Destor on Ordering a Pizza Conservatively in Texas
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The link has been taken down, but a link to the audio is below, provided by flower! Thanks for that, flower!
Update: my link worked 5 minutes ago, but I think it keeps crashing.
The issue of sexual assaults on American Indian women has become one of the major sources of discord in the current debate between the White House and the House of Representatives over the latest reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
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“We should never have a woman come into the office saying, ‘I need to learn more about Plan B for when my daughter gets raped,’ ” said Charon Asetoyer, a women’s health advocate on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, referring to the morning-after pill. “That’s what’s so frightening — that it’s more expected than unexpected. It has become a norm for young women.”
The difficulties facing American Indian women who have been raped are myriad, and include a shortage of sexual assault kits at Indian Health Service hospitals, where there is also a lack of access to birth control and sexually transmitted disease testing. There are also too few nurses trained to perform rape examinations, which are generally necessary to bring cases to trial.
By Ismail Kahn, New York Times, May 23/24, 2012
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency pin down Osama bin Laden's location under cover of a vaccination drive was convicted on Wednesday of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a senior official in Pakistan said.
A tribal court here in northwestern Pakistan found the doctor, Shakil Afridi, guilty of acting against the state, said Mutahir Zeb Khan, the administrator for the Khyber tribal region [....]
By Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
MOSCOW — Stiff new penalties aimed at opposition protesters were given preliminary approval Tuesday by Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin, the target of mass rallies and demonstrations before his March election victory.
The bill, which opposition parliament members termed draconian and protested by threatening to file out of a legislative session, calls for fines of up to $50,000 and up to 200 hours of community service for organizers of rallies and demonstrations that grow violent or exceed the approved number of participants.
The sanctions were approved on first reading by parliament's lower house, which is controlled by Putin's United Russia party. They mark a return by the Kremlin to a tough stance against critics after concessions during the recent election campaign [...]
Also see:
Russians back Putin, strong leadership
Washington Post, May 22, 2012
A Pew survey of 1,000 Russians found that President Vladimir Putin is well-liked by more than 70 percent of citizens, especially older adults.
Associated Press, May 21, 2012
HAVANA — It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.
More than a year after the February 2011 ceremony on Siboney Beach in eastern Cuba, and 10 months after the system was supposed to have gone online, the government never mentions the cable anymore, and Internet here remains the slowest in the hemisphere. People talk quietly about embezzlement torpedoing the project and the arrest of more than a half-dozen senior telecom officials.
Perhaps most maddening, nobody has explained what happened to the much-ballyhooed $70 million project....
By Tamasin Ford in Monrovia, Guardian.co.uk, May 22, 2012
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday.
The IRC report, Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in West Africa, based on data collected over 10 years by the IRC in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, said domestic violence is the "most urgent, pervasive and significant protection issue for women in west Africa" [.....]
I get a "Can't establish connection with server" message. Either it has been taken down, or it's overwhelmed with traffic. I hope it's the latter, and will try later. This sounds like it could be great fun.
Remember when Sarah was punked in his fashion. (Was it the Pope calling? Maybe Ronald Reagan? I can't remember! lol!) This guy is certainly qualified to be just another Sarah Palin without the high heels. Who knows? He's apt to end up a half-Governor, just like her!
On Sarah Palin, you're probably thinking of the PM of Canada:
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/01/palin-probably-doesnt-know-w...
(Who, I think, is either quinn or acanuck.)
I'm having no luck getting the link to work either, Cville, but here is a ewe toob link to the audio.
What a doosh Walker is. hahahahaha
There's a part 2!
The entire call is at Salon.com, it is in two parts, 10 minutes each.
At the 3 minute mark in the first half of the phone call there is an interesting exchange where Walker talks about a Democrat who 'became more 'open minded' after making 'real money' in the private sector after serving as Wisconsin head of Health and Human Services.
But Walker says he is 'not one of us'. He is a 'pragmatist' who is 'not there for political reasons' (does this sum up the GOP or what? if you are not there for political reasons and if you a practical person and 'are just trying to get something done' you are not 'one of them').
from the call, 3 minute area, part 1:
BuffKoch: You're not talking to any of these Democrat bastards are you?
Walker : Ah, there's one guy that's actually voted with me on a bunch of things I called on Saturday for about 45 minutes, mainly to tell him while I appreciated his friendship and he's worked with us on other things, tell 'em I wasn't going to budge. Mainly because I thought...
BuffKoch : Damn right.
Walker: ...he's about the only reasonable one over there. I figured if I talked to him he'd go back to the rest of them and say you know, I've known Walker for over 20 years and he's not budging..
BuffKoch: What's his name again?
Walker: His name is Tim Collin.
BuffKoch: Alright, I'll have to give that man a call.
Walker: Actually, in his case, I wouldn't call him and I'll tell you why, he's pretty reasonable but he's not ah, he's not one of us..
BuffKoch: Oh..
Walker: So, I would let him be, I think he is in a position where he can maybe motivate that caucus, he's not ahh, not an ally, he is just a guy, he was in the Senate years ago, he was actually the Senate Democrat leader, back in the 80's, and Tommy Thompson hired him to be head of Health and Human Services, he went into the private sector and made real money and became a little more open minded, and last fall he got elected to the Senate seat he was in 25 years ago and he's kinda one of these guys who really doesn't care, he's not there for political reasons, he just trying to get something done, so he's good to reach out to for me, but he's not a conservative, he's just a pragmatist.
I've tried to contact my Governor regarding SB11, yet Scott Walker won't take my phone call. But he's apparently willing to accept calls from the Koch Brothers?
I live in this state. Koch Brothers don't. I wonder whose agenda is being served here?
Walker needs to get back to work on OUR behalf, and tell the Kochs to take their political fight with the unions down the road. On, Wisconsin!
Walker is amazingly calm. He has the conviction of someone who knows that if he just hangs tough, his "extra" paycheck will arrive. He has nothing to lose by doing this, because he really doesn't care about the state or its citizens. If he really did care, he would be nervous.
You say "back to work on your behalf" .... doesn't that imply that he had, at one point, worked on your behalf in the past?
I find that unlikely.
George Will schools Obama for his comment about Walker's bill seeming maybe like an attack on unions:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022103190.html
Obama adds Richard Trumpka to Jeffrey Imelt's Jobs Program (pay no attention to the other New Folks) in a "better on the inside than on the outside throwing rocks" move. Will he accept? Stay tuned!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-23/obama-names-chenault-doerr-trumka-to-council-on-jobs-competitiveness.html
Well, George Will is a very articulate ass-hole. (Something I already knew)
I don't have enough information to comment on the second link, but I don't know what this has to do with Gov. Walker admitting that:
a) His main goal is eliminating unions
b) He had to explain to his puppet-master, Koch, why he was talking to Democrats
c) He was trying to trick the Dems back to "talk" when he had no intention of listening, but with the goal of establishing a quorum to allow the Repubs to vote his budget in.
d) There is more to glean from this, but the 3 above are enough. He obviously knows his gravy train depends on his non-negotiating stance.