I recieved this article in email and was outraged:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Wed, Oct. 31, 2007



Phila. Bar slams judge in rape case
Teresa Carr Deni had its support for a third term. Then she reduced a charge to theft of a prostitute's services.

By Joseph A. Slobodzian

Inquirer Staff Writer

A city judge who reduced a rape charge to "theft of services" in a case involving a prostitute assaulted at gunpoint was harshly criticized yesterday by the head of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Municipal Judge Teresa Carr Deni's handling of the case was an "unforgivable miscarriage of justice," said Jane Leslie Dalton, the bar association's chancellor. "The victim has been brutalized twice in this case: first by the assailants, and now by the court."

Dalton's criticism came just 28 days after the association recommended that voters Tuesday retain Deni for a third six-year term.

That recommendation, however, came before Deni's ruling in the preliminary hearing for Dominique Gindraw, 19. Dalton's remarks yesterday were clearly aimed at voters who may not have been aware of the case.

According to testimony, a 20-year-old single mother agreed to an hour's worth of sex with Gindraw for $150 on Sept. 20. When she arrived at the address, Gindraw allegedly asked if she would also have sex with his friend; she agreed for an additional $100.

When the friend arrived, according to testimony, he had no money and was armed. The woman said she had been forced at gunpoint to have sex with four men.

Deni dismissed the rape and sexual-assault charges and held Gindraw for trial on a charge of "armed robbery for theft of services."

The District Attorney's Office has since refiled rape charges against Grindraw in Common Pleas Court.

Deni, 59, first elected to the $148,596-a-year judicial post in 1995, did not respond to a telephone message for comment left on her chamber's voicemail.

A week after the hearing, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Jill Porter quoted Deni as saying in an interview that the woman had consented to sex, and that her complaint "minimizes true rape cases and demeans women who are really raped."

Women's and victim advocates around the nation have heavily criticized the judge, and there has been some grassroots organizing against Deni's retention.

Dalton said Deni's ruling and comments showed that she misunderstood "what constitutes rape in Pennsylvania."

Dalton said the law permitted any woman to change her mind after consenting to sex "regardless of the circumstances. We cannot imagine any circumstances more violent or coercive than being forced to have sex with four men at gunpoint."

"In the final analysis, it is up to each individual voter, in the privacy of the voting booth, to make his or her own decision as to whether Judge Deni should continue in her present position," Dalton said.

The bar association's executive director, Kenneth Shear, said that under association rules, Dalton could not revoke the association's Oct. 1 recommendation, which was made after a poll of lawyers who practiced before the judge and deliberations by the association's nonpartisan Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention.

Shear said that the commission had a "due process" obligation to speak with the judge about criticism before issuing a recommendation, and that Dalton had wanted to read a transcript of the hearing before commenting.

"There just was not enough time," Shear said.

A copy of Dalton's statement was sent to the judge before it was made public, but bar officials have received no reaction, Shear said.




A woman's body is still her body. She is not required to provide unwanted sexual acts or services, just because she said I'll do X for Y amount doesn't mean that you can just do X without her consent! And of course, doing Z is right out!

I think this guy is kinda a douche.

concerns about hpv vaccines are raised. note: the newspaper linked has a funny headline.

when smacking is needed.

Eh? what?

On the newshour, a crazy white man said that not bombing Iran is the same as ignoring Hitler. I prefer the newsweek guy. He's not farking insano.

The west memphis three-to be exonerated ?

Foreclosures!

This is a weird sign. This blog also does not provide erotic relaxation.

Spoilers for Fire Logic [note: I'm amused by the reviews that act like all the homosex is a reason to mark the book down. We have people using what is essentially magic, and what's unrealistic is a bunch of gay people, yea right] and Earth Logic Possible.

