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Musim father burns Christian daughter alive

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:54:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: what can you say?

Muslim father burns Christian daughter alive

Man slices out girl's tongue, ignites her after 'heated debate on religion'

A Saudi Arabian Muslim father cut out his daughter's tongue and lit her on fire upon learning that she had become a Christian.

The child became curious about Jesus Christ after she read Christian material online, the Gulf News reported.

Her father read of her Internet conversation, detached her tongue and burned her to death "following a heated debate on religion," according to an International Christian Concern report.

The father is employed by the muwateen, or Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The muwateen are police tasked by the government with enforcing religious purity. The man has been taken into custody, and his identity has not been released.

Tags: religion, islam, christianity, another dead girl

To Kill and Be Killed: Battered Spouse's Sad Life

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:51:18 GMT

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Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

A decade and a half after shooting her abusive husband in the head, Cassandra Johnson seemed to have finally found peace in her life with a steady job, a growing family and a renewed sense of confidence.

Until her next husband allegedly turned on her.

Randy Lipkins, the father of Johnson's first child and a man she trusted to protect her, killed her earlier his month, according to Miami-Dade police, allegedly stabbing her 22 times and smashing her face with a hammer, leaving the body to rot in his apartment for four days.

"I totally thought Cassandra was going to make it," Edith Georgi, the public defender who helped Johnson escape a murder charge in the shooting of her first husband, told ABCNews.com.

Tags: marriage, abuse, women, murder, domestic violence

Parents Legally Abandon Their Children

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:51:23 GMT

clipped by: spirithiker
clipper's remarks: My initial reaction to this story was repulsion, first towards the parents for giving up all rights to their children. Fortunately they didn't just walk away and leave the children to fend for themselves.

Secondly, the article states the original intention of the Safe Haven Law was to "protect newborn children, if a parent is overwhelmed." If this was the case, then why didn't lawmakers write the law to state exactly this?

Lawmakers need to be held responsible for the way in which they write laws. When we elect officials to write laws we assume they are articulate enough and educated enough to actually write laws that spell out exactly what is intended instead of leaving it open to other interpretations.

Now these children have become an additional burden on taxpayers and the parents are free to continue their irresponsible procreation which will produce even more of a drain on society. These people need to have vasectomies and tubal ligation.

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A Creighton University Medical Center Nursing Supervisor told KETV NewsWatch 7 a man left all nine of his children at the hospital Wednesday night.

The children are between 1 and 17-years-old.

The father will not be charged because of the safe haven law which states any child under the age of 19 can be left at a hospital if they're in immediate danger.

This is the fourth case of children ages 11, 13, and 15 being dropped off at a hospital since it became a law in July.

In the wake of children being abandoned by their parents, Nebraska officials will try to clarify the new 'safe haven' law on Thursday.

Tags: irresponsible parents, irresponsible procreation

How do you explain to a Palestinian child he must ration his drinking water so an Israeli can swim?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:20:47 GMT

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How do you explain to a young Palestinian that his father is being kept in Israeli jail because he was born Palestinian? How do you explain to a young Palestinian that his sibling was shot because he or she wanted to look out of the window? How do you explain to a young Palestinian that he has to ration his drinking water so an Israeli youngster can swim? How do you explain to a young Palestinian that all of the countries in the world are against you because you keep saying no to occupation, corruption and imperialism?

Becca McEvoy, Deserves Justice

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:24:52 GMT

clipped by: Delilah1234
clipper's remarks: Rebecca McEvoy's family thought they would finally have their day in court. Instead, they spent this morning protesting.

"Justice delayed is justice denied again," says Rhonda Wheelus, Rebecca's cousin, who was one of several people holding signs outside Government Plaza Monday morning. "Where is the victim's rights in this. It's all about the defendant and his rights, but where are Rebecca's rights," she says.

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Child Rape Trial Delayed

For eight months, Wheelus has sat through hearing after hearing, as attorneys argued over what evidence would be allowed in her cousin's unprecedented case. According to prosecutors, Rebecca was 10-years-old when she confided in a friend, saying her step-father, Bob Ingle, began raping her when she was eight. Rebecca testified twice before a Grand Jury and gave statements to investigators, but she died in a car crash before the case went to trial. Ingle's attorney has argued his client, who was also a Chickasaw police officer, has a right to confront his accuser in court, and now that she's dead, he wants the charges dropped.

Michael Harbin, who represents Ingle, filed a motion late last week to appeal Judge Michael Youngpeter's decision to allow the testimony of Rebecca's young friend, her sister, a doctor and a nurse, delaying the case for at least several months, according to Steve Giardini, Mobile County Assistant District Attorney.

