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A Cape Coral, Fla., man gathered used condoms from a neighboring yacht club parking lot and "planted" them on sticks in the median of the street. Robert Payne said he was tired of the "public copulation" happening nightly right outside his window at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press reported Tuesday. In an e-mail to city officials, Payne wrote: "I wanted to do my part as a concerned law-abiding citizen by removing the beautiful blue rubbers from the parking lot, but I was unsure what to do with them because they represent a biohazard waste product...

National Condom Week Capping this period of lunacy, many Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country will be celebrating National Condom Week from February 14-21. Examples of some of the PP activities are:   Through partnerships with two local radio stations, Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is providing “Safer Sex Kits” to listeners who answer correctly questions about condoms. The kits include condoms and information on sexually transmitted infections, birth control and emergency contraception. At Oklahoma University , Planned Parenthood is giving out free condoms and informing students about the consequences of unprotected sex. Planned Parenthood of Minnesota ,...

A group of people dressed as sperm cross a main avenue during a campaign promoting use of condoms in Bogota, Colombia, in this May 18, 2005 file photo. Roman Catholic priests in a Colombian town are furious over a councilman's proposal that people 14 and older must carry a condom at all times to reduce unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano, file)

In Tulua, Columbia a measure is being considered that would require anyone over the age of 14 to carry a condom with them at all times. This would include men, women, youth and yes even priests. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

PLANS to install 500 condom vending machines in the capital of one of India's worst HIV/AIDS-affected states have angered Muslim groups so much they have taken to the streets to protest a "condom culture". Critics of the plan by the Tamil Nadu government and India's National Aids Control Organisation to put 500 machines in the capital of Chennai and 1000 more across the state later said it would degrade women and corrupt the young. "We must fight AIDS, but these machines at public places will only promote sex outside marriage among the younger generation," said MH Jawahirullah, who heads Tamil...

Pakistan on brink of AIDS epidemic: Study Islamabad, Nov 23, IRNA Pakistan-AIDS The United Nations World Health Organization has said that Pakistan and Indonesia on the brink of a major epidemic of the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). 'The News' reported in its Wednesday issue, that a WHO report urged the two Muslim nations to speed up their actions if they are to avoid serious Human Immunity-Deficiency Virus. Given the extent of overlapping high-risk practices, increasingly serious HIV epidemics are highly likely in Pakistan, the latest report AIDS Epidemic Update-2005 said. It pointed out that a major epidemic has...

China's first liquid condom went on sale today after the country's health and drugs administration formally gave the hi-tech prophylactic the thumbs-up, the China Daily reports. Dubbed the Nanometer-silver Cryptomorphic Condom (NCC), it's designed for female rather than male usage. The condom-in-a-can is essentially an antiseptic foam spray that the manufacturer claims forms a physical membrane inside the vagina, protecting it from infection, acting as a barrier to pregnancy and providing a lubricating effect. Click Here It's not known who makes the NCC, but Beijing-based Chinese-Canadian condom maker Blue Cross Biomedical has been touting something along these lines for a...

An ad for the club in the March 23 edition of the Student Daily Bulletin offered such instruction. "Having sex? Thinking about having sex?" the ad read. "Come to room A205 at lunch on April 4th for condom club. Learn to use a condom correctly and get free condoms from the Health Center."

TORONTO, October 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On November 10, 2005, Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral will be holding a fundraiser for an event sponsored by St. Michael's Catholic Hospital to provide "'Life with Dignity' to people affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world." However, Catholics and pro-family groups are concerned that the St. Michael's Hospital fundraising project, called "Angels in Africa", contravenes the teaching of the Catholic Church and the best health options for people threatened with AIDS by promoting condom usage.

Ex-president Bill Clinton is predicting that the U.S. will lose the war in Iraq, saying "the odds are not great of our prevailing there." In an interview with the Ladies Home Journal due out next month, Clinton calls the Iraq war "a quagmire" and warns "it could go wrong." He reminded: "Since the end of World War II, the only major foreign power that succeeded in putting down an insurgency was the British putting down the Malay insurgency, but the British stayed 15 years." "So you can say for historical reasons, the odds are not great of our prevailing there,"...