"When Clement looked at the silent warrior, she looked into the other face of Shaftal:unbowed, unforgiving. Every attempt to overcome the people had not only increased their resentment, but also their ability to resist. Clement's acts, and the actions of all the soldiers like her, had created this unrelenting enemy and all the enemies like her. With a great deal of effort, they could be killed, but they could not be eliminated." - Earth Logic, Laurie Marks, p. 387

"Every stupidity of the last thrity-five years had come from the Sainnites' unwillingness and inability to change. Certainly, they had not been welcomed, permitted or encouraged to belong in Shaftal. But neither had they tried to be anything other than conquerers. To attempt it now might be so difficult it verged on the impossible, and it might take the rest of Clement's life to achieve. But wasn't her only other option to take Cadmar's well trodden road, a coward's way of self-induced oblivion and obstinacy to delude her people with visions of heroism as she marched them to destruction?"
-Earth Logic, p. 388

Denying the Holocaust is wrong. When I was an undergrad, every spring, students would stand outside and read the names of Holocaust victims[they were part of an organization called SHOAH]. That was really powerful and affecting. I also remember the piles of shoes from the Holocaust muesuem nearly a decade later. We must all bear witness to the horror of the Holocaust, and many other horrors. If we ever forget things like Rwanda and Darfur and the Holocaust, then what will become of us?

The horror of antisemitism.

I love this song. Yay, unwatered down feminism.

Just say no to nooses in the workplace!

I don't get the big deal if some poor people are watching a nice TV or something. Folks act like they'd be millionaires living the high life if only poor people forwent cable TV. That's just not how it works. Likewise, folks think that everything would be fine in the black community if only young folks had better fashion sense. Folks are always looking for a scapegoat, whether it's poor people buying a nice suit off the clearance rack for their job interview or young men having a lack of fashion sense...

Typical white people.

Now that's stupid. Get a farking babysitter if you've got cash to blow at the strip club.

Join poor skills. Slight homebirth wank. Amusing boojupostingsnark. Now the mods of VP have been contacted.

bonus: weird childfree stuff. I wish LJ would shut down the pro ED communities.



An interesting art piece about family.

I do say real and fake BDSM but not in the way mocked here. By fake BDSM, I mean, dang, you're just being an abusive asshole there. I try not to get the problematic aspects of BDSM mixed up with the people who are just abusing folks and saying uh 'bdsm'. Why? It's just neater that way.


A woman of color has interesting and varied thoughts on sex work.

Ok, that's horrible!

40 million downloads of Cake mania?!


Also, thanks for the casual sexism! I wonder where folks get the message that a woman's worth is only in being hot and sexxxy? Certainly not from the media! Oh no! They couldn't possibly be involved! Women are just born to not have any lives beyond showing our goodies to all and sundry!

Hhehee, I'm amused.

Let's say something stupid on etsy!

*amused by macro*

I'm 4'11 and 110 pounds and wonder when the waaaaahbulance will get here.

I say us women of color are the most vital parts of the feminist movement!

Also, a link industrial complex from Zuky. About the Cos, I get sick and tired of folks ignoring the great work that black people are doing. The constant attacks on a few folks overshadows the whole rest of us. Why not instead of yelling at folks to use 'proper' English and pull their pants up, praise and build up folks who are trying to do right? Wouldn't it be nice if Bill Cosby got on Oprah and praised newly minted black PhDs? What about black feminists who are fighting rape and violence in their communities? Wouldn't that be nice? What about informing folks about the fact that folks can write great literature in dialects and in standard English? What about broadening the dialog?

I agree with this guy about there not being just one black America, which is why I laugh at Cosby. When I talk to black folks, I talk to graduate students, college students, workers, married people, churchgoers, feminists, activists, parents,lovers and friends. I don't talk to undifferentiated masses of failure. Folks do mess up, they aren't perfect, but white folks also are messing up. They just don't have folks to come on TV and blame them for the sinking of the Titanic.

Hehehe, white Christian males are the most awful minority.

A goon tries to talk about skin lightening creams, but idiot goons say OMG! it's just like getting a tan.

Megan Julca writes a very good post informing us all Cheerful shannon says we can all fight against oppression! Also, megan notes she is attacking bigoted feminists- which is a good point. Just because one is a feminist does not in fact mean you're not also a privileged dick head. I'm sometimes one, so I put my big girl panties on and try to learn something.

A big problem I also see is that one or two transpeople act like dicks, and all the sudden, all transpeople are bad. Just because you're an oppressed minority doesn't mean you're not a dick.

