What The? US FTA Means Blood Processing Offshore?

RE: this article on the ABC today reporting that the Red Cross is worried out blood MUST be sent O/S for processing as part of the US Free Trade Agreement.

What The?

I don't mean to sound absurd but you've got to be fucking joking!!!

I think we'll have to keep an eye on this one...

Prediction - Pardon for Enron Exec's

The Enron trial is being dragged out for as long as it possibly can go. We may well get a ruling in the next 12 months, then it'll go into appeals.

I suspect the only likely outcome here is that Bush will give them all pardon's on his way out of office - so the longer it's drawn out, the less likely they'll ever see the back of a cell...

Thoughts - Who Enforces the Unenforceable?

So, we've signed a deal with the Chinese to sell Uranium. Whilst I'm still not 100% about nuclear energy fullstop, if it's going to be sold, I'm much happier it's sold and processed with the oversight of the international watchdogs.

However, in stunning double speak, the Howard government have signed a deal with China that , they argue, guarantees it won't be used for miltary uses with Howard arguing that "the safeguards will be rigorous".

How the fuck will that happen Johnny?

• Who will oversee what is happening if the IAEA isn't involved?
  
• When (how the yell we'd find out to start with is a mystery) we do find out that it's been misused, what recourse do we have (apart from them threatening to block our trade)?

You idiot Johnny - we need them more then they need us! If they fuck off with our shit, what are we going to do? Dob them into the UN?

Surely the only viable body to monitor this is the IAEA and through acceptance of the the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. So you know what's coming next don't you - an identical agreement with India - with the same cruddy safeguards.

We're being dog fucked and everyone thinks it's sweet.Boy, are we're going to hell in a handbasket or what?