Friday, December 23, 2011

Enjoy the gender neutral cookies.


December 23, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
December 23 is … Roots Day

Once this child grows up, if the parents allow such a thing to happen, he will have no roots. I wrote about the Denver Girl Scouts not admitting a boy and then changing its decision last fall. The ‘mother’ claims some voodoo crap about the seven year old being trapped in the wrong body. That is something all seven year olds concern themselves with.

The repercussions from this ‘witch doctor’ mother putting her in front of the line as opposed to the majority are now being suffered by many so this selfish screwball can have her way. A Colorado-based Girl Scouts troop's decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child this fall has prompted three leaders to resign and dissolve their troops.

As The Christian Post is reporting, all three of the troop leaders were affiliated with the Northlake Christian School in Covington, Louisiana. Susan Bryant-Snure, one of the leaders who resigned, told The Baptist Press that the Girl Scouts' action is "extremely confusing" and an "almost dangerous situation" for children. "This goes against what we [Northlake Christian School] believe," said Bryant-Snure, who has three daughters among the 25 girls who had been active scouts there.

The controversy began when Felisha Archuleta protested against a Denver troop's decision to not initially allow her transgender daughter, Bobby Montoya, to join the group. "I believe he was born in the wrong body," Archuleta, who also confessed to having difficulty switching from male to female pronouns when discussing her child, told ABC. "But the Girl Scout leader told us he can't join because he has 'boy parts.'... But no one would know he's a boy unless they pulled his pants down."

The Girl Scouts of Colorado subsequently released a statement through the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation (GLAAD) in support of Archuleta and her excluded daughter, noting, "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout." Added Rachelle Trujillo, vice president for communications of the Colorado Girl Scouts: "If a child is living as a girl, that's good enough for us. We don't require any proof of gender."

Bryant-Snure and her fellow leaders are now expected to align themselves with the American Heritage Girls, a Christian organization that was founded in 1995 in response to the Girl Scouts' decision to let scouts use a word other than "God" in their pledge, according to She Wired.

Revisiting one more story before Christmas, we have this. Apparently it wasn't just strippers running wild and having sex in Miami's federal prisons prosecutors say a prison employee was up to some hanky-panky, too.

Jack Chris Jackson, 45, plead guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a ward, the Department of Justice announced. The former U.S. Bureau of Prisons employee admitted he had a sexual relationship with an inmate at the all-male minimum security Federal Correctional Institute for a year, and also admitted to having sex with other inmates. Under federal law, sexual relations between prison staff and inmates, even if both are consenting, is considered abuse. Jackson faces a maximum of 15 years in prison at his sentencing, scheduled for March.

"This correction officer abused his official position to engage in sexual relationships with his wards," said Wifredo Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. "This conduct is an intolerable breach of trust that not only endangers the safety of inmates but also compromises prison security."

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Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or at least you should think about.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book is available. It makes a great Christmas present.  More information will be forthcoming about my fourth book currently under construction.

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Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

Public EneMe?


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Palin just will not go away!


December 22, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
December 22 is … National Date-Nut Bread Day

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Who has the Fruitcake this Christmas? Maybe Sarah Palin has it. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) attacked the White House holiday card in an article on Fox News Radio.

The front of the card shows the Obamas' dog, Bo, sitting in a very Christmas-like setting, with a fireplace decorated with wreaths and red ribbons, and a table with a poinsettia plant and presents. "From our family to yours, may your holidays shine with the light of the season," reads the inside of the card, which is signed by the Obamas (including Bo).

Palin characterized the card as "odd". "It's odd," she said, wondering why the president's Christmas card highlights his dog instead of traditions like 'family, faith and freedom.'"

 "Even stranger than that was his first year in office when the Christmas ornaments included Chairman Mao," Palin said. "People had to ask that it be removed because it was offensive."

Palin was referring to when a right-wing blog posted a grainy photo, allegedly of an ornament on the White House Christmas tree in 2009 showing a reproduction of Andy Warhol's "Mao" portrait.

The defense lawyer for Levi Aron in the tragic Leiby Kletzky murder is now blaming Aron's actions on the effects of inbreeding. Lawyer Howard Greenberg said in court, "Look, everybody knows when blood relations have offspring, there can be genetic defects. It's something that needs to be investigated down to the ground."

