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Taliban Suspected Of Sickening Female Afghan Students

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 28th April 2010


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Bahameen: It doesn’t surprise me that the people of Iran, as well as other countries, are being blocked from my blog, again. This was sent to me by one of my readers who couldn’t post the other day. The topic is so important I wanted to post this article for her.

Again, the abuse that women of the world go through is just atrocious. What men will do to continue to keep women down and in their control, has reached higher levels. It is no longer about slavery and abuse, which is bad enough. Now men are, in my mind, attempting mass murder by poisoning young girls.

Taliban suspected of sickening female Afghan students

(CNN) — Afghan authorities will investigate the sudden illness of students and staff at three schools in the past week in northern Afghanistan, the Afghan Human Independent Rights Commission said on Sunday. Local doctors suggested the Taliban may be the perpetrators of possible poison attacks.

“During the last seven days three cases of poisoning [have] occurred in Kunduz Province,” said Syed Karim Talash, the director of the commission office in the province.

At least 88 girls and teachers became ill in separate cases at three girls’ schools.

The cause of the illnesses was not known, but Talash said poison gas was suspected.

“It is really big concern for us, and big concern for the family of the girls,” Talash said.

Dr. Mohammad Qasam Khamoosh, who treated girls from two schools, said “unknown gases” were responsible for the mass illnesses.

These are “terrorist activities against education in the country,” he said.

Girls were not allowed to attend school during the Taliban‘s rule. Girls’ schools have been open in the region since 2001.

Khamoosh said authorities were able to gather a sample of the gas, which has been sent off for testing.

Kunduz province has seen a drastic influx in terrorist activity, particularly by the group known as Hizb-e-Islami, led by the notorious leader Gulbudeen Hekmatyar. It’s an independent group that has increasingly worked under the Taliban umbrella in recent years.

Readers: I don’t know how these women endure. All I can say is how strong willed they must be; they have to be, to continually fight for their lives….their safety and well-being. These actions that these horrible men take do not break these women down. No, on the contrary. As much as I pray to see these atrocities come to an end, the more these women endure, the stronger these women get. The men may think they’re breaking them down, but they are not.

Bahameen: Know that you and the other girls are on my mind and you will continue to be supported. I am sure any one of you would make an amazing girlz, and I look forward to the day when you and others will join me if you chose. Be well and stay strong.

Brian: Thanks for encouraging me and my readers to take action against Goldman Sachs. If you or anyone else wants to sign Bold Progressives petition to launch a criminal investigation of Goldman along with other wall streeters, as well as calling your representatives, I’ve made it easy – click here.

Hi Helena: Nice to hear from you again (?) It is a little disconcerting isn’t it? I was just thinking today, again,  how I have to filter through so much junk to get to the good stuff, and then to have to decipher if what I think is actually good, or if someone is just trying to scam me. It is never ending; there are days where I wish e-mail wasn’t such a major tool of communication.

Anna, Peter: You both have been so committed to posting information on my blog for your peeps, I feel like it is just as much your blog as it is mine. Obviously your work has helped spread the word. I too hope that the Catholic church will be held accountable for the allegations of some of it’s clergy and those ‘butt bandits’ will pay a price. I do believe that your consistent actions in this area, (and others!) deserve some of the credit to say the least, in bringing and keeping these horrific atrocities in the light.

Hello Mike: Don’t worry.  If your persistency pays off, more power to you.

Shirley: Many people read my blog strictly for the health tips. I think this was a good one to post – Thanks.

Marie: Your diary is very amusing. Love the toothbrush bit. Can’t wait to hear about the other ‘crap’. :)

Selvig: You’re right; it is repulsive. I hope that you’ll express your views to all of your friends, Republicans included. Everyone needs to stand up and against this.

Lloyd: Your guess is as good as mine. Like many other things in life, timing is everything. Keep trying. :)

Kids in Church: Cute. On both accounts.

Justin: Thanks for your two. Literally. :)

Fred: Thanks too for your article.

Hi Sonja: I’m sure you are aware that your link wasn’t there, but here it is for those interested. :)

Daemon: Surprisingly, I am actually aware of the financial situation in Greece. I won’t pretend to understand it all, as I am no economist. I hope that the situation improves.