And as a rad fem, I'm not anti-sexworker. I'm just not "Hey! black girls are being trafficked and abused by grown ass men! That's sooooo ~~~liberating~~~~". The sex industry has many faces and focusing on the white rich face of the happy hooker obscures the faces of those desperate to survive, those tricked, those trafficked, those victimized.

The old Hispanic custom of disregarding animal welfare? There's something wrong with that sentence. Of course, a pet peeve of mine is the how everyone is all save the animals, but they don't seem to care about humans. People are starving every day, but what do we hear about? dogs.

Also, why do people say crazy things like I'm sooo descended from Pocahantas? That just makes you look dumb.

Yay! Gay dumbledore macros. Also, no, you don't have to respect everyone's opinions and feelings. This is why I don't support women's choices- having labia[yes, some women don't, but work with me] does not make say, drinking your own pee or going to war with Iran a good idea. It just doesn't.

Some annoying guy on Fresh Air said that a novelist as good as Norman Mailer wouldn't write a novel about our new electronic politics. A really good novelist can make a novel written in letters[ok, a novel written in blog posts] as interesting and enriching as any others we have seen.

From pandagon, Pam tries to make a point about colorism, but in the comments, we get the OMG, I'm so pale folks. My cutoff for OMGoppression is does it impact your life chances negatively? I think this will help us distinguish between the feminization of poverty and someone not liking our miniskirts, between high infant mortality rates and not getting a ticker tape parade for being born.

stupid racial discourse! apparently society frowns on judging people on skin color [yea right] and is now judging people on breast size. You know, when I'm browsing the shelves of bookstores, there are just so many books on how small breasted women should just shape up and stop thinking they are victims! I've got small titays too, but come on!

In Memphis, the both sides fallacy is very common. As if holding a grudge when treated poorly is as bad as treating people poorly. If white folks didn't say and do racist things to black people's faces, we wouldn't hold such a grudge!

Call the waaaaahbulance! Disabled people are allowed in school so that they can gain skills, and that doesn't make this chick suuuuuuper spehsul anymore!!!

Racist scientist embarrasses British people. Also, racism on the interwebs.

I hear Bill Cosby is being a dick again.

Also, please give wkno money so they'll shut up.

Those etsy ladies are so nasty! I'm on page 11, and the penis jokes just keep coming..ok, I kill myself. hahaha.

Also, nazi child rape sets on suicide girls? some good snark is friendslocked here. Join stupidfree and see the funny. My favorite bit was from stitchedsutures who snarked don't you know that female sexuality and empowerment is all about how marketable that sexuality is to male porno consumers?

Now I'm as much of a sex hating prude as anyone, but if some lady has a weird hobby like posting cock sucking pictures of herself on the internet, just say you're against weird hobbies. A 4 year old isn't going to find those pics.

Racism on the rise? I can't think of how to express this thought, but I thought about how it takes aggressive action, fighting justice and equality every step of the way to cause such an increase in racism. It doesn't just happen- it's caused by hard work to destroy and dismantle discourses that challenge racism.

Whether you think ho costumes are glamorizing the oppression of women, or making a joke of the hard work of honorable sex workers everywhere, we can all agree that the ho costumes on the bottom of this post must be burned for the good of all.

Sex differences in children being allowed to play video games. So whereas boys get to play awesome video games, many girls are being forbidden to have as much fun as their brothers. Also, casual game of the week.

It seems that spotted elephant has not fallen in a well, but instead got a new job.

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You, yes, you, should visit this website, wear red on October 31st, and suchlike.

I'm going to try to post things! I think living here is good for my radical feminism, because the coercive nature of femininity is pretty apparent. There's no thin veneer of 'it's OK not to be feminine' to confuse you. Women get paid less, and are expected to do more. arghles! I was going to write a nice long post, but my racismometer has started flashing!

