3 years ago this morning you were removed, along with lots of other things, from your erstwhile living womb during an emergency C-section. Papa’s face was white when he and Mom were told, during what was supposed to be an induced delivery, that your heartbeat couldn’t be detected, and as Mom was subsequently rushed to the ER. But as is your wont, you were just being stubborn and testing boundaries
April 2015
April 24, 2015
#Hillary2016 : your religious and cultural beliefs will be changed [Darleen Click]
Hillary returns to her “we must not tolerate UnGood Thoughts” theme, this time on abortion NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a feminist tone on Thursday. She told attendees at the sixth annual Women in The World Summit that “deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed” for the sake of giving women access to “reproductive health care and safe childbirth.” “Far too
April 24, 2015
Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge [Darleen Click]
The Inspiration: A story: It was a punishing summer, crops and townfolk fading under a relentless sun. They rolled in with the dust at the edge of town with tents of gaudy gypsy color, crackling torchlight glinting off spangles. Hungry from our months of sun-leeched existence, their bazaar bewitched us. Fried delicacies entranced the children, the menfolk sampling exotic drink, the women drawn to silks and potions of promise. A
April 23, 2015
Sorry …. [Darleen Click]
Sorry for the light .. no … … mostly non-existent posting today. At hospital this morning while my 86 y/o dad had a radio-frequency ablation of a cancer tumor in his liver. Went well, he’s home and mom is (as I write) fixing a light supper of scrambled eggs, salad and tea. (they celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary next Tuesday) I’m happy things went real well, but now grumbling about
April 21, 2015
U.S. Court Recognizes Chimpanzees As “Legal Persons” [Darleen Click]
Hailed as “historic moment for animal rights” … Hercules and Leo, who are currently used for biomedical experiments at Stony Brook University on Long Island, were granted habeas corpus by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe. Habeas corpus is a legal petition that detainees use to seek relief from unlawful imprisonment, and by granting habeas corpus to chimps, Jaffe endorsed the idea that they deserve the rights of a human
April 20, 2015
Liberal Fascism in Wisconsin [Darleen Click]
“No one should ever endure what my family endured.” Someone was pounding at her front door. It was early in the morning — very early — and it was the kind of heavy pounding that meant someone was either fleeing from — or bringing — trouble. “It was so hard. I’d never heard anything like it. I thought someone was dying outside.” She ran to the door, opened it, and
April 20, 2015
“Here, we only pray to Allah.” [Darleen Click]
Keep in mind, these people are not Islamist terrorists … When a rubber dinghy carrying around 100 African refugees across the Mediterranean began to sink, a Nigerian Christian prayed for his life in an innocent act that would end in the deaths of 12 fellow migrants. One of the Muslims on board the rickety craft ordered him to stop, saying: ‘Here, we only pray to Allah.’ When he refused, a
April 18, 2015
Saturday Night Seventies Flashback — [Darleen Click]
Turn down the lights, turn up the volume You’re welcome …
April 18, 2015
“‘Islamic Intelligence State’ — a caliphate run by an organization that resembled East Germany’s notorious Stasi domestic intelligence agency.” [Darleen Click]
An important article via geoffb. Some excerpts [W]when the architect of the Islamic State died, he left something behind that he had intended to keep strictly confidential: the blueprint for this state. It is a folder full of handwritten organizational charts, lists and schedules, which describe how a country can be gradually subjugated. SPIEGEL has gained exclusive access to the 31 pages, some consisting of several pages pasted together. They