[WizardofOz]

"She didn't like that I was gay," the suspect told Ellison when she asked why he stabbed his mother.
And when she asked Duvall if he tried to kill his mother he said, "Yeah, I did."

Authorities said they think the teen will be charged with first-degree battery.

"Yes, I tried to kill her"
THAT is first-degree battery? What about.....uh....attempted murder?!

[kmoney]

link

So Rep. Allen West thinks the Democratic Party is full of communists? Wait until he gets a load of the new Nazi lobbyist. No, seriously.

On Tuesday, the same day that West was fantasizing about 80 members of Congress being card-carrying members of the Communist Party, the actual American Nazi Party was making its move onto the Hill. One John Bowles registered with the Clerk of the House that day as a lobbyist for for the white supremacist group (hat tip LegiStorm). Bowles was the National Socialist Movement's presidential nominee in 2008.

[See the latest political cartoons.]

What could the Nazis want to lobby the Congress about? "Political Rights and ballot access laws," according to the registration form, which also lists lists accounting, agriculture, clean air and water, civil rights, health issues, the Constitution, immigration, manufacturing, and retirement as "general lobbying issue areas." Who knew the Nazis had strong views on agriculture?

The Nazis will now have an official lobbyist.


Finally, someone who can lobby for Trad's views.

[aCultureWarrior]

Originally Posted by kmoney

link

The Nazis will now have an official lobbyist.

I looked into this, and West was talking about the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congres...ressive_Caucus

If you would like to go down the list one by one...

Bobby Rush, former Black Panther.
Bawney Fwank, fag and doper.
Sheila Jackson Lee, fan of Communist Venezuelan El Presidente' Hugo Chavez.
Jim McDur MUTT (fan of everything anti American).

The list goes on. Allen West knows what he's talking about in this case.

[aCultureWarrior]

Quote:
Originally Posted by WizardofOz
When will people start listening to this crazy kook? He's always right yet people want to paint him as the crazy uncle.

He's always right!

Originally Posted by drbrumley

Yet Ron Paul isn't smart enough to know not to mess with the institution of marriage.



The right to perversion at the state level: only Ron Paul (and his homosexual allies). would advocate that.

[WizardofOz]

Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior

Yet Ron Paul isn't smart enough to know not to mess with the institution of marriage.

The right to perversion at the state level: only Ron Paul (and his homosexual allies). would advocate that.

Quote the statement from your video that you disagree with.

“I oppose federal efforts to redefine marriage as something other than a union between one man and one woman.” In August, Paul repeated, “I think that marriages should be between a single man and a single woman.” The Texas Congressman and 1988 Libertarian Party presidential candidate has a consistent record of supporting each state’s right to define marriage for itself: opposing attempts to overturn state anti-sodomy laws on one hand and to implement a federal constitutional amendment protecting marriage on the other. However, Paul has also taken his libertarian views even further, repeatedly stating that he hopes the state will stop sanctioning marriages altogether. “I think the government should just be out of it. I think it should be done by the church or private contract, and we shouldn’t have this argument,” he said recently. “Who’s married and who isn’t married. I have my standards but I shouldn’t have to impose my standards on others. Other people have their standards and they have no right to impose their marriage standards on me.” “But,” he continued, “if we want to have something to say about marriage it should be at the state level, and not at the federal government.” In his newest book, Liberty Defined, Paul’s chapter on “Marriage” states, “In a free society…all voluntary and consensual agreements would be recognized.” He adds, “There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage.” “Everyone can have his or her own definition of what marriage means, and if an agreement or contract is reached by the participants, it would qualify as a civil contract if desired…Why not tolerate everyone’s definition as long as neither side uses force to impose its views on the other? Problem solved!” source

Perhaps start a new thread as old news isn't the intent for this thread.