We must read this amazing article by Kai now! But hey, look! It's my blog father!! best black stuff link blogger ever! Oh wait? They forced a woman out of a bathroom for not adhering to gender norms? Hell to the naw!

anyway, as I was saying, we need to denaturalize and politicize beauty. It's not just women all hate body hair and men don't or that it is a natural part of being a woman to be mainly concerned with appearance. Once we do that, we can fuck up the greater burdens.

Let's also fuck up the whole women do tons of housework, childcare and stuff thing while we're at it.

lead? in lipstick!?

Man, this is messed up!


...the breast cancer awareness one is awful.

topics I will blog on when I get the attention span:

not living in a bohemia and radical feminism
how porn sells ideology

on etsy, the small businessperson is screwed over by bad governmental policy. Some of the later comments are a good example of how we are influenced by cultural narratives. Folks 'just know' that women with six kids without a father figure are popping out kids for the welfare. They must have a million dollars, because they get their hair did! [note: perhaps there may be a barter system or friends doing friends hair or they know the girl who can do good hair for $25. I'm not an expert on the urban poor, but that's what I would think. Help me if you have thoughts]. Without much evidence besides the amount of kids a woman has, folks have created a whole life story for that person.

If anyone has news about superbabymama, the blog, or kactus in general or what's up with spotted elephant, do tell me.

Casual games bring in the nongaming woman. Now that I have downgraded into casual gaming, after years of being a hardcore gamer, I am more interested in casual games. I think that the gaming market is now large enough to support a diversity of gamers. Some may look down on nonserious gamers, but the more gaming adapts to a wider variety of lifestyles, the more vibrant gaming will be.

Irritable shannon has a rant. We're not all cookie cutters! Just because you can do something doesn't mean I can! I can tell the difference between a norm referenced test and a criterion referenced test and I can stand up for at least 30 minutes at a stretch. I don't expect everyone else in the world to be able to do these things, because it's common sense! Not all of us can do the same things.

Also, I hate these stupid shoes. Racial results in the Memphis mayoral race. I voted for Morris, but I'm OK with Herenton. Chumney? No. She just doesn't seem to understand the interests of the black majority. I'm not saying a white person can't be Memphis mayor, but you gotta try to understand what's going on for real. A reader asks why black people vote left- it's because we agree with leftist things. I would like health care for kids, more rehabilitation for criminals, etc. I don't really care if some millionaire has higher taxes. People voted for Cohen because of his leftistness in a majority black district. People are upset because he showed a good measure of integrity about gay rights, not because he is a white.

Some believe that the Jena case 'stirred up resentment among bigots' Really, we can't fix racism if we've got idiots thinking that some [white] guy firing someone for typing ropes into noose shapes and leaving them up at a performing arts center is the cause of racial animosity...

*grumbles*

I'm going to hope that I can pay attention long enough to write a post. TV shows are influencing the way that people who are in the military think about torture. Now, this wasn't just the never ending drumbeat of imagery that you see with regards to sexism- the change in how torture was depicted changed in less than five years.

Note that people nowadays were raised by people who grew up in eras where crap like this was super acceptable. Ok, ok, people nowadays live in a time where there's crap like this. Woman's feet as high heels?! WTF?

Ok, my point was going to be that yes, you are affected by the media! Not to mention, I think the way to push feminism forward isn't to water it down. but to be feminist with your ovaries out! People shouldn't just call themselves feminists, because they believe in egg cozies, weasels and umbrellas in bed, but because they really care about equality for women!

*angry about folks maiming disabled people for their own ends without taking the best interests of the person at heart, but can't think of anything to say*

Tag abuse is serious business.

There are flashflood warnings today.

from my email box:

The following separate statements were issued this afternoon by Larry A. Godwin, director of the Memphis Police Department, and by Dr. Shirley C. Raines, president of the University of Memphis. Both pertain to the Sept. 30th shooting death of U of M student and athlete Taylor Bradford.



Memphis Police Department Media Release
October 8, 2007

ARREST IN MURDER OF TAYLOR BRADFORD



On Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 9:47pm University of Memphis Police responded to the scene of a traffic crash on Zach Curlin south of Central. When the officer approached the driver of the vehicle they determined that he had been shot. The victim, Taylor Bradford, 21 was transported to the MED where he was pronounced deceased. The investigation into the incident has lead to the arrest of three individuals.



