Anytime you need to ask yourself why it’s good to be American, just remember all the freedoms you enjoy, that people elsewhere are less fortunate. Freedoms like being able to look at whatever porn you want (within reasonable boundaries), whenever you want.

See, if you lived in China, that wouldn’t be the case, as Google has agreed to remove all the porn from Google’s searches! All of it.

According to Google’s communications director, John Pinette, Google is “undertaking a thorough review of our service and taking all necessary steps to fix any problems with our results.”

Check out the whole story, here!

The Olympic Games are just that, games–they can’t stop world hunger, find a cure for AIDS or put an end to war. But for a couple weeks they can make things seem a little brighter. This isn’t a new idea, it’s been reported on in the past and I’m sure it’ll be reported on in the future, but that doesn’t make it a tired topic.

Iraq has seen war, and little else, for the past six years. But come August 8, two Iraqi athletes may be just what the country needs to find a release from the hardships it faces.

Iraq is lucky to have any athletes competing in these summer games at all; in June the country’s national Olympic committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee for what it called “political interference” by the Iraqi government. And with deadlines for the submission of athlete names for competition looming it seemed likely that no Iraqi athletes would be able to beat it. (more…)