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November 27, 2014

First case of man 'sexually aroused by flatulence'



A British psychologist has recorded the case of so-called "eproctophilia" in a 22-year-old man from Illinois, America.

The man, who has been given the pseudonym Brad, states that he is "not sexually attracted to flatulence per se, (but) the person releasing the flatulence".

He said that he engaged in his first act as a 16-year-old when he heard a male friend pass wind in front of him.

He said: "It was rather appealing in sound and I found myself fixating on it.

"At first, I didn't want to admit I was into his farting, but eventually I decided to experiment. I set up a bet at some point and intentionally lost, with the wager being the right to fart in the loser's face for a week. I continued to lose such bets once every few weeks for about two years."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10207121/First-case-of-man-sexually-aroused-by-flatulence.html
November 27, 2014

Mobile County ( Republican) License Commissioner indicted.

Here's the thing...she ran unopposed the election that put her in office, now both she and her deputy are indicted for financial and political fraud.
They could NOT find one Dem. to run against her, that is how locked up this state is.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile County's License Commissioner Kimberly Hastie and Deputy License Commissioner Ramona Yeager have been indicted on federal charges.

Hastie and Yeager are suspected of misusing county funds and deceiving the Mobile County Commission, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Mobile.

The indictment document accuses Hastie and Yeager of falsifying invoices and misappropriating funds in order to "obtain political lobbying and consulting services and personal benefits without the knowledge and oversight of the County Commission and at the expense of Mobile County taxpayer dollars."
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/11/mobile_county_license_commissi.html
November 26, 2014

The oldest continuously inhabited place in the world. And its got oil.

Erbil Revealed

The 100-foot-high, oval-shaped citadel of Erbil towers high above the northern Mesopotamian plain, within sight of the Zagros Mountains that lead to the Iranian plateau. The massive mound, with its vertiginous manmade slope, built up by its inhabitants over at least the last 6,000 years, is the heart of what may be the world’s oldest continuously occupied settlement. At various times over
its long history, the city has been a pilgrimage site dedicated to a great goddess, a prosperous trading center, a town on the frontier of several empires, and a rebel stronghold.

http://www.andrewlawler.com/erbil-revealed/

Link has pic and allows further reading in pdf format.

This is the city in Iraq that the US was especially keen to protect, and which has been under attack by ISIS.
Very good read.
November 26, 2014

Which one of you brought the Thanksgiving Day card for Admins?????

Probably time to post it, don't ya think?

Here's mine:

November 26, 2014

Push to Boycott Black Friday in Wake of Ferguson Decision........ what say you?

The movement, also known as the “No Justice, No Profit” boycott, is gaining steam on social media, especially on Twitter,
where the hashtags #BlackFridayBlackOut, #BlackFridayProtest and #BoycottBlackFriday are being used to spread the message:

The Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition is encouraging protesters to hit the nation “where it hurts” and boycott any holiday spending.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/11/social_media_push_to_boycott_black_friday_in_wake_of_ferguson_decision.html

Listing of planned BOYCOTT BLACK FRIDAY mall demonstrations in solidarity with Ferguson, calling for "No Justice, No Profits"
http://fergusonresponse.tumblr.com/

November 26, 2014

On a lighter note: The Thanksgiving Recipes Googled in Every State (Frog eye salad....really?)

Check out your state on the map, , and can anyone tell us what's up with Frog Eye Salad?????

(if anyone can post the map, that would be marvelous)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/upshot/thanksgiving-recipes-googled-in-every-state.html?abt=0002&abg=0

November 26, 2014

Of all that has been said and written about Ferguson, I found this to be the most profound.

Am I the only one who is struck so deeply by this?


In Ferguson, Missouri, a festering truth about the entire United States has come to light.

What Ferguson has made clear, specifically, is that the social contract has been broken.
......we are seeing nothing less than the state proving itself illegitimate.

When the decisions of a justice system are so repugnant to a significant mass of people that the state apparatus expects and must contend with popular unrest, then this political system has lost the grounds on which political legitimacy is based.
When, on Monday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in Ferguson ahead of the grand jury decision,
I like to think the ghost of Jean Jacques Rousseau looked on and whispered through the icy Missouri air, "Rise up."

The social contract is broken, Rousseau stated, when a government does not represent the general will of the sovereign — the sovereign being the people, united — and when justice is not the expression of the general will of the people. And so, in Ferguson, where the National Guard must be called for fear that people will be moved to violence because of the decisions of our justice system, the social contract, it seems, is broken.

This, for Rousseau, would be grounds enough for revolution.
https://news.vice.com/article/fergusons-state-of-emergency-proves-americas-social-contract-has-been-broken
November 25, 2014

Grand Jury doc dump, get them here:

We might want to keep this kicked for the morning crowd...

http://documents.latimes.com/ferguson-grand-jury/

Also:

Darren Wilson, recalling shooting, said Michael Brown looked like demon.



Those were the words he shared with a grand jury. And late Monday, Wilson's explanation of that deadly day in early August became public for the first time, in a small part of an enormous trove of documents released by St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-darren-wilson-testimony-20141124-story.html

Interesting choice of words,,,,
November 25, 2014

CNN hits a new low:

" Obviously there's the smell of marijuana in the air..." --Jason on CNN.


Tweeted by Jeremy Scahill just now.

How irresponsible is tv coverage tonight?

November 22, 2014

Michael Brown Sr. in Canfield handing out turkey for Thanksgiving.

Hope someone here can copy and post the pic so evryone can see what is written on his shirt....

https://twitter.com/trymainelee/status/536197512038588417/photo/1

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Long time political activist, working to tint my lil "Mayberry" more blue. Collector of strays of various species and minds.
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