Cocky. No Stimulus? Only another woman. He's proud of himself. How Southern is that? He's not getting older, he's getting better.

It is his wife getting older after all. She has had four children and shows it, you know? I am sure he's in for a promotion somewhere, even if it is Argentina.

So, no stimulus, just sparks.

There is this incredible phenomena in the South. It is called, "Why get married?"

Percentage of population married in South Carolina :: 59% (down from 62% in 1990, 72% in 1970)

Percentage of population in South Carolina never married :: 24%

Percentage of marriages with a rotating door in South Carolina :: 10% (up from 8% in 1990, 6% in 1980)

Percentage of people who have ever been married by the age of 25: Males: 32%; Females: 50%

Number of unmarried couples living together :: 5.5 million

Percentage of unmarried couples living together that are heterosexual :: 89%

The Percentage of people in South Carolina BELOW the poverty line :: 15.7% (10th in the nation)

But.

No Stimulus Dollars. No government health care. No state social programs. But, hey, get your thrills with a good roll in the hay with anyone deserving of the cod piece. This is a Red State. The Governor is an example of how a man 'takes care' of himself.

Four members of the Rarest species of Turtle have been stolen.

A male Plowshare tortoise, or 'angonoka' (Astrochelys yniphora) lives in Madagascar and is considered "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN (click here). The article at the title to this entry is translated below, thank you:

Four were stolen from a rare turtle in Madagascar 2009.
May 29 10:57

The world's rarest species of four land tortoise stolen from a breeding program in Madagascar hosting site,

The turtles csőrösmellű - Astrochelys yniphora - The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust raised, making an attempt to reinforce the wild population. The species is so rare that the researchers of less than 500 individuals living in the wild.

The environmentalists magánkollekciók of the animals stolen in Europe, America or Asia. The theft occurred in May sixth. The thieves, the legislation Bay National Park in a fenced area of the animals are raised. Eight turtles were held in quarantine before being returned to them in the open air. Such areas are in a secret place, and visitors are not available

All four individuals have been stolen was nearly mature animals that are sacrificed, years felnevelésére organized. The turtles of the group included 44 individuals, which are free to want to allow. Csőrösmellű The turtle lives in north-west Madagascar, and the turtles are the largest on the island. The adults reach a length of 45 cm. The entire wild population of the legislation Bay National Park area. The species is a critical risk in the World of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

The threat to species survival, the bushfires in the river and pigs, as well as the illegal állatkereskedelem (poaching - these turtles are killed for their shell and used by artisans for sale elsewhere to the public. There meat is also consumed.). Because of the rarity of turtles in each of thousands of dollars a share farmer. The local authorities have kept the theft secret while the investigation continued. Since then, a number of people arrested who are associated with the offense, but the missing animals have not yet been found.

It is stated by the IUCN there is also an illegal 'pet' trade. Anyone in possession of such a species should contact the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and add it to the population to return the species to a larger number.

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust’s mission is to save species from extinction, and it has a proven track record of doing just that. (click here)

Species that have been pulled back from the brink include the Assam pygmy hog, St Lucia whiptail lizard, Mallorcan midwife toad, as well as helping to save more species of birds then any other conservation organisation on the planet. The Trust’s dedicated expert conservationists are hard at work in threatened habitats around the world continuing the battle to protect and conserve many more.
Durrell uses hands-on conservation expertise to help endangered species recover and survive in the long-term, working with animals in the wild; in protected environments overseas and at its international headquarters at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey.
Over the course of the last 50 years, the Trust has built up a worldwide reputation for its pioneering conservation techniques, developed under the leadership of its founder, the late renowned author and naturalist Gerald Durrell....

Obama to meet Pope on July 10: Vatican source

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves at the end of his general audience is Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 24, 2009.

Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:07am EDT
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Pope Benedict for the first time on July 10 during a visit to Italy to attend a G8 heads of state meeting, a Vatican source said Wednesday.
Obama has angered many American Catholics with his support for abortion rights for women and his decision to lift restrictions on stem cell research.
The Vatican source said Obama would hold a brief audience with the Pope in the afternoon, after the conclusion of the July 8-10 summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations.
A Vatican spokesman declined to confirm or deny the timing of the meeting.
The Vatican and Italian Church leaders condemned Obama's decision in March to lift restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research put in place by his predecessor George W. Bush.
His subsequent invitation to speak at Notre Dame, a premier U.S. Catholic university, sparked criticism last month. While some heckled Obama during his speech, his appeal for a "fair-minded" discussion on abortion was received with several standing ovations. The G8 summit is due to discuss a response to the ongoing international economic crisis and global warming. It will take place in the central Italian city of L'Aquila, which bore the brunt of an earthquake in April that killed nearly 300 people.
(Editing by Lin Noueihed)



Author: Don Margolis Source: The Repair Stem Cell Institute
Adult Stem Cells Help Dilated Cardiomyopathy (click here)
Stem Cell Research continues to show that Adult Stem Cells can help Dilated Cardiomyopathy patients. Before Adult Stem Cell treatment, there really was no treatment for cardiomyopathy, just a drug regimen to minimize the symptoms of the dreaded heart disease eventually resulting in congestive heart failure and then a heart transplant or death....

How can moral people be Pro-Choice?

Because it is non-judgemental. It has nothing to do with personal religious or spiritual belief. It is allowing others to carry out their experience with life uninterrupted, realizing everyone's life EXPERIENCE (not strategy) is as different as their fingerprints. It is the BEST methodology for government anywhere on Earth. Morality that addresses the 'needs' of 'life' rather than passing judgement on 'the allowance' of life insures Earth has a balance that belongs exclusively to it, not human domination that causes life threatening issues such as Human Induced Global Warming.

Morality of 'tolerance' also doesn't break the law or inflict emotional or psychological pain:

Police: Warren Hern's Boulder Abortion Clinic threatened (click here)
Doctor under federal protection
BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder police said Tuesday they have learned of a threat against a prominent Boulder abortion clinic and have sent the information to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Dr. Warren Hern and his Boulder Abortion Clinic, 1130 Alpine Ave., have been under the protection of the Marshals Service since Dr. George Tiller, of Wichita, Kan., was gunned down in May. U.S. Attorney Eric Holder ordered the protection of a "number of individuals and facilities" after Tiller's death.
Hern is one of a few doctors in the U.S. still providing late-term abortions. Tiller also was providing them before his death, and his slaying has increased concern for Hern and his office.
Boulder police wouldn't comment on the credibility or severity of the threat Tuesday because the investigation was being conducted by the Marshals Service. Police also didn't say how frequently they learn of threats against Hern and his office.
Calls to the federal agency's office in Denver were not returned Tuesday night.
Hern was not in office Tuesday afternoon and was unavailable for comment.

Absence from service is an oppressive victory for the violent Religious Right.

Abortion and the Bible (click here)
June 23, 1:53 PM
NOWHERE in the bible does it say that abortion is wrong. Priests, pastors, rabbis and other religious leaders interpret the bible to suit their own agendas. They spread them like a plague to their ignorant constituents to lazy to think for themselves and research in their bible if what they are being told is truth. Believers follow blindly, spewing their opinions as if it's based on some written biblical text, which it is not.
Christians are the most vocal leaders of the anti-abortion movement. The fact is, most don't even know the misinterpreted passages out of their bible from which they preach their anti-abortionist point of view. They quote their religious leader’s rhetoric—warped biblical interpretation like this:
(Genesis 1:27): "God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them."
Priests and pastors conjured this to mean their bible teaches that human life is different from other types of life, because human beings are made in the very image of their god, therefore the deliberate destruction of a child in the womb is wrong. Of course, this text does NOT say any of this. Nor does it even infer abortion is sinful....

Here we go again. The next generation of right wing violent extremists. The more they believe they are successful, the more violent and determined they become.

Suspect predicts more antiabortion violence (click here)
Scott Roeder, charged with murder in the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, said from his jail cell that similar attacks were planned around the nation for as long as abortion remains legal.
Associated Press

Wichita, Kan. -- The man charged in the slaying of a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around the nation for as long as the procedure remained legal, a threat that comes days after a federal investigation was launched into his possible accomplices.A Justice Department spokesman said that the threat was being taken seriously and that additional protection had been ordered for abortion clinics last week.
But a leader of the antiabortion movement derided the accused shooter as "a fruit and a lunatic."...

We have heard these words before. James W. von Brunn was stated by Liz Cheney as a psychotic. The Right Wing emulates these views yet their answer when violence occurs is they are crazy people. Well, those 'crazies' belong to 'crazy organizations' that vote for you. Do something !

Suspect Too Ill to Be in Court, Prosecutors Say (click here)
By Del Quentin Wilber

Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The 88-year-old white supremacist charged with murder in the killing of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this month was discharged from George Washington University Hospital last week but is too ill to appear in court, federal prosecutors said yesterday....

The Republicans can try this on for size as a position on Abortion and White Supremists. "We believe the government should reflect the views of the MAJORITY of Americans and to hell with the rest of them. At least, as a party, we get all the votes we need."

Just in case one doesn't 'get it.' That is not governing, that is oppression. Sorry for the fine print.

Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the other side. Why do Republicans ALWAYS call conservation projects pork?

Because Republicans can't get out of their own way !


That is a heck of perspective on life. He looks like some kind of Geico commercial or something. Maybe a good Wall Street icon instead of bulls.

Don't laugh, some of these babies live longer than you.

Look, these species are hard wired. They only know what their internal compass tells them and that is either feeding or nesting or mating grounds are this way. They don't discern that humans are ? smart ? enough to put a road in their path. The least a human being can do when impinging on a natural habitat because of ? progress ? is accommodate the species they are destroying. Get real. The turtles have a right to life and need a safe passage.

It is called morality. Different from 'Republican Life Strategy.' Get your mind around it.

Turtle deaths soar on Cape May County roads (click here)
by The Associated Press
Tuesday June 23, 2009, 9:25 AM
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP -- Researchers are trying to figure out why the number of diamondback terrapins killed on Cape May County roads has soared during the past two years.
The Wetlands Institute said turtle deaths jumped by 51 percent from 2007 to last year. The deaths are on pace this year to match the 2008 total of 575....

According to the "IUCN Red List," (click title to entry - thank you) Malaclemys terrapin is considered near threatened.

While there might be an increase in turtle births of the Diamondback Terripins, that is no reason to ignore or be ignorant of the fact these are considered a "Near Threatened" species.

The birth rate is not necessarily known to have increased in relation to deaths either. It could be the traffic on the road increased as more people were threatened with a poor economy and the danger to the turtles therefore increased. Republicans are antiquated in their approach to any subject and obsolete in a majority of their values.

Oh, wait.

Values?

I forgot, they only value a theocarcy. I guess they are consistent then. Does that mean Republicans are 'Near Threatened' species as well? Doesn't matter, there are always the Nixon tapes and library.