it's the

devil new york times victim's well it's EVERYONE'S fault but OURS (so says the catholic church)

you tell me what's wrong with this picture? this didn't happen in the 50s. it happened within the past six years.

is it ok because they shipped him off to india? HELL NO it isn't

Priest Charged in U.S. Is Still Serving in India

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

A Catholic priest who has been criminally charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota six years ago is still working in his home diocese in India despite warnings to the Vatican from an American bishop that the priest continued to pose a risk to children, according to church documents made public on Monday.

The documents show that the American bishop warned the Vatican that the priest was accused of molesting two teenage girls whose trust he gained by promising to discuss their interest in becoming nuns.

A county attorney in Minnesota is seeking to extradite the priest from India in a criminal case that involves one of the girls, who said the priest had forced her to perform oral sex and had threatened her and her family.

The case took place during the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI, who has recently come under fire for his role in cases of sexually abusive priests in Germany and Wisconsin.........

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Jim Mone/Associated Press

Jeff Anderson, left, and Mike Finnegan, lawyers, discussed the case against the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul in St. Paul.

i did not personally watch this video

but it's important that it exists and i CAN watch it if i so choose.

all is NOT fair in love and war by the way



Wikileaks releases video of Iraq journalist shooting
by Declan McCullagh

A gritty video released by Wikileaks on Monday shows U.S. troops in Iraq destroying a vehicle that was preparing to rush a wounded Reuters journalist to the hospital.

The secret black-and-white video, recorded by at least one Apache helicopter that was shooting at a group of about a dozen people, appears to show the death of a Reuters photographer and his assistant, who were unarmed.

The U.S. Army had rejected Reuters' earlier requests, including ones made under the Freedom of Information Act, to disclose the July 2007 video. Government sources told both Reuters and the Associated Press on Monday that the clip is authentic.

Wikileaks calls it "murder." A Pentagon spokesman, on the other hand, said at the time: "There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force."........

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from

turnofthecentury:

billyjane:1000 dessous:Flowery stockings,postcard,1925

whaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????

China blocks Bob Dylan gigs
Peter Walker
guardian.co.uk

Aged 68 and almost half a century past the zenith of his angry, protest-song youth, Bob Dylan must almost have forgotten what it was like to be deemed a threat to society. But it seems at least one place still sees him as a dangerous radical.

Dylan's planned tour of east Asia later this month has been called off after Chinese officials refused permission for him to play in Beijing and Shanghai, his local promoters said. China's ministry of culture, which vets planned concerts by overseas artists, appeared wary of Dylan's past as an icon of the counterculture movement, said Jeffrey Wu, of the Taiwan-based promoters Brokers Brothers Herald.

Dylan fans denied the chance to see their hero might also blame Björk, who caused consternation among Chinese officials two years ago by shouting pro-Tibet slogans at a concert in Shanghai, Wu told Hong Kong's South China Morning Post....................

it's the lying

always lying. in war civilians always get killed. yes, even pregnant ones. i want to be proud of my country. i want us to be fair and honest and MORAL (oh and kind and giving as well). i want my country to right it's wrongs. i don't want lies. i want truth and justice

U.S. Admits Role in February Killing of Afghan Women

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

KABUL, Afghanistan — After initially denying involvement or any cover-up in the deaths of three Afghan women during a badly bungled American Special Operations assault in February, the American-led military command in Kabul admitted late on Sunday that its forces had, in fact, killed the women during the nighttime raid.

The admission immediately raised questions about what really happened during the Feb. 12 operation — and what falsehoods followed — including a new report that Special Operations forces dug bullets out of the bodies of the women to hide the nature of their deaths.

A NATO official also said Sunday that an Afghan-led team of investigators had found signs of evidence tampering at the scene, including the removal of bullets from walls near where the women were killed. On Monday, however, a senior NATO official denied that any tampering had occurred................

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you know what?

i like to stir the pot too. i've been known to participate in some hi-jinx now and again. i've said inflammatory things before. there is NO 'she' (or even he) asked for it with rape. no matter WHAT whoopie says, RAPE IS RAPE. period. end of story.

if i've had too much to drink (oh i think i did ONCE) and i'm with a man, that does NOT give him the right to assault me. NO, I'M NOT FUCKING ASKING FOR IT.

American University newspaper apologizing for date-rape column

By Jenna Johnson and Michael Birnbaum

Washington Post Staff Writers

The American University student newspaper said Tuesday it would issue an apology for publishing a column that called date rape "an incoherent concept." The column sparked angry online responses from scores of students, and a handful of students demonstrated outside the newspaper's offices.

"We realize that this column was probably not -- no, it was not -- in the best taste," Jen Calantone, editor in chief of the Eagle, said Tuesday. "The column offended a lot of people, and as a human being, that upsets me."

The column, "Dealing with AU's anti-sex brigade," was written by sophomore Alex Knepper, whose views have infuriated students before. In the column, which appeared in the newspaper Monday, Knepper wrote that any woman who attends a fraternity party, has five drinks and goes back to a man's room "is indicating that she wants sex" and should not "cry 'date rape' " the next morning.................

i don't think he was april foolin'

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i get why they would want to go to the second floor

BUT i don't get why they would want to be on TOP of the door




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if they're good enough for jerry, THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

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easter eye candy

n o t

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if it's good enough for ethel, IT'S DAMN WELL GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

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love love LOVE this

and here's a link to an interview with the family on cbs morning show via rafamuffin soul carlos and heather's blog (and oh yeah, he's a pastor)

this was originally found via sociological images as well

yeah, equality

Comparing the Gender Wage Gap Across Countries

by lisa,

i don't know what it is

BUT i want NO part of it!

rachel at the f word has a great
vintage advertising posting up

one of 23

photos you should look at

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you know i get so angry i literally get headaches

what's happening (and has been happening for DECADES) in the catholic church, with the teabuggers, the wimpiness of the obama administration, the violence in america (and the world), the joblessness, abstinence only education, not enough money going to our school systems, the republican party (literally) and other horrors (i read this morning about the gang rape of a 7 year old, sold to some men and boys by her 15 year old sister).....i rarely smile these days

to the peeps of gunn. thank you. for the second time in a week i've see what REAL people are capable of doing. again, thank you

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