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11 June 2009 by NaomiI can’t tackle Dr. Tiller, VonBrunn v Holocause Museum or DHS report on wingnut hate. At least not tonight. Religulously-speaking, not much fun-die is going on today.
So, tackle these. Or talk about whatever. Everything is on-topic.
From my clipboard, Bad Religion:
News of the Weird, 04.05.09
The Homeland Is Secure
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration ruled in January that a post-9-11 federal maritime law, which requires comprehensive background credentials for mariners holding U.S. Coast Guard authorization on U.S. waters, applies even to the two “mule skinners” who work, in tourist season, dressed in colonial costumes at the Hugh Moore Historical Park in Easton, Pa. The park’s lone mule-pulled boat is operated in a 2-mile-long canal that is near nothing of strategic significance, said the park director. [CNN, 2-25-09]
In addition to addressing the usual state homeland-security concerns, Kentucky’s statute requires anyone licensed as a first responder to disasters to take an oath against dueling (”I, being a citizen of this state, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons … nor have I sent or accepted a challenge (to duel), nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge (to duel), so help me God”). Another provision requires the state Homeland Security Office’s executive director to “publicize” a legislative finding that “reliance upon Almighty God” is necessary to homeland security. [Kentucky Statutes Section 39G.010(2)(a), as reported in the lawyers' blog LoweringTheBar.net, 2-23-09]
Recurring Themes
That Sacred Institution (as practiced in villages in India): To prevent mysterious illnesses in the village, two 7-year-old girls were married, separately, to frogs (Pallipudupet, Tamil Nadu state; January). [The Times of India, 1-17-09]
To bring prosperity to the village, an elder married off two trees to each other (Subhasnagar, West Bengal state; February). [The Times of India, 2-9-09]
To overcome the effect of a baby’s odd-looking tooth, which is said to portend death by a tiger unless remedied, the 18-month-old boy was married off to a female dog (Jaipur District, Orissa state; February). [Agence France-Presse, 2-18-09]
For KA:
In November, the Swedish national newspaper Expressen revealed a 30-person bestiality ring operating out of a farm in southern Sweden, but the 45-year-old man who allegedly headed the group said his members were always respectful of animals: “Any of the times I did anything with (the dog), she was the one who backed into me and provoked it. She was in heat and made herself available. … There were also times later when she didn’t want to and then I backed out immediately.” [The Local (Stockholm), 11-11-08]
This is why bitches need back-up alarms. Beeh-beeh-beeh-beeh…
12 June 2009, on 12:59 am
As to the India incidents, I said this here:
“The most religious nation in the world is India, the most irreligious nation in the world is Sweden. We are a nation of Indians ruled by Swedes.” – Sutton.
& in India, we have a nation of Indians ruled by Indians. The result? People marry animals.
Yeah, some people will rationalize anything to get their rocks off.
Silence doesn’t constitute consent – & neither does arousal. Especially when it comes to cognitive beings vs. non-cognitive (or the conjoining of).
12 June 2009, on 10:44 am
Somehow, for me, all this bonkers (edge of wetness?) bestiality talk brings a whole new meaning to that film title:
“The Silence of the Lambs”.
“Who knew?”
12 June 2009, on 3:31 pm
“Can you still hear the lambs moaning in ecstasy, Clarice?”
12 June 2009, on 4:38 pm
Thanks for that last part. I was eating when I read it.
12 June 2009, on 6:11 pm
Ewe are too funny, KA! Thanks for the LOL.
13 June 2009, on 12:50 pm
KA–
I just shot milk out of my nose when I read that–and I havn’t drank milk in a week.
“she was the one who backed into me and provoked it.”
Child molesters and rapists actually use about the same words to justify their predilections. And that statement invokes images I just really didn’t want in my head. Ewe! (so to speak).
“the 45-year-old man who allegedly headed the group said his members were always respectful of animals: “”
Yes, nothing but the utmost of respect–with the exception of when you had sex with them, that is.