I'm very shocked to hear about this. Lesbians being raped to turn them straight in South Africa and it is not recognized by South African law as being a hate crime. The men who go to jail for raping a lesbian woman is let out on $10 bail. How is that fair? Rape is rape no matter what circumstances and it should not be tolerated by any government.



Please visit the Change.org website (link below) and sign the petition to help.

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South Africa: Declare 'Corrective Rape' a Hate-Crime

Targeting: Deputy Minister of Justice Andries Carl Nel, Blendynn Williams (Head of Deputy Minister's Office), Phillip Musekwa (Private Secretary, Ministry of Justice), see more...Deputy Minister of Justice Andries Carl Nel, Blendynn Williams (Head of Deputy Minister's Office), Phillip Musekwa (Private Secretary, Ministry of Justice), Collen Msibi (Head of Communications, Ministry of Justice), Thando Ntlemeza (Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Ministry of Justice), Tlali Tlali (Chief of Staff, Ministry of Justice), and Minister of Justice Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe Started by: Luleki Sizwe "Corrective Rape" is a term used to describe when a male rapes a lesbian with the aim of 'turning' her heterosexual! This heinous crime is prolific in South Africa, especially in the "townships".  Most of the victims are tortured, grievously assaulted and sometimes murdered! They are also prone to getting HIV/AIDS from the assault, and many of them commit suicide as a result of the "corrective rape"! The South African government and justice system are failing the victims of Corrective Rape by letting the perpetrators out on ridiculously low bail, and taking literally years to bring the court-cases to a conclusion. In the meantime the victims have to live with seeing and being taunted and threatened by their rapists every day, as do those who help the victims! In the last 10 years:  *31 lesbian women have been murdered because of their sexuality  *More than 10 lesbians a week are raped or gang raped in Cape Town alone  *150 women are raped every day in South Africa  *For every 25 men accused of rape in South Africa, 24 walk free Despite all this, hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are not recognised by South African law! We call on the South African government to declare "Corrective Rape" a Hate-Crime that is punishable by the harshest sentences! Read more at www.change.org

 

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Something is wrong with this story. In the article (below) it says that this 47-year-old "gay man" sexually assaulted a TSA agent but if you read the story it seems more like this TSA agent sexually assaulted a gay man.



He has penis piercings and that is what set off the alarm and when this TSA agent is patting him down, he starts fondling the guy. If you have piercings in your penis and some straight guy starts messing with it, of course you're gonna get aroused and ejaculate.



I don't have any piercings anywhere but my ears so I don't know for a fact that touching it is gonna make you go off but I do know people who blow their wad at the slightest touch (see the movie American Pie). If he is that sensitive, especially with the piercings then I can totally understand him going off with a pat down, especially if he is feeling the piercing with his hand on the guys dick.



This guy knew he was going to the airport and he knew that his piercings were probably going to set off some alarm so it was his responsibility to remove any/all piercings, especially in his dick. I do feel that this is ridiculous that he was arrested for ejaculating but at the same time, it could've been prevented had he just taken out his piercings.



Lesson to others out there, if your dick is pierced, maybe you shouldn't wear them when going through airport security.

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Man arrested after ejaculating during TSA pat-down November 21, 2010 by Dead Serious News · Leave a Comment  A 47 year old gay man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport after ejaculating while being patted down by a male TSA agent.  Percy Cummings, an interior designer from San Francisco, is being held without bail after the alleged incident, charged with sexually assaulting a Federal agent. According to Cummings’ partner, Sergio Armani, Cummings has “multiple piercings on his manhood” which were detected during a full body scan.  As a result, Cummings was pulled aside for a pat-down.  Armani stated that the unidentified TSA agent spent “an inordinate amount of time groping” Cummings, who had apparently become sexually aroused.  Cummings, who has a history of sexual dysfunction, ejaculated while the TSA agent’s hand was feeling the piercings.  The TSA agent, according to several witnesses, promptly called for back up.  Cummings was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. A TSA spokesperson declined to comment on this specific case, but said that anyone ejaculating during a pat-down would be subject to arrest. Read more at www.deadseriousnews.com

 

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This is such a happy and sad story. I didn't include all of the text so you'll have to click the AOL News link below. This story has touched me only because I don't know my father either. It took her all these years to find her father and he has cancer and their reunion may be cut short but at least they were able to meet each other before his fateful day comes.



I am so happy for the two of them and wish the best for their families.

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Nurse Discovers Patient Is Her Long-Lost Father

(Sept. 3) -- What are the odds? Wanda Rodriguez, a 41-year-old assistant head nurse at New York's Calvary Hospital, had not seen her father since she was a baby. Raised by her mother in the Bronx after her parents broke up when she was less than a year old, Rodriguez didn't know much more of her father than his name, Victor Peraza, and her mother's recollection that Rodriguez looked a lot like him. But as fate would have it, on Aug. 25 a new cancer patient was admitted to Calvary, a hospital that administers care to the terminally ill. When Rodriguez learned his name while discussing his case with a colleague, she froze up. "I thought, if he's my complexion, if he has green eyes, he could be my dad," Rodriguez told ABC News.Read more at www.aolnews.com

 

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Dog Prayer

I got an email today with this video attached to it. It's actually a lot easier to send me a link to YouTube rather than sending me a video attached in my email. First of all it loads a lot quicker in YouTube, if I watched it on YouTube then I wouldn't have to wait for Windows Media Player to load. That takes forever to actually play because the video is usually always choppy. While the audio is still playing, the video freezes for seconds at a time.



