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Dude...
3 earthquakes in three days...
Never experienced anything like it... it's got me a little bit scared. I remember something about hearing about "The Big One" will proceed after a series of small earthquakes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scav enger/detail?entry_id=54619
Possibly more evidence of how American Evangelicals are influencing Uganda's politics.
It's fucking scary...
How was that earthquake, Brian?
I felt that one last night... a few minutes ago, there was an even bigger one... scared my cockatiels a great deal. Strong enough to knock down a soft cover book on their cage. Poor things... almost 1/2 hour, and the yellow one is still anxious.
At 1/6/10 09:16 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: The antibiotic they put me on yesterday has a strange side effect - a metallic taste in my mouth. It's gross. Only eight more days :/
My antibiotics made my skin tingle for several days (the first one) and then made my skin clear.
My mersa looks better now, though it's ugly. Antibiotic plus garlic = rapid healing.
At 1/5/10 01:32 PM, Elfer wrote: It occurs to me that we didn't do a poli awards thread this year.
Oh well.
The award for best memory goes to.........
At 1/6/10 10:32 AM, Jawdyn wrote: Using images and effective use of capitalization I have created a graphic opinion which expresses how I feel when I hear both of these words.
I feel the same way...
When I think fat... I think of fat. And fat for me could range from being slightly curvy, beer belly, and having a big ol gut.
But obese I tend to connect to as someone who is extremely fat... like, those who cannot get out of bed because of their weight.... think, Gilbert Grape's mother...
Don't know this is the worst tattoo... but, I think it's terribly funny.
GOOGLE SEARCH!!!
At 1/3/10 03:44 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: I saw a preview for some movie with Justin Timberlake and I noticed that his character was a real badass. He had a lot of tattoos and he looked pretty cool. But I noticed that on his arm, something looked a bit off... So I looked online for a picture, unless I'm mistaken, this badass American thug has "Ice Skating" tattooed to his arm.
It would be nice if somebody a little more knowledgeable could confirm, but if you can't, you can just assume I'm right and mock him.
And there's a Virgin of Guadalupe tattooed on his other arm...
Now, that's extremely odd to see a white guy sporting a tattoo of a mestiza saint.
At 1/4/10 01:08 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: I like Garlic... but that disease does sound awful. Hope you get better!
It is awful... you get boils...
and if it gets in your lungs, you can die.
You can die from the boils too because you can get sepsis. The lung form is more dangerous.
But in my case, I'm very healthy. But I'm highly contagious. And draining the pus is horrible... like a half cup of liquid comes out of my body.
And the worse thing is that some staph infections are resistant to antibiotics, and people got to get hospitalized. I'm sure my case won't get that bad, but still... I can pass it to my dad and husband, who are most likely to die from MRSA.
Soooo... I took my meds in the morning. The afternoon, I ate a head of garlic and it's easy to eat it when it's minced in peanut butter. The peanut butter covers up the taste. And I took another shower and there's a hole in my skin. Not very big... but noticeable. Like the sharpened point of a #2 lead pencil. I also put a poultice of garlic on it.
Hopefully, I will get better in a few days.
So, I'm feeling down in the dumps.
I don't have food poisoning.
I have MRSA... drug resistant staph infection.
Potentially life threatening, it's gonna require a lot of treatment because it is drug resistant. It was weary at first... I have a boil on my upper part of my thigh. Didn't think of it much.
But after googling my symptoms, and going back to the doctor, and getting a culture from my boil and pee-pee, we've found out that it's MRSA.
Good thing is that it can be cured, but I have to finish ALL the drugs... or get a even worse mutant form of it.
I've read that garlic has benefits...
I ate a whole head of raw garlic in the morning. That was painful. (I blend it with water and drank it quickly. Tomorrow, I'm gonna chop it up and mix it with peanut butter... they say that the peanut butter coats the garlic taste and makes it more palatable.)
Even more painful, putting a raw compress of raw garlic on my boil.
I plan to do this, and take my meds. Doctor said there's nothing wrong with it.
I may had gotten this when I was trying out pants at the mall. That's a scary thought, isn't it? I mean, how many of you have tried on pants in the fighting room?
I got to be especially hygienic because my dad is diabetic, and this could kill him. (Diabetics need to treat wounds immediately.)
Anyways...
Garlic... meds... for several days... lysol everywhere... handwashing...
