PETA.xxx Site Launches, Features Sexy Photos And Animal Abuse

PETA launches a .xxx site to raise awareness for animal rights

PETA knows how to raise eyebrows: The animal rights group's memorable campaigns have included everything from celebrities posing nude in protest of animal fur clothing to scantily clad women having an erotic moment with their vegetables to support veganism.

Now, the group has pulled out all the stops by launching PETA.xxx, a site featuring adult content and animal rights messages, all in one place.

"[T]his is the perfect example of sex just being used to draw interest, and then once you're there on the site, we're going to hit you with facts that you need to know about the world of animals," adult-film legend Ron Jeremy said in a Q&A video.

The site has enough adult content to qualify for the .xxx domain, but also some other graphic images of animals that viewers may not expect to see, according to a HuffPost interview with PETA's Lindsay Rajt.
PETA's .xxx site isn't reserved for just celebrities and adult entertainment stars. Instead, the organization also welcomes regular Joes and Janes to visit the new site and volunteer to go naked at local animal rights demonstrations.

PETA has also launched other shocking campaigns in recent months. One ad spot compared human abuse to the silent suffering of fish, explaining, "Fish feel pain and fear, and they suffer enormously when they are impaled, crushed, suffocated, or cut open and gutted, all while they're fully conscious."

The organization also recently sued SeaWorld in an attempt to free the animals "from enslavement for human amusement." The case was dismissed by a judge.

Why Pic From Octomom's XXX Film Will Shock

Why first pic from Octomom's XXX film will shock you - but not for the reasons you're thinking

Nadya Suleman on the set of her porn film. She said the film was the most most liberating thing I've ever done. Picture: Jessica Drake / Instagram

SO where are all the stretch marks?

You'd expect a mother of 14 children - eight of them in one batch - would have at least a few physical traces of her pregnancies, but not Octomom Nadya Suleman.

The above picture of Suleman - from the set of the solo porn film she says she's been forced to make to pay the bills - betrays little of her history and her crippling financial woes.

Her stomach looks toned and flat, her skin smooth and wrinkle-free.

The photo was tweeted by her "porn coach" Jessica Drake along with the caption: "Who's this star?... some of you guessed right - this IS Nadya Suleman AKA Octomom - on the set of her xxx movie. surprised?"
Suleman, 36, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year but she missed the May 14 deadline to complete the paperwork showing she couldn't pay her debts and her case was thrown out.

The single mother is almost a year behind on her mortgage payments, has allegedly been on welfare support and the foreclosure sale of her home has been delayed yet again

This week it was reported she was becoming stripper - of sorts. Her publicist confirmed she had booked a stripper gig at the T's Lounge in West Palm Beach, Florida, and that she would appear topless at some point in the show but was adamant Octomom wasn't a stripper.

"This is not a new career for her," the publicist told CNN.

Which sadly leaves her the porn industry. Suleman said that her self-pleasure film was "the best, most powerful, and most liberating thing I've ever done".
She recently told the Huffington Post: "They made me look so glamorous, and for the first time in my life, I felt beautiful and sexy. I’m very excited for it to come out."

Call a Northeastern 'Chinki', Be Jailed For 5 Yrs

By Karishma Kuenzang & Kashika Saxena

The next time you call a person from North East India a 'chinki' you could end up behind bars for five years.

How many times have you heard someone call a person from the North East 'chinki'? How many times have you called someone from the North East 'chinki'?

Now is the time to watch your tongue before you stereotype someone, because calling someone 'chinki' can land you in jail for up to five years. The term, even though derogatory, has become synonymous with people from North East because of their mongoloid features.

But in an attempt to prevent racial discrimination against people from the North East, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked all the states and union territories to book anyone who commits an act of atrocity against people from the region under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Cyberspace has already started debating the pros and cons of this law, and while some people think a rule like this was long due, some feel that five years in jail is a little extreme. We asked people from the North East residing in Delhi if they think that people should be jailed from calling them 'chinki'.