Maurice: All I can do is laugh at your comment; it is just so silly.  Love it -You may not be joking but I’m sure Aquatic rat fur for some men would be quite appropriate. In regards to your question: I have no idea.

John: Nice to hear from you again. No, Mr Hawking and I did not have a conversation, although I would’ve like to. So yes, it does seem more than just a coincidence doesn’t it? ‘Just noticing’…Perhaps like many others who are reading my blog and attempting to lift material, he too has been reading and getting ideas. I am not accusing him of anything, but your comment, as well as Suzy’s does make me think. Thanks. Now I am very curious to see his documentary. Hello to Connie and her women’s club. :)

Doug: Obviously they haven’t gotten a clue yet. Perhaps an Aquatic rat fur vest would help.

Readers: With all of the political powwow going on, did anyone partake in Camp OFA in your community? I went on Sunday and it was very exciting and informative. I have joined two community groups, and I’m looking forward to collaborating with other like-minded peeps in ensuring a successful election in November. And let’s have some fun too – okay?

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

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Deportation By Attrition

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 23rd April 2010


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I know we have only touched the surface of this issue here. A few of my readers have commented on Arizona’s Immigration Bill, and I posted a video the other day, but I feel more needs to be said. I found this article, written by Jim Wallis. I may not necessarily agree with his point of view from a religious stance, but I like what he has to say in terms of getting to the heart of it….and not surprising, considering the backbone of this bill, at the helm sits “Racism”.

I don’t see how anybody can view Arizona’s Immigration Bill as anything less. I think it is a bunch of bull, and yes I am speaking to you Mr. Kobach (an attorney and law-school professor who helped craft the bill), who claims that, “The law wouldn’t provide police an avenue to violate a person’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure.” In my opinion this gives police permission and the right to do just that, and more.

How easily it will be for officers to racially profile a person while enforcing this new law. Racial profiling already exists…it is already happening now, regardless of the fact that it is illegal. And while an officer might not intend to racially profile while enforcing the law, that’s what will happen. We know this.

And if you’re a racist officer, lucky you. You now have your dream job of being a bad ass with a badge who gets to express his racist thoughts. And the icing on the cake: You will now have a law to support your racist actions and protect you from being accused of racial profiling, and probably more. You can now mask your racism by hiding behind the statement: “Hey, I was just doing my job.”

And who’s going to be targeted the most, not to mention probably 100 percent of the time? Let me put it bluntly: We all know, no one white is going to be pulled over by an officer in suspect of his or her immigration status requesting their ‘papers’. It just isn’t going to happen.

This law if passed, will simply take officers away from focusing on real crimes, violent crimes, such as rape and murder, and basically give them free will to target and harass individuals based on the color of their skin. If this isn’t a racist bill, I don’t know what is. This bill really should be called, “How to legally get away with racism”.

Arizona’s Immigration Bill Is A Social And Racial Sin

I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning to fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to speak at a press conference and rally at the State Capitol at the invitation of the state’s clergy and other leaders in the immigration reform movement. The harshest enforcement bill in the country against undocumented immigrants just passed the Arizona state House and Senate, and is only awaiting the signature of Governor Janet Brewer to become law.

Senate Bill 1070 would require law enforcement officials in the state of Arizona to investigate someone’s immigration status if there is “reasonable suspicion” that the person might be undocumented. I wonder who that would be, and if anybody who doesn’t have brown skin will be investigated. Those without identification papers, even if they are legal, are subject to arrest; so don’t forget your wallet on your way to work if you are Hispanic in Arizona. You can also be arrested if you are stopped and are simply with people who are undocumented — even if they are your family. Parents or children of “mixed-status families” (made up of legal and undocumented, as many immigrant families are out here) could be arrested if they are found together. You can be arrested if you are “transporting or harboring” undocumented people. Some might consider driving immigrant families to and from church to be Christian ministry — but it will now be illegal in Arizona.

For the first time, all law enforcement officers in the state will be enlisted to hunt down undocumented people, which will clearly distract them from going after truly violent criminals, and will focus them on mostly harmless families whose work supports the economy and who contribute to their communities. And do you think undocumented parents will now go to the police if their daughter is raped or their family becomes a victim of violent crime? Maybe that’s why the state association of police chiefs is against SB 1070.

