Is this really a good way to spend money?

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/06/homeland-security-to-have-immigrant-exit-tracking-system-ready-within-weeks/

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within “weeks,” a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday....

Visa overstays have long been a concern of lawmakers and law enforcement. Some estimates suggest that as many as half of the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants have overstayed visas.

But finding illegal immigrants who, like El Khalifi, came to the United States before biometric data was collected and records were computerized around 2004 — and who overstayed visas but haven’t committed a crime — can be difficult, if not impossible....

Peyton Manning Released From Colts
 

Peyton Manning's 14-year career with the Indianapolis Colts came to an end after owner Jim Irsay informed the four-time NFL MVP on Monday night that the team will release him, according to team sources.
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I am personally more for chopping it off but this works too!
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D141460

CHISINAU, Moldova — Foreigners convicted of sexually abusing children in Moldova will be mandatorily castrated, according to new legislation introduced Tuesday.

Parliament approved the law by a majority after lawmakers said the impoverished nation was attracting pedophiles from the West. It will become effective July 1.

The new law states foreign and Moldovan nationals found guilty of pedophilia will be chemically castrated, while courts will rule separately on those found guilty of rape.

The move was immediately criticized by the Council of Europe, the pan-European human rights group, which said chemical castration should involve consent, and offenders should be properly informed about procedure while the law should have been preceded by a public debate.

Valeriu Munteanu, a Moldovan Liberal Party lawmaker, said the measure was necessary after public outrage over several cases involving U.S. and West European nationals.

"The Republic of Moldova has been transformed in recent years into 'a tourist destination' for Western pedophiles and there have been cases where rapists have repeatedly offended even after they served prison time," said Munteanu, opening the debate.

The measure has broad support in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest nations, where many believe that the country has an international reputation as a top destination for sex tourists.

There have been nine convictions for child sex offenses in the country in the past two years – five of which were of foreigners from Western Europe. Child sex offenders risk prison sentences of up to 20 years and in some cases life sentences.

Chemical castration involves the administration of testosterone-suppressing hormones every three months, which are intended to curb sexual drive and male fertility.


The new legislation follows similar developments in other countries, which have been moving ahead with laws allowing mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders.

The Czech republic has mandatory chemical castration for some offenders, a matter which is decided by the courts, and Poland legalized the procedure in 2009 for offenders who rape minors or close relatives.

Russian lawmakers in October gave first-round approval to a bill that would impose chemical castration on repeat sex offenders in apparent reaction to a string of highly publicized pedophile scandals.

The Council for Europe in February called on Germany to do away with the practice of surgical castration, calling the procedure degrading to convicted criminals. In a report released in Strasbourg, France, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture acknowledged that the German procedure is voluntary and carried out only under extremely well-controlled circumstances. The committee also criticized the Czech Republic in 2009 for its use of surgical castration.

A spokesman for the committee on Tuesday called for "safeguards" against the potential arbitrary use of the procedure so that it would only be used with the agreement and full understanding of the offender.

"There should be free and informed consent before the commencement of treatment," said Johan Friestedt in a telephone call to The Associated Press. "There is a tendency to adopt such laws without much public debate."

Elsewhere, in Britain, Denmark and Sweden sex offenders are offered chemical castration drugs on a voluntary basis. In the United States, several states have laws allowing chemical castration.

In Turkey a draft proposed last year by legislators from the conservative, Islamic-rooted ruling party for the chemical castration of pedophiles and rapists received little support and has since been shelved.

In France, a bill brought before France's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, proposing making chemical castration mandatory for those convicted of raping minors younger than 15 failed to pass a constitutional committee, and was dropped.

I agree. Sexual assault is about power, not about sex. The molester would just another object.

Still, a part of me doesn't mind the idea of a male molester having his all mighty penis removed.

This is disturbing.
 

If the Neighbor Hood Watch Captain has been any other race he would have been arrested on site. I don't get this at all.

http://news.yahoo.com/family-florida...044537742.html

Sandra Fluke On The View

During her “View” appearance, Fluke also said she wanted to clear up two major misconceptions. Firstly, she pointed out that the policy she supports doesn’t involve taxpayers footing the bill for birth control but private insurance companies doing so. Secondly, she noted that Limbaugh isn’t the only media personality to disrespect her. She directed viewers to watchdog website Media Matters, which has compiled a list of media types, including Glenn Beck, who have disparaged Fluke.

“I think it is really important for us all to understand that this was not one person who went crazy and made 'funny,' outrageous statements,” Fluke said. “This is evidently a segment of our political commentators who think that it’s acceptable in today’s society to say these things about women.”

Moscow and Manchester in final bid to stop St Petersburg gay hate law


http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/m...hate-law060312

people like rush limbaugh, glenn beck, bill o'reilly, sean hannity, pat buchanan, etc etc ... it's power struggle (still living in the past. wishing the white man ruled over all.), greed, attention-seeking, mentally unstable, insecure, ... and they make a living at it. just not right.

bill maher is not different. he is just on the other side of the fence, ... he is just not republican.

all could easily be admitted to a mental institution, today! or, the jailhouse.

i don't watch any of these people. but obviously there are people who do. and sadly, there are people who will sponsor rush. very upsetting. very upsetting.

He had gone to a convenience store to buy some Skittles and was returning home when he was confronted by an armed man who was head of the local neighborhood watch.
The man hasn't been charged.

this just makes me nuts.............

Bill Maher is nothing like those on the other side of the fence. That does a great discredit to Bill and minimizes the vile, mean, hateful, ignorant, rhetoric those men spew every day on several hundred radio stations across the country......we are talking HOURS of play time. Bill has a one hour, once a week tv comedy/talk show on HBO.

The radio talk show host from the left that is closest to those guys is Mike Malloy...Malloy is worth a listen at least once. He does rant and rave....

hey toughy.

bill maher is no different. call it comedy or talk show, he says (and they say) things that are better left unsaid. he seems to discredit himself, ... doesn't need me for that. but that's only my opinion. and i agree, the limbaugh-likes get hours and hours more than maher. that says a lot about america.

have a good evening.

Ellen Wins: One Million Moms Group Concedes JCPenney Fight


http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_N...CPenney_Fight/

Limbaugh is old news , enough already ,he's DONE !!! bye bye Limbaugh :)

Can someone explain to me why it is okay for a doctor to withhold medical information from a patient under any circumstances? Or maybe I am misreading this article?

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/06/senate-approves-bill-on-wrongful-births/

Speaking of Idiots...
 

Dennis Hof is a douche...always has been and always will be so this does not shock me.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/08/mo...imbaugh-video/

Well if you are misreading the article I am too. I don't get this at all. How can this become a law? It sounds like medical information about the fetus a woman is carrying can legally be kept from her by her doctor so she won't be able to make a decision to abort it. Talk about slippery slopes...

Yesterday was International Women’s Day.
Here is a look back at feminist victories of 2011.