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[Marine Corps Community for USMC Marine Veterans] The War Back Home: Women Take Part In 'this Man's Army' - Marine ...: The Veterans Affairs group that studied military sexual trauma among the forces in Iraq and Afghanistan just presented its findings in October at a public-health conference in San Diego. Soldiers who screened positive for military sexual trauma, it found, are three times more likely to be diagnosed with such conditions as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety or substance abuse.

[I&D Blog] » Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Take on the Internet I&D Blog: For years, different political groups, ranging from leftist students and women activists to ready-to-be-martyrs Hezbollah members, have been active in the blogosphere. Reformist politicians and hardliners such as Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discovered blogging years ago.

[Freep.com - RSS] Vermont's Sanders objects to Bush museum display | Freep.com ...: Sanders, an independent, objects to a portion of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s text that says Bush’s two terms in office were “marked by a series of catastrophic events” including “the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

[theurbanhermit] theurbanhermit: 4392: After all, next to big-ticket administration horrors like Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and the politicized hiring and firing at Alberto Gonzales’s Justice Department, the wreckage of Iraq reconstruction is what Ralph Kramden of “The Honeymooners” would dismiss as “a mere bag of shells.” The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money. In the old Pat Moynihan phrase, the Bush years have “defined deviancy down” in terms of how low a standard of ethical behavior we now tolerate as the norm from public officials.

[San Oo Aung's Weblog] Bush’s $50b Iraq ”˜reconstruction’ Ponzi scheme « San Oo Aung’s Weblog: Not even a good old-fashioned sex scandal could get our outrage going again. Indeed, a juicy one erupted last year in the Interior Department, where the inspector general found that officials “had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives.”

[homepageDAILY 100words] Medals Of Vanity - From Terry D McGee: It also leads into a need to exaggerate the importance of the occasion - exemplified by John Howard being given a 119 room mansion, Blair House, for his one night stand (with his wife) in Washington. John and Tony are willing to endorse George W's conceit that there is nothing else more important happening in Washington this week just as they were willing to endorse whatever George's unelected regime wanted to do in Iraq and willing to have their soldiers handover prisoners for the Americans to torture.

[Veterans Today - News for US Military Veterans Jobs, VA Benefits, Home Loans, Hospitals & Administration] Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 1-5-09 : Veterans ...: Humphreys has since conducted mental health trainings and policy consultations with Iraqi medical professionals in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, where he expects to return this spring. Meanwhile, he also helped guide a major increase in VA’s national web of mental health services that has positioned VA as the largest and most recognized authority on mental health services and therapies in the world.

[The News is NowPublic.com - World: just in] Canada Expels Female Iraq War Resister | NowPublic News Coverage: i was with a route clearance company on the 2nd pt of my tour,and a combat support co on the 1st.FEMALES got treated with kid gloves and also got plenty of guys in trouble,4 instance.girl n guy get caught having sex,no one wants 2 get in trouble,so she says rape or something like it,shes off the hook,guess whos left holding the bag(or dirty condom if u will) saw that alot.2nd pt of the tour we were getting hit almost daily so all of our female medics got pulled off the RGs ,which only gave the male medics less down time.so i dont feel sorry 4 the supposed plight of the males (u had 2 know what u were getting into,no one is that dumb) when i see her fat xxx w\fat xxx family,whining and playing 4 sympathy,i just feel sick .

[Wow My News] CFR sets up North American Union BREAKING NEWS ”” Wow My News: Keywords: American Revolution, Next American Revolution, New World Order, Illuminati, NWO, Skull and Bones, Bush, 911 Conspiracy, The Civilians Military, Militia, American Patriot Movement, Revolt, Bilderberg, CFR, Alex Jones, Jordan Maxwell, Loose Change, End Game, Terrorstorm, Patriot Act, HR 1955, 911 was an inside job, truth, iraq war, black water, free masons, Ron Paul, New World Order carbon tax CO2 Global Warming is a fearmongering scam. The sun is getting hotter.

[MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] “It’s funny about MAN’s attitude toward rape in war.” | MND: Your ...: Interestingly, and significantly, the very same General Patton who asked to be sent details of rape cases so that he could “have the offenders properly hanged,” possessed not the slightest degree of patience with those men who could not face combat. Patton famously became furious at a male soldier who said he had been sent to the hospital because of his “nerves.” Patton swore at the man, screamed “coward” at him and obscenities, slapped him, and demanded that he be sent to the front lines.

[Comments for GretaWire] OPEN THREAD! BLOG!! « GretaWire: I’m voting Republican because I like the words “hope” and “change.” Also “kazoo.” That’s a funny word.I’m voting Republicant because I believe that America’s founders were rich, white, greedy xenophobes, and that America’s founding principles are hogwash requiring periodic editing from an unelected group of liberal judges. Most of all, I’m voting Republican because I like the ideas they have over in France, but I don’t feel like moving there.

[TPMCafe - The Coffee House feed] TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | What's with the sexualized threats ...: Goodrich are so appalled with this very thread that they are now dismissing TPM Cafe and some are even calling for Josh Marshall to do a little weeding. In the meantime, feministe, feministing, and pandagon all have a very heavy moderation policy, and delete comments and ban users for having the wrong content or saying the wrong thing or saying it in the wrong way.

[Armed and Dangerous] Armed and Dangerous » Blog Archive » Testosterone makes people stupid: If one means allowing citizens the means to defend againts tyranny, one must and cannot draw a barrier at handguns, or will look completely irrelevant. I like your opinion of would-be complete freedom, but for everybody else who argues for handgun freedom by resisting tyranny but would not allow more serious weaponry, I think should just STFU, because it’s completely ridiculous to imagine freedom fighters bravely manning barricades with handguns facing tanks and SMG soldiers clad in kevlar.Play it real or drop the tyranny argument, I think.

[Marisacat] What we wrought and the future we are building: global war « Marisacat: “Before the day was over, however, the guards had been involved in three shooting incidents. In one, Washbourne allegedly fired into the windshield of a taxi for amusement, according to interviews and statements from the three other guards.”

[NO QUARTER] What the HELL has happened to our country?!? - Guest Post : NO QUARTER: There were far more movies where women were seen at least as human beings. Those were the images that fueled the modern day Feminist Movement.

[Alas, a blog] Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Martin Luther King Day for White ...: Agreed, by the way, that pretty much all white people don’t do shit to try to combat racism (myself included, and, unless you have some strong evidence to the contrary, I’ll assume yourself included). I’m just trying to explain why most white people who don’t do shit about racism also try to pretend to themselves that racism is something that doesn’t exist anymore or that only evil clansmen in white sheets do.

Hyphen Blog: Well,well whatever you say,no matter how long this argument goes on for Asian girls rule,as a Black man who has dated both Chinese and Korean girls,there is no doubt they have a beauty inside and out and are extremely feminine,sexy,intelligent and hardworking...there is such intensity and glorious beauty in their essence and by the way just as they say once you go black you ain't never goin back,it's also the same as once you experience a rich and soothingly delicious asian girl physically you will never waste your time with another!These women are as addictive as a fine wine,strawberries,and rare art!So any asian girls reading this` especially Chinese,Japanese or Korean,I bow to you nuff respect due!

[Michelle Malkin] Michelle Malkin » Showdown in Berkeley and the Harry Reid chicken ...: Recommendation: Send a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diana Finley and Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion requesting that the government of Canada establish provisions to provide sanctuary for U.S. military service members who are living in Canada to resist fighting in the Iraq War.

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