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Sun, 19 May 2013 01:25:09 -0400

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Obama Tells Pentagon Leaders Sexual Assault Is ‘Shameful'

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:20:35 -0400

Obama Tells Pentagon Leaders Sexual Assault Is ‘Shameful':

With arrests in the military continuing to shadow its program to combat sexual harassment, President Obama summoned the Pentagon’s senior leaders to the White House on Thursday, telling them that the levels of sexual assault across the armed services were a disgrace that undermined the trust essential for the military to carry out its mission effectively.

The tableau of the commander in chief speaking so forcefully at the end of a meeting with the Pentagon’s top civilian and military leaders was a sign of the administration’s concern with sexual assault and sexual harassment. Yet no specific new initiatives were announced, and Mr. Obama cautioned that “there is no silver bullet.”

But the president made clear his distress.

“So not only is it a crime, not only is it shameful and disgraceful, but it also is going to make and has made our military less effective than it can be,” Mr. Obama said. “And as such it is dangerous to our national security.”

Mr. Obama said he had asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to lead a process that would improve enforcement of the law and hold accountable those who violate it. The president also insisted that training be improved.

The White House session came as Army officials confirmed Thursday that commanders at Fort Campbell, Ky., had relieved a lieutenant colonel from his position as supervisor of the base’s sexual assault program after a domestic dispute with his ex-wife that led to his arrest.

Mr. Obama said the military must find ways to protect victims of sexual assault or harassment and even empower them. “When victims do come forward, they deserve justice,” he said. “Perpetrators have to experience consequences.”

Across the military, senior officers have acknowledged that the issue has reached the level of crisis. The Pentagon found that an estimated 26,000 assaults took place last year.

“We’re losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this problem,” General Dempsey said in an interview with the American Forces Press Service, the Pentagon’s internal news organization. “That’s a crisis.”

Also on Thursday, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, continued to gain support for a measure that would give military prosecutors rather than commanders the ability to decide which sexual assault cases to try. The goal is to increase the number of people who report crimes without fear of retaliation and to give more power to military prosecutors. Ms. Gillibrand’s measure attracted three Republican co-sponsors: Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Mike Johanns of Nebraska.

“The most ardent advocates of this kind of measure will be members of the military themselves,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut. “They would welcome the fairness and efficiency.” Mr. Blumenthal said he would introduce his own measure to establish a victims’ compensation system and a mandatory punitive discharge for all sexual assault convictions.

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Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:13:50 -0400

so-treu: foreverdechan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i want to see this...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:10:45 -0400

so-treu:

foreverdechan:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i want to see this version.

drillbot: YELLS

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:38:48 -0400

drillbot:

YELLS

slowartday: Matthew Albanese creates these scenic landscapes by...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:48:34 -0400

slowartday:

Matthew Albanese creates these scenic landscapes by constructing a small diorama out of everyday materials and then photographing the result. Check out the caption of each photograph to see what materials Albanese used in its construction. These awe-inspiring images are perfect practice pieces for Slow Art Day!

aoawaywego: wearemutants: flowersgrowoutofyourgrave: cloysterb...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:13:50 -0400

aoawaywego:

wearemutants:

flowersgrowoutofyourgrave:

cloysterbell:

So when I was walking around earlier, I came upon this “Little Free Library” in front of a house.

This is a “Take a book, leave a book” kind of project done by the 7 year old kid who lives in the house. Inside was a note written by the kid saying that he created the little library because “people should never not have a book with them”.

This is probably the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

Ah, we have one of these up the hill from my house! Except they are all terrible books but that’s okay!

this is close to my house!

cute stuff.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:10:30 -0400

CNN: Apologize on air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:30:52 -0400

CNN: Apologize on air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists.:

Frankly, the reporters should be ashamed of themselves. This is not how you handle news. It was unprofessional, unethical and completely inhuman, not to mention completely undermining of a justice system which had ample physical evidence to prove the guilt of these two RAPISTS. Why is it so hard for you to look at this situation and acknowledge what happened? That is what you get paid for and what you have an ethical obligation to stick to. A girl was completely violated by these boys. They were so arrogant about their act that they posted the shit online. Then they’re convicted for 3 or less years (which is pathetic really, compared to what that girl suffered, but that’s another can of worms) and you want to boo-hoo over their tears? It sounds like the media needs a reality check.