»DaeShawn Tate, 21

»Victor Trezevant, 21

»Courtney Washington, 22



These three perpetrators have been charged with murder in perpetration of attempted aggravated robbery. The investigation revealed that the three suspects went to the Carpenter complex on Sunday with the specific intent to rob Taylor Bradford and during this attempted robbery shot him.



This murder/robbery is still under investigation and we expect to charge a least one more person in connection with this matter. None of the suspects charged thus far are students at the University of Memphis.



The investigation into this incident has been lead by the Memphis Police Homicide unit with cooperation of University of Memphis Campus Police, OCU/CAT, Project Safe Neighborhoods, Safe Streets Task Force and members of various units within the Memphis Police Department. Shelby County Sheriff’s personnel aided in the capture of one of the suspects. Crime Stoppers processed many tips during this investigation and tips from our citizens aided in the resolution of this case.





Dr. Raines’ statement:



Although this has been a tragic and trying week for the University of Memphis and the entire community, we are pleased that these arrests have been made swiftly. As we all know, the criminal justice system must still weigh in on the final judgment of this matter, but these arrests do confirm the original belief that this was a targeted attack, and not a random act of violence. We want to thank those of our students and members of the community who came forward to help with this investigation. The University will continue to work with the Memphis Police Department as this matter continues.



Shirley C. Raines

President

I've always wondered where folks get their ideas about feminism from. a giant game of telephone? Their own asses? I mean seriously, fake bags= feminist issue?

I have no idea what's going on here.

Hehehe, american apparel.

childfree people are weird sometimes. Personally, I wouldn't sleep with a married man if I was going to get mad if the wife had a kid. OMG!judgment! for the win! Ugh! I hate that sort of creepy guy who fucks naive 17 year olds and lies to them. The reason this 45 year old is fucking you is because an adult woman would see through this bullshit. He should stop jerking this girl around, and start jerking off, because soon he's going to have jack shit.

Note: Sold has an interesting author's note at the end about the survivors of prostitution telling girls in remote villages about what the 'maid jobs' really are, and facing people who sold them in court.

Thanks for telling us! NOT

Talk of the Nation is moving to our HD service next month. To
accommodate this change, we have reprogrammed WKNO 91.1 to include an
additional 30 minutes of All Things Considered at 6:30. And Fresh Air
now airs from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

I don't want to PAY MONEY to listen to PUBLIC radio. Seriously, folks, my car system is janked up so I can't even listen to ipod in my car if I had one, and now they are taking away good radio, so I end up having to listen to fergilicious and scamsters.

I love this macro!!

Brownfemi can sit for a whole hour and write a post! *is amazed*

Mean shannon is all singing that girl's got self esteem! She's the kind of girl you read about in feminist magazines! But seriously, don't have casual sex with internet dudes if you're not the type who is only into satisfying the urges of the body. But we should not judge this woman so harshly. I don't think the guy is an innocent victim here. He knew full well that often folks will want more than just casual sex, not to mention that even with a condom, there is still a danger of pregnancy. I mean folks are acting like it's ONLY the woman's fault when it in fact takes two to tango. Also, what's with the omg, you suck so much! I'd let [dude] fuck me and throw me away anytime! chicks?

People are nicer on stupidfreedrama. Some fail on the main stupid free. note: megan julca did not in fact have the sanctity of her body violated by the gross mengus.

What game is girlier- Wedding Dash or Cake Mania?

Liberal commie lightbulbs?

American Appreal is fug. super fug.

First page, feminism is about chooooooices whining. *cries in her beer for all those who have thousands of extra dollars for plastic surgery, and yet, can only make their political decisions based on who approves of their choices* My brain is stupid so I don't see how getting plastic surgery is going to keep employers from discriminating against you for having children.
Also, a snapshot of the office mechanisms that have white males getting more money than the rest of us.

How 'fair and balanced' reporting helps ingrain racism. Hehehe, "my mama who raised me was black and..' WHITE" Also from AP Racism- Paul Krugman on Southern Whites.

The 200$ laptop? A good idea. Throw in some clean water and vaccines, and I'll call it a deal.

