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Potion That 'Cures' AIDS Divides Kenyans
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
Published: May 26, 1996
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25— Every morning there are dozens of desperate people outside Arthur O. Obel's office in downtown Nairobi. They wait for hours in sad-eyed silence, hoping to get a bottle of the herbal potion that Mr. Obel claims will rid them of AIDS.
"Sometimes there are about 100 people here," Mr. Obel said, ushering another teary-eyed patient from his office. "How can I see them all? I just can't cope."
In his horn-rim glasses and linen suit, Mr. Obel does not look much like a traditional healer, even if he is quick to tell a visitor he comes from a long line of them in the Luyia tribe. Until a few months ago, he was a respected pharmacologist at the University of Nairobi medical school, and he is a former deputy director of the national research center.
But since March 1, Mr. Obel has been at the center of a medical controversy over a herbal medicine he says he discovered. He says his drug, which he calls Pearl Omega, can stop the AIDS virus from reproducing. Many of his medical colleagues say it is just a modern version of snake-oil.
The debate over Mr. Obel's drug has grown into a divisive political issue in Kenya, where about 1 in every 26 people is infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.
None of this would be unusual in a country where traditional cures often compete with modern medicine, were it not for the fact that aides to President Daniel arap Moi have gone into business selling Mr. Obel's concoction for high prices from a state-funded institute, the Kenya Biodiversity Center, hastily opened in the industrial area of town.
Ever since AIDS took root in Africa, doctors trained in Western medicine have had to struggle against the claims of traditional healers, herbalists and witch doctors that they can cure the disease. They have also had to wrestle with customs like scarring, circumcision, wife-sharing and polygamy that can sometimes spread the AIDS virus.
In some places, health officials have tried to work with traditional healers, persuading them, for instance, to promote the use of condoms along with their own remedies. In others, officials have tried to convince people to use sterile instruments when practicing circumcision and scarring ceremonies.
Mr. Obel, a Western-trained scientist, says his new treatment comes from a rare tropical plant he learned about from his grandfather, a traditional healer from western Kenya. He says he has distilled the plant into a sweet syrup that, he maintains, inhibits an enzyme, known as protease, that the AIDS virus needs to reproduce.
"It's really nature's way of solving a natural problem," he said.
The sales of Pearl Omega have provoked an outcry from several quarters.
A group of AIDS patients has sued to stop distribution of the drug, arguing that Mr. Obel is fleecing people. Some newspaper columnists have raised the possibility that the ruling party is using sales of the drug to build up a campaign war chest for a Presidential election next year. The Kenya Medical Association has urged doctors not to prescribe it "until its efficacy and safety have been established scientifically."
To hear Mr. Obel tell it, he has been doing secret research on Pearl Omega with the blessing and financial support of the President's office since 1992, when he left the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Earlier this year, he said, the President's aides took the production and marketing of the drug away from him. The profits are all going to the Government, he said, not to him.
"The Government took over," he said. "They took over the distribution, the selling, the marketing. They incorporated me into the office of the President."
The President's office has remained silent about Mr. Obel's claims, refusing to confirm or deny them.
"We are in a no-comment situation," said Winnie Kitonga, a spokeswoman for the office. "The official policy is not to comment."
Other health officials and employees at the Kenya Biodiversity Center acknowledge that a former secretary to the President, Daniel Koech, was recently reassigned from Mr. Moi's office to oversee the sales of Pearl Omega at the biodiversity center. Mr. Koech did not return several telephone calls from a reporter. It remains unclear where the money is going.
Advocates for people with AIDS said the drug continued to be sold this week despite a decision by Mr. Moi's Health Ministry to ban it temporarily until more trials can be conducted. In response, Mr. Obel has argued that it is not illegal to sell the drug because it is a herbal remedy and not a controlled substance.
The milky brown concoction comes in a wine bottle with a screw-off top. A paper label says it contains, among other things, 4 percent alcohol. A price list says the cost for an entire 30-day treatment ranges from $545 for Kenyans to $5,000 for foreigners. A patient has to drink about a cupful twice a day for 30 days to stop the virus from replicating itself, Mr. Obel said.