I did do a search on YouTube and found it and thought I would share it with my readers.



I think this is amazing how this dog owner has trained his dog to pray before eating. Most dogs would just go to their food whenever they wanted to.



Enjoy

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Dog Prayer

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McBusters

Evan Williams Explains New Twitter Interface

I am definitely not part of the 1% of people who woke up today to a brand new Twitter but even if I was, I wouldn't have known it considering I only ever go to the Twitter website to click my list of followers to follow people back. For the rest of the day I have TweetDeck running on my screen at all times.



Even if I were part of the 1% of Twitter users who woke up with a brand new interface it wouldn't do me any good because TweetDeck gives me way more than Twitter.com ever did and even with a new UI it still won't do me as much good as TweetDeck does.



Watch the video below to see how CEO and co-founder of Twitter Evan Williams explains the new Twitter interface...

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Evan Williams Explains New Twitter Interface

For the 1 percent of users who woke up to a different Twitter experience Wednesday morning, it was probably the biggest change they have ever seen to the real time information service. Twitter has approximately 160 million users and there are nearly 90 million tweets sent every day. Tech Crunch has a good walk-throughof the new look. Mashable thinks it will put developers on the platform out of business. We asked Evan Williams, the CEO and co-founder of Twitter about what motivated the changes. Take a look: Read more at www.youtube.com

 

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Colbert Testimony Before Congress (House Subcommittee)

Stephen Colbert testified before congress about immigration and people were not amused at all. Although I found his speech hilarious, I do find that it was a waste of time for congress. He could have just put the skit into his show and Congress could've watched it from the comfort of their homes or offices.



People are saying he is making a mockery of the congressional hearing, well, wasn't that his point of being there? He was asked to be there by the congresswoman that he mentioned and later she said that she didn't know he was going to be in character. Come on, he's Stephen Colbert. If you know anything about him it's that he's like Lady Gaga or Kathy Griffin, always in character.



Again, I found it hilarious but that's just me. What do you think?

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Colbert Testimony Before Congress (House Subcommittee)

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AP News: Montana GOP policy: Make homosexuality illegal

URL:  http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail.htm?conte...

I am beyond shocked at this AP News article. It's 2010 and the Montana Republicans want to make homosexuality illegal. Really? Seriously? This is beyond disturbing to me that people are still so ignorant and hateful that they want to make being born a certain way against the law.



Is it illegal to be born with darker skin? Is it illegal to be born with red hair? No! So why make it illegal to be gay? That's just so beyond stupid and I think that these republicans should be thrown out of office on principle.



Read the article below.

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I didn't amplify the entire article because it is too long but go to the AOL News page to read the rest....



http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/bearded-lady-vivian-wheeler-finds-her-son-after-33-years/19631453



I am posting this because I have seen her in Bakersfield. When I was riding the bus every day to the Gym over in Green Acres (no joke) I saw her just about every day on the bus. I overheard her talking about writing a book or being in a book about her life as a side show in the carnivals about being the bearded lady.



One night we (Chip and myself) were having dinner at Hometown Buffet and they sat us at this table that was right next to another table where they sat Vivian and another man in a wheelchair. It wasn't a booth next to their booth, it was 2 tables pushed together so it was as if we were all 4 in the same party but we were each at our respective tables. Whenever they seat us at those tables we're pretty much quiet during our meal.



Even though we were basically sharing a meal with them, we treated it as if we were at our own table so there was no need for idle chit chat or introductions. Although I've wanted to meet her, I refrained out of fear that she would think that I'm only talking to her because of her beard so I basically just left it alone. Does that make sense or does that make me sound like a snob? LOL I don't mean it to, I just mean that I was respecting her privacy.



I think her story is amazing and I wish her all the best with her newly found son.

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Bearded Lady Reunites With Long-Lost Son

(Sept. 16) -- Every adopted child wonders who his biological mother is. Movie star? Rock star? Maybe a big-shot CEO? For Richard Lorenc, she turned out to be the last thing he ever imagined: a sideshow bearded lady. The 33-year-old Kansas man had always been curious about his birth parents, but with a wife and two young daughters, he was busy making a life of his own. After a recent back injury led to multiple medical exams and many questions about his family medical history, he decided it was time to start digging. His search began this past spring, when he filed a request with the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to find his biological parents. Courtesy of Richard Lorenc After 33 years, Richard Lorenc has reunited with his biological mother, a bearded woman named Vivian Wheeler, in Bakersfield, Calif. Six weeks later he received a letter from the department saying it had the identity of his mother: Vivian Wheeler, now 62. It also informed him that both his mother and his maternal grandmother had hypertrichosis, known as werewolf syndrome. Each had facial hair, even as children. The letter further stated that his mother was born a hermaphrodite, with both male and female reproductive organs. Wheeler's facial fuzz had appeared at birth with an inch and a half of light hair covering her cheeks and chin. She says her mother wanted a daughter, and doctors were instructed to remove the male parts. Wheeler claimed her father was humiliated by his bearded little girl, but it didn't prevent him from capitalizing on her condition. She began working in sideshows at an early age, earning money to send home to her family.

