i UNDERSTAND why someone shouldn't

become pregnant if they're serving in the us military and stationed in iraq. i really do. BUT us service members are human beings. human beings have intercourse. that's a fact. there is NO law in the entire cosmos that is going to stop or ban that. NONE

so, i guess the us military is advocating birth control AND is pro-choice. it sure would appear that way to me

COURT MARTIAL? you can TELL someone is pregnant (in almost all cases) by looking at them. you sure as shite CANNOT TELL who did the impregnating by looking at them. if courts martial are really going to be issued, which gender is the one who is going to get screwed (so to speak)?

Army general in Iraq issues pregnancy ban
U.S. personnel in the north could face court-martial, jail for failing orders
NBC News

The Army general of U.S. forces in Northern Iraq has banned pregnancy among military personnel in his command, NBC News reported on Friday.

Anyone who becomes pregnant or impregnates another servicemember, including married couples assigned to the same unit, could face a court-martial and jail time, according to an order issued by Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo.

The order, which went into effect on Nov. 4, was first reported by the military publication Stars and Stripes..............

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more on al franken's amendment

regarding government (defense) contractors.

What Changed? White House Now Supports Franken Rape Amendment

Rachel Slajda

Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) "rape amendment," which guarantees that rape victims who work for defense contractors can pursue charges against their employers, has been championed by many but opposed by Obama's Department of Defense. The Pentagon initially called the measure unenforceable. But the provision, part of the defense appropriations bill, made it through conference committee and is now supported by the White House.

So what changed?

A senior administration official explains to TPM: The White House was concerned about the original language, which would have prohibited the DoD from using companies whose employment contracts contained an "arbitration clause," which would keep employees from taking the company to court for Title VII offenses, which include rape, sexual assault, harassment and false imprisonment. That language, the official said, may have forced the government to reneg on multi-billion-dollar contracts. Because of a clause in many of those contracts, the government would still have to pay the contractors, even though the work wouldn't be performed..........

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when good senator al franken told asshole senator da liebs to stfu

(my words not the good senator's) msm carried it and pretended to be SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED. they loved whining crybaby pissed off mccain's reaction of OUTRAGE. mmmmmm how soon THEY ALL forget wow.......................

now this comes out and i didn't see it in ONE msm outlet (i've not looked at ALL of them granted, but quite a few)

Flashback: McCain Refused To Grant 30 Seconds Of Time During Iraq War Debate

By Faiz Shakir
Yesterday, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), acting on the orders of the Senate leadership, refused to grant Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “an additional moment” to continue speaking on the Senate floor after his 10 minutes expired. Franken’s objection caused Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to groan about how Franken’s move was unprofessional, unprecedented, and disrespectful:

McCAIN: I’ve been around here 20-some years. First time I’ve ever seen a member denied an extra minute or two to finish his remarks. … I just haven’t seen it before myself. And I don’t like it. And I think it harms the comity of the Senate not to allow one of our members at least a minute. I’m sure that time is urgent here, but I doubt that it would be that urgent.

Unfortunately, McCain’s memory is suffering. In fact, McCain has engaged in the very same behavior that he was criticizing Franken for yesterday.

On October 10, 2002 — just ahead of the looming mid-term elections — the Senate rushed a debate on a war authorization giving President Bush the power to use force against Iraq. The resolution ultimately passed the Senate after midnight on an early Friday morning by a vote of 77-23.............................

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator’s time has expired.

Mr. DAYTON. I ask for unanimous consent that I have 30 seconds more to finish my remarks.

Mr. McCAIN. I object.....................

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happened across these

photos by terry o'neill

wow

Ten Thousand Pictures of You from Robin King on Vimeo.

via

a better world

via

oh my goddess, this is WONDERFUL!

from move on via dependable renegade

media matters put this together

and he IS

Der Spiegel reporter calls Inhofe ‘ridiculous’ at Copenhagen summit
By Daniel Tencer

Earlier this year, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe promised to lead a "truth squad" to the Copenhagen climate summit to dispel what he believes to be the climate change "hoax."

Inhofe delivered -- sort of -- on his promise Thursday, flying into Copenhagen for a two-hour visit to find himself received by "a few aides and a single reporter," according to Politico.

The senator's aides quickly set up an impromptu press conference at the top of a staircase in the Bella Center, where the Republican declared that climate change is a fraud perpetuated by the "Hollywood elite" -- a claim so outlandish to the international journalists in attendance that one German reporter editorialized directly to Inhofe's face and said, "You're ridiculous."...........

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odd indeed

(odd and coincidental in that i had to go to a store yesterday which exclusively featured male nudes, and i'm being gentle with that description. the man behind the counter asked me, 'stocking stuffers?'. i said, 'so to speak'..... you had to be there. it WAS funny)

Stalin defaced drawings of nude men with rude comments

By Agence France-Presse
MOSCOW — An unprecedented exhibition opened in Moscow Friday of nude prints with scrawled comments apparently written by former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that make ribald references to his party comrades.

Titled "Messages from the Great Leader: Stalin's Autographs," the week-long exhibition shows prints of 19th- and 20th-century art works that Stalin is said to have defaced with messages in coloured pencil.

"Ginger bastard Radek, if he hadn't pissed against the wind, if he hadn't been angry, he would be alive," he wrote across the leg of a weighty male nude.

