October 21, 2005
Two Redneck hunters from Mississippi got a pilot to fly them to Canada to hunt moose. They bagged six.
As they started loading the plane for the return trip home the pilot said the plane could take only four moose.
The two good old boys objected strongly. "Last year we shot six, and the pilot let us put them all on board; he had the same type of plane as yours."
Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded.
However, the little plane couldn't handle the load and went down a few moments after take-off.
Climbing out of the wreck Bubba asked the Earl, "Any idea where we are?"
"Yaaah, I think we's pretty close to where we crashed last year."
Are asthmatic cats allergic to humans?
Oct 19 ...veterinarians in Scotland said ...Irritants such as cigarette smoke, dusty homes and human dandruff can increase inflammation in feline lungs and worsen asthma in cats.
"There is a percentage of asthmatic cats whose asthma has been triggered by things people do, or possibly by people themselves," said Nicki Reed, of the University of Edinburgh's Hospital for Small Animals in Scotland...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051019/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_asthma_cats;_ylt=Ao_8_OwJf5Rt8IvniGi95VvtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA
Justices question Southern Nevada anti-prostitution ordinance
Oct 19, 2005, Nevada State Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether high school cheerleaders trying to flag down motorists for a car wash might run afoul of a broadly written ordinance targeting pushy Las Vegas-area prostitutes.
Justices Michael Douglas and Ron Parraguirre raised the possibility during a hearing on an appeal filed by Lani Silvar, charged under the Clark County ordinance with misdemeanor "loitering for the purpose of prostitution."
…Under the ordinance, police can arrest someone who "repeatedly beckons to, stops, attempts to stop or engage persons passing by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waiving of arms or other bodily gestures."
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4001656&nav=8faO
Court Rules Kansas Can't Single Out Gay Sex
Kansas cannot punish illegal underage sex more severely if it involves homosexual conduct, the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday in a case watched by national groups on both sides of the gay rights debate.
[yet a crime against a homosexual gets tougher sentence than a crime against a straight person. Why isn't that wrong then?]
..."Moral disapproval of a group cannot be a legitimate state interest," said Justice Marla Luckert, writing for the high court.
...Attorney General Phill Kline's office has described Limon as a predator, noting that he already has two similar offenses on his criminal record. Kline contended that such a behavior pattern warranted a tough sentence and that courts should leave sentencing policy to the Legislature.
...A lower court had said the state could justify the harsher punishment as protecting children's traditional development, fighting disease or strengthening traditional values...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_re_us/sodomy_case
Kennedy tries another tack on 'hate crimes'
After a failed attempt at passing "hate crimes" legislation, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is trying to attach an amendment favored by homosexual-rights activists to another bill, an activist group warns.
Kennedy sought to pass the controversial legislation – adding "sexual orientation" to the hate-crimes law – through the "Child Safety Act," but this time the vehicle is "The Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005," which deals with federal criminal procedures, says Concerned Women for America.
…The House amendment to the Children's Safety Act – which, among other things, creates a national website for child sex offenders and stipulates that sex felons face up to 20 years in prison for failing to comply with registration requirements – passed 223-199…
Current "hate crimes" law includes stiffer penalties for federal offenses when the attacker is motivated by the actual or perceived race, religion or ethnic background. The Conyers provision adds to that list sexual orientation, gender and disability.
…Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, argues "criminalizing thoughts as well as actions, and creating special categories of victims, are contrary to our entire system of laws."
"Furthermore, granting special protections based on one's 'sexual orientation' has repeatedly been rejected by Congress," he said. "It is shocking that a bill designed to protect children from sexual predators is now being used to protect the sexual preference of homosexuals."
CWA notes that under Pennsylvania’s newly enacted hate-crimes law, 11 Christians were arrested and jailed overnight last year for singing and preaching in a Philadelphia public park at a homosexual street festival.
…"Homosexual activists have redefined any opposition to homosexuality as 'hate speech,'" CWA says. "Laws already criminalize speech that incites violence. It's easy to imagine a scenario in which any incident involving a homosexual can be blamed on people who have publicly opposed homosexual activism."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46943
Charges dropped against jailed dad
Massachusetts man arrested for protest of homosexual kindergarten curriculum
October 20, 2005 A Massachusetts district attorney dropped its case today against a father arrested while attempting to secure a promise from school officials to notify parents before teaching about homosexuality in his son's kindergarten class.