Almost no one in the Kenyan medical establishment believes Pearl Omega works, though few have been willing to denounce Mr. Obel publicly as a charlatan.


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Complaint Review: WLI Reservations Rewards - Shoppers Discount
WLI Reservations Rewards - Shoppers Discountwlireservationrewards.com Shelton, Connecticut U.S.A.
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Called WLI and told them I did not want it and to cancel and they said it was a trial offer and would not be billed until July 3 or shortly thereafter. The following day checked my bank statement online and it was still pending. Went to my bank and it was to be paid that day.
So they put in to get paid earlier than they stated to try and get the money. I called them back and they said it was in a cancelled status and even if my bank tried to pay they would refuse it. I doubt that very much after the underhanded way they do business.
I will have to check tomorrow and most likely my bank will pay and then I will try to get them to reverse the charges and if not will get a hold of the Banking Commission and my attorney. Check your bank statements often and make sure all charges are legitimate.
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This practical workbook systematically teaches the crucial skills that manufacturing trades students need to accurately read and correctly interpret blueprints. Students master each new concept through immediate hands-on problem-solving. No prior blueprint reading knowledge is required, and no materials are required beyond a pencil and eraser. BLUEPRINT READING FOR MACHINE TRADES, 7/e begins with the absolute basics, then progresses to visualization, and finally, to multiview drawings. Diverse questions are provided to stimulate interest, including short answer, multiple choice, true/false, and sketching. The book has proven itself in both classroom and industrial settings, and has also been widely used for self-teaching. This edition reflects the latest industry standards, including ASME Y14.5-2009 and CAN3-B78.1-M83.
Table of Contents
Dictionary of Terms. Standard Abbreviations. Alphabet of Lines.
Dimensioning Systems. Blueprints vs. Whiteprints. Engineering Drawings. Title Blocks. Drawing Notes. Single-View Drawings. Detail Drawings. Center Lines. Diameters and RADII. Break Lines. Typical Dimensions. Tolerances. Bolt Circles. Maximum Material Condition and Least Material Condition. Allowance. Arcs and Circles.
Orthographic Projection. Third-Angle Projection. First-Angle Projection. Isometric Sketching.
Reading Multiview Drawings. Precedence of Lines. Accumulated Tolerances. Dimensioning Methods.
Orthographic Projection of Inclined Planes. Foreshortened Views. Angular Dimensions. Included Angle. Slots and Grooves.
Reference Dimensions. Blind Holes. Chamfers. Keyseats and Keyways. Counterbores and Countersinks. Angular Hole Locations. Castings. Finish Symbols. Finish Allowance. Fillets and Rounds. Clearance Holes. Half-Views. Surface Roughness. Roughness Average (Ra). Surface Roughness Chart. Surface Texture Symbol.
Bosses and Pads. Slotted Holes. Casting and Dimensions. Tapers. Standard Tapers. Necks. Limits. Single Limits. Steel Processing. Steel Specifications. General Properties of Alloy Steels. Steel Carbon Content. Partial Enlarged Views. Stock Sizes. Knurling. Heat-Treat Notes.
Sectional Views. Full Sections and Half-Sections. Symbology. Annular Grooves. Wall Thickness. Cast Iron. Spotfacing. Revolved Sections. Broken-Out Sections. Ribs in Section. Section Line Symbols. Rotated Features. Removed Sections. Offset Sections.
Threaded Hole Specifications. Unified Thread Form. Thread Series. Classes of Fit. Threaded Hole Illustrations. Unified Thread Table. Numbered and Lettered Drills. Thread Calculations. Constant Pitch Series. Line Omission. Arrowless Dimensioning. External Threads. Thread Forms. Tabulated Dimensions. Multiple Threads. Pipe Threads. Dryseal Pipe Threads. Hex Bar Stock.
Typical Dimensions. Right Triangles. Repetitive Features. Detail Drawings. Drawing Revisions. Conical Tapers. Rockwell Hardness Test. Thread Specification Placement. Patent Drawings.