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I would like to say that I'm not really much of a political person unless my rights as a human being are being threatened then I'm all about it. I have no idea who Christine O'Donnell is, I know who Chris O'Donnell is though, he's cute. But I digress, this woman who is running for Senate is out of her bloody mind if she thinks I'm going to vote for her based on her 1996 anti-masturbation campaign on MTV.



Ok look, I really don't give a hoot what she says about it because I find it hilarious that she's even giving it a thought and telling people that they are going to hell for lust because it doesn't matter what you do, if there is a hell we're all going there. Unless you die at birth, you have sinned and you're going to hell for it. Even if you wear glasses you aren't going to heaven, you can be sure of that, it says so in the bible. Lev 21:23 look it up.



"Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the alter, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them."



Blemish means defect of any kind such as eye defect as in needing to wear glasses whether it's for reading or if you are completely blind. What about deaf people? Do they fall unto this categoryeth? Maybe even male pattern baldness or a pimple or dare I suggest, a yeast infection? So squeeze out all those blackheads, go to the hair club for men, get some contact lenses and stop wearing pants that are so tight I can see your cameltoe. Oh and fat people, that is what gets me, all these fat people think their getting into heaven LOL. Hello! Sloth party of 2.



Let's see, I'm a sloth, bald, I wear glasses and I LOVE to masturbate.... I'm going to hell for a very long time.



I didn't even know about this until Jen Kirkman said so on Twitter. Here is her tweet that I am retweeting.



"What.... a communist. RT @JenKirkman: Christine O'Donnell is against masturbation - yet she's America's biggest jerk-off."



Thanks Jen darling.

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Christine O'Donnell's 1996 Anti-Masturbation Campaign On MTV's 'Sex In The 90s' (VIDEO)

Christine O'Donnell won the Republican nomination for senator in Delaware tonight, and Rachel Maddow wasted no time showing the footage she obtained of O'Donnell's 1996 appearance on MTV's "Sex In The 90s" TV show. O'Donnell, it seems, is opposed to masturbation, and considers looking at pornography akin to adultery. And back in the 90s, though the hair was different and Joan Osborne's 90's mainstay "One Of Us" played in the background, O'Donnell maintained a similar stance: "The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. You can't masturbate without lust!" A must watch:

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Vancouver, WA Woman Admits to Throwing Acid on Herself

While eating dinner tonight we had Nancy Grace on the tv who was talking about this Vancouver, Washington woman who was the first victim of acid being thrown in her face in front of a Starbucks. But, the twist is, she admitted to police that she did it to herself.



I'm just shocked that any person would do this to themselves. I mean, she has disfigured herself for the rest of her life and for what? For 15 minutes of fame? To show how religious she is? Seriously?



I can think of better ways to get 15 minutes of fame or for showing how passionate you are about your religion. I mean look at her before image, she was gorgeous. She could have gotten famous in another way you know? Now look at her, she's a ghoul now. She will never be the same ever again.



So now she's famous for being stupid and she will likely serve 1 year in prison for her selfishness. Good luck with all that...

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Vancouver, WA Woman Admits to Throwing Acid on Herself

Police have reported today that a Vancouver, WA woman claiming to have been attacked by someone throwing acid in her face is lying and the event was a hoax. Bethany Storro claimed that on September 2nd, 2010, a stranger walked up to her in a parking lot and threw a cup of acid at her face. She did not know the alleged attacker but helped police create a sketch of the suspect. Storro suffered damage to her face but now has confessed that she in fact threw the acid on herself. The once tragic story made world wide headlines and even prompted a copy-cat attack in Arizona. We are still learning the details of why she may have perpetrated this hoax but one theory is that she wanted a platform to share her Christian faith. During a hospital press conference after the incident, she made multiple references to her faith and Jesus Christ. ThePortlander will update this story as more information becomes available. Read more at theportlander.com

 

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Michelle Obama: I love french fries - Via Politico

For once I am in complete agreement with an Obama. Michelle Obama was at the National Restaurant Association's fall board meeting where she was telling the restaurant industry to step up to the plate (the dinner plate?) and stop serving junk to our children and adults. Instead of serving fries with that, offer something healthier like carrots or apples. I actually agree with her. But it has to be something that the customer wants to order.



Side note, McDonald's does offer apples for their kids meals as an alternative to fries. They also offer milk as an alternative to soda. They have for years.



You can't turn "Fish N Chips" into "Fish N Apples Chips" or "Fish N Carrot Chips" although that does sound good. The last time we went to Long John Silvers their fish was so horrible, it made my stomach so heavy, I was on the crapper with cramps the rest of the day. The fries were the only thing that didn't make me feel like crap, it was the fish. I think they need to clean their oil.