I aggregate, you decide! Link blogging rocks because it gets information around in an efficient manner.

...Daring my butt. ....it's sexy to be smart! Don't break a nail! People may wonder, why do I focus so much attention on bestselling books and magazines that can be seen on every single grocery store shelf? I mean, there's one empowering book for girls! That should be enough!

I heard a really well phrased explanation while we were oppressing pretty sexy feminine women in class one day by watching Killing Us Softly 3 and feeling vaguely bad about sexism. Basically, it's not just one sexist thing, but hundreds of exposures to sexist crap every day that help create the culture of sexism.



Also, will etisians fight over Columbus Day?

Now that the Memphis mayor race is decided, I've got rants! Butthurt white people are now whining. I'll pick up my ball and go home!!! WAAAH!!! The mayor was meaaaaaaaan! Now, I voted for Morris, but I am still going to work hard to improve things without whining. Also, what a bunch of wussies on the comments here. Now, I personally *might* vote for a white person as mayor, but they have to try to appeal to me, and to win, they must try to appeal to black voters as a whole. For example, if you want to bring down crime, you can't just say I'M GOING TO LOCK UP ALL THE GANG MEMBERS. That shows that you are ignorant. Now, I'm not one of those black people who are like "race doesn't matter! Let's bake a cake out of butterflies!" I'm just saying that whites aren't automatically out of the running for my votes unless they put themselves out of the running.

Not to mention, what's with the folks being like OMG, POOR PEOPLE VOTED!! Black poor people will vote as is their right. I agree with the folks saying you can't blame everything on the mayor. The mayor is one guy, albeit a powerful one. Even if we had the worst mayor in the world, we have a million other people who can help improve the city. We need to stop bellyaching , and start doing. It's not the mayor's city. It's OUR city, and we need to start helping.

Also, editorial against the president's SCHIP veto.

Pam...white folks need to grow up. If they want to go around doing horrible and mean things to people, they need to expect that other people will be angry about it. They need to either stop doing horrible things or stop bitching if people get mad at them for being douchebags. You can't have both.
[start uninformed commentary]
Also, there's minor transwank. But I don't get why anyone would think transfolk would as a body be any more enlightened than anyone else. We don't know yet what causes some folks to be trangendered, but there seems to have been a stable population of transfolk for a long time, and super psych folks are unable to change transfolks into cisfolks, so maybe it's biological or something. Who knows?
[end uninformed commentary]

People are actually doing their assignments.
which I am sooooooo not.

...actually...when horsing around...holding people down and drawing swastikas on them does not usually happen...

But hey! look! baby earth!!

Don't judge people for sleeping with D&D players if you've slept with your sister

No sleep rape,plz. I'm not saying she can't go around saying that being f*cked in her sleep is a perfectly fine and happy thing to do, but I'm certainly not convinced. But hey! it's your right to have a crappy marriage and a crappy life because we're oh so mean! *is irrationally irritable today* Ok, ok, now I feel bad for saying that.

Also, I often wish people would dump their guy... After the 400000th time that he has yelled at you, made you feel like crap, sat around doing nothing while you slave away, etc, I want to yell I THINK YOUR HUSBAND IS A DICK. DON'T LET HIM TALK TO YOU LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN, OR I'LL KICK HIS ASS.

Goons react to the cake incident.

So do random people at Pandagon. I don't get people who need to make up outrageous reasons why the guard might have broken a child's wrist. Bad judgment or poor training is not as rare as some believe it to be. I think it's even more important to learn how to use good judgment if you're a security guard, not less. Now a regular guy in the street breaking someone's wrist and calling them racial terms may just get an assault charge, but this guy will probably lose his job because of his lack of judgment. That's heavy stuff, and something folks should think about the next time they are tempted to use physical force with minors.

Another issue is that I think that security guards need to know more about the developmental issues of children. A young girl who does not comply with orders is not in fact the same as a hardened adult criminal seeking to do you bodily harm. Understanding the difference between different situations is a must!

Even a few freepers aren't impressed with this guard.