Metric Drawings. Dimensioning Symbols. Metric Threads. Metric Thread Table. Coordinate Dimensioning. Dual Dimensioning. Dimension Origin.
Auxiliary Views. Inclined Planes. Oblique Planes. Bend Allowance.
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By By Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser WillsonMarch 12, 2010
FARGO, N.D. - A Bowman, N.D., Soldier who received the Silver Star medal last month was honored again today, this time with the North Dakota Legion of Merit award.
Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner, a former North Dakota Army National Guard Soldier, received the North Dakota Legion of Merit for "extraordinary disregard for his own personal safety while engaging the enemy to save the life of a fellow Soldier." Wanner, who lives in Bowman, serves as a Special Forces medic with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, presented the award in front of about 500 Guardsmen gathered for the Professional Development Workshop in Fargo. Wanner's wife, Martha, their sons and his parents also were able to attend.
"I want to congratulate Mark and tell him how proud we are of him and his whole family," Hoeven said.
The Legion of Merit is the second highest state-level commendation in North Dakota. It follows Wanner's receipt of a Silver Star, the third highest decoration in the armed forces, which is awarded for valor in action against an enemy of the United States.
"My understanding is that since the Global War on Terrorism began, there have only been 23 members of the National Guard who have received the Silver Star, and two of those 23 have North Dakota roots and have served in the North Dakota National Guard. That's pretty incredible in my mind when you think of our roots and how we serve our nation," Sprynczynatyk said.
Col. Michael Wobbema, North Dakota National Guard deputy director of the joint staff, read the Legion of Merit's citation: "Sgt. 1st Class Mark Wanner began his military service in 1990, as a member of the 816th Engineer Construction Support Equipment Company, North Dakota Army National Guard. He later served as a combat engineer in the 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion until 2000. Recently, as a member of the Ohio National Guard, on the 31st day of May 2009, while serving as a senior medical sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Wanner exhibited extraordinary disregard for his own personal safety while engaging the enemy to save the life of a fellow Soldier, for which he has received the Silver Star. His duty performance serves as a testimony to his unselfish commitment to his fellow Soldiers and his dedication to the defense of this nation. Sgt. 1st Class Wanner's 20 years of service to this nation and the Army National Guard reflect great credit upon himself, as well as the states of North Dakota and Ohio."
Wanner thanked those present, especially his family for their support of his work in the military.
"It all started out here, the first 10 years of my career," Wanner said of the North Dakota National Guard. "Just that first weekend, I knew this is what I wanted to do. It all goes to duty, honor and brotherhood. Duty is the easy one. ... Putting on the uniform is no problem to serve. Honor ... we will lead the way. Brotherhood, boots on the ground, down range, it doesn't matter, it's all about your brothers next to you and anybody in this room, if we were in that same situation, I'd do the same for every one of you."
Wanner credited his team's competence with helping the situation in Iraq end as well as it did.
He was previously honored in Ohio during a ceremony in which the Silver Star was presented. The man Wanner is credited with saving, Sgt. 1st Class Sean Clifton, spoke that day, saying that, "I'm standing here alive because of the heroic and competent actions that Mark performed." Watch the video of that ceremony and Clifton's acknowledgement of Wanner's actions on YouTube: www.youtube.com/NDNationalGuard.
Since the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, the North Dakota National Guard has mobilized more than 3,500 Soldiers and more than 1,800 Airmen in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Currently, about 800 North Dakota Guardsmen are serving overseas. With a total force of about 4,400 Soldiers and Airmen, sufficient forces remain in the state for emergency response and homeland defense.
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Youngstown Vindicate, Silver Star Recipient
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St James' has offered us all so much since we started in Year 7. Over the years, I have experienced a great deal of success and achievement, which is thanks to the support and encouragement of our school. I am proud to have seen our year group develop into mature, confident, dedicated students, who always achieve above expectation. It is an honour to have the opportunity to represent them all in giving something back to a school which has offered us so much.
