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Four in 10 women sexually assaulted while in military

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:58:25 GMT

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congresswoman said Thursday that her "jaw dropped" when military doctors told her that four in 10 women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the military.

A government report indicates that the numbers could be even higher.

Rep. Jane Harman, D-California, spoke before a House panel investigating the way the military handles reports of sexual assault.

She said she recently visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in the Los Angeles area, where women told her horror stories of being raped in the military.

"My jaw dropped when the doctors told me that 41 percent of the female veterans seen there say they were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military," said Harman, who has long sought better protection of women in the military.

"Twenty-nine percent say they were raped during their military service. They spoke of their continued terror, feelings of helplessness and downward spirals many of their lives have taken since.

Tags: military, united states, women, rape

My cunt examination

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: WTF

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Tags: humor

Rock Balancing

Sat, 03 May 2008 14:09:30 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.slightlywarped.com

In what must be an incredible show of patience and preciseness, there are people in this weird world we all share that make a practice of balancing seemingly implacable rocks on top of each other. The result is surreal and quiet beautiful... if for nothing more than its apparent impossibility.

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Finding A Personality

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:30:03 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: "In the midst of all this — the comebacks, the wisecracks, the flapping mouth — I had a dim idea of what I was doing. I wanted to be someone, a recognizable personality, a full-blooded, memorable human being, and not just a cancer patient. I had already lost the person I used to be, that healthy, energetic 45-year-old woman. I wasn’t capable of losing more.
“A critical illness is like a great permission, an authorization or absolving. It’s all right for a threatened man to be romantic, even crazy, if he feels like it. All your life you think you have to hold back your craziness, but when you’re sick you can let it go in all its garish colors.”

YES!!!!!!!!!

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They say cancer changes you. They may be right. When I found out I had breast cancer 12 years ago, I became a comedian.

Not the kind anyone paid to see. Just the kind who lurked around hospital corridors and examination rooms offering offbeat opinions, wiseacre remarks, outrageous commentary.

To my oncologist — a short, brisk woman who informed me my tumor had been “fairly aggressive” — I complained about the title of the pamphlet she had given me, “Chemotherapy and You.” I said I’d prefer it if the title were “Chemotherapy and Somebody Else.”

I complained, too, about the little marketing-friendly write-up that listed her family and her hobbies. The family was fine. But hobbies? I didn’t want a doctor who had time for hobbies. I wanted her to spend all her waking hours focusing on curing cancer, particularly the type indicated on my own nasty little pathology report.

Should have killed him

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:32 GMT

clipped by: Antara

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

NEW YORK — An ex-convict has been sentenced to life in prison for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student.

Robert Williams was convicted last month in Manhattan of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and arson.

The victim managed to testify about her agonizing ordeal. Her tormenter scalded her with boiling water and tried to blind her with bleach. She was forced to swallow fistfuls of painkillers and ordered to gouge out her eyes with scissors. The attacker glued her lips shut and gagged her with duct tape before torching her apartment.

The defense had tried unsuccessfully to have Williams declared mentally unfit to stand trial.

Tags: psycho, sick, bastard, justice

Touch My Wand, Baby

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:19:34 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: This one is for Skwirl, and the others who appreciate such... decadent delights.

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"Gang of 4" Arrested for Attempting Citizen's Arrest of Karl Rove

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:11:03 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Those are patriots in my book.

Clip Source: www.iowapolitics.com

Date: July 25, 2008

Four Iowans were arrested today while attempting to make a Citizens' Arrest of Karl Rove in Des Moines, Iowa. Citing Iowa Code provisions for making Citizen's Arrests as well as citing Federal Statute violations they claimed Rove had violated, the four were stopped at the gate of the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines where Rove was scheduled to speak at a Republican Fundraiser.

All four were cited for trespassing and released.

The four maintained that they were acting within the guidelines of Iowa Code that obligate private citizens to make such an arrest if they believe a felony has been committed and turn Rove over to police officials to bring Rove before a judge for formal indictment. By law, a federal judge should consider the charges and determine if an indictment should be made.

Dalai Lama’s 18 rules for living

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:14:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: # Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

# Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

# Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others
Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone every day.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

Morgan Freeman seriously hurt in crash

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:42:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: hope he makes it through

Clip Source: www.rte.ie

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition in hospital after being injured in a road accident.