Happy belated New Year...
I'm actually pretty drunk right now, but cohesive enough to not drink-and-post... save this post...
Good night and good morning...
ciao darlings, all of you are lovely and blessed beings...
besos, Che...
At 12/31/09 01:03 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: Wanting him to die? C'mon, that's just sick. I don't like him either, but geez.
This doesn't surprise me though. The guy is like, 400 pounds. I imagine his arteries must be in horrendous shape.
Well... he did lose a lot of weight.
But then, there's all those drugs he had done... and viagra with a bad heart...
He's a loser...
but kicking somebody when they're down is worse.
But hey... maybe after this he'll have a change of heart
I kid, I kid... his family are most likely worried sick about him right now...
At 12/30/09 05:25 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Yeah, my dermatologist gave me this antibiotic for my skin, at it is ausom. It has kept me acne-free for six months already. I'm planning to discontinue its use, if it passes the major test of the year: the Summer sun!
I don't have acne anymore... god, I'm glad I finished that part of my adolescence. I do have them on odd places on my body once in a while, all of them painful.
One on my belly a few weeks ago... I have another on the side of my hip.
Right now, i'm okay... just needed time to get used to them.
Mine is quite cheap...
Anyway, I hope you get better soon.
Don't get sick in America... but I'm verging on the politics, so I'll shut up from here on now.
At 12/29/09 06:51 AM, Korriken wrote: you forget one thing. They are human. Humans are not logical beings. Also, there is such a thing as gauging your enemy to see how they react. Much like the school bully spewing threats at the new guy to see how the new guy reacts. If the new guy cowers, he's meat. If he stands up to the bully, he knows he'll have trouble with that one. If he knocks the bully out, the bully knows not to mess with him. ever.
there's one thing like flexing muscles and being a bully...
it's another thing to claim such an intricate plan to persuade American politics without, really, any significant dividends.
Even there is a logic to the school bully. He wants your school money, and he's gonna take it. Or... he doesn't like you, and he's gonna give you a wedgie. Or... you tattled telled on him, and he's gonna beat you up after school.
what the bully isn't gonna do is set up an intricate plan that will involve the school, the administrators, and eventually the principals-- all to possibly sway what's happening in another school.
Also, there is such a thing as Jihad, and Iran would probably love nothing more than for America to do what Clinton did to Iraq. a half hearted assault with a few long range missiles. Then they could whine and bitch about "Imperialistic crusaders" or whatnot and scream for jihad against america to whip up the extremist sentiment and stir up a new wave of attacks.
even you should be able to see that much.
Jihad is the ultimate incentive according to those folks... kill yourself = virgins plus god.
If Jihad meant just meant only having bitching rights, then we'll have more living terrorists I tell you what (and innocents, for that fact.)
You're not thinking like a deviant.
To whine about Clinton... it's meh.
To whine about the Great Satan... meh--
To whine about American imperialism and Capitalization... meh.
The slaughtering of people for bragging rights is rather steep.
Unless it's total discord, or complete greed, or utter revenge, or even sheer evil... I think it's a safe bet that if they're gonna invade Iraq... it's gonna be based tangible evils: 1.) Usurp lands for the sake of its goods and or its peoples, 2.) enact on deep seated resentments and grudges...
Add to that list... Revenge.
Either it's about conquest (gaining money or land) or revenge.
At 12/19/09 10:25 AM, Korriken wrote: a war with Iran would be highly unpopular with the american people, and Obama's leftist friends. Iran knows this. It would be logical for them to attack now because it would force Obama to either attack Iran to drive them off (unpopular with his friends) or let them take parts of Iraq. And we all know Obama is all about appeasing his friends.
I'm begging you, please tune in when you're speaking.
OH MY GOD...
I don't put past any country to use its own people has a ploy to start wars for greater plans...
President Polk comes to mind... although, so does Ozymandeus from Watchman too...
But they're thinking of SIGNIFICANT gains... (Like, gaining more land and things like that)
Possibly swaying, very indirectly, American politics is... at best... trivial.
It's not logical... it's downright illogical.
After all, the president isn't exactly king. It's just one branch of power of three... and then there's congress and senate and things like that!
Even if Iran accomplishes the absurd and makes the democrats as the enemies Obama, what exactly does that accomplish? Obama is just signing stuff into laws (or rejecting them), not making them. In fact, the democrats and the president can feel indifferent and ambivalent to one another, and yet have a working relationship.