As a Sixth Form, we are a welcoming and hardworking community, who encourage students to reach their full academic potential. We offer a wide range of academic activities, from school field trips, to nationwide subject competitions. However, beyond the classroom, we allow our students to flourish as young adults, providing them with a whole host of extracurricular activities such as University visits, volunteering to help the active retired, and mentoring programmes.
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I have been a student at St James' since year 7, and I fully understand just how influential the sixth form students are to the lower years. Every student in our school has a voice, with their opinions heard and ideas discussed. This means that as a year group, we can continue to improve everyday school life, as well as the experience our Sixth Form students receive. We all aim to be positive role models for the younger years, and hope to reach out to every year group in order to prepare them for the next stage in their education; whether that be A-Level options or moving into Year 8, we will support them.
As I embark on my final year at St James', I feel privileged to have had so many wonderful opportunities during my time here, and to have been encouraged and supported with such enthusiasm at every step. Staying on at the Sixth Form was one of the best decisions I have ever made, and I don't think I could have gotten through such a demanding and challenging year without the help of my wonderful teachers and the Sixth Form team. Thanks to the guidance we have been given concerning our future, I have never felt more prepared to take the next step and look forward to the challenges and opportunities this year brings.
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Ibart.com1821 Walden Office Square, #400 Schaumburg, Illinois U.S.A.
Chris Sweis Ibart.comIbart.com fraudelent business activity defrauded me out of $4,000.00 fraudulent ripoff business Schaumburg Illinois
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In addition to this, ibart.com submitted an unauthorized bank draft on my business checking account so I had to close the account. Bad news for him - my bank is going after him for forgery.
The CEO, Chris Sweis, is a phenomonal story teller. He can talk himself out of anything. So when verifying this information - remember that there are many other 'real' ibart clients in the same position.
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How can you say that you have thousands of active businesses and services as part of ibart when half of them had no idea who ibart was, what they did, there functions etc?? You have been a compulsive liar your entire life. You have absolutely nothing to show for any of the upper level contacts you claim to have or the business ibart, your b.s. wholesale company in Elk Grove or your current business you claim to have in San Jose, California. You have more enemy's than Hitler and you are a high school drop out. You don't even have your high school diploma. The older gentlemen that used to work in your office, I belive his name was Dean or Dan, summed you up best. He said that you were such a compulsive liar that you actually convinced yourself that all of your lies were true. I personally know 5 people that have been looking for you so that they can get there money back that you stole from them. It is funny how you dropped off the map and don't ever show up at Lifetime Fitness in Schaumburg anymore. That is probably a good thing. Those 5 people that you stole money from still work out there. Chris, or should I say, fat piece of s**+% coolbear, some day, what comes around goes around and you will end up in jail for fraud and theft. I can't wait until Lisa Madigan's office put's your fat, piecd of s**+$ a*s in jail. I am going to testify against you.
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Trans Fat 0 g
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Mike Butcher (FRSA) is an 'Editor At Large' at TechCrunch, the biggest breaking news site about the world's hottest tech companies. Mike has been named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by The Daily Telegraph.
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Mike is a former Editor of New Media Age magazine, the leading new media weekly in the UK, and the European edition of The Industry Standard magazine.
Since 1996 Mike has launched or re-launched numerous media web sites and in 2000 he was nominated as NetMedia's European Internet Journalist of the Year. In 2004 Mike was voted 'One of the 100 Innovators of the UK Internet Decade' by GfK NOP, the fourth-largest custom research business in the world. In July 2008 Mike was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London's creative industry by The Independent newspaper and The Hospital Club. In August 2008 TechCrunch Europe was awarded the best "Web 2.0 and business blog" in the UK, by the readers of Computer Weekly magazine. In 2009 it was named as one of the Top 10 blogs out of the UK. Also in 2009 Mike was named one of the Top 10 bloggers on Twitter in the UK. In October 2009 Mike was named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by The Daily Telegraph. In April 2010 Mike was in Wired UK's Top 100 influencer list, again in 2011, in 2012 and in 2014. In April 2010 TechCrunch Europe was shortlisted in the Specialist Digital Publisher category of the prestigious UK-based Association of Online Publishers' Digital Publishing Awards. In November 2010 Mike was named as one of London's most influential people in New Media and "king of dotcom commentators " by The Evening Standard Newspaper. Mike has been listed as one of the Top 100 most influential people on Twitter in the UK. Mike has spoken at the prestigious Monaco Media Forum, Le Web, Web Summit and DLD among many other conferences. Mike is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, CNBC, Channel 4 and Bloomberg. Mike has advised the UK Prime Minister on tech startups, served on the Mayor of London's Digital Advisory Board, the 'Smart London' Board and been a Technology Ambassador for London.
