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Chilean president praises raped girl, 11, for going through with pregnancy | World news | guardian.co.uk

Chile’s president has praised an 11-year-old girl after she said in a TV interview that she wants to give birth to the baby who was conceived when she was raped by her mother’s partner.

President Sebastián Pinera’s remark that her decision showed “depth and maturity” caused anger on social media in a case that has ignited a heated national debate over abortion in one of Latin America’s most socially conservative nations. Abortion, even for medical reasons and in the case of rape, has been illegal since General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.

via Chilean president praises raped girl, 11, for going through with pregnancy | World news | guardian.co.uk.

There seems to be no limit as to how self-delusional many men can be when it comes to women’s right to control their own destiny or to protect children.

Was it MI6 – not the Blair government – that drove Dr David Kelly to suicide?

Cannot “like” this but sounds as though he hits the mark on the sad end of a guy just doing his job and those higher up dumping him when convenient for them

Pride's Purge

(not satire – it’s British ‘intelligence’)

I’ve just been reading the excellent new biography of Dr David Kelly by Robert Lewis – Dark Actors: The Life and Death of Dr David Kelly

Be warned though – the book won’t satisfy conspiracy theorists because Lewis concludes that Kelly probably did commit suicide.

And it won’t satisfy anyone with even the slightest trace of anti-Blair sentiment either – which let’s face it includes just about everyone on the planet barring Dan Hodges.

So I can’t see the book being popular, which is a pity because I think Lewis hits the nail on the head when it comes to why Kelly died.

By examining Kelly’s life and career from the beginning, Lewis comes to the conclusion that far from being a disloyal whistle-blower – Kelly was in fact as loyal as they come.

He also suggests Kelly regularly briefed journalists on behalf of…

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Immigration Reform

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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

                                — From the sonnet “New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, currently located at the Statue of Liberty museum.

On June 27, 2013, the Senate passed S, 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, on a 68-34 vote. The provisions contained in it are a far cry from the sentiments expressed in the quote above, but do represent a compromise between them and the stricter demands for conditions to be met by the Republicans in order to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. A potential pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants is included.

The key amendment making the passage of the bill possible on a somewhat bipartisan basis involves appropriating more than…

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Interview with Egyptian Politician Mohamed ElBaradei – SPIEGEL ONLINE

SPIEGEL: If the Muslim Brotherhood runs in the next election and wins, would you accept one of their members as the country’s new leader?

ElBaradei: Yes, if they commit themselves to democracy, and if we have a constitution and a parliament that will prevent them from abusing their power the way Morsi did.

via Interview with Egyptian Politician Mohamed ElBaradei – SPIEGEL ONLINE.

In short, he does not trust the Brotherhood – nor should he given their performance over the last year and their involvement in the murder of Sadat.

Egyptian Aak. Week 27 -New SCAF vs. Old Islamists

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