Five years? hell, ya!
Of course it's fair to send someone to jail for calling us 'chinki'! What did Gandhi do when he was thrown out of the train because of his colour? He started a movement. That was in a foreign land, here we are treated differently and called names in our own country! - A 26-year-old sales executive

In Delhi, people call North Eastern women 'chinki', implying that they are "easy". This is an attack on a person's integrity and dignity. I am glad steps are being taken to stop this kind of discrimination. - A 20-year-old DU student

Sending people to prison is going to result in resentment and hostile behaviour. But sometimes these measures need to be taken because the discrimination against people from the North East in Delhi is appaling. - A 25-year-old JNU student

A little too extreme
Being called 'chinki' is very common in Delhi. For that, years of imprisonment isn't exactly required. A week should suffice. - A 24-year-old call centre employee

Imprisoning people for five years is a bit extreme. A few weeks should make the difference. But I'm glad this initiative is being taken because it's really difficult for people from the North East to settle down in a place where people just look down upon them all the time. - A 21-year-old DU student

Ask me this question after somebody is sentenced to jail for calling someone 'chinki'. I have my doubts. In case it is acted upon, then also I feel imprisonment for five years is way too much. - A 27-year-old journalist.

YMA To Crack Down On 'Defaulting' Insurance Cos

Aizawl, Jun 6 : Central committee of the Young Mizo Association (central YMA) today decided to take steps to close down insurance companies operating in Mizoram, which refused to open regional offices here.

The state's most influential organisation had repeatedly requested the nationalised insurance companies to set up regional offices here in order to solve the problems of insurance claimants caused by the companies.

Only the United India Insurance Company has set up a regional office, in a positive response to the central YMA's request, a source from the central YMA said.

Three companies, New India Assurance Company Limited, Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, and National Insurance Company Ltd have allegedly ignored the central YMA's request.

Accident insurance claimants had to call in surveyors from Silchar in Assam, about 180 kilometres from Aizawl, causing a lot of time and money. Expressing solid support to the central YMA's resolution, Zoram Drivers' Union, Mizoram Road Transport Union, Zoram Taxi Drivers' Association, Zoram Taxi Owners' Association, Mizoram Maxi Cab Owners' Association and Mizoram Truck Owners' Association entrusted the central YMA to deal with the insurance companies.

Lal Thanhawla Cries Centre's Negligence

Aizawl, Jun 6 : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today accused the Finance Commissions of not giving full attention to the needs raised by his state. Addressing a Union finance minister-chaired meeting of North East Chief Ministers at New Delhi today, Lal Thanhawla expressed his disappointment that the Finance Commissions did not fully appreciate the needs projected by Mizoram.

"Many of the committed liabilities, carried over obligations and interest liabilities and others, which constitute a big financial burden, have either been ignored or only partially accepted," Lal Thanhawla told the meeting. As against Mizoram's projected fund requirement of Rs 13,166 crore, the 12th Finance Commission awarded only Rs 9442 crore leaving a gap of Rs 3674 crore, making a gap of Rs 1687 crore for the first two years of the award period alone, he said.

Lal Thanhawla also highlighted that unproductive expenditures constitute nearly 50 percent of the non-plan budget of the state. Also, with manufacturing sector contributing just two percent of the state GSDP, the number of government employees is high.

Implementation of the sixth pay recommendations that created an additional financial liability of about Rs 200 crore annually from 2009-2010 is an "unavoidable compulsion both politically and administratively", he said.

Mizoram has recurring liability of interest payment, which rose from Rs 253 crore in 2010-11 to Rs 261 crore in the current fiscal, the chief minister said.

Accusing the previous ministry of Mizo National Front of leaving behind non-plan liability to the tune of Rs 110 crore, Lal Thanhawla said that his state's non-plan committed liability stands at more than Rs 1054 crore. Lal Thanhawla made it clear that they don't want to go to Delhi with a begging bowl, but they don't have any alternative source.

Though its resource base is weak and inelastic, the state has been making efforts to raise additional resources by hiking takes on LPG, petrol, land revenue and other fees, Lal Thanhawla pointed out, adding, "These measures are expected to give us additional about Rs 100 crore."

Aizawl Still Thirsty

Aizawl spends big on water, but is still dry

Aizawl, Jun 5 : You wouldn't expect one of India's wettest states to suffer from a water crisis. But residents of Mizoram's capital have a tough task sourcing water.

For one, traditional sources have all but dried up. And two, despite the state having one of the most expensive water-lifting schemes in the country, much of the water is wasted.

Before Mizos learned to harvest rainwater, they depended on streams and springs. Now, Aizawl's natural water springs dry up during the dry season, while Tlawng river, the sole source of water supply, is reduced to a stream.

