Chicago, IL (LifeNews.com) -- A county judge in Chicago has ruled that the parents of a frozen embryo which was accidentally destroyed at a fertility clinic have the right to file a wrongful death suit.
Legal experts say the case, which is drawing nationwide attention, could affect the debate over embryonic stem cell research, which involves the killing of human embryos to obtain their stem cells.
Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said in his decision that "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb."
The post office annouces stamp honoring Ronald Reagan.
Read article
here.
Mr. Jordan - do you think the US Military was responsible for this death too? Just curious since you obviously don't know how dangerous your chosen career field is. Further, you do not know how much having a reporting present during a mission jeopardized the military members lives - I have been involved in missions of this type and I can assure you sir that I and the other military member do everything possible to ensure the journalist safety up to and including jeopardizing our own safety. Journalist compromise missions, they are a hindrance, and should feel honored and thankful to be allowed to accompany the military not to mention thankful for the added attention they get over and above the units members!
A BBC producer has died after being shot while making a series of reports in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. [Read story here]
I really was going to let this Jordan thing go and not say much about it - however, I remember being "ordered" to take a reported or assist a reporter and how much the "order" irritated me. I remember the added pressure we all felt having this journalist with us and the added attention we gave the journalist when dangerous situations presented itself, and for some idiot to make a claim like this and then go into hiding is the most reprehensible, no treasonous to the highest degree - a disservice to the military, the journalistic profession, and our country!
BTW: Keep up with the Eason Jordan story at
Easongate.com.
Well with support for the war waning and the democrats rejoicing some conservatives felt depressed - this was when for/against totals were roughly 50/50. Now, more than "two-thirds" are either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied - what does this tell me; the majority of Americans were/are steadfast in their support for what we are doing in Iraq with a minority staunchly against and an even smaller number that goes as the news goes....The story:
(CNN) -- Nearly two-thirds of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the war on terrorism, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday.
Sixty-four percent of those polled said they were "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with the way things are going in the war on terrorism, while 35 percent said they were dissatisfied.
That is a significant change from October, when 53 percent said they were satisfied and 47 percent were dissatisfied with the war on terror.
This is a neat idea - currently none of my Customer Service calls sound as if they are answered in the United States, but we will see if this will be a growing idea... I think it is good because the customer service representative can only be in a "happier spirit". The only downside I see is if you are working through something and a young child or someone the individual is caring for has an emergency - and that would not bother me personally, I don't think, I hope I am a bigger person then that.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - People who reach Esther DeJesus when they call Office Depot Inc.'s customer service center have no idea that she's sitting at home in a room decorated with pictures of Garfield and Betty Boop.
The Orlando, Florida, resident, who works on the retailer's account for call center contractor Willow CSN, is one of a new breed of customer service representative.
Rather than commuting to a crowded office, she puts in 37 to 40 hours a week at home and sets her own schedule.
I have already posted,
Michelle Malkin called Eason Jordan out for his ridiculous comments about US Military targeting members - maybe it would have been better had Mr. Jordan reported accurately on this:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen burst into the home of an Al-Hura TV correspondent in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, shooting him to death, an Iraqi army official said.
Looks like it isn't the US Military that is targeting media members!
UPDATE:
USA Today has the story too.
McMINNVILLE, Tenn. A Tennessee elementary teacher has been charged with multiple counts of sexual battery and statutory rape for her alleged involvement with a 13-year-old male student.
I mean these teachers "carrying on" - to sound like an old man - with these children, yes kids, is getting ridiculous and has to stop!
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP)— A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after she was convicted of murdering her mother-in-law, the Interior Ministry said.
Noura bint Khalaf al-Harbi was found guilty of setting her mother-in-law, Noura bint Salem al-Harbi, on fire as she slept following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement. She was beheaded in the capital, Riyadh.
I support capitol punishment - but there might be a more human way of carrying it out - but then again if the blade is good and the swordsmen is great......
It appears a "young" terrorist died of a heart attack while in prison - of course, these claims will be hailed as facts, before all the facts are known. Watch I beat someone comes out before COB today…
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The alleged ringleader of a terror group accused of attacking Americans and Kuwaiti security forces has died of heart failure while in prison, an Interior Ministry official said Wednesday.
Amer Khlaif al-Enezi, believed to be in his 30s, died Tuesday, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
If there was abuse it needs to be known, but I just want the investigation to proceed before a "reporter" misrepresents the truth (?) - you know all the facts!
Well it last? Let us hope so!
