Your tax dollars (not) at work

Congressional Republicans are working to force back into law the requirement that fully a third of all American aid funds for HIV/AIDS be devoted to ineffective abstinence only programmes that have been shown not to work. This would be tragic, rather than humorous, except for the fact that is Senator David "I Never Met a Hooker I Wouldn't Shag" Vitter of Louisiana who is taking the lead in the effort.

For reasons I do not understand Senator Vitter did not resign and was not forced to resign after admitting to availing himself of the services of prostitutes in Washington and back home in Louisiana. Perhaps ex-Governor Spitzer can explain.

World Aids Day

Don't forget!

Way, way above and beyond the call of duty

WARNING: men with weak stomachs or hemophobia should most definitely not click on the link below.

Kennedy Gondwe is a BBC reporter in Zambia who despite being twenty seven years old decided to undergo circumcision to help reduce his chances of contracting HIV. You may, if you so wish (and have read the warning above), read his story here.

Do something

Today is World Aids Day.

A thoughtful gift from the Vatican to the people of Latin America

What do you give the region that seems to have everything? Perhaps an epidemic of HIV/AIDS caused by the demonisation of the use of condoms by our friends in Rome.

He's doing rather well for a dead guy

Recently deceased Nelson Mandela announces an HIV/AIDS concert. I wonder if Captain Codpiece is invited.

Captain Codpiece's bad parenting

Clearly President Bush and the missus have failed as good, Christian parents. How else can one explain that his daughter Jenna has written a book in which she says, and I quote, "the best way to protect yourself from HIV is to be faithful to your partner and use a condom". Whatever happened to the abstinence thing?

Get your conspiracy theories right here!

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio is the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique. He also appears to be a bit, well, confused. He seems to think that condoms smothered in the HIV virus are being used to eliminate Africans.