She also suggested to switch white pasta with wheat pasta but how about this, how about Wacky Mac? Wacky Mac pasta is made out of vegetables. Why not go all the way and suggest they make their pasta out of vegetables? That would make much more sense than just wheat.



And why not suggest to offer baked fish and chicken as an alternative to fried in all restaurants? I use the George Foreman grill to make my boneless skinless chicken so I think that should be an alternative too.



The issue though is you cannot expect customers to ONLY eat the healthy alternative. If you tell them they must request fries then they WILL request fries all the time. You aren't going to force someone into eating healthy, that's the reason they are going out because they don't want to eat healthy.



I am not a vegetarian but lately I have been eating only vegetarian foods like Garden Burgers in place of chicken or any meat for that matter. And only eating salads or steamed veggies so I am certainly switching my attitude towards eating habits but that's me.



Since I am diabetic I have had to take a serious look at the foods that I eat so I lower not only my blood sugar but also my cholesterol. I haven't been going to fast food places or any restaurant for that matter. It's not fast food places, it's the restaurant industry as a whole that needs to change. I do agree with her 100% about that.



And by the way, the fish at fish n chips has more calories than the "chips" so if you are going to take the fries away you might as well take the fish away too because they are worse than the fries.



In the LA Times Blog there is another post about this but that post is so long, it would take forever for me to pick every little thing out to talk about so I'll just give you that link:



http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/09/michelle-obama-obesity-restaurant-menus.html



There are a couple of things I'd like to say about that one.



Quote:



"She, of course, has her own personal chef brought in from Chicago and took full parental responsibility for guiding her daughters' diets because parents are crucial habit-formers and role models, even in food choices."



This is what I'm always talking about. It's not the restaurants who need to make sure your kids eat right, it's you, the parent and if Michelle Obama is hiring a personal chef who knows what the right foods are to feed children then that's what she has to do to make sure her kids eat right. It's the parents responsibility to make sure you eat right, not the businesses. They are in business to feed people what taste good, not what tastes healthy.



There are businesses that are in business to feed us healthy foods and if you should want to eat out and eat healthy then go there instead.



Quote:



"She said she understood that healthy meals sell less, which is not a good thing for any business. But she said the problem of obesity is so great, it must be addressed urgently by all means."



YES! That is what I've been saying is wrong. It's not just restaurants that are giving us unhealthy foods for less but also the grocery store. It's cheaper to eat junk and it's way more expensive to eat healthy. Why is that? I think it's backwards. I think they need to reward you for eating healthy by selling the healthy foods for less money and penalize you for eating unhealthy by charging you more money.



Also, why is it that the diabetic foods are so expensive? They aren't helping my cause by making me pay up the wazoo to keep my blood sugar down. Also the vegetarian foods are so expensive.



There was one more thing. I think it was in the LA Times blog post saying restaurants aren't offering nutritional information for their guests. They certainly are! You can go to the website of any major restaurant and they have the nutrition information right in their website. Most of the time in PDF format. Some also have it posted on a bulletin board or they have pamphlets with all that information. So that is wrong, they do offer that.

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Michelle Obama admitted Monday that she’s a "lover" of french fries and confessed that her daughters enjoy mac and cheese. But at the National Restaurant Association's fall board meeting, she asked restaurateurs to rethink the way they offer food in their eateries and implored them to provide more nutritious choices to both adults and kids. Since Americans eat a third of their meals in restaurants, Obama asked the restaurateurs to add more healthful choices to their menus and provide customers with more information about what they’re eating. “What I do know is that in the restaurant industry, creativity is your lifeblood,” Obama said at the Hyatt Regency before a packed crowd that included assistant White House chef Sam Kass. “It’s what sets you apart from the competition, and it keeps customers coming back for more. And today I am asking you to use that creativity to rethink the food you offer, especially dishes aimed at young people, and to help us make the healthier choice the easier choice.” Obama told the professional foodies that she would like to see them use that creativity with children’s menus as well. “I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business,” Obama said. “But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.” Obama suggested substituting wheat pasta for white pasta or cutting the amounts of butter and cream in recipes. “Or you could make healthy sides like apple slices or carrots the default choice in a menu and make fries something customers have to request — which would hurt me deeply,” the first lady said to laughter. “I'm a fry lover.” Read more at www.politico.com

 

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Education School Security Orders CO Teen to Remove American Flags From Pickup Truck

Imagine if you will, a scenario where you are living in a country like the United States where you are told you are not allowed to be patriotic because it might upset someone. That is what happened to a Colorado Junior at his high school.



He was caught squealing his tires in the high school parking lot and got into trouble by the security guard who suspended his parking privileges for 2 weeks but then she had the nerve to tell him to take down the 2 American flags he had waving from the back of his pickup truck. She told him that it might upset someone.



If I were living in Mexico and I saw the Mexican flag waving proudly from a Mexican's truck, I would not be offended because I am in Mexico. If I were living in Italy and I saw an Italian flag waving proudly from a Italian's truck, I would not be offended because I am in Italy. And if I were living in ANY other country over the planet it would be the same thing. I would be proud to wave the flag of the country that I live in, even if I wasn't born there.



