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1. Torture There are some people who have a sexual fetish about torture, deriving some kind of thrill about being dominated and forced to obey through suffering. For the people who endure real torture, there is no such pleasure. This Squidoo lens is about no fet...
2. Tower of London The Tower of London is one of the capital's best known and most popular visitor attractions, as well as a World Heritage site, but it's had a long and bloody history. It had a dark and sinister reputation, although it was used as a palace for a while...
3. Witch Hunts It has become quite common for people to refer to any excessive campaign of punishment as a "witch hunt". Defenders of President Clinton, for example, called the work of independent counsel Ken Starr as a witch hunt. Given the frequency with which peo...
4. Fun and Amusing T-shirts and Gifts for Anybody The world is a strange and frustrating place sometimes. That's why it's important to be as wacky and amusing as you possibly can. You can start conversations, make people question your sanity or make them laugh til they cry with these gifts and t-shi...
5. Instruments of Torture - DJD Miniature Chamber of Horrors This lens has grown out of my following for Deb Jackson and her beautiful hand crafted miniature works of art for inclusion in your dollhouse or miniature setting. Medieval torture is a remarkably popular niche subject and Deb's period pieces,...
6. The War in Iraq The war in Iraq started in 2003. This lens traces the war's history, and discusses the real reasons behind the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and, importantly, asks how the Iraq War can be ended soon.
7. The Ghost of Fort Santiago Once the site of the 16th century palace and kingdom of Rajah Suliman, Fort Santiago is an imposing fortress of majestic proportions. It stands testimony to early Philippines history and Spanish imperialist conquest. It played an active part in the...
8. Stanford Prison and the Milgram Studies: What Are the Moral Limits? I was a sociology major in college. We saw the movie about the Milgram experiments in almost every class. Sociology professors loved it. The experiment advertised for subjects by saying that it was designed to learn how people learn. That was not tru...
9. Why Are We in Iraq? Ever since 2003, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney have given us ever-new reasons for why they invaded Iraq. First, it was weapons of mass destruction. Then it was because Saddam was supposedly behind 9/11. Then it was because al-Qaeda were s...
10. The Inquisition The infamous Inquisition was a religious court that terrorized the Christian world for hundreds of years. The Inquisition was set up in 1233 as a Roman Catholic tribunal to investigate and punish heresy. Originally set up by the Dominican order, it...
11. Dianne Feinstein: The Worst Senator Ever It's easy to lay blame at the feet of right wing nuts like Sam Brownback. Even worse, however, are those senators who claim to represent progressives, but go and cave in to the Republicans whenever George W. Bush says boo! Dianne Feinstein supported s...
12. We eat cows, so why not horses? I have owned horses since I was a little girl, have loved them forever -- and I'm NOT against the eating of horsemeat. Don't get me wrong; personally, I really don't care to try it. And I don't want you to eat MY horse, so I'll be keeping him until...
13. The War on Terror The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terrorism) is a U.S. initiative, following the tragic attacks of 9/11, that claims to counter terrorist acts and influence. Many critics claim that the War on Terror has been used as an excuse by th...
14. When Animal Control Attacks: JCAC vs. Turn 3 Ranch The owner and the manager of Turn 3 Ranch in Jackson County, Michigan were charged with three counts of torture. Their herd of 69 horses was seized back in March 2007. An ignorant judge ordered them forfeited when the owners could not come up with $...
15. Amnesty International: campaigning for human rights Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. This lens gives information on human rights and recent Amnesty campaigns.
16. A Guide To Living Cruelty-Free It is possible to live without killing and torturing animals. I would like to share a few simple ways that you start living a more cruelty-free lifestyle.
17. Scott Loper Scott Loper, a U.S. citizen living in Canada, was a good cop, highly trained in surveillance and criminal investigation. His story is one that can no longer be ignored. You will be shocked at the horror he has survived. Flickr Photo Source
18. Ghost Stories! It has been said that a rich history of death is what makes the city of my birth one of the most haunted places in the world. New Orleans is famous for its ghostly haunts, vampire sightings, extraordinary cemeteries, horror stories of murder and tort...
19. Senator Jay Rockefeller It was bad enough when West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller voted to help George W. Bush start the Iraq War. It got worse when Senator Rockefeller told Democratic voters to go to hell when he worked to stop the resolution to censure President Bush. I...
20. Waterboarding Water boarding is a practice that has been around for centuries.  It was a popular interrogation method used during the Italian Inquisition of the 1500’s and was also a common practice in the Cambodian prisons during the brutal Khmer Rouge...