Dad wastes all of his time wanking to porn and having fun. Mom is called entitle bitch. I have a picture of my mom being an entitle bitch. Ok, she's not in the picture. I'm a small child, and I am dressed in some horrible pink crap and chewing on god knows what. My dad is staring at me, ready to dive in, to rescue me from the horror of what ever the crap I am chewing on. He should have just ignored me- I mean, dads can't parent!



Note: you all should find a way to somehow say something nice to brownfemi.
Also, awful prison like environments do not motivate students. ...man, a child actually bit another child where I am 'helping' and one of the kids merely had to sit down for at least ten minutes. Arresting people for dropping cake! And breaking their wrists! And calling them nappy head! How can you feel safe or learn at all when people are breaking students' wrists?! Let's all write angry letters so they don't do things that are wrong again!!

This episode seems sort of weird with the whole people of color=throwbacks to ancient ancestors thing!! Although, other scientists are shown saying this is bunk, but that sort of thing always bothers me.

Also, I think ethanol is not the cure all they say it is. It has been said to raise the price of corn and soybeans, and also, Brazillian cane cutters seem to be working in slavery style conditions.

There are rants on the net. I am amused, and hoping that rants like this will keep away the stupid. Also, some stupid lady says that women shouldn't have the vote or 'APPROVE OF ME SEXIST MALE DOMS AND SIMPERING FEMALES!! I'M DESPERATE FOR ATTENTION BECAUSE I'VE GOT NOTHING TO OFFER.

Also, I like this comment. Just because women in general are like one half of a percent worse at rotating objects in their heads than men in general doesn't mean that specific women, who may or may not be better or worse than their male counterparts at rotating objects in their heads need to be locked out of professions that may not even depend on whether you can rotate objects in your head.

received in my email box:

As most of you are aware, our campus community is
mourning the loss of Taylor Bradford, a University of Memphis student and member of the Tiger football team, whose tragic death occurred last evening. The incident happened at approximately 9:45 PM Sunday night near the Carpenter Complex, a residence hall located on Central Avenue near the northeast corner of campus.

Police were called to investigate an automobile wreck at Zach Curlin Street and, upon arriving on the scene discovered Mr. Bradford had been shot. University Director of Police Services, Bruce Harber, working with Memphis Police Department officers, closed all campus residence halls as a precaution, but quickly determined that the campus was not in imminent danger as witnesses reported that the suspects had fled the scene. Residents were permitted to leave if they chose to do so, but no one was allowed to enter the residence halls unless they were listed as residents.


Classes were cancelled for the day, to assist the police in their investigation and to insure the well-being of our students. All advisors and counselors are on hand today to assist any student who is grieving. They may call (901) 678-2068.


While suspect information cannot be released at this time, the initial investigation indicates this was an act directed specifically toward the victim and was not a random act of violence. If anyone has information about this tragedy, please call 901-678-4357 immediately.


Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Taylor Bradford.


The Memphis Police Department has scheduled a press conference for 3:30 (CST) today. More information may be available at the time. Please check your local news stations or visit our Web site this afternoon as it will contain the statement from the MPD.


We urge all faculty, staff and students to sign up for our TigerText emergency alert system. You may do this at tigertext.memphis.edu

Sadly No! cites a study in which 80% of college students have either zero or one sexual partner. Also, Punkass comments on how some bint says that some chick getting horny and exploring the feeling with some hot dude is all feminism's fault. I will later type on and on about how sex is not as important as people think it is.

This is the dumbest thing in the history of the internet. Black kids- they don't need books is the part that made me stop reading. Ok ok, LULZ, some guy has some ideas he thinks would improve schools- they are apparently just throwing money at the problem. Anyway, yelling about how the parents don't care will not increase their caring levels I think

Dear stupid cop:

Do you think that harassing women to the point of tears is cool? You so scared of real criminals you gotta bother women with car trouble,eh? Well, sooo no love for you! Alsom, sanctimonious bitches who will be like "well, if you were super perfect, everything would be all right?" Why don't you kill yourself because you're sure not helping.

Also, no love for cops who were probably all checking to see if someone's hang tag was not quite right while folks were getting shot.