What makes this security guard think that being proud of your country would upset people? It makes no sense. I think this security guard needs to re-evaluate her patriotism before she tries to tell someone they cannot be patriotic. In fact, I'd venture to say that she doesn't deserve to have a job where she is in charge of telling people that they cannot wave the American flag in the United States.



Heck, the school itself waves an American flag on the flagpole, what makes her think that it's not ok to wave a flag from your vehicle?



I'm sorry, it just upsets me to hear this kind of thing especially with September 11th coming at the end of this week.



For some reason I couldn't amplify the video in this article so please follow the link below to visit the website that this article comes from to see the video. It takes seeing the video to get the full story, besides the text from the story that is.

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Education School Security Orders CO Teen to Remove American Flags From Pickup Truck

Jeremy Stoppel is man enough to admit that he deserved getting a ticket for squealing his tires in the school parking ticket. But he has a problem with the order that came down from school security — no more American Flags. He told KMGH-TV: “She said I should take my flags down. She said this is a school that focuses on diversity and she doesn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable,” Stoppel said. “How do you suppose anyone would feel uncomfortable in America with an American flag? That’s where I’m confused.” Jeremy and his dad told the station they are looking for an apology: “To me, she’s just threatening him, hoping that she can just bully him so he’ll just take ‘em down and just put his tail between his legs and say, ‘I’m done. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.’ And that’s just not gonna happen,” said Dan Stoppel, Jeremy’s father. The principal is promising to look into the matter. Stay tuned.

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This is the most awesome donut sign EVER!



If you don't get what I'm seeing... read that last line fast. I'll wait



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Got it now? Yeah... lol



When I first read that I read it as it was intended. I didn't see what was wrong but then I had to read it as if I was a 12 year old who giggled at any cuss word even if that word was "butt". Then I got it lol. Hilarious.

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A Donut Is A Poetic Way To Start The Day

No matter how big of a space you put in between 'but' and 'holes', it still reads the same, dumb                                                                                                   ass. Read more at www.comedycentral.com

 

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Dancing Merengue Dog

This is awesome. Don't say that this dog doesn't earn her keep because she earned every one of those kibbles, even the bits.

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Dancing Merengue Dog

Dancing Dog Doing The Merengue. Smartest dog ever! Read more at www.youtube.com

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Exclusive: The Truth Behind Teresa Giudice's Nephew on 'Housewives' Reunion

Did anyone watch the reunion of the New Jersey Housewives last night on Bravo? I watched it twice.

You know I have a strange relationship with these housewives shows. I hate them but I love them lol. I love to hate them lol.

My favorite of all the housewives shows is New Jersey. I didn't want the first season for some strange reason and this is the only season that I've watched and boy have I been watching it too, sometimes twice. I really love Caroline Manzo. I think she has a good head on her shoulders. She kind of reminds me of my mother (looks, not attitude lol) so that right there gives me a reason to like her even more. She is the mother I wish I had if I could do it over.

I don't really like Danielle very much but on the other hand, she makes really good tv lol.

I have to wait another week for part 2 of this reunion to see how it all went down.

If you missed the Teresa blowup, click the popeater link to watch the video. I don't know why Amplify didn't copy it over.

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Exclusive: The Truth Behind Teresa Giudice's Nephew on 'Housewives' Reunion

You saw it, the earth-shaking exchange between Danielle Staub and Teresa Giudice on Monday night's 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' reunion special. The F-bomb barrage started with a question from Danielle to Teresa: "Did you acknowledge your nephew? Did you?" Teresa replied, "Yeah, of course I did," but after pausing for a second, she exploded. EXPLODED! "Danielle doesn't intimidate me. I don't care if she stays on the show or not," Teresa tells me in an exclusive statement regarding the explosive reunion show. So, what's the story behind the "nephew" drama? A friend of Teresa's reveals that what viewers saw was Danielle accusing her co-star of not visiting a nephew in the hospital at his birth. I'm told Teresa was at the hospital when the child was born last April, and that he's perfectly fine and beautiful. Teresa was actually confused as to what Danielle was even talking about. But what set her off was the sudden realization that Danielle was dipping her toes into her private business. "Danielle is obsessed with Teresa. Digging around her extended family," a family friend tells me. "Danielle brought up a lie about Teresa not visiting her nephew and then Bravo edited it to look more sudden than it was, of course. The best thing to do is just ignore everything Danielle says. That's what Teresa does." The verbal fight, in which Teresa even shoved host (and Bravo exec) Andy Cohen, shocked more than just the viewers. It also blew away other 'Housewives' on the stage. WATCH THE MADNESS >> "Insanity, complete insanity," is how Caroline Manzo described the scene to me in an exclusive statement. "We filmed for ten hours and by the end of the day, I was speechless. It took me two days to recover, I seriously could not compose a rational thought for hours." Rumors have circulated that Teresa would leave the show if Danielle was invited back for another season. However, friends of our favorite housewife tell me that couldn't be further from the truth. "I just talked to her and it's funny but she actually doesn't care if Danielle comes back for another season or not," a friend of Teresa's tells me. "Teresa's not intimidated or scared of Danielle. She actually thinks Danielle makes good TV and is amusing. If anything, she feels sorry for her. All she has in her life is this show." My insider adds, "Teresa, on the other hand, doesn't spend one second of her time thinking about Danielle." Sources confirm that it is the Manzo family that has made it very clear to Bravo that if Danielle stays, they go. Family member Dina Manzo has already quit the show and made it clear she would not be part of anything that involves Danielle, saying publicly that they are worried about their safety and that of their families when Danielle is around. However, "Teresa doesn't feel that Danielle is a threat to her family or happiness at all," an insider tells me. "She's much tougher than that!"