The macabre comment was an apparent reference to Karl Radek, the former head of the international communist organisation, the Comintern, believed to have been shot dead by Stalin's secret police in 1939............

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most religions treat women as

either shite or at best, second class citizens

(orthodox) judaism is no different.

absolutely SHOCKING the language they chose to hurl at the women.

Haredim dub women Western Wall worshippers 'Nazis'

By Haaretz Service

Confrontation broke out in the Western Wall on Friday, as Haredi worshippers protested an attempt by members of a women's organization to conduct a massive prayer session at the holy site by calling out "not-Jews" and "Nazis," Army Radio reported on Friday.

About 200 members of the "Women of the Wall" organization arrived at the Western Wall in order to take part in the monthly Rosh Hodesh prayer, and to protest the arrest of their fellow member at the site.

Police officers separated the two sides after Haredi worshipers approached the women's group members and yelled out "not Jewish, send them to church," and "Nazis, blasphemy." .....

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since i don't drink (BEER) did i scare you?

this is for all of my peeps!

All Of Them!: A What Beer To Drink Flowchart

a GIANT WTF

i'm not advocating abortion. i'm advocating CHOICE. do NOT tell me MOST women who are impregnated during a rape wish to keep the child. just don't. i know some do and i respect that. i KNOW MOST do not and i respect that equally.

it's MY choice and as i live and breathe i am going to do everything in my power to make sure it STAYS MY CHOICE

Raped? Human Life Alliance Says Birthing Your Attacker's Child is the Only Way to Heal

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

Few women have suffered like people who are victimized by sexual predators. Be it stranger rape, acquaintance rape, date rape or incest, the person who has been sexually assaulted must deal not only with the physical effects of the attack, but the long-term emotional effects, as well.

And for those girls and women who have not only been victimized but also impregnated by their attackers, the trauma of the attack goes well beyond its initial occurrence.

The Human Life Alliance dedicates a section of its ICARE advertising supplement into shaming women who are impregnated by their attackers into giving birth.

"As traumatic as rape is," the supplement advises, "abortion does not un-rape the mother. In fact, studies show that most women who become pregnant through rape don't want an abortion." .........

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cool!

The Eccentric Brilliance of Stan Mott

Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents

(plus they forgot "crossdressing" in the title of the video)

i wanted to laugh, but in the end, i just couldn't

via

i bring my knitting EVERYWHERE

and i DO mean everywhere. a couple of years ago, a friend of a friend was in a boxing match (woman by the way and yes, she won) at the hartford convention center. you had to walk through metal detectors to get in. PLUS they took all my lighters away. they were all the cheap kind. i would have never given up my GOOD lighters. anyway, they wouldn't let me bring my knitting in. MIND YOU i had my claw rings on. TWO of them. i COULD wear those in but i couldn't take my knitting in. that is really effed up if you ask me. PLUS i could bring a zillion match books in but NOT a lighter. go figure?

not to worry, i put it in the car BUT i gave 'em all a piece of my mind

although i don't fly (i don't fly WELL i should say), NOW if i wanted to, i COULD go to australia!

Australian fliers will get their cutlery and knitting needles back

i have a friend

well, i guess i wouldn't go so far as to call him a friend. i run into him from time to time. let's say that. well, he was a pro hockey player for just a tiny bit. he got banged up (head-wise that is) one too many times. yeah, he was an enforcer. it's a shame. i didn't know him beforehand so i cannot say HOW he has changed, but i am told by reliable sources he HAS changed. there's actually a youtube video of his last hit. i'm not going to link to it because i don't know if he'd want me to or not (i'm guessing he wouldn't care, but i'm still not going to do it). the last one wasn't a hard hit, but it was on top of MULTIPLE previous concussions. his body just couldn't take it any more and they MADE him stop playing. and NO he wasn't a hartford stinking whaler



Brain Damage Found in Hockey Player
By ALAN SCHWARZ and JEFF Z. KLEIN

A deceased professional hockey player has been found to have had brain damage associated with repeated head trauma, connecting hockey for the first time to health risks linked to boxers and, most recently, football players. Reggie Fleming, a defenseman and left wing known for fighting as much as scoring in a long career from 1959 to 1974, was found by Boston University researchers to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease known to cause cognitive decline, behavioral abnormalities and ultimately dementia. Fleming died in July at age 73 and was the first hockey player known to have been tested for the disease, known as C.T.E............

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oh NO he di-ent

OH EFFING YES HE DID


Chuck Norris: Public health care would have killed Baby Jesus

By Daniel Tencer

Will Obamacare morph into Herodcare for the unborn?' Hollywood star asks

Movie star and Mike Huckabee booster Chuck Norris has dragged the "War on Christmas" into the health care debate.

Norris has penned an article in which he suggests that Jesus Christ would have been among many "great souls" who would have been "erased from history" had a health plan similar to the one proposed by the Democrats existed in the Levant 2,000 years ago.

In a column published at the conservative Human Events blog earlier this week, Norris suggested that if a government-run health care plan had existed in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth, the shame of Mary's "out-of-wedlock" pregnancy would have pushed her into aborting her child. Norris wrote:.................

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i have a new song to add to my list

of favorite christmas songs

appropriated from lemmy caution at alphaville

i am SERIOUSLY considering moving to minnesota