Can Clinton overtake Trojan Horse? The former US president is known for many things among the Chinese public, including his sexual peccadilloes and promotion of AIDS awareness and prevention. But he may be surprised to know that his monicker is now being used as a brand name by a condom manufacturer in southern China - together with that of Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern with whom he had an affair. Guangzhou Haojian Biotech Company recently announced the launch of the Clinton and Lewinsky brands of condoms. General manager Liu Wenhua proudly declared that his was the first company in...

The Guangzhou Rubber Group has decided to market condoms under the brand name 'Clinton' and 'Lewinsky', the story is here. In a surreptitiously mendacious statement the company through it's spokeman stated : "The company had chosen to use the Clinton name because consumers viewed the former president as a responsible person, who would want to stress safe sex as an effective way to prevent the spread of the HIV virus." While much of America will be content to simply shrug and laugh this off, there is something here that really requires introspection and reflection on the part of the American...

UN INSTRUCTIONS: WHAT TO DO WITH $28 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CONDOMS UNTIL FOOD AND WATER COMES: 1. Use them for water balloon fights. Use clean water ONLY. 2. Blow them up and twist them into animal shapes--like they do at the carnival. 3. Take two, a y-shaped stick and a patch and make a slingshot. Try to kill something to eat. 4. Blow up two and keep them for a possible life preserver--in case another tsunami hits. 5. See who can blow up the biggest balloon before it pops. 6. Try to pull them on like socks. 7. Fill...

UNFPA Elusive About Abortion Aid for Tsunami Victims The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) describes itself as the "largest international public sector supplier of contraceptives, condoms and other reproductive health essentials," and states that such supplies are "critical to protecting reproductive health in emergency situations." Yet in press releases on its tsunami relief activities, UNFPA steers clear of directly stating that it provides contraceptives or abortion aids. UNFPA may be responding to past public criticism after disclosures that it was providing such supplies. In its January 6 press release, the latest and most explicit to date, UNFPA has requested $28 million...

BEIJING (AFP) - A condom maker in southern China's Guangdong province is marketing its products under "Clinton" and "Lewinsky" brands and has registered the names as trademarks, state press said. The Guangzhou Haojian Bio-science Co is selling its wares under the Chinese spelling of the names that read "Kelintun" and "Laiwensiji," the New Express reported. The names in China are easily recognizable as former US president Bill Clinton and his one time lover, Monica Lewinsky. The Clinton brand is set to be the company's top product selling for some 30 yuan (3.7 dollars) for a pack of 12, while the...

True legacy?? A Chinese company is honoring ex-president Bill Clinton by naming a new line of condoms after him - along with a companion line of condoms that will be named after his ex-girlfriend, Monica Lewinsky........

KLEINMOND, South Africa (Reuters) - A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. "Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so that she does not get raped and I thought it was high time," Sonette Ehlers, 57, said of the "rapex," a device worn like a tampon that has sparked controversy in a country used to daily reports of violent crime. Police statistics show more than 50,000 rapes are reported every year, while...

Pope faces condom protest on visit to Germany By Ruth Gledhill for Times Online The new Pope embarked on the toughest test of his papacy to date when he arrived in his native German this morning to greet a crowd of more than 400,000 young Catholics gathered to celebrate World Youth Day. The event, which became one of the biggest showcases of his charismatic predecessor's reign, has already been the focus of lobbying by the some of the Church's most committed youth on issues such as the Vatican's opposition to condom use to prevent the spread of Aids. Pro-condom posters...

20TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE Sexual shenanigans spice up camp life It's nothing unusual, say teenage visitors Anucha Charoenpo Young love birds share an intimate moment yesterday during a party for participants in the World Scout Jamboree at Haad Yao beach in Sattahip. _ JETJARAS NA RANONG Scouts from Western countries say having sex and forming relationships is common practice among participants at the 20th World Scout Jamboree in Sattahip. They say they are well aware of the risk of sexually transmitted disease and take the necessary precautions. Rob Rolfe, 17, from Britain, said he believed some couples were having sex...

a guide for social rejects---- First, a Little Introduction Ok... the first question I expect from you is "Why are you doing this?" Simply put, it's funny... or more precisely, I think I can make it funny. So don't take anything here seriously, just sit back and enjoy it. Also, I decided to do this instead of my Economics reading, programming homework, english reading, systems analysis and design homework.... what? me procrastinate? [Ok - just one serious note: Condoms are good. They prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), and other bad things (assuming you use them of course)....