...But the criminal trespass case has no legal connection to the ban that Lexington School Superintendent Paul Ash continues to impose against Parker, which keeps him from all school property in the town. (which means he can’t even pick his son up at school, or vote there either…)
The ban is a source of contention among Parker's supporters, who see it as a punitive act of intimidation, since Parker has never demonstrated himself to be a danger to anyone, Article 8 says.
…At the hearing this morning, a group of homosexual-rights activists gathered with signs to demonstrate against Parker…
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46945
Greenland icecap thickens slightly despite warming
OSLO - Greenland's ice-cap has thickened slightly in recent years despite wide predictions of a thaw triggered by global warming, a team of scientists said on Thursday...
...But satellite measurements showed that more snowfall was falling and thickening the ice-cap, especially at high altitudes, according to the report in the journal Science.
..."The overall ice thickness changes are ... approximately plus 5 cms (1.9 inches) a year or 54 cms (21.26 inches) over 11 years," according to the experts at Norwegian, Russian and U.S. institutes led by Ola Johannessen at the Mohn Sverdrup center for Global Ocean Studies and Operational Oceanography in Norway.
However, they said that the thickening seemed consistent with theories of global warming
(How convenient, if it melts: global warming, if it thickens: global warming)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1234998
Missouri law requiring abortion physicians to have clinical privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (Hmmm. Sounds like a reasonable law to me…)
10/20/2005 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- A Springfield abortion clinic leading a legal challenge against a new state law unexpectedly shut down Thursday, leaving Missouri with just two abortion clinics.
The Springfield Healthcare Center had won a temporary restraining order last month from a federal judge against a new Missouri law requiring abortion physicians to have clinical privileges at a hospital within 30 miles.
But clinic administrator Michelle Collins said the sudden decision to close the clinic after about 30 years of business "has nothing to do with the lawsuit whatsoever." But the lawsuit will be dropped as a result, she said.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/ED86E7E68016C4D5862570A0006B4758?OpenDocument
Hurricane postpones another homosexual party
Theme for Florida Keys Fantasy Fest: 'Freaks, Geeks, and Goddesses'
October 21, 2005 …Wild costumes and plenty of exposed skin are common at the annual Fantasy Fest in Key West, Fla.
For the second time this year, an Atlantic hurricane is forcing the postponement of a popular homosexual event filled with "unthinkable debauchery."
...For those not familiar with the perennial party in the week leading up to Halloween, the Associated Press describes it this way:
Fantasy Fest, which began in 1979 as a small food fair and parade, is a huge event in the nation's gay community. There are AIDS fundraisers, drag queen beauty contests, costume parties, lots of drinking and women wearing nothing but paint from the waist up.
The Miami New Times calls it a "time for parades, beads, wild costumes, and unthinkable debauchery ... packed with plenty of scary, silly, and downright naughty parties."
...Fantasy Fest is the biggest money maker for the Florida Keys, drawing up to 60,000 people who spend millions of dollars...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46960
ACLU: Rio Rancho teachers can refuse to teach intelligent design
October 20, 2005 RIO RANCHO, N.M. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has advised science teachers in Rio Rancho that they do not have to discuss or teach a theory called intelligent design, and that they should contact the ACLU if they're disciplined for refusing.
(OK, does it work the other way too? What if teachers don't want to teach some of the political correct stuff and homosexual programs forced on them? Can they ignore the rulings that say 1st graders can't pass out Christmas cards that mention Jesus?)
The Rio Rancho school board in August adopted a policy allowing alternative theories of evolution to be discussed in science classes. (nope, don't want to teach alternative theories)
..."We wanted science teachers to know that the ACLU supports them and that the Constitution does give them some control over this situation," ACLU Executive Director Peter Simonson said Tuesday. (it does?)
"To allow the study of intelligent design in the science classroom not only would violate the school district's standards on science education, but it also would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion," he said. "To focus only on intelligent design to the exclusion of other religions would give rise to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion," according to the letter, signed by Simonson and staff attorney George Bach.