The 71-year-old was airlifted last night from the accident site in the state of Mississippi, where he has a home, to the Regional Medical Center in Tennessee.

A hospital spokesman said the Memphis-born actor was in serious condition but gave no details of his injuries.

Mississippi police said last night's accident occurred in Tallahatchie County, where Mr Freeman has a home in Charleston.

Local media reported that Mr Freeman's vehicle rolled over several times. TMZ.com, a celebrity website, said an unidentified female was also in the vehicle and her condition was unknown.

Mr Freeman, who has had roles in dozens of films, won a best actor Oscar for 1989's 'Driving Miss Daisy' and appears in a supporting role in the current Batman hit, 'The Dark Knight'.

family forgets four-year-old

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:18:47 GMT

clipped by: ofcapri
clipper's remarks: JERUSALEM (AFP) - A four-year-old girl was left behind at Israel's Ben Gurion international airport on Sunday as her mother, father and four siblings rushed to catch a flight to Paris, police said.

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Airport alone -- family forgets four-year-old at Israel airport

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A four-year-old girl was left behind at Israel's Ben Gurion international airport on Sunday as her mother, father and four siblings rushed to catch a flight to Paris, police said.

"I saw a little girl in tears. She was looking for her parents," a policewoman told reporters.

"Luckily she was able to give me her name. I grabbed her and ran to the gates but it was too late," the plane had just taken off, she said.

According to police, the girl's parents only realised she was missing when the pilot of the plane informed them just as the aircraft was taking off.

"It is usual that travellers in a rush forget their luggage but not a child. This never happens," a police official said.

The incident was a stark reminder of the US box office hit "Home Alone" in which a little boy was accidentally left alone as his family rushed to the airport and flew to Paris for a Christmas holiday.

Tags: alone

Social Science is not Science

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:13:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Their desire to hold on to that illusion causes them to resist many sorts of new information which conflict with their ideas. That is very human, but it ain't science.
Indeed, what goes on in the social sciences would make for a fascinating sociological study."

I have long held the view that social sciences are profound bullhockey, if I may use a technical term.

If you research the foundations of these "disciplines" you will find that they are all based in a materialist foundation and seek to confirm that foundation through the masterful manipulation of descriptive and inferential statistics.

It is time we recognize that sociology and much of the psycho-pop babble we are subjected to is nothing more than materialist propaganda.

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Our Editor forwarded me this 1992 paper by Tooby and Cosmides, The Psychological Foundations of Culture, (here in pdf, without the typos), which he found at Overcoming Bias. I wish I had known about this paper years ago.

It's a dense and scholarly critique of what is known as "The Standard Social Sciences Model." The authors argued that this dominant model is obsolete and failing, resulting in a reactionary anti-scientific movement in the social sciences.

I found it particularly interesting that the authors suggest that the clinging to an obsolete model has more to do with emotion than logic - a "fear of falling off the world." Similarly, they indicate that social scientists are emotionally attached to their blank-slate, meliorative views of human nature (there is no "human nature" - environment is everything, and thus people, culture, and society can be perfected - by them, natch).

All-Time Record Profits? Survey says "Exxon!"

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:40:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest profit from operations ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results were well short of Wall Street expectations and its shares slumped 3 percent.

In this May 1, 2008, file photo, a customer pumps gas at an Exxon station in Middleton, Mass. Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, July 31, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results were well short of Wall Street expectations and its shares fell as markets opened. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

The world's largest publicly traded oil company said net income for the April-June period came to $2.22 a share, up from $10.26 billion, or $1.83 a share, a year ago.

Analysts on average expected Exxon Mobil to earn $2.52 a share on revenue of $144 billion, according to a survey by Thomson Financial. The estimates typically exclude one-time items.

Sunset

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:52:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Tags: pictures, sun

Steepest Street in the World

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:16:35 GMT

clipped by: milmufmas

Clip Source: funtasticus.com

The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, Southern New Zealand. It starts with a moderate slope but increases rapidly until it reaches a staggering 19 degrees incline! That may not sound like alot, but check out the pics below and you’ll understand how steep this baby actually is. Funny thing is, it is so steep that the surface has to be laid with concrete instead of asphalt otherwise the tar will start flowing down the street on a hot day! Anyone with a death wish can try blading or skateboarding down….

Iran's stunning wooden village

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:02:56 GMT

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Clip Source: deputy-dog.com

Tags: iran