Tags: becca mcevoy, crime, rape, sexual molestation, victim, justice, justice denied

Five Year Old Mother . . ?!

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:22:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: article continues:
The surgery was performed by Dr. Lozada and Dr. Busalleu, with Dr. Colretta providing anaesthesia. Her case was reported in detail by Dr. Edmundo Escomel to La Presse Medicale, along with the additional details that her menarche had occurred at 8 months of age, and that she had had prominent breast development by the age of 4. By age 5 her figure displayed pelvic widening and advanced bone maturation.
Her son weighed 2.7 kg (6.0 lb/0.43 st) at birth and was named Gerardo after her doctor. Gerardo was raised believing that Lina was his sister, but found out at the age of ten that she was his mother. He grew up healthy but died in 1979 at the age of 40 of a disease of the bone marrow.
There was never evidence that Lina Medina's pregnancy occurred in any but the usual way, but she never revealed the father of the child, nor the circumstances of her impregnation. Dr. Escomel suggested she might not actually know herself by writing that Lina "couldn't give precise resp

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World's Youngest Mother

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Lina Medina (born September 27, 1933) is the youngest confirmed mother in medical history, giving birth at the age of 5 years, 7 months and 21 days.
Born in Peru, Lina was brought to a hospital by her parents at the age of 5 years because of increasing abdominal size. She was originally thought to have had a tumor, but her doctors determined she was in her seventh month of pregnancy. Dr. Gerardo Lozada took her to Lima, Peru, prior to the surgery to have other specialists confirm that Lina was in fact pregnant. A month and a half later, on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a boy by a caesarean section necessitated by her small pelvis.

The Complete Letter about Sarah Palin

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:16:56 GMT

clipped by: boniface
clipper's remarks: Scary indeed!

Clip Source: www.snopes.com

ABOUT SARAH PALIN

I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992. Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the residents of the city.

It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents for seven months.

She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.

Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000 (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about 670,000 residents.

Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything publicly about her.

A Recovering L.A. Times Reporter Blogs Sarah Live

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:47:19 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: 7:57 p.m.: I’m guessing Jack Bauer of “24″ would vote for Gov. Palin.

8:01 p.m.: Holy crap! She’s a pitbull and has opened a can of Whoop-ass on Barack Obama.

8:05 p.m.: Palin has managed to make Obama look insignificant, McCain appear heroic, and herself: a grassroots American who won’t back down from a fight.

8:09 p.m.: Palin has just hijacked the presidential campaign. I’ve got a skeptical, Obama-loving wife and some liberal sons, and they all think she killed it.

8:11 p.m.: She gets bonus points if that skirt is actually leather.

8:13 p.m.: Incredible visuals at the end: pregnant teenage daughter, goofy (but handsome) father of teenage daughter’s baby, Down’s Syndrome baby. Does anyone not have a tear in their eye?

williamlobdell.com

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7:33 p.m.: Great so far. Keeping the spotlight on McCain.

7:35 p.m.: Wow. Playing the mom and aunt card! Nice!

7:36 p.m.: How uncomfortable is that boyfriend? He should be at his senior prom, not on display at the RNC.

7:37 p.m.: Mother of a military man. Mother of a special needs child? What’s next? Mother of a pregnant teenager? Hold on.

7:39 p.m.: Did you see Cindy McCain checking out Todd Palin? My wife is in LOVE!

7:41 p.m.: Is hockey an American sport?

7:42 p.m.: So far, she’s killing it.

7:46 p.m.: Do you hear that? It’s America falling in love with Sarah Palin.

7:48 p.m.: Governor’s jet on E-Bay? Classic.

7:52 p.m.: She’s made a great impression. Tough administrator, not a part of the old boys’ network. As my wife just said, “She makes me want to go to Alaska.”

7:54 p.m.: The line about “authoring two memoirs” but not a single bill in the Senate was great.

7:56 p.m.: Oh boy. She is Obama’s worst nightmare. An attractive politician with a great sense of humor is a lethal combo.

Tags: sarah palin, rnc, william lobdell-blogger

The real scoop On Palin from a neighbor

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:06:50 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: This is the real deal ...now that's ALL on Palin for me!

Clip Source: syndicated.livejournal.com

http://sailorjim.net/wordpress/?p=999

Here’s a bit of reading for all of you:

I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Gov. Sarah Palin since 1992. Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child’s favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a first-name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99 percent of the residents of the city.

Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin’s kind of job is highly sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their major source of income. Nor has her lifestyle ever been anything like that of native Alaskans.

Anne Has Known Sarah Palin Since 1992

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:41:10 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: You have to read the clipped source for the full value of the remarks. Much more in the original text of the letter than the clip can show. Anne suggests that you Google her name and you will see that she is the real deal. She lays bare both the good and the bad about Sarah.

Clip Source: www.washingtonindependent.com

I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.

Our children have attended the same schools. Her
father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the

residents of the city.

During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running
this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been
pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had
gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had

given rise to a recall campaign.

She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
with indebtedness of over $22 million.

While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office

redecorated more than once.

As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren’t generated by
her or her staff.

There has to be literally millions of Americans who are more

knowledgeable and experienced than she.

Tags: palin

Photos that Changed the World

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:49:23 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: Are our petty problems so important?

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Photos that Changed the World

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Palestinian father shields son

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Little Rock desegregation

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The Boston Fire

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Child Draws Home

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Oklahoma City bombing

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Niagara falls frozen

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Starving boy and missionary

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Segregated water fountains

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Flower Power

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Napalm Girl

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Face off - Oka Crisis

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Flag raising on Iwo Jima

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Man walks on the Moon

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The Falling Man

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Execution of a Viet Cong

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The lynching of young blacks

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Tiananmen Square protests

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Dying Soldier Hangs to Priest

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First Black Student

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Burial of an unknown child

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The First X-ray

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How Life Begins

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Loch Ness Monster

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Mouse with Human Ear

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Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper

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Anne Frank

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Stopping Time

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Patterson Bigfoot

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Ruby shoots Oswald

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Hector Pieterson

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Solomos Solomou

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Death of a loyalist soldier

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Migrant Mother

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Omaha Beach

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Conrad Schumann

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Last Jew of Vinnitsa

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Assassination of Asanuma

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Che Guevara

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Reichstag flag

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The Kiss at Times Square

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The First Photograph

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JFK Assassination

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I Have A Dream

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Kent State Shootings

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Biafra

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Earthrise

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9/11 Attacks

Tags: photos that changed the world

Palin Has Chosen to Exploit Her Own Daughter's Pregnancy

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:16:35 GMT

clipped by: zasel
clipper's remarks: I am disgusted by the way Governor Palin has thrown her 17-year-old pregnant daughter under the bus for political gain. She is exploiting her daughter's misfortune in order to use her to make her anti-abortion point to the extreme right-wing of the Republican party. This woman should be removed from the ticket for abusing her child in this manner.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Is Sarah Palin ready to take the mantle of worst mother of the year from Lynne Spears? Has Todd Palin wrestled the title of worst father from Billy Ray Cyrus?

Sarah Palin may be running for Vice President but is she any different from the woman who sold the story of her daughter Jamie Lynn's pregnancy to a magazine for $1 million, or from the father that allowed 15-year-old Miley Cyrus to be photographed semi-nude for Vanity Fair supposedly to further her career?

Despite her supposed "Family Values" credentials, she and her husband Todd are being just as exploitative of her teenage daughter, Bristol, as any of these celebrity parents have been. Actually, even more so.

They took center stage with the full knowledge that their 17-year-old's five-months-along pregnancy was about to become front page news around the world.

She has unwittingly and literally become the poster child for her mother's anti-choice and abstinence-only education policies.

Tags: elections, vice president, convention, teenage pregnancy, child abuse.

Uncaging my joy

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:49 GMT

clipped by: bignosemousie
clipper's remarks: I decided last week that I would like to live more generously. I find that I clutch things (my money, my time, my love) too closely to my breast, and this is from fear. My fear cripples my joy.

I am going to uncage my joy.

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Being generous begins with treating each person as though they have already achieved the potential for greatness that is in every one of us. It is in essence a sincere desire to make others' lives easier or more pleasant.

Extend this thoughtfulness to strangers, even if all you do is smile and say hello, or let them on to the highway in front of you.

Clip Source: changing-personal-habits.suite101.com

Generosity, it seems, brings more happiness than selfish indulgence. Giving just a few dollars or a few minutes to someone else may help you live longer, be happier, and be healthier.

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." ~ Winston Churchill

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The thing about being strong is that being strong means not getting what you want or what you need and yet being okay anyway.

When I was young, my father would regularly tell me to be generous. The thing about being generous is that it makes it easier to be strong.

That’s really a very smart thing to teach a child.

Tags: on being generous

Sarah Palin Confirms 17-Year Old Daughter's Pregnancy

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:34:05 GMT

clipped by: dulios
clipper's remarks: How's that abstinence-only education working for you?

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Palin confirms daughter's pregnancy

The Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter's pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.

Tags: palin, lightweight, stay home

Palin says daughter pregnant

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:41:05 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: To rebut the rumors.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said.

The Palins asked the news media to respect the young couple's privacy.

"Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates,"

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