(ID endorses no particular religion. It just proposes the idea that an intelligent being created everything. It still teaches the million/billion years side, unlike creationism)
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/33957.html
As they started loading the plane for the return trip home the pilot said the plane could take only four moose.
The two good old boys objected strongly. "Last year we shot six, and the pilot let us put them all on board; he had the same type of plane as yours."
Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded.
However, the little plane couldn't handle the load and went down a few moments after take-off.
Climbing out of the wreck Bubba asked the Earl, "Any idea where we are?"
"Yaaah, I think we's pretty close to where we crashed last year."
Are asthmatic cats allergic to humans?
Oct 19 ...veterinarians in Scotland said ...Irritants such as cigarette smoke, dusty homes and human dandruff can increase inflammation in feline lungs and worsen asthma in cats.
"There is a percentage of asthmatic cats whose asthma has been triggered by things people do, or possibly by people themselves," said Nicki Reed, of the University of Edinburgh's Hospital for Small Animals in Scotland...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051019/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_asthma_cats;_ylt=Ao_8_OwJf5Rt8IvniGi95VvtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA
Justices question Southern Nevada anti-prostitution ordinance
Oct 19, 2005, Nevada State Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether high school cheerleaders trying to flag down motorists for a car wash might run afoul of a broadly written ordinance targeting pushy Las Vegas-area prostitutes.
Justices Michael Douglas and Ron Parraguirre raised the possibility during a hearing on an appeal filed by Lani Silvar, charged under the Clark County ordinance with misdemeanor "loitering for the purpose of prostitution."
…Under the ordinance, police can arrest someone who "repeatedly beckons to, stops, attempts to stop or engage persons passing by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waiving of arms or other bodily gestures."
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4001656&nav=8faO
Court Rules Kansas Can't Single Out Gay Sex
Kansas cannot punish illegal underage sex more severely if it involves homosexual conduct, the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday in a case watched by national groups on both sides of the gay rights debate.
[yet a crime against a homosexual gets tougher sentence than a crime against a straight person. Why isn't that wrong then?]
..."Moral disapproval of a group cannot be a legitimate state interest," said Justice Marla Luckert, writing for the high court.
...Attorney General Phill Kline's office has described Limon as a predator, noting that he already has two similar offenses on his criminal record. Kline contended that such a behavior pattern warranted a tough sentence and that courts should leave sentencing policy to the Legislature.
...A lower court had said the state could justify the harsher punishment as protecting children's traditional development, fighting disease or strengthening traditional values...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_re_us/sodomy_case
Kennedy tries another tack on 'hate crimes'
After a failed attempt at passing "hate crimes" legislation, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is trying to attach an amendment favored by homosexual-rights activists to another bill, an activist group warns.
Kennedy sought to pass the controversial legislation – adding "sexual orientation" to the hate-crimes law – through the "Child Safety Act," but this time the vehicle is "The Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005," which deals with federal criminal procedures, says Concerned Women for America.
…The House amendment to the Children's Safety Act – which, among other things, creates a national website for child sex offenders and stipulates that sex felons face up to 20 years in prison for failing to comply with registration requirements – passed 223-199…
Current "hate crimes" law includes stiffer penalties for federal offenses when the attacker is motivated by the actual or perceived race, religion or ethnic background. The Conyers provision adds to that list sexual orientation, gender and disability.
…Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, argues "criminalizing thoughts as well as actions, and creating special categories of victims, are contrary to our entire system of laws."
"Furthermore, granting special protections based on one's 'sexual orientation' has repeatedly been rejected by Congress," he said. "It is shocking that a bill designed to protect children from sexual predators is now being used to protect the sexual preference of homosexuals."
CWA notes that under Pennsylvania’s newly enacted hate-crimes law, 11 Christians were arrested and jailed overnight last year for singing and preaching in a Philadelphia public park at a homosexual street festival.
…"Homosexual activists have redefined any opposition to homosexuality as 'hate speech,'" CWA says. "Laws already criminalize speech that incites violence. It's easy to imagine a scenario in which any incident involving a homosexual can be blamed on people who have publicly opposed homosexual activism."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46943
Charges dropped against jailed dad
Massachusetts man arrested for protest of homosexual kindergarten curriculum
October 20, 2005 A Massachusetts district attorney dropped its case today against a father arrested while attempting to secure a promise from school officials to notify parents before teaching about homosexuality in his son's kindergarten class.