This proposed law is not only mean-spirited — it will be ineffective and will only serve to further divide communities in Arizona, making everyone more fearful and less safe. This radical new measure, which crosses many moral and legal lines, is a clear demonstration of the fundamental mistake of separating enforcement from comprehensive immigration reform. We all want to live in a nation of laws, and the immigration system in the U.S. is so broken that is serving no one well. But enforcement without reform of the system is merely cruel. Enforcement without compassion is immoral. Enforcement that breaks up families is unacceptable. And enforcement of this law would force us to violate our Christian conscience, which we simply will not do. It makes it illegal to love your neighbor in Arizona.

Before the rally and press event, I visited some immigrant families who work at Neighborhood Ministries, an impressive community organization affiliated with Sojourners’ friends at the Christian Community Development Association. I met a group of women who were frightened by the raids that have been occurring, in which armed men invade their homes and neighborhoods with guns and helicopters. When the rumors of massive raids spread, many of these people flee both their homes and their workplaces, and head for The Church at The Neighborhood Center as the only place they feel safe and secure. But will police invade the churches if they are suspected of “harboring” undocumented people, because it is the law? Will the nurse practitioner I met at their medical clinic serving only uninsured people be arrested for being “with” the children of families who are here illegally as she treats them?

At the rally, I started with the words of Jesus (which drew cheers from the crowd gathered at the State Capitol), who instructed his disciples to “welcome the stranger,” and said that whatever we do to “the least of these, who are members of my family” we do to him. I think that means that to obey Jesus and his gospel will mean to disobey SB 1070 in Arizona. I looked at the governor’s Executive Tower and promised that many Christians in Arizona won’t comply with this law because the people they will target will be members of our “family” in the body of Christ. And any attack against them is an attack against us, and the One we follow.

Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles just called this Arizona measure “the country’s most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless immigration law” in the land. On CNN, I defended the Cardinal’s comments, which likened the requirement of people always carrying their “papers” to the most oppressive regimes of Nazism and Communism. I wonder whether the tea party movement that rails against government intrusion will rail against this law, or whether those who resist the forced government registration of their guns will resist the forced government requirement that immigrants must always carry their documentation. Will the true conservatives please stand up here? We are all waiting.

Arizona’s SB 1070 must be named as a social and racial sin, and should be denounced as such by people of faith and conscience across the nation. This is not just about Arizona, but about all of us, and about what kind of country we want to be. It’s time to stand up to this new strategy of “deportation by attrition,” which I heard for the first time today in Arizona. It is a policy of deliberate political cruelty, and it should be remembered that “attrition” is a term of war. Arizona is deciding whether to wage war on the body of Christ. We should say that if you come after one part of the body, you come after all of us.

Readers: Thoughts? Comments? You know what to do – blog me.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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This ‘N that Chitchat

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 17th April 2010


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I got into a deep conversation in regards to the world this morning and unfortunately I could not pull myself away so therefore it interrupted my world. But hey, the info was worth it. So instead of writing an article or posting something of interest, I’ll just chat it up and say a few things that I want to say.

Norman: I can’t imagine the stress of having a loved one in the hospital and not being able to visit and support, let alone be with the one you love while they pass. It is just so cold and inhuman. I’m sorry that you had to go through that experience.

Lin: Thanks for writing in. I am sorry to hear that the people of Tibet are not being supported by the Chinese, but I am not surprised. As usual, when it comes to Tibet, the Chinese’s response remains the status quo. Thank god for the monks.

Ricky: I was just discussing that new Arizona law this morning. Once again when it works in the favor of the whites they see no problem implementing such a law. But don’t ever try it use it against their own kind or they will come back kicking and screaming.

Fay: Me too but we can’t leave it up to god to do all of the work. I’m praying that the people who believe in Obama will step up to the plate too.

June: Thanks for the reminder.

Anita: No worries. Thanks for your persistency and for the article.

Howard: In regards to your blog comment yesterday about those transactions that bet the bonds would fail: I was just listening to NPR the other day, and only caught the end of that exact story (Of course this was before the fraud charges against Goldman Sachs). It was about the Magnetar Hedge Fund that made millions of dollars when the housing market collapsed: An obscure hedge fund called Magnetar offers new details into the world of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and how the instruments cost investors billions while yielding a payday bonanza for Magnetar. And that’s the irony. What Magnetar did appears to be legal.