Linda Chavez: If a picture is worth a thousand words, the image of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reaching across the table to clasp hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks volumes. Abbas looked almost professorial, with his horn-rimmed glasses and conservative business suit and tie, in stark contrast to his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. Gone were Arafat's trademark stubble, desert fatigues and keffiyeh, the checkered Arab headscarf that became all the rage among campus leftists a few years ago. And the sartorial symbolism is more than superficial.
[...]
Anyone who watched the televised summit, hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan, immediately grasped the difference between this and previous meetings of the two parties when Arafat was at the helm. In October 2000, Arafat met at Sharm el Sheik with then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. But President Bill Clinton ran the show during that round of talks, with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan present to give his imprimatur to the meeting. Nothing positive happened at the 2000 confab, despite Clinton's involvement. As The New York Times reported at the time, when the talks ended "all [Clinton] could do was read an agreement that neither Ehud Barak, the Israeli prime minister, nor Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, was willing to sign, to read aloud or to answer questions about."
But this week's summit seemed different. Of course the players had changed on both sides of the table. Not only was Arafat gone, but the hard-liner Sharon had replaced the moderate Barak -- yet it is Sharon who has pledged unilaterally to withdraw settlements from Gaza and parts of the West Bank. And the United States, wisely, decided to stay away and let the parties talk directly.
Still, it is too early to declare Sharm el Sheik II an unqualified success. The symbols were right -- down to the flying of the Israeli flag, something missing at the 2000 Sharm el Sheik meetings. However, symbols only go so far. Abbas has the more difficult task and the most to prove. Sharon has announced that Israel will pull back its troops from Bethlehem, Jericho and Ramallah, and lift roadblocks that make it difficult for Palestinians to travel to jobs. The Israeli public will back Sharon, so long as a new wave of violence does not ensue.
Michelle Malkin calls Eason Jordon, CNN executive, out -- rightfully so! I quote:
For the past week, Internet weblogs ("blogs") around the world have been buzzing about outrageous comments regarding American soldiers reportedly made by Jordan, the head of CNN's news division, at a World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland. (My reporting on the controversy, with extensive links to other bloggers, is at www.michellemalkin.com.) According to several eyewitnesses, Jordan asserted on Jan. 27 that American military personnel had deliberately targeted and killed journalists in Iraq. (Jordan has since disputed the characterization of his remarks.)
Why wasn't this headline news?
Great question; however, I am sure she knows the answer -- elite media circling the wagons to protect their own. Thought they would have learned from Rathergate -- see
Easongate here. Why to go, and I hope this finally gets the coverage it deserves and Mr. Jordan gets what he deserves!
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Jurors and others in Judge Donald Thompson's courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or maybe a blood pressure cuff.
During one trial, Thompson seemed so distracted some jurors thought he was playing a hand-held video game or tying fly-fishing lures behind the bench. The explanation, investigators said, is even stranger than some imagined: the judge had a habit of masturbating with a penis pump under his robe during trials.
This guy should go to JAIL without passing GO!
VANCOUVER (AFP) - Despite harsh US protests, a government clinic will doll out free heroin to hard-core addicts after it opens on Wednesday, a stone's throw from the US border.
The clinic in Vancouver will test, for the first in North America, whether prescribing heroin can cut overdoses, HIV (news - web sites) and hepatitis infections, and reduce hard-core junkies' dependence on crime to obtain the drug.
Several European countries have run similar studies, but the clinic's proximity, 37 kilometres (23 miles) to the United States, has made Canada's trial especially controversial.
Thomas Sowell takes a good look at the battle against slavery; some highlights:
The anti-slavery movement was spearheaded by people who would today be called "the religious right" and its organization was created by conservative businessmen. Moreover, what destroyed slavery in the non-Western world was Western imperialism.
Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western imperialists who together destroyed slavery around the world. And if it doesn't fit their vision, it is the same to them as if it never happened.
Read the entire article
here.
More and more we are hearing of parents -- mothers no less -- killing there children... I want go deep into my beliefs why these things happen; simply say that we have done a great job devaluing human life especially the children. Oh there will be outrage at this today, but tomorrow you will see story where children are used as pawns to make a point -- yes pawns you know like objects -- not to mention how we have devalued life by executing the living yet unborn children -- really think about if you can erase a problem (a child) with an abortion why is it a stretch to think some less then stable would believe you could………………
ROSELLE PARK, N.J. - Police charged a woman Monday with fatally bludgeoning her 14-year-old daughter with a hammer and shovel as the girl slept.
