with their body and 26% said they were prepared to go under the knife to improve their looks.

Cosmetic procedures women were most likely to have, were breast enlargement, breast reduction, botox injections, liposuction, tightening of the jaw line, tummy tuck, lines around the eyes and a half face lift.

Celebrity role models Victoria Beckham, Jordan and Cherie Blair were the most disliked and were not helpful to ordinary women, 56% said.

The perfect woman was identified as having the face and breasts of Catherine Zeta Jones, the hair of former Friends star Jennifer Aniston, Kylie Minogue's bottom and Victoria Beckham's legs."

Time to stop looking for the perfect life because it is a fallacy. Time to live, time to be

Free Trade Agreement and it's implications

Powell urges Latham to drop Iraq troop deadline. 10/06/2004. ABC News Online: "Mr Powell has increased the pressure on Opposition leader Mark Latham to reverse Labor's Christmas troop withdrawal deadline, particularly after this week's United Nation's resolution to formally end the occupation of Iraq at the end of this month.

Mr Powell has told ABC TV's Insiders program that if Labor wins the federal election, and Australian troops leave Iraq, it would be a political disaster for the alliance between the US and Australia."

Is this what the Austrlian electorate signed up for when they cast their ballots in 2000?

Assault on an advertising threat

Murdoch defection hits TiVo hopes: "The rise of TiVo is seen as a threat to advertising, since many users fast-forward through commercial breaks, and the individual nature of TiVo programming makes viewer tastes harder to judge."