NPR came up with a snazzy show tune called, “Betting against the American dream”. Catchy tune; unfortunately sad, all too true.

Bet Against The American Dream from Planet Money on Vimeo.

The only way that the whites will stop their ‘white’ collar crimes, the crimes that ruin our country and far exceed the impact that other crimes, such as drugs, have on our country, is if Obama makes the punishment for these ‘white’ collar crimes more severe. If those that are so greedy knew that their crimes would put them in jail, and they could no longer hide behind their corporations, only then would the evil stop.

ZL: To answer your question, I will ask you a question: Why should saving a house come before health care, and people dying? 10 times, perhaps even 100 times, more people need health care than those that are losing their homes.  And people are losing their homes too because they can’t afford to pay for their health and homes; hence, all of their money is going towards their health bills.

And what if the housing/banking market was resolved first? What then? Then all of those people needing to cover their health bills would have to resort to pulling money out of their homes to pay their health bills, possibly putting them back in the same position of having to choose whether they save their homes or their lives. It’s obvious which one they’re going to save.

I agree with you that having hospitals get paid via taxes dollar is not the best fix for people without health insurance. Not only has it been done for years but it also just plain doesn’t work, which is one of the reasons why we needed it to change. It’s easy to say that those without health care can just go wait in line at harbor general or whatever hospital in your area, when people who can afford health care, have it – but it will be those same people who bitch that their tax dollars are paying for the uninsured, if health care didn’t pass.

In my opinion, the logical thing to do first was what Obama did: Get health care passed.

Oops, I am way late…got to run.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Peace out.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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Yemeni Child Bride Tied up, Raped…

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 12th April 2010


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This was e-mailed to me to post, because the person who tried to post it was not able to blog it here.

Saturday, April 10, 2010 (AP)

Dead Yemeni child bride tied up, raped, says mom

By AHMAD AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer

(04-10) 06:39 PDT SHUEBA, Yemen (AP) –

A 13-year-old Yemeni child bride who bled to death shortly after marriage was tied down and forced to have sex by her husband, according to interviews with the child’s mother, police and medical reports.

The girl’s mother, Nijma Ahmed, 50, told the Associated Press that before her daughter lost consciousness, she said that her husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. “She looked like she was butchered,” she said about her daughter’s injuries.

Elham Assi, 13, bled to death hours after she spoke to her mother and just days after she was married to a 23-year-old man. She died on April 2 in the deeply poor Yemeni village of Shueba, some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital. Her husband, Abed al-Hikmi, is in police custody.

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen where a quarter of all females marry before the age of 15, according to a 2009 report by the country’s Ministry of Social Affairs. Traditional families prefer young brides because they are seen as more obedient and are expected to have more children.

Legislation to ban child brides has been stalled by opposition from religious leaders. There has been no government comment over the case. The girl — one of eight siblings — was pushed into marriage after an agreement between her brother and her future-husband to marry each other’s sisters to avoid having to pay expensive bride-prices — a common arrangement in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East.

According to police notes from the interrogation of the husband, he was upset because he could not consummate their relationship and felt under pressure to prove his manhood.

Assi’s mother said she also tried to persuade her daughter to have sex with her husband so as not to shame the family.

Al-Hikmi took his young bride to a nearby medical clinic, asking a doctor there to administer her tranquilizers so she would not resist his advances. The clinic said it refused.

Al-Hikmi then obtained performance enhancing pills, according to the police interrogation, and that night completed the act while she screamed.

The next day, he returned to the same medical clinic carrying Assi because she could not walk.

“I told him not to go near her for at least ten days,” said Dr. Fathiya Haidar. She said Assi’s vaginal canal was ripped.

A forensic report obtained by the AP showed that Assi’s injuries were much more extensive, including extensive tearing around the vagina and rectum, suggesting that there might have been additional intercourse after the clinic visit.

Her mother said she visited Assi later that day, where she found her daughter fading in and out of consciousness.  ”She whispered in my ear that he had tied her up and had sex with her violently,” she said. “I said to her husband, what have you done, you criminal?”