WASHINGTON — Americans give President Bush his highest job-approval rating in more than a year and show cautious optimism about Iraq in a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken shortly after historic Iraqi elections.
Well it is tax time and as usual I cash in on all the rebates offered by many software companies - this is the time of year I get my new finical programs, Anti virus program, Adware blockers, etc…
Well this year Money was a real pain - it would probably be great for a "new customer" but upgrading years of data and changing the way we get updates really caused me head aches. It assigns a new account for your online accounts that you are then suppose to "merge" into the one account. For example, by the time I set up my updates from bill payment services, banking services, and had my actual accounts in the MY file I had up to three accounts - now you merge.
Well it duplicated transaction over the last six or so months - not to mention that my bill pay service put pretty much every "check" I had written over twelve months. After the merge - I could have claimed bankruptcy. So I deleted the duplicate transactions; OOPS, the ones in the money file actually had categories assigned - the ones from the bank and bill m payment service didn't, causing the inability to track spending past yesterday….
Fixed this problem - but there is another - the bill payment service continued to update past "checks" unless the transaction I left in the "money file" had it's (bill payment services) link (actually this is not a bad thing since you want to be able to track the payment)…
Basically a real headache and I did voice my concern to support -to the point I wanted to know how to revert my file back to the older version. But being interested in "growing" I stuck with it and now believe I have it working properly! Send me an e-mail before you upgrade because what appears to be "an easy" fix ain't and the support has no clue what we are talking about with duplicate transactions which is the results of turning off online updates, which is required to establish new accounts, and turning them back on.
The set up was a pain - I will let you know how the program actually works!
From a Bill Clinton speech to the Democratic Leadership Council in 2002. [read it
here]
Well one thing you could do is to give people one or two percent of the payroll tax, with the same options that Federal employees have with their retirement accounts; where you have three mutual funds that almost always perform as well or better than the market and a fourth option to buy government bonds, so you get the guaranteed social security return and a hundred percent safety just like you have with Social Security.
Interesting that democrats believe it such a bad idea now - huh, don't they know the one of their current demigods, supported the idea. Notice I said support -- this idea was out there well before Bill Clinton mentioned it and if it happens, I am sure the democrats who hate it now will try to take credit for it then. (Hat tip:
QandO Blog)
Many are against "Beer Commercials", but they have great commercials -- and this is yet another winner...[
here]
John Leo has an article that discusses "evidence" men and women are different -- amazing, isn't it -- more amazing is that this is news, that men and women of academia refuse to admit this. Even more amazing is there have actually been studies to determine this -- all they had to do is ask my wife, my parents, my grandparents, my grandparents, etc.
Could the recent flap over comments by Harvard President Lawrence Summers about women and science have ended differently? Oh, yes. Summers is bold enough to speak unfashionable truths now and then, but, alas, he is not inclined to stick to his guns very long. When the opposition howled, he buckled quickly and issued regrets and apologies. But suppose Summers had been the owner of a sturdier spine. He might have made a serious contribution. He could have said something like this:
Yesterday I spoke bluntly at a closed academic conference and offered some possible explanations of why women are less represented than men in the upper reaches of math and science. In addition to the cost of the time women spend in bearing and raising children, I said that innate sexual differences may be playing a role.
"This was a politically incorrect thing to say, but I believe it is true. An enormous literature on sexual differences has been piling up for 30 years or more. Everybody knows about this work, but it is one of the large elephants in the academic living room that nobody is supposed to notice. It is officially invisible. Careers can end if you see it.
"The literature points to one conclusion: The sexes are different. Males and females have different aptitudes, and they make choices based on those aptitudes. Males tend to outperform females on mathematical reasoning, mechanical comprehension and spatial ability, while females tend to outperform males in such areas as language use, reading comprehension, verbal fluency, verbal memory, spelling and mathematical calculations. On many verbal tasks, women as a group are decisively better than men and remain so all their lives.
"In addition, there is a persistent finding that men tend to prefer to work with 'things,' while women, more than men, prefer to work with people. This may sound like a stereotype to you. It is certainly true that when the doors to high-paying professions were closed to women, females gravitated, by necessity, to valuable but lower-paying 'people' fields like nursing and teaching. But now that the barriers are finally coming down, women are still opting in great numbers for 'people' fields. We have seen a great surge of women into law and medicine but far less female interest in engineering, math and the hard sciences.
Read the entire article
here.