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O'Reilly Debates Sharpton on Glenn Beck Rally

I am staying out of this debate but I wanted to share this video. Al Sharpton is PISSED at Glenn Beck for having his rally on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and taking the "mall" away from him.



Discuss amongst yourselves.

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Who do you think is responsible for childhood obesity?

I just voted in a poll on the SparkPeople website. Who do I think is responsible for childhood obesity. I voted parents because they are the ones who are supposed to teach good eating habits from infant to adult. If you feed your children with the right foods they will learn good eating habits.

I also feel that the reason children are so fat is because they have become so spoiled with the technology of today. I mean don't get me wrong, I love my computer and video games but children shouldn't be allowed to be so obsessed. They should be encouraged to go outside and play with their friends. The parents should encourage their kids to get involved in an after school activity like soccer or football or karate.

My parents did not encourage me to play sports but they did allow me to play outside unattended. I would ride my bike through the neighborhood and jump rope and play hopscotch with my sister. We would roller skate up and down the sidewalk. We were constantly playing outside.

That is until I was 11 and was of working age and then I became the handy child for the apartment building. Painting, changing locks, plumbing, fixing electrical outlets, gardening... you name it, I had to do it. But when I was all done with that work I was allowed to play before dinner if there was time. On the days that there wasn't as much work to do around the apartments I was allowed to do whatever I wanted which was usually playing outside.

So, I don't blame the schools because despite the burgers, fries, pizzas and whatever else they served me during my childhood, I never gained any weight because that was only 1 meal out of the whole day. During the weekends and school breaks we would eat things like Peanut butter and jelly or Bologna sandwiches for lunch. For breakfast I would usually eat cereal but sometimes oatmeal (or malt-o-meal) and for dinner it was a well balanced meal with meats, grains and vegetables.

My mother taught me good eating habits but it was up to me to learn them and carry that on after I left the house. Unfortunately for years I let my cravings and laziness get the best of me but once I started to remember the recipes and food groups my mother fed me I started to eat them again and I have started to lose weight and all thanks to my mother may she rest in peace. I have lost 35lbs since the last week of May 2010 because I'm eating right.

I don't blame schools because it's only 1 meal a day.

I don't blame tv & video games because it is the parents obligation to give or taketh away.

I don't blame fast food because it is the parents who take the children to fast food. They don't have the money to buy their own happy meals.

I don't blame communities because how is a community supposed to teach your child good eating habits? That is the parents responsibility.

I don't blame advertising (commercials) because they are in it for the money. I can sit here and watch pizza commercials all day but I have the good sense to know that pizza is too fattening. Parents should tell their kids that pizza is good for special occasions like when you win that baseball game or when it's your birthday. Or when Mommy is too sick to get out of bed then we can order a pizza.

And since I took that poll, I see that 16,781 other people agreed with me which is 74% of people who took that poll.

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Poor Lindsay, she can't catch a break. She Tweets about the Paparazzi and she gets a full spread in the today shows gossip website.



Listen to me, poor Lindsay HA! Even though I think she deserves to still be in jail I still feel sorry for her. I miss the old Lindsay and hope she returns to us one of these days.

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Lohan back on Twitter with traffic safety tips

Lindsay Lohan has only been out of rehab for less than 48 hours and it didn't take long for the starlet to return to Twitter -- and she's offering up safety tips when it comes to getting behind the wheel, Access Hollywood reports. "Clearly.. Paparazzi shouldn't be allowed to take pictures or video while someone's driving or at a stop light. 4every1's sake #trafficpolice," Lohan tweeted on Thursday afternoon. Her Twitter followers last heard from her on July 19 when she asked another tweeter if he owned an iPad. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, the 24-year-old actress had her driver's license reinstated on Monday. Lohan was spotted at a Los Angeles-area DMV on Wednesday, where she was required to show proof of insurance in order to get her license back. To see Lindsay behind the wheel following her rehab stint, click here! Read more at scoop.newsvine.com

 

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Patriot?