She said al-Hikmi told her that the young bride was just possessed by spirits and said he would take her to a folk healer to cast them out.

Hours later, Assi was dead.

“She asked me to stay beside her,” her mother said.

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has drawn the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages.

“Early marriage places girls at increased risk of dropping out of school, being exposed to violence, abuse and exploitation, and even losing their lives from pregnancy, childbirth and other complications,” said UNICEF’s regional director Sigrid Kaag, in a statement Wednesday condemning the death.

A February 2009 law set the minimum age for marriage at 17, but it was repealed and sent back to parliament’s constitutional committee for review after some lawmakers called it un-Islamic. The committee is expected to make a final decision on the legislation this month.

The issue of Yemen’s child brides received widespread attention three years ago when an 8-year-old girl boldly went by herself to a courtroom and demanded a judge dissolve her marriage to a man in his 30s. She eventually won a divorce.

In September, a 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization said. Associated Press Writer Diaa Hadid contributed to this report from Cairo.

Copyright 2010 AP

Readers: What is the deal with men? How is sex enjoyable when you’re making someone else suffer for your pleasures? This isn’t just rape, which is bad enough, where the man could care less about the woman or child. This is a man who is married to this child…a man who is sharing his life with this child and this is how he treats her. It is just simply disgusting.

What this says is that men really don’t care about women, and I’m not just talking about men in the Middle East. Our country, too accepts this kind of behavior, this so-called ‘culture’. “How?”, you may ask. Well…as I’ve pointed out before, this says a lot about the western man because they continue to do business with these countries even when they know that these countries treat their women badly. Only if something horrific is done to someone in our country do we make noise about it. Otherwise who cares what happens to these women in these countries? –  I want my oil, or whatever goods I need.

What does that also say? It also says that if we had oil or something as valuable as oil in our country, some men wouldn’t hesitate to treat the women here badly if it meant more money in their pockets. When it comes to money, to men (not all), women are not only considered second class citizens but second even to a commodity. Again, disgusting.

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Helen: Thanks and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

Roger: Thank you for being so open. Reading the books made me think so I am grateful that I could pass that knowledge along to you. I do hope that whatever was started for you continues and you end your path of destruction, and decide to choose a path that is more friendly with life. I wish you the best.

Madhu: Thank you for your comment. I am not very familiar with Kumbh Mela but I do know it is going on presently. How exciting. I would love to accept your very generous offer, and if it were at all possible I would take you up on it. I have always wanted to visit India.

Manorama: As I mentioned to Madhu, I would love to come if I could. Thank you too for the kind invite. I wish you both a beautiful and enlightening gathering at Kumbh Mela.

Cindi: I know your story is not an uncommon one. I too am sorry for what happened to you and your family. The atrocities that whites’ commit are never ending.

Emily: I like that one.

Doug: Thank you. I always appreciate and look forward to your support.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

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Junk In The Trunk…Literally

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 31st March 2010


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This video was sent to me. There’s been a lot of hype these past few years around the beauty of a big butt, thanks to JLo, who in my mind is carrying a bit too much junk in the trunk. However, I can appreciate a well-rounded butt, and believe me I do. And although hers is nice, it’s a bit too big for my liking, and I’ve worked with her up front and close, if you get my drift. But hey…we all know beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

So…back to the subject at hand. Some women are dying to enhance their behind…and get the look that JLo and Beyonce, among others, were blessed to be born with. Check this out:


The problem is, is it gets much worse. This video doesn’t say it, but women are literally dying because the junk in their trunk is literally junk, as the video shows. These male doctors are giving women low quality implants, simply to make a quick buck. Women are suffering and their lives are on the line because of a doctor who just doesn’t care.

Readers: When I found this video there were also many comments. One in particular was from a man who went off in regards to the stupidity of women for even going for such a procedure. Albeit, perhaps these women should’ve done their due diligence, and they wouldn’t be in this horrible position, but his comment is…well you’ll just have to click over and read it yourself.

All I want to say is this guy acts like he would never go for such a procedure to make himself more attractive and desirable to women. I wouldn’t doubt he would be the first knocking on the doctor’s door too if he could have the opportunity to increase his length and/or girth.

There’s plenty more to say here. I started the convo, you can finish it.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

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