Mizoram had two main reservoirs, one built in 1900 and the other in 1953-54. In 1963, the Aizawl Water Supply Scheme was initiated to lift water from Tlawng, a height of 1,050m in Tuikhutlang reservoir through seven stages of pump-sets.

In 1972, the Greater Aizawl Water Supply Scheme was launched to cater to barely 80,000 people. This is one of the most costly water lifting schemes in the country. It's also extremely wasteful.

Then came the Greater Aizawl Water Supply Scheme Phase-II that has been a non-starter. Work on the Rs 177cr scheme began in 1998, but remained incomplete.

"We get water once in three or four days. Sometimes we don't get even a drop in a week," laments a resident. Not that Aizawl needs to suffer.

A village near the capital, Lungleng, is regarded as India's model village for its success with rainwater harvesting practices.

Northeast Misses Its Charming Palate

By Nitin Sethi

New Delhi, Jun 5 : It's a craving that only gets stronger with distance.

Northeasterners living in other parts of the country are always asking each other: Is someone coming from home?

It's a constant quest for goodies—wrapped-up bundles of half-a-dozen different leaves, dried and fresh mushrooms, legumes, roots and beans, fermented and dried fish, bamboo shoot and banana stem. And, sometimes, red-hot chillies.

For northeast's students, it's a way of reliving the rich biodiverse experience back home. The veggie packets are small as they have to be eaten fresh.

The fermented or dried fish and meat can be stored. The super-hot red chillies could be bhut jholokia or naga mirchi oru-morok, depending on which part of the Northeast they come from. These are just the better-known exports — over a dozen different kinds of chillies are grown in the region.

The packets from home are just a small part of the wide variety of cultivated and gathered foods eaten by people in the rich forests and fertile fields of the Northeast.

The biodiversity of the forests lends great variety to the Northeast diet. There are tubers and legumes, flowers, seeds, leaves and stems, fish and insects. Alternatives to manufactured ghee, salt and sugar, too, exist though they are dwindling fast.

In Imphal, Manipur, the offering of 108 different vegetarian dishes to the deity at Govindajee Temple is often cited as an example of the variety available. There are more than 10,000 varieties of rice recorded by scientists in the region.

Research shows that jhum or shifting cultivation, discouraged by the government, plays a critical role in preserving herbs and plants that the rice-wheat system has destroyed across the country. Unlike rest of India, biodiversity in the Northeast has been a thriving economic idea.

But things are changing. As the economy becomes more cash-driven, horticultural crops are taking over lands. The money they bring is used to buy essentials, including food. Until 10 years ago, villagers in the Northeast grew almost everything they ate; the rest was bartered locally.

The side-effects of centrally ordained agricultural systems have begun to hit the Northeast too—cash crops like pineapples can be found thrown around on the highways for lack of buyers.

As land gets over-exploited, biodiversity is becoming the domain of scientists and ethnographers talking of preservation and conservation.

To see the change, visit the Iew Duh market run by the Khasi community in cosmopolitan Shillong. One of the largest markets of its kind, Iew Duh was once known for traditional wares—including vegetables, spices, fruits and forest produce from Khasi lands.

Now, the small shops are full of packaged food products while traditional items fight a losing battle for space.

President: Is Pranab Mukherjee Out Of The Race?

Senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes hands over meeting papers to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the extended Congress Working Committee meeting at the Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi on Monday — Sondeep Shankar

Speculation is rife on who the real candidate of the Congress for the President’s post will be, after an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday authorised party chief Sonia Gandhi to decide on the Congress nominee for the posts of President and vice president.

The fact that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee moved the resolution, confused many within the party as he is widely seen as a potential candidate of the party for the highest office.

Opinion was divided on whether the fact that he moved the resolution was indicative his prospects had dimmed amid speculation that the prime minister could also be in the running.

According to sources, such resolutions are moved by the SC, ST, minority leader as a token gesture.

Asked if he was a candidate for President or his name was discussed at the CWC meeting, Mukherjee said, “Congress president is to select the candidate. Neither me nor anybody else.”

Explaining the role of Congress in selecting the Presidential candidate, he said, “We are the leaders of UPA so Mrs Gandhi will consider all aspects.”

When asked if his name came up when the Congress president was formally authorised to select a candidate, Mukherjee said, “No question of that. We never do so. All the time, so far as my knowledge goes, the Congress president names the candidate.”