[PJMedia] Now the house organ of the Obama administration, the New York Times, is belatedly discovering that, hey, just because you might be forcibly 'insured'under the Patient Deflection and Unaffordable Care Act, that doesn't mean you're actually 'covered' in any meaningful sense, thanks to the zillion pages of bureaucratic regulations that attend the ACA. Suckers! The articles photo makes a peek worthwhile.
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“Never been tested in real time.” This is what you get when you elect a man of no accomplishment but a high level of self-esteem and a great deal of animosity to the country as founded to the highest office in the land: a maleficent dissimulator who could not care less what happens to folks like Karen Pineman as long as she keeps voting for him and men like him. Which, of course, she will.
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thanks fred i'll be waiting for the first Islamist valentines haters of the year...
the pakistains are always frontrunners as are the afghans. But perhaps we may see a surprise entry this year by the fifth columns in our own countries?
of course it hasn't stopped Islam making money out of the chocolates and flowers you send
Halal Certification Organisations certify Cadubury's and Red Tulip making sure large amounts of money go from the company to fund the building of mosques and the spreading of Islam.
Likewise much plastic packaging has been certified halal, so the cellophane the flowers are wrapped in may also be funding mosques
[DAWN] RAPE crimes remind us of both our failings as a society and the state's failure to appropriately exercise its executive and judicial functions to curb this crime of loathing and depravity. This article sheds light on the reasons for such a momentous failure which, predominantly, is the by-product of lack of education, the absence of awareness and ineffective law-enforcement mechanisms.
Politicians and demagogues alike have repeatedly used the sanction and ready acceptance of misconstrued religious teachings to promote their own political ideologies and motives. Such is the captivation with faith that Paks en masse submit themselves to the averments of the pseudo-Islamic politician and are led astray without even attempting to consider the authenticity of the propagator's claims. This bolsters tribal customs and, effectively, the patriarchal construct of the society that supports inequality and the subjugation of women.
In 2006, president Musharraf was applauded for his efforts, as it was his regime's concept of 'enlightened moderation' that led to the new legislation to empower women. This transpired through the enactment of the Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006 (PWA), which, to the delight of civil society activists, after 27 years of struggle, amended the draconian Hudood Ordinances. By virtue of the amendment, rape now comes under Section 375 of the Pakistain Penal Code 1860 and removes the evidentiary requirement of four male eyewitnesses.
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[DAWN] OVER the years, as self-anointed 'defenders of the faith' have multiplied in a rightward-drifting Pakistain, the number of people accused of 'offences against religion' has gone up exponentially. As reported in this paper, the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... prosecution department, in collaboration with the home and police departments, has shortlisted 50 undertrial blasphemy cases to be fast-tracked in which the state itself will defend the accused. According to the government, the selected cases -- chosen from 262 being tried in different courts in Punjab from 2010 to date -- are of those who have been languishing behind bars due to lack of, or weak, evidence and non-availability of counsel. Further, it has been said, the accused in these cases are ones who have been 'victimised' and that some of them may also be medically examined to gauge their mental health.
It is encouraging that Punjab is making efforts to expedite matters for those who appear to have either been unjustly charged with blasphemy, or deprived of their right to due process in such cases. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... the criteria for their selection say much about the radicalisation of this society, in which vigilante justice in matters of faith is often feted rather than vilified. Why are there such few lawyers available to defend blasphemy accused? Because lawyers defending such individuals are deemed guilty by association, sometimes by those who themselves have sworn to uphold the law. Advocate Rashid Rehman, shortly before his murder in May last year, received death threats from fellow lawyers for defending a blasphemy accused. Then there is the blasphemy law itself, and the procedural requirements according to which someone can be charged under it. While no one should have to fear being charged with a crime -- any crime -- in the absence of the requisite prima facie evidence, a charge of blasphemy instantly stigmatises the individual and invites the risk of violence against him. Several such accused have been murdered behind bars, some even after being acquitted. A revisiting of the blasphemy law, at the very least, to prevent false allegations based on vendetta or even pure mischief, is thus urgently required. Finally, it would have been appropriate if some of the cases selected for speedy trials involved accused that belong to minority faiths. For while allegations of blasphemy menace Moslems and non-Moslems alike, minorities are especially vulnerable, with entire communities driven out of their homes in paroxysms of faith-based violence.
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I recall that right after we took Bagdad back in 2003, the same usual suspects rushed in to help the native Iraqis against the Ebil BushMcChimpy Haliburton Occupation. This fad lasted until a bunch were kidnapped, one or two were killed, and then we rescued most of the rest we could get to.
Not a word of praise or gratitude from these losers afterwords, but at least they kept quiet after the fact, for whatever reason.
Sigh. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The worst part for me is that this outcome was predictable & preventable. The little twerp thought she could just go skipping along right into the middle of a nasty tribal war, and think that because her motives were pure, she would be protected.
At least the usual suspects will have to work harder than usual to plausibly blame Israel for this. She didn't even get the coveted Rachel Corrie(tm) award.
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[PJMedia] Now the house organ of the Obama administration, the New York Times, is belatedly discovering that, hey, just because you might be forcibly 'insured'under the Patient Deflection and Unaffordable Care Act, that doesn't mean you're actually 'covered' in any meaningful sense, thanks to the zillion pages of bureaucratic regulations that attend the ACA. Suckers!
[DAWN] RAPE crimes remind us of both our failings as a society and the state's failure to appropriately exercise its executive and judicial functions to curb this crime of loathing and depravity. This article sheds light on the reasons for such a momentous failure which, predominantly, is the by-product of lack of education, the absence of awareness and ineffective law-enforcement mechanisms.
[DAWN] OVER the years, as self-anointed 'defenders of the faith' have multiplied in a rightward-drifting Pakistain, the number of people accused of 'offences against religion' has gone up exponentially. As reported in this paper, the