...But the criminal trespass case has no legal connection to the ban that Lexington School Superintendent Paul Ash continues to impose against Parker, which keeps him from all school property in the town. (which means he can’t even pick his son up at school, or vote there either…)
The ban is a source of contention among Parker's supporters, who see it as a punitive act of intimidation, since Parker has never demonstrated himself to be a danger to anyone, Article 8 says.
…At the hearing this morning, a group of homosexual-rights activists gathered with signs to demonstrate against Parker…
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46945
Greenland icecap thickens slightly despite warming
OSLO - Greenland's ice-cap has thickened slightly in recent years despite wide predictions of a thaw triggered by global warming, a team of scientists said on Thursday...
...But satellite measurements showed that more snowfall was falling and thickening the ice-cap, especially at high altitudes, according to the report in the journal Science.
..."The overall ice thickness changes are ... approximately plus 5 cms (1.9 inches) a year or 54 cms (21.26 inches) over 11 years," according to the experts at Norwegian, Russian and U.S. institutes led by Ola Johannessen at the Mohn Sverdrup center for Global Ocean Studies and Operational Oceanography in Norway.
However, they said that the thickening seemed consistent with theories of global warming
(How convenient, if it melts: global warming, if it thickens: global warming)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1234998
Missouri law requiring abortion physicians to have clinical privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (Hmmm. Sounds like a reasonable law to me…)
10/20/2005 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- A Springfield abortion clinic leading a legal challenge against a new state law unexpectedly shut down Thursday, leaving Missouri with just two abortion clinics.
The Springfield Healthcare Center had won a temporary restraining order last month from a federal judge against a new Missouri law requiring abortion physicians to have clinical privileges at a hospital within 30 miles.
But clinic administrator Michelle Collins said the sudden decision to close the clinic after about 30 years of business "has nothing to do with the lawsuit whatsoever." But the lawsuit will be dropped as a result, she said.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/ED86E7E68016C4D5862570A0006B4758?OpenDocument
Hurricane postpones another homosexual party
Theme for Florida Keys Fantasy Fest: 'Freaks, Geeks, and Goddesses'
October 21, 2005 …Wild costumes and plenty of exposed skin are common at the annual Fantasy Fest in Key West, Fla.
For the second time this year, an Atlantic hurricane is forcing the postponement of a popular homosexual event filled with "unthinkable debauchery."
...For those not familiar with the perennial party in the week leading up to Halloween, the Associated Press describes it this way:
Fantasy Fest, which began in 1979 as a small food fair and parade, is a huge event in the nation's gay community. There are AIDS fundraisers, drag queen beauty contests, costume parties, lots of drinking and women wearing nothing but paint from the waist up.
The Miami New Times calls it a "time for parades, beads, wild costumes, and unthinkable debauchery ... packed with plenty of scary, silly, and downright naughty parties."
...Fantasy Fest is the biggest money maker for the Florida Keys, drawing up to 60,000 people who spend millions of dollars...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46960
ACLU: Rio Rancho teachers can refuse to teach intelligent design
October 20, 2005 RIO RANCHO, N.M. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has advised science teachers in Rio Rancho that they do not have to discuss or teach a theory called intelligent design, and that they should contact the ACLU if they're disciplined for refusing.
(OK, does it work the other way too? What if teachers don't want to teach some of the political correct stuff and homosexual programs forced on them? Can they ignore the rulings that say 1st graders can't pass out Christmas cards that mention Jesus?)
The Rio Rancho school board in August adopted a policy allowing alternative theories of evolution to be discussed in science classes. (nope, don't want to teach alternative theories)
..."We wanted science teachers to know that the ACLU supports them and that the Constitution does give them some control over this situation," ACLU Executive Director Peter Simonson said Tuesday. (it does?)
"To allow the study of intelligent design in the science classroom not only would violate the school district's standards on science education, but it also would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion," he said. "To focus only on intelligent design to the exclusion of other religions would give rise to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion," according to the letter, signed by Simonson and staff attorney George Bach.
(ID endorses no particular religion. It just proposes the idea that an intelligent being created everything. It still teaches the million/billion years side, unlike creationism)
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/33957.html
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