No.
If Iran is gonna attack Iraq... it would be for greater things like land or money.
My belly is super duper distended...
I can't eat...
I feel like I'm choking every other second...
The antibiotics is wrecking my insides...
On the plus side, the antibiotics is clearing up my skin.
And the fricking BILL!
Oh wells--
it could be a whole lot worse...
I jinxed myself...
5 o'clock in the morning, I was rushed to the emergency room... violently ill.
At first we thought it was me being tipsy after 5 shots of tequila.
But nope. I knew something was wrong with me
food poisoning...
currently on very potent antibiotics that makes my skin tingle a lot...
At 12/25/09 03:11 PM, FUNKbrs wrote: I stuffed butter mixed with spices under the skin of my turkey.
What an interesting euphemism for masturbation...
Then [...] I layed bacon over the breast.
THAT'S HOT...
Oh yes,
Merry Christmas for all the sick ones out there.
Umm.... yeah... our supper wasn't all that great... *cough*
We've already opened the presents... Latin tradition to open the gifts on the eve of the night instead of the early morning.
I actually had good presents this year.
Inglorious Bastards
King of the Hill seasons 2 and 6
280 dollars (wow-- that's a lot)
books (Where the Sidewalk Ends)
and my membership to the SF Playwright's guild.
This was a very costly christmas for my family... so I'm paying their credit cards with the 280 as my final final gift.
It never fails...
I cook the food, and I don't feel hungry afterwards.
I made bow tie pasta with a browned butter sauce...
Green bean casserole (very American this time...)
and the fillet mignon is done in a few minutes.
But I don't feel hungry.
I mean, I had a garlic shake this morning after I ran. (Protein powder, blueberries, strawberries, spinach, soft cactus pads, and 3 cloves of garlic... I swear, it's not all that bad.)
But that was 6:30 in the morning.
Humm....
I'm watching a Jesus movie in Spanish... it's my favorite one. Very historically inaccurate (the virgin mary makes tortillas in this one.)
But it was special because I thought Jesus was Mexican... and that still makes me laugh.
Marry Christmas, everyone.
(1) Any person who commits the offense mentioned in section 3 above with another person who is below the age of 18 years in any of the circumstances specified in sub-section (2) of this section commits the offense and on conviction is liable to suffer death.
There is more before and after this paragraph.
But... to emphasize the point...
"IS LIABLE TO SUFFER DEATH"
Although, now reading this more carefully, it's a very specific and broad clause. I feel better that being gay doesn't qualify an instant death penalty. (Although, what do people do when it's between two underage teenagers?)
I'll give you that point, but I get a point too because THERE IS a clause about killing gay people.
Everyone here seems... decrepit.
Surgery, lungs, knees, etc.
I feel I'm going to be jinxed anytime soon because of mentioning this....
Hope everyone will feel better.
At 12/22/09 06:34 AM, WolvenBear wrote: Hey, write whatever in it that makes you feel good. It doesn't say what you claim, as I showed above.
I've posted the bill in its entirety.
Read it please.
It is c-l-e-a-r-l-y homophobic.
Hell, you don't need to read entirely. You can read the first part.
And yes, it is homophobic because 1.) AIDS promoted exclusively through queer people, 2.) that homosexual recruit people, 3.) that families are threatened (although, nobody knows how exactly homosexuals threaten families).
It seeks to eliminate whatever gay rights Uganda has under the pretense that it will help curb the AIDS problem.
(And really, the AIDS clause in the bill is just a sentence-- everything else about the bill is about curtailing gay rights.)
If you're gay, they will try to either 1.) kill you, or 2.) do medical experiments to you.
If you know somebody gay and you don't tell you, then you go to jail.
I support any means to curb AIDS. My husband has HIV, and I know what's the face of this disease. But this bill doesn't help AIDS. It just makes the gay community as the scape goates.
And if you read the bill, you will find out that there isn't any clauses talking about straight people purposely spreading AIDS to healthy individuals.
Talk about ignorance.
(The Rest...)
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
PART I -PRELIMINARY
Clause.
1. Commencement
2. Interpretation
PART II - PROHIBITION OF HOMOSEXUALITY
3. Offence of Homosexuality
4. Aggravated Homosexuality