We know that regardless of our beliefs, regardless of our moral ethics, our greatest strength and our truest accomplishment as human beings is our ability to work together and achieve the impossible.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:55:50 -0400

We know that regardless of our beliefs, regardless of our moral ethics, our greatest strength and our truest accomplishment as human beings is our ability to work together and achieve the impossible.:

If this thought resonates with some part of you, then I hope you’ll say something. Ask something. Express your solidarity or your criticisms, but be a part of the conversation. Only you can speak up for you right now.

queennubian: solarseemen: Stunning!!! YESSSSSSS!

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:55:07 -0400

queennubian:

solarseemen:

Stunning!!!

YESSSSSSS!

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:39:26 -0400

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glittertitties: MRAs find one angry, rightfully hateful woman who identifies as a feminist and...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:06:10 -0400

glittertitties:

MRAs find one angry, rightfully hateful woman who identifies as a feminist and conclude all of feminism is worthless and hateful.

Feminists find countless misogynistic, bitter, rape-apologizing, harassing and stalking men who identify as Men’s Rights Activists and MRAs cry “we aren’t ALL like that, stop GENERALIZING us!”

ar-biter: doomedbyhowlingwinds: goatkult: beerinabox: spacere...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:02:31 -0400

ar-biter:

doomedbyhowlingwinds:

goatkult:

beerinabox:

spacereblogsthings:

diablosita:

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men by Jon Clinkenbeard

If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health effects whatsoever, and 100 percent effectiveness. The funny thing is, something like that currently exists.

The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years…

Oh, and when you do decide you want those babies, it only takes one other injection of water and baking soda to flush out the gel, and within two to three months, you’ve got all your healthy sperm again.

The trouble is, most people don’t even know this exists. And if men only need one super-cheap shot every 10 years or more, that’s not something that gets big pharmaceutical companies all fired up, because they’ll make zero money on it (even if it might have the side benefit of, you know, destroying HIV).

signal boost

DUDE

m8

SIGNAL BOOST

Birth control producers, Big Pharma, and consequently, the government, don’t want you to know that this exists.

10knotes: tastefullyoffensive: Canadian Road Rage

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:06 -0400

10knotes:

tastefullyoffensive:

Canadian Road Rage

spaceplasma: The strangest asteroid that astronomers had ever...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:49:40 -0400

P/2010 A2 is likely the debris left over from a recent collision between two very small asteroids.

spaceplasma:

The strangest asteroid that astronomers had ever seen

Sometimes the line separating “asteroid” from “comet” is a blurry one. For instance, there is the strange asteroid Chiron. Discovered in 1979 by astronomer Charles T. Kowal, it was cataloged as asteroid number 2060. But almost immediately, it was recognized as being a little weird.

First, because its orbit turned out to lie between Uranus and Saturn…much further from the sun than any other asteroid. It also had the strange habit of seeming to change its brightness. In 1988, astronomers William Hartmann, Dave Tholen and Dale Cruikshank noticed that Chiron was nearly twice as bright as it was supposed to be. The asteroid continued to brighten, eventually becoming three times brighter than usual. What was going on?

The answer was that Chiron contains a lot of ice and as its orbit carried it closer to the sun, some of this ice turned to gas. A huge cloud of gas and dust was forming around the asteroid. In effect, Chiron had turned into a comet.

Then, astronomers observed an event recently that was similar but even more spectacular…

It was discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR). This is an MIT project jointly funded by the United States Air Force and NASA. One of its goals is to detect and catalog near-earth asteroids that might potentially threaten the Earth.

On January 6 it found an object that was cataloged as P/2010 A2. This turned out to be something so unusual that last week the Hubble Space Telescope was focused on it. What Hubble revealed is an object that is almost completely unique. At first glance, it seemed to be comet. But the 460-foot nucleus was offset from the tail, which had a very unusual structure near the nucleus. And there was no discernable gas in the tail. Since P/2010 A was located in the asteroid belt, scientists are speculating that it may be the result of a collision between two asteroids. Such a collision would have occurred at over 9000 miles per hour—-five times the speed of a rifle bullet. This would have released energy equivalent to an atomic bomb, creating a cloud of dust and debris. This cloud was then blown by the pressure of sunlight into a long, trailing comet-like tail

P/2010 A gives scientists a glimpse into the early history of our solar system, when similar collisions between planetesimals eventually created the planets we know today—-including our own earth.

Credit: Ron Miller

aqueousserenade: coledownlow: I love this quote. I love this...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:46:24 -0400

aqueousserenade:

coledownlow:

I love this quote. I love this movie.

This scene impressed me so much when I first saw it. It still fills me with… idk something. I love it.

You’re Probably Not Really a Nice Guy (x) Who is this and...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:32:01 -0400

You’re Probably Not Really a Nice Guy (x)

Who is this and where can I watch his video?