-- By my oath as one of the judges sitting on the Early Voting Ballot Board, I will refrain from posting anything regarding the Senate District 6 special election (except maybe someone else's words, and then only if it doesn't advocate for or against a particular candidate). So what that means is you shouldn't be swayed or influenced by me in any way by
this.
-- The fact that the
ban on women in combat was lifted by the Pentagon yesterday probably has nothing to do with
the ass-whipping Hillary Clinton gave John McCain and several other Republicans. I'm sure it was also just a coincidence that it was two women --
one a former foreign service member, the other a Republican -- that called C-Span to clarify things for the Republican senators asking the questions.
I would rather have a world where neither women nor men were sent to fight foreign wars, especially when they are sent to fight them based on long threads of lies by Republican men
and women, but this development still qualifies as progress on gender equality.
And it's long past time for this country to promote a woman to the position of Commander-in-Chief as well. I certainly hope that woman isn't also a Republican.
-- The CIA apparently
tells Hollywood writers more than they
tell the US Senate about torture, targeted assassinations, and exactly where in the world they have agents working, so I suppose we should not be surprised that Senators don't actually know as much as they think.
-- The Catholic Church has attorneys arguing that a fetus is not a person -- despite the dogma from the pulpit that established this commandment in the bible of conservatism -- if
said fetus shows up on their ledger as an expense.
This on the heels of information,
previously undisclosed, that reveals the depths of the conspiracy within the Los Angeles diocese to protect child-molesting priests from justice.
Newly disclosed internal documents have confirmed the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Los Angeles deliberately hid evidence of child
molestation for more than a decade. The now-retired archbishop, Cardinal
Roger M. Mahony, and other high-ranking clergy officials made extensive
efforts to transfer abusive priests out of state to avoid prosecution
and to stop them from confessing to therapists who would have been
forced to inform police. The church reached a $660 million settlement
with 500 victims in 2007, the largest of any Roman Catholic diocese. In
reaching the deal, it spared top church officials from having to testify
in court. A Los Angeles judge is set to rule next month on whether two
church officials will face new depositions in a civil lawsuit over the
abuse.
So I think it's safe to say the Church, just like the GOP, is having another bad week.
Update: the Church
won their case based on that argument. In the long run (i.e. future lawsuits challenging
Roe -- or
restricting women's reproductive freedom -- at the SCOTUS), this might actually be a good thing. Legal precedent and all that.
-- What's on the menu at your local fish house?
Pig shit, antibiotics, and a side of diarrhea. Mmmmm. That sounds almost as good as some
mercury in my sushi, and a little dab of
carcinogens with my Gulf seafood platter.
Think I'll have a salad, thanks. But
no GM corn or HFCS dressing, please.
Currently, up to 85 percent of U.S. corn is genetically engineered as
are 91 percent of soybeans and 88 percent of cotton (cottonseed oil is
often used in food products). According to industry, up to 95% of sugar
beets are now GE. It has been estimated that upwards of 70 percent of
processed foods on supermarket shelves -- from soda to soup, crackers to
condiments -- contain genetically engineered ingredients.
Never mind; I just lost my appetite.