I got the most disturbing email today. I don’t know how I got on their mailing list but some how the website Patriot Update started sending me these horrible emails spewing hate towards gay people. It’s hilarious to me that they sent it to a gay person. This email was very long so I’m not going to paste the entire email and force you to have to read that much text but I will pick out a few things that disturbed me the most. I have created a html page with the entire email here. First of all they have a big red ALERT because it needs your immediate attention! Because gay people are so horrible so they need to ALERT you with a big red graphic. It starts out with this: Dear fellow American, The Radical Homosexuals claim you and other pro-family Americans actually now support same-sex marriage, special job preferences for homosexuals and promotion of the homosexual lifestyle in schools. The radical homosexuals? Special job preferences and promotion of the gay lifestyle in schools? What? Special job rights for homosexuals and lesbians. Businesses may have to adopt hiring quotas to protect themselves from lawsuits. Every homosexual fired or not hired becomes a potential federal civil rights lawsuit. Radical homosexuals will terrorize day care centers, hospitals, churches and private schools. Traditional moral values will be shattered by federal law. Businesses have already had the quotas for minorities so why is it that gay people shouldn’t be allowed to fit that category? Gay people are part of the minority. And being fired because you are gay is ILLEGAL so yes, there is going to be a lawsuit, deal with it. Terrorize day care centers, hospitals, churches and private schools? How? How the hell are gay people going to terrorize those places? Same-sex marriages and adoptions. Wedding-gown clad men smooching before some left-wing clergy or state official is just the beginning. You’ll see men hand-in-hand skipping down to adoption centers to “pick out” a little boy for themselves. First of all, men who are going to marry other men aren’t going to be wearing wedding gowns you morons. They are both going to be wearing suits. So that statement right there is offensive. And they will obviously get a minister who is gay themselves or gay friendly, they aren’t going to force an anti-gay person to marry them. You won’t see men hand-in-hand “skipping” anywhere, we’re not 10 years old. Skipping to adoption centers to “pick out” a little boy. Is that a joke? Are they trying to say that all gay people want to corrupt little boys? No, if anything gay people would want to adopt any sex child, girl or boy, we don’t discriminate because they aren’t a boy and by saying that they are implying that gay people are going to adopt little boys to molest them. Homosexual advocacy in schools. Your children or grandchildren will be taught homosexuality is moral, natural and good. High school children will learn perverted sex acts as part of “safe sex” education. With condoms already handed out in many schools, Radical Homosexuals will have little trouble adopting today’s “if it feels good do it” sex-ed curriculum to their agenda. WHAT?!?!? These people are so out of touch it amazes me. Ok if you want to read the rest of the hatred go ahead. It sounds so much like a plot in a novel where all gay people are evil vampires sucking blood from the vein of society. They have a survey in MANY links and banners in the email begging you to tell them how you feel and then begging for money. The whole email made me nauseous. I unsubscribed because I didn’t want their emails to begin with and when they asked why I told them that I don’t agree with their hatred towards gay people and they make me ashamed to be an American. Because their name is “Patriot” Update. The definition of patriot to me is someone who loves their country not someone who hates gay people. This website is an anti-gay website, not a pro-American website. They are so out of touch with who gay people are and they probably don’t want to know the truth about gay people. All they care about is that they don’t like them and they will do whatever it takes to stop gay people from having the same rights as everyone else does under the constitution of the United States of America. No, they are not patriots at all. They call the gays “radicals” but they are the radicals. Get a life! Oh by the way, I took that survey and all the answers were already set to NO so that all you had to do was submit.  I changed them all to YES and submitted the survey and got an email saying thank you for supporting us.  Idiots lol. Read more at www.xanapus.com

 

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Gay Parents Raise Gay Children?

Seriously? Are these people kidding? Read article below from publicadvocateusa.org. They are saying that pro-homosexual researchers conceal findings that children raised by openly gay parents turn out gay themselves. I don't think so. I was raised by heterosexual parents, I didn't turn out straight. How could the opposite happen?



I got an email from this website asking if I support the homosexual agenda and it was spewing all this hate toward gay people and I went to their website to amplify that article but I couldn't find it. I will just blog about it because it is shocking how radical they think gay people are but in reality they are the radicals.

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Surprise! Surprise! But Keep it Quiet Please. Gay Parents Raise Gay Children August 3, 2010 Surprise! Surprise! But Keep it Quiet Please Gay Parents Raise Gay Children Pro-Homosexual Researchers Conceal Findings: Children Raised by Openly Homosexual Parents More Likely to Engage in Homosexuality Research by social scientists, although not definitive, suggests that children reared by openly homosexual parents are far more likely to engage in homosexual behavior than children raised by others. Studies thus far find between 8% and 21% of homosexually parented children ultimately identify as non-heterosexual. For comparison purposes, approximately 2% of the general population are non-heterosexual. Therefore, if these percentages continue to hold true, children of homosexuals have a 4 to 10 times greater likelihood of developing a non-heterosexual preference than other children. Read more at publicadvocateusa.org

 

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Eat Da Poo Poo

I didn't know about this but Uganda is uniting against homosexuality and this video below is a demonstration of how clueless they are about homosexuals.



This guy is basically telling these people that all homosexuals do what he is saying which is "anal licking" which is called rimming and yes a lot of gay people do that but not all. He says that while the one person is licking the anus the other one starts to go "poo poo" and the person rimming is eating "da poo poo".



False! I am here to say that this is a false statement. There are a few people out there (2 girls 1 cup) who are into a gross fetish called scat where they do in fact do that but if I were to give you a percentage of gay people who are into that I would estimate about 0.25% of gays. And you know there are millions of gay people. We are not all into that. That's disgusting and unhealthy and we aren't all like that.



