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Current events: November 22, 2024

Heretic TOC – Blame the goats, pigs, caterpillars, slugs… – In the wake of the great Jimmy Savile so-called child sexual abuse scandal of 2012, there has been a whole series of prosecutions of similarly high-profile figures in the UK for alleged sex offences. (Blog, UK) Our Love Frontier - This American Life: Tarred and Feathered… - Discussion of the weekly Podcast This American Life. (Blog, USA) Sebastian Edathy - German politician embroiled in controversy related to Azov Films. Operation Yewtree - (also known as the Yewtree Inquisition and the Savile Inquisition) is a police investigation into historical sexual abuse allegations in the UK some dating back more than 50 or 60 years. Paedophile Information Exchange - Several British politicians including Harriet Harman (Labour Deputy) and Patricia Hewitt (Health Secretary) and a judge (Lord Justice Fulford) and Peter Thornton, the Chief Coroner have been servery criticized in the tabloid press for their peripheral connection with PIE while promoting civil liberty in the 70's and early 80's. Bryan Singer - American film director, screenwriter and producer known for his work on the X-men series accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault of a minor. Voodoo Molestation and US Law - In the recent decision by the US Supreme Court on April 23, 2014, Doyle Randall Paroline v. United States, et al., it was adjudicated that restitution can be awarded based not only on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of child pornography; but can be collected from all those who have been convicted of viewing the image, based on the magical belief that viewing the image has essentially caused damage to the soul of the subject.