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By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: February 15, 1998
AT CD 101.9, New York City's mellow jazz ''relaxation station,'' Steven A. Williams, the program director, crunched the numbers from the latest research.
About 100 people had been locked in a hotel auditorium for two days, rating a cascade of 1,000 fragments of songs: 10 or 15 seconds of the main melodic ''hook'' from tunes by George Benson, Kenny G, Sade, Yanni and so on. Only 500 songs would make the cut. Which were too unfamiliar? Which were too familiar? Which were just right?
Mr. Williams handed the resulting list of rejects and ''adds,'' new tunes, to his music director, Rick Laboy, who disappeared for a few minutes, then quickly returned with a quizzical look. '' 'Follow Me' is totally out?'' he asked, referring to a guitar piece by Pat Metheny.
''Yep, it didn't make the cut,'' Mr. Williams replied.
A few minutes later, Mr. Laboy returned with an even more perplexed look. ''We're taking songs out like Yanni's 'Dance With a Stranger'?''
''It's out of here,'' Mr. Williams responded.
At CD 101.9 (WQCD-FM) and a host of other music stations around the dial in New York City, more than ever before, numbers run the show now. Whether it is the New Age sound of Yanni -- a dark-maned pinup of a pianist -- the post-grunge groans of Green Day, an alternative rock band, or even a string quartet by Ravel, if it doesn't pass muster as an auditorium sound bite, it's out.
A behind-the-scenes tour in recent weeks of some of the city's biggest stations revealed the subtle and unsubtle practices that determine what you hear, and don't hear, when you spin the dial.
At some stations, including CD 101.9, the songs themselves are being edited, as stations cut and paste the music, streamlining it or cutting out a solo. Often, when an influential station creates a version of a song that gets a good response, it is copied and quickly spreads to similar stations around the country.
Anticipating the hurdle of the tested hook, performers themselves are modifying their music to suit the medium, focusing most of their efforts on a couple of potential radio hits per album.
Even the tradition of the listener request has become something of a fiction. At many stations, when a listener calls in to request a tune, it is played only if it is already on the station's active play list, several program directors said.
Only in a couple of genres, rap and dance music, do unfamiliar artists have much of a chance of getting on the air. At stations like Hot 97 (97.1 FM) and KTU (103.5 FM), the musical tastes of listeners change so fast that program directors have to rely more on the sound in nightclubs than on market research.
Small record labels, effectively cut out of mainstream radio by the costs of promotion, are now focusing on rap and dance tunes.
The days of outright bribery of disk jockeys and other station personnel appear to have largely faded. But independent song promoters, who are paid large weekly fees by record companies to get adds, -- still seek radio play for their wares by offering stations valuable promotional links to concerts, tickets and trips to give away, and the like.
But the biggest influence, by far, is research, research, research. The rigid adherence to a safe, statistically driven middle ground might seem soulless, Mr. Williams said, but ''you have to put your emotional connection on the shelf.''
With stations being bought and sold in a high-priced flurry since the Federal Government relaxed ownership rules in 1996, the pressure to increase profits has dramatically risen. And the battle to capture listeners is nowhere more intense than in the New York region, where 14 million people over the age of 12 listen to an average of 24 hours of radio a week, according to Arbitron, a company that monitors the popularity of stations. It is the biggest radio market in the country.
The result is that at the city's biggest stations, music is emerging as a mass medium even more sanitized and risk-free than television.