[WizardofOz]

Scientists create 'synthetic DNA' capable of evolution

Synthesizing new life forms in the laboratory within reach

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Scientists moved a step closer to synthesizing new life forms in the laboratory after researchers showed that artificial genetic material called XNA can be replicated in the test tube much like real DNA. Researchers at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the U.K. demonstrated for the first time a way to extract information from the artificial genetic molecules and mass produce copies of them. The finding, published today in the journal Science, shows that DNA and its sister molecule RNA may not be the only chemical structures upon which a living unit can be based. “Life is based on this amazing ability of DNA and RNA to store and propagate information,” said Philipp Holliger, a Medical Research Council molecular biologist and senior author on the study. “We have shown that the basic functions of DNA and RNA can be recapitulated” with new artificial molecules. The scientists invented a lab method for making copies of synthetic DNA. They also developed a way to make XNA fragments that evolve with desired properties. In particular, they created XNA fragments that could bind with great specificity to a molecular target in the HIV virus. The discovery could create a new platform for devising targeted drugs to treat a variety of diseases, researchers said. “This brings us one big step closer to artificial life,” said Gerald Joyce, a biochemist at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, in a telephone interview. “The heart of what life is, is the replication of genetic information,” he said. Joyce wrote a commentary accompanying the study.

Wow. That is fascinating.

Thoughts on the future impact on this research?

[bybee]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Scientists create 'synthetic DNA' capable of evolution

Synthesizing new life forms in the laboratory within reach

Read more





Wow. That is fascinating.

Thoughts on the future impact on this research?

The implications for healing and regeneration are stupendous. Shades of Isaac Asimov"s "Cyborg"!

[WizardofOz]

Originally Posted by bybee

The implications for healing and regeneration are stupendous. Shades of Isaac Asimov"s "Cyborg"!

I read the Foundation Trilogy. He was a brilliant scientific mind.

[WizardofOz]

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin plans to end medication-induced abortions

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Citing a new state law that subjects abortion doctors to criminal penalties, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin plans to announce Friday that it is suspending medication-induced abortions. In an exclusive interview, the leaders of Planned Parenthood and the president of the Wisconsin Medical Society told the State Journal that the agency will indefinitely suspend so-called pill abortions beginning Friday when Act 217 takes effect. Planned Parenthood will continue to provide surgical abortions at its clinics in Appleton, Madison and Milwaukee, Planned Parenthood CEO Teri Huyck said. About 25 percent of women who terminate their pregnancies at a Planned Parenthood clinic do so through nonsurgical medication abortions. In 2010, Planned Parenthood provided abortion services to 4,827 women. The new law mandates, among other things, that women undergoing nonsurgical abortions visit the same doctor three times and that doctors ensure through specific steps that the woman is undergoing the procedure voluntarily and without coercion. The state already requires that women provide written consent before having an abortion. The new law requires that if a doctor suspects a woman is being coerced, she must be provided with a telephone and information about domestic-abuse services. Medication abortion involves the ingestion of two drugs within the first nine weeks of pregnancy. The process allows women to undergo abortion privately in their own homes, said Debbie Bonilla, Planned Parenthood's vice president for patient services. Act 217 does not affect emergency contraception, medication that women take within five days of intercourse to prevent, rather than terminate, pregnancy. Proponents of the so-called Coercive and Webcam Abortion Prevention Act say it provides safeguards to ensure that no one is forced to have an abortion. Lawmakers heard stories of women coerced by family members, boyfriends and others into terminating their pregnancies. The law also bans doctors from meeting with women undergoing medication-induced abortions via the Internet, a technique that is in use elsewhere but not Wisconsin. "By ensuring women aborting do so freely and with proper access to a doctor, this bill will undoubtedly save lives," sponsor Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, said in a statement released in February after the Senate narrowly passed the bill. The law subjects doctors to Class I felony charges if procedures required under the new law are not followed. Such crimes carry a maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine, 3 1/2 years in prison or both. Huyck called the law "vague" and "problematic." She said the agency will be suspending medication abortions "until we can get more clarity." "It's very difficult for a physician to know when he or she is compliance with the law," Huyck said. Medical Society President Dr. Tosha Wetterneck said the law is an "unprecedented intrusion into the patient-doctor relationship" and requires doctors to follow procedures that are not considered to be the best medical practices. For example, a patient will now be required to return to the same doctor 12 to 18 days after the medications are administered for followup care. If she refuses, or prefers to see her personal physician, the patient would face no penalty but the doctor could be charged, Wetterneck said. The law also bars anyone except the woman and the abortion provider and his or her staff to be in the room when discussing whether the woman voluntarily consents to the procedure. Wetterneck said some patients prefer, or even require, someone else in the room to help them understand the medical information being provided. "We are asking doctors to reduce their quality of care to avoid felony charges," she said.

