共同通信社が第４次安倍内閣の発足を受けて１、２両日に実施した全国緊急電話世論調査によると、憲法９条に自衛隊を明記する安倍晋三首相の提案に反対は５２・６％で、賛成３８・３％を上回った。内閣支持率は４９・５％で、９月２、３両日の前回調査に比べて５・０ポイント増加。不支持率は３８・３％。首相（自民党総裁）が来年秋の総裁選で３選を果たして首相を続けてほしいは４１・０％。続けてほしくないは５１・２％だった。
A Congressional Research Service report published last week said that conservative estimates anticipate that in the first hours of a conflict, North Korean artillery situated along the frontier could cause tens of thousands of casualties in South Korea, where at least 100,000 and possibly as many as 500,000 Americans live - including nearly 30,000 US troops. It said a protracted conflict, particularly one in which North Korea uses its nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, could cause enormous casualties on a greater scale.
Some analysts contend the risk of Kim acquiring a nuclear weapon capable of targeting the US homeland is greater than the risks associated with the outbreak of a regional war, the report said.
Some analysts contend, however, that the risk of allowing the Kim Jong-un regime to acquire a nuclear weapon capable of targeting the U.S. homeland is of even greater concern than the risks associated with the outbreak of war,especially given Pyongyang’s long history of threats and aggressive action toward the United States and its allies and the regime’s long-stated interest in unifying the Korean Peninsula on its terms.
The word "chink" originated as a slur used to generalise Asian people—despite the many, many different ethnicities, dialects and cultures within the huge and diverse continent that is Asia.
The word "chink" originated as a slur used to generalise Asian people—despite the many, many different ethnicities, dialects and cultures within the huge and diverse continent that is Asia.
We need to stay away from those chinks."
A white couple said it, then shuffled away from my mother and me at a grocery store. We were in Brisbane, shopping for mushrooms and shallots for my Chinese dinner. The year was 1996, around the time Pauline Hanson warned Australia that it was "in danger of being swamped by Asians." I was two years old.
She told me about the incident when I was older. Despite her limited English, my mother knew the word was meant be heard—and to hurt. Her maternal instincts drove her to turn away, wrap herself around me, and rush me home. She made herself my shield, and took the sharpness of the word in her back. I wonder if she had trouble cooking that night.
The Harvey Weinstein allegations have highlighted just how pervasive a problem sexual abuse is in Hollywood. In a world of manicures, Maybachs and million-dollar paycheques, there exists a seedy underworld in which rich men are allowed to exploit, abuse and even rape young women.
However, this sounds all too familiar to the women of the porn industry. It’s a career which many turn to out of financial need and subsequently can’t leave. A male-dominated environment, it allows female performers to fall prey to the worst kinds of abuse.
“It was torture for seven years,” stated former adult performer Brittni Ruiz. “I was miserable, I was lonely, I eventually turned to drugs and alcohol and attempted suicide.” Like many, Ruiz felt trapped by the industry but maintained the smiles and the optimism: “I knew I wanted out, but I didn’t know how to get out.”
The spectrum of abuse is mind-boggling. Psychological control and coercion, non-consensual unprotected sex, forced sodomy and “facial abuse” are just a handful of examples. “It was a really, really, really rough scene,” states Miriam Weeks on the subject of her first foray into porn. “I wasn’t prepared for how rough it was.”
“It’s not that bad,” she was told when she initially said no to the scene. “They’ll be very nice to you.” Weeks was then recorded on camera getting “ass-kicked”. Beaten and choked, it made for an apt introduction to an industry which is centred on male domination and female compliance.
Previously concrete terms turn to mush the minute the cameras start rolling. Furthermore, details one might consider essential aren’t disclosed until the last minute. By the time Weeks was informed that she would be working with a 50-year-old man, she felt it was too late. Knowing she would be fined and never hired again, she went through with it in the name of professionalism. However, when “professionalism” and “exploitation” mean the same thing, questions need to be asked.
“People in the porn industry are numb to real life and are like zombies walking around,” states Jessica Jewel. “Everybody is on drugs,” she continues. “I became horribly addicted to heroin and crack. I overdosed at least three times, had tricks pull knives on me, have been beaten half to death…”
While rarely part of a long term plan, many girls soon find that they would rather leave porn as soon as possible. However, conditioned into compliance and with no other options, many girls choose to stay despite being unhappy.
They are then spat out by the industry when they’re considered too old, too alcoholic or too addicted. “There’s an influx of girls who want to do porn,” states a male porn star in the behind-the-scenes Netflix documentary Hot Girls Wanted. “A lot of them know it’s a trap, but the money’s right there in their face. They take it and just hope for the best.”
Unfortunately, pornography remains an unregulated industry in which abuse and exploitation are allowed to thrive. This culminates in the harrowing story of Jessica Stoyadinovich (aka Stoya). In November 2015 she tweeted: “That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see people idolizing the guy who raped you as a feminist. That thing sucks.” She followed up the initial tweet with: “James Deen held me down and f**ked me while I said no, stop, used my safeword. I just can’t nod and smile when people bring him up anymore.”
Her ex boyfriend James Deen was a fellow high-profile performer. Outwardly, he was a kind-natured man of progressive politics and he has since denied the claims. However, within the industry, many were more wary - and Stoyadinovich had even been advised to put him on her “no” list.
A man has been arrested after rubbing his crotch against a woman on the New York subway who was actually a plainclothes police officer.
Foreign home buyers to be banned