At least television has its occasional ''Cop Rock.'' There is room for failure. But for music on radio, failure comes from stretching the boundaries, success from sameness, say a wide array of people in the industry.
In other words, there is a reason you're hearing Celine Dion six times a day.
Central to the dramatic shift in radio was the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which allowed companies to own up to five FM radio stations in any market. Previously, they were limited to two.
Increasingly, the listeners are captive, according to people in the industry. Suburban commuters in the area are spending more and more time stuck on congested roads. ''We look at traffic jams with a smile,'' said John Fullam, a senior vice president at Chancellor Media, which has bought four FM stations in New York City in the last two years.
Many once-independent stations in the city are now owned by a few large, publicly held corporations, at which advertising revenue must be quickly generated to justify the high cost of buying a station: ''$100 million just for the stick'' (the antenna), Mr. Fullam said.


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After I placed the first order but before I received it I placed another order with Classic Closeouts. When I received this order it was the wrong order. It had a packing slip that matched what I ordered but everything in the box was completly different.
I immediately tried to call Classic Closeouts but the only number I could find was the one on the box. I called that number and got a very unprofessional sounding voice mail. It sounded like some kids cell phone message or something! I left a message there with both my home and cell numbers but never heard back
A few days later I contact them again via the e-mail link on their web site. Somebody responded to me and told me that they would have fedex pick up the box the following day and once they received it they would credit my account. I had the package ready to be picked up by fedex but they never came. So I contacted them again and was told again that it would be picked up the following day.
Fedex finally did pick up the package a few days later. About a week after the package was picked up I still had not received the refund they promissed. Once again I contacted them and this time I was told it would take up to 10 business days for them to credit my account.
More than 10 business days went by and still no refund. I was very angry by this point and was sick of being able to deal with people only via e-mail. I wanted to talk to somebody in person so I could get an immediate response. I tried to find a number to contact them but could not find any number for them besides the one I had called at the begining that ALWAYS went straight to the same unprofessional voicemail.
I was finally able to find a number to reach them on a website posted by another consumer that had been screwed over by Classic Closeouts. They appearently had the same problem locating a number for them so once they did get the number they wanted to make sure other consumers could have it as well.
When I called the number somebody answered but I think it was the same unprofessional kid that left the message on the other voice mail. While I was on the phoen trying to explain the situation I was constintly put on hold. I would get a sentance out then be asked to hold. How rude is that!
After threatening to report them to the Attorney General and BBB I was assured that I would have my money refunded the following day. After getting off the phone I received an e-mail from them stating the the money had been credited to my account. After that phone call and e-mail it was still over a week later before the money really was credited to my account.
The whole ordeal from when I first received the order and called Classic Closeouts to the time I finally got my refund was over 2 months!!! I can't believe that it can take any business that long to credit an account for a mistake they made! The fact that I couldn't even reach anyone by phone and when I finally did they were very unprofessional only made the situation worse.
Classic Closeouts might look like they have great deals but don't be fooled. The deals aren't good enough to make it worth the time and agrevation when they send you wrong or damaged items.
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The Porn Dude Makes Finding The Internet's Best Porn Easy
This may not come as a surprise to you, but there is a ton of free porn on the internet. If that is surprising news, then I'd like to know where you've been for the last 15 years.
There is so much free porn on the internet that it can be overwhelming at times. Talk about too much of a good thing.
You know you want to look at some porn, but where do you even begin? We all have our favorite porn sites, but sometimes your go-to porn sites fail to cater to your needs.
So what do you do?
Search "free porn" in Google? Good luck. More and more Google is taking a moral stand against free porn so it won't be long before a search for "free porn" will only yield results of boring articles about the economic impacts of free porn or what the psychological repercussions of being able to get off as often as you want.
Do you just start blinding typing porn words into your browser bar and hope to God that you don't end up on a site with viruses, too many ads or porn that you don't want to see? There must be a better way to find the internet's best porn.Luckily, there is.
There's someone in your corner who is making internet it easier than ever to find the best porn on the internet. His name is The Porn Dude and he's been working hard to find the internet's best porn, so you don't have to.