Second, those who are into rimming ONLY do it after they have been totally cleaned inside and out. I've seen videos of straight people doing it so I don't want to hear how gay people are disgusting for doing it.



Then he talks about how the gay people fist. Ok first of all let me clear that up again, it's not all gay people. If you divide the gay people in half with 50% being tops and 50% being bottoms, tops not wanting anything near their hole... I would say maybe 5% of those bottoms do like to fist. I personally have never, will never ever do that. Those percentages aren't fact, they are what I would estimate if I had to. But it's not all 100% of us.



This guy is so out there, he needs some real education. And even if those gay people who do those things that he talked about, it doesn't make them bad people. He mentioned that they do it in the "privacy of their bedroom" he is right. It's in the privacy of their bedroom. They aren't hurting anyone by doing what they do. They aren't out in the courtyard of the malls doing it in front of children. It's their business not Uganda's government.



These people want to believe so much that gay people are all bad people but we are no different from them. We all laugh the same, we all cry the same, we all love the same, we all hurt the same and we all bleed the same. We are no different.



Stick that in your cake hole.

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Pubit!

I was just browsing the Nook page on the Barnes and Noble website when I came across this new thing called "pubit!". It's a thing that will allow regular people like me write their own book and upload all the files to the pubit page and they will sell your book and give you a cut of the money.



You know it's funny because I am in the process of writing an autobiography. I'm not famous enough to write one but people have been telling me for years that I should write a book with all the stories I have told about my messed up childhood. So why not write a book?



Well, I've been thinking, if I do write this book I have no guarantee that a publisher will publish it for me. I could spend the next 6 months to 2 years writing just to be turned down. So, this gives me a chance to do it and make it happen.



So I signed up. It's not available yet but they say to sign up and I will be told when they start up so I can begin uploading all my files. Well, I still have awhile. I'm only in the middle of my first chapter and who knows how long this book will end up being with all the stories that I have to tell.



One thing I'm going to do is read an actual autobiography from someone who is famous to give me more of an idea of what I should put in it and what I should leave out. Oh there are a ton of things that I'm not going to reveal only because it's very sexual. Yeah that part of my life will be left out lol.

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They Fought for Me!

This is a very touching video. No commentary, just watch.

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Speakers Up.. Tissue Box Opened::: If you want people to get the chills, and instill a sense of pride in our country and military, this is the one! This gripping, patriotic film short is great to honor vets, remember the fallen and teach kids the price of their freedom. @JoshPies wrote: This is Josh from The Sound Tank - Thanks for the support of our video. More important, thanks for your love and support for our Vets and Troops. Please go to http://www.sermonspice.com to see the original video by The Sound Tank or search Josh Pies from The Sound Tank, the writer and producer of this video if you would like to request information [The makers of "I Fought For You", The Sound Tank] 6:52 * Add to queue Added to queue The makers of "I Fought For You", The Sound Tank A short conversation with the makers of "I Fought For You". Josh Pies, Andrew Manzano and Dave Bode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsWiQ... Support Our Troops - Send A Package Your gift to the ministry is tax-deductible Desert Angels, Inc. 4280 Diehl Road Metamora, Mi.48455 http://www.TheDesertAngel.org ------------------------- It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given us Freedom of the Press. It's the soldier, not the poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech. It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate. It's the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the Right to a Fair Trial. It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who gives the protestor the right to burn the flag. ~Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC Read more at www.youtube.com

 

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Crocheted Swiffer Cover

What an idea! I never thought of this. If you have a Swiffer, instead of wasting money on buying new swiffer pads every darn time you have to use it, just make your own. You can make as many as you want so you don't have to keep washing the same one every day, instead make about 5 or them and when it's laundry day you can just wash them all at once with your regular laundry.



Anyway, here is the pattern and an image of the final product at the end.

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Mop or Sweeper Cover

Instead of using disposable covers, crochet an economical reusable cover for your flat mop, sweeper or duster. The cover easily slips on and off for cleaning. For the knit version of this cover, see the Mop Cover Knitting Pattern.

Yarn: Lily® Sugar’n Cream Ombres (56.7 g/2 oz/ 86 m/95 yds) #00133 (Shaded Denim) 1 ball Crochet Hook: Size 5 mm (U.S. H or 8) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.

Instructions: Main Piece Ch 37. 1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch across. Turn. 36 sc. **2nd row: Ch 1. Working in back loop only of each sc, 1 sc in each sc across. Turn. Rep last row until work from beg measures 4 ins [10 cm]. Fasten off.**

Sides (make 2). Ch 12. 1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch across. Turn. 11 sc. Rep from ** to ** as for Main Piece.

Join Sides to Main Piece: Place 1 Side at each end of Main Piece and pin outer edges tog. With RS facing, join yarn with sl st in any corner. Ch 1. Work 1 row of sc around outer edge (through both thicknesses of Side and Main Piece at each end), working 3 sc in each corner. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.

Note: Slip each end around the dusting tool’s base. When one side is soiled, flip the side pockets inside-out and use the opposite side to keep cleaning! The ridge stitch design helps trap dirt.

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