Will this law save lives? Is it a good idea to bar anyone else but the provider and staff to be in the room? Are women being coerced into getting abortions?

Good law or bad law?

[rexlunae]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Planned Parenthood will continue to provide surgical abortions at its clinics in Appleton, Madison and Milwaukee, Planned Parenthood CEO Teri Huyck said. About 25 percent of women who terminate their pregnancies at a Planned Parenthood clinic do so through nonsurgical medication abortions.

So, women can still get abortions, but they will be more expensive and more dangerous. Lovely.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Proponents of the so-called Coercive and Webcam Abortion Prevention Act say it provides safeguards to ensure that no one is forced to have an abortion. Lawmakers heard stories of women coerced by family members, boyfriends and others into terminating their pregnancies.

And these stories justify intruding on the privacy of these women all across the board? Pure stupidity.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

"By ensuring women aborting do so freely and with proper access to a doctor, this bill will undoubtedly save lives," sponsor Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, said in a statement released in February after the Senate narrowly passed the bill.

Where by "lives", she means fetuses, and she reveals her real goal.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

The law subjects doctors to Class I felony charges if procedures required under the new law are not followed. Such crimes carry a maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine, 3 1/2 years in prison or both.

So, we aren't talking about a minor offense here.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Huyck called the law "vague" and "problematic." She said the agency will be suspending medication abortions "until we can get more clarity."

"It's very difficult for a physician to know when he or she is compliance with the law," Huyck said.

Of course, being vague is exactly the point. They don't want it to be possible for doctors to perform abortions with any confidence that they won't be dragged off to jail, so they write laws that are impossible to comply with.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

For example, a patient will now be required to return to the same doctor 12 to 18 days after the medications are administered for followup care. If she refuses, or prefers to see her personal physician, the patient would face no penalty but the doctor could be charged, Wetterneck said.

So, in order to comply with the law, a doctor needs to trust that the woman will return for two additional unnecessary visits, with absolutely no incentive to do so. A doctor is literally held criminally responsible for the choices of his or her patients.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

The law also bars anyone except the woman and the abortion provider and his or her staff to be in the room when discussing whether the woman voluntarily consents to the procedure.

Wetterneck said some patients prefer, or even require, someone else in the room to help them understand the medical information being provided.

Just more government interference between a woman and her doctor.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Will this law save lives?

No, though it may prevent a few fetuses from being aborted.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Is it a good idea to bar anyone else but the provider and staff to be in the room?

No again. Women can usually figure out how to see a doctor without people they don't want there.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Are women being coerced into getting abortions?

Probably sometimes. But here they're being denied the right to reasonable medical treatment. It's plainly inhumane.

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Good law or bad law?

Very bad.

[kmoney]

Factory jobs returning to the US

Offshoring manufacturing jobs to China looked like the perfect way to cut costs a decade ago, but now companies that produce everything from computers to car parts are returning to the United States in growing numbers. Labor economists say the country needs to invest in more vocational and technical training programs so millions of jobless factory workers are equipped with the skills to benefit from this trend.
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Manufacturing executives cite several factors driving their decision, said BCG senior partner Harold Sirkin. The first is that the cheap Chinese labor that looked so appealing 10 years ago isn't so cheap anymore.
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I remember The Berean making that point about Chinese labor costs rising and jobs moving back here as a result.

Some good signs. I hope it continues.

[WizardofOz]

Rachel Maddow Demands Dismissal of $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit

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According to court papers filed this week in D.C. federal court, the defendants say, "With this lawsuit -- his second -- Dean seeks to move one step closer in his self-described mission to stop the 'radical gay agenda.' The law does not permit him to use the judicial process in this fashion." PHOTOS: Rachel Maddow's Feuds Dean brought a defamation lawsuit in July, arguing that Maddow twisted Dean's words in an effort to undermine Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. On The Rachel Maddow Show, Dean's comments on his own radio show were clipped to become: "Muslims are calling for the execution for homosexuals in America, this was just released yesterday and it shows you that they themselves are upholding the laws that are even in the Bible, the Judeo Christian God. They seem to be more moral than even the American Christians do. Because these people are livid about enforcing their laws, they know homosexuality is an abomination. And I continually reach out to the homosexual communities on this radio show, and I warn them, which ones love? Here you have Obama condemning it behind the backs of the homosexuals but to their faces he's promoting it. I say this to my gay friends out there the ones that continuously nitpick everything I say. Hollywood is promoting immorality and the God of the Heavens in Jesus names is warning you to flee from the wrath to come, yet you have Muslims calling for your execution. If America won't enforce the laws, God will raise up a foreign enemy to do just that's what you're seeing in America today. Read Leviticus 26 America." Maddow then ran Dean's later disclaimer that he has "never and will never call for the execution of homosexuals," and followed it up with some commentary, but it was enough for a defamation lawsuit -- first filed in state court, then dropped, then filed again in federal court to escape the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act. For Dean's full quote on his radio show, and a video clip of how Maddow treated it in her show, see our post at the time the first lawsuit was filed. Larry Klayman, the attorney for Bradlee Dean, commented: "Maddow and MSNBC clearly defamed my client. Maddow went way over the line, particularly in her second broadcast by claiming that Dean and Republicans like then-presidential candidate Michele Bachmann are 'bloodthirsty' and want to see more gays and lesbians killed. This was outrageous and harmful and for this, Maddow and MSNBC will be held legally accountable."

More on Bradlee Dean

Promoting gay bashing is one of Dean's favorite past-times. He has stated, in the past, that he supports castration of gays because, he claims, that's what the Founding Fathers wanted. [6] He's also stated on his radio show that gays should be "thrown in jail."[7] He has also stated his opinion that he believes it was homosexuals who were responsible for the holocaust and praised Muslims for executing people for being gay.[8] Dean, himself, has expressed his opinion that he considers executing gay people to be "moral."[9] [edit] The Rachel Maddow Lawsuit In 2011, he filed a lawsuit against liberal pundit Rachel Maddow for defamation for having the gall to report on his gay bashing agenda.[10] It is widely believed that, since numerous other liberal pundits have reported on his hatred of gays and lesbians, his lawsuit was specifically targeted at Maddow because she is an open lesbian. [edit] Minnesota legislature prayer On May 20, 2011, Bradlee Dean was invited by the Minnesota Republican Party to lead the ceremonial prayer at the start of the Minnesota House's legislative session. The day's business had, ironically, been discussion of a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage. However, Dean's prayer (go figure) had turned fiercely partisan and wound up with, amongst other things, wanting only to recognize Christian members of the legislature and him insulting Barack Obama by accusing him of being a Muslim.[11] This led to so much outrage that the Speaker of the House (Kurt Zellers) ordered a complete re-start of the session with a new prayer by the regular House Chaplain. A speech was then given by Democratic Rep. Terry Morrow lambasting the Republicans for allowing the prayer[12] and was followed by an apology by Republican House Speaker Zellers himself.[13]

Is what Maddow said protected free speech? What is Dean even complaining about? Did she mischaracterize his views and wishes?

Maddow V Dean

Maddow or Dean, who is crazier?

[Nick M]

John Mark Karr decided since he wasn't a real man, he would go all the way and have surgery to change his appearance. Sick faggot.

He was the one that said he was with JonBenet Ramsey, even though he was home in another state at the time. I was reading updates on the crime, and that little nugget was in there about him...er her.

[bybee]

A young soldier who spent time on the front in Iraq reported that with their night vision binoculars they often observed Iraqi soldiers engaged in sex acts with each other and with animals.
The idea that Muslims are against homosexuality is simply a myth to which they play lip service whilst always furthering their agenda of hate against America.

[WizardofOz]

Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young apologized to his team and fans Friday, just before getting arraigned on a hate crime harassment charge for a fight at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Young posted a $5,000 bond at a brief hearing in Manhattan court and was released less than an hour before the Tigers' game against the Yankees. He faces a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge that entails targeting someone for his or her religious beliefs. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail. It was not clear whom Young was yelling at, but he got into a tussle with the Chicago group, and a 32-year-old man was tackled and sustained scratches to his elbows, according to police and the criminal complaint. Both Young and the group went inside the hotel, and at some point, police were called, and Young was arrested, police said. Young was first taken to a hospital because he was believed to be intoxicated, police said.

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Yelling anti-Semitic epithets: crime or free speech?