Earlier this summer, a court-ordered, psychological evaluation found Aron to be "deeply troubled" and demonstrating various schizoid features. However, the evaluation still found Aron fit to stand trial. Greenberg, who joined the team in October, rather flamboyantly announced his intention to enter a not guilty plea by reason of insanity, despite the evaluation's results. If the insanity defense was rejected, Greenberg said, "You can quote me on this. I will quit the practice of criminal law if Levi Aron is not found insane."

In July, Aron confessed to murdering and dismembering the 8-year old, Hasidic boy who disappeared while walking to meet his parents after school. The murder shocked the country, as gruesome details emerged of Aron's planned abduction. In Aron's confession, he admitted to feeding Kletzky prescription drugs, suffocating him, and then dismembering his body after he "panicked."

Defense lawyers challenged the confession and claimed Aron was coerced into admission. Greenberg said, "My opinion is this guy would admit he shot Kennedy if you spent enough time with him."

Prior to Greenberg joining the team, Aron's lawyers Pierre Bazile and Jennifer McCann were reprimanded by Justice Neil J. Firetog for their unusually unprofessional conduct regarding the trial and its details. Firetog criticized the two for discussing the case on their personal Facebook accounts and leaking information to the press.

Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or you should at least think about.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book is available. It makes a great Christmas present.  More information will be forthcoming about my fourth book currently under construction.

www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
www.smashwords.com Do a Title or author search.

Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

Public EneMe?

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Just accept it on Faith!


December 21, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
December 21 is … Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, and Hamburger Day

WHAT A DAY TODAY IS!

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The Korean guy is still dead. Good deal.

This headline tells quite a bit about what is wrong with the moral and ethical fabric of America.

Whoopi Goldberg Denies Farting On 'The View'

I hope the contract required the private prison operator to have adequate insurance. Colorado taxpayers are going to pay somebody something for this accident. The Colorado State Patrol says a guard and an inmate have died after a prison van lost control on an icy highway.

The van was pulling a trailer when it rolled over Monday on Interstate 70 about five miles east of Limon. Nine inmates and two Corrections Corporation of America employees were in the vehicle.

Nashville, Tenn.-based CCA says the van was one of two taking inmates from the private company's Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington to the Limon Correctional Facility. Survivors were taken to hospitals with moderate to serious injuries. Troopers say the female guard driving the van was the only person wearing a seatbelt. She died at the scene. There was freezing drizzle near Limon at the time. CCA said high winds may have contributed to the accident.

Shares of Bank of America Corp traded below $5 on Monday for the first time since the depths of the current bear market in March 2009.
The stock hit a session low of $4.96, and with more than 245 million shares traded so far its volume-weighted average price was $5.0432. The stock closed at $5.20 on Friday. Shares of financial institutions have declined on worries about the global economy and the possible exposure to sovereign defaults in Europe.

I think that major public relations snafu Bank of UnAmerica created when it announced it was going to start charging customers $5.00 per month to do business with them started the downfall. They have since backed off the monthly fee. Don’t we all remember the New Coke? That did not work either. Americans are only so stupid and every so often a major company discovers this.

Just in time for Christmas, the annual, obligatory story about Jesus is below, as reported on HuffPost. A series of experiments conducted by Italian researchers indicate the Shroud of Turin is likely authentic, but the team has not yet reached a definite conclusion.

Decades of research on Jesus' proposed burial cloth have revealed an array of conflicting ideas surrounding the shroud's authenticity. However, researchers from Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development believe their findings undermine previous theories that the shroud was faked in the medieval period, the Telegraph reports. The new claim seems to again be stirring controversy, as many point to previous research to the contrary.

Last year scientists were able to replicate marks on the cloth using highly advanced ultraviolet techniques that weren't available 2,000 years ago -- nor during the medieval times, for that matter.

Research in the 1980s suggests the image was "forged" on the cloth between 1260 and 1390, but scientists have determined the hypothesis was based on testing material from a patch likely used to repair the cloth after a fire, the BBC reports. Since the shroud and "all its facets" still cannot be replicated using today's top-notch technology, researchers suggest it is impossible that the original image could have been created in either period. However, scientists are willing to point out the flaw in their findings. The Vatican Insider reports:

“This inability to repeat (and therefore falsify) the image on the Shroud makes it impossible to formulate a reliable hypothesis on how the impression was made.”

JUST BELIEVE; JUST BELIEVE.

Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or at least think about.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book is available. It makes a great Christmas present.  More information will be forthcoming about my fourth book currently under construction.

www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
www.smashwords.com Do a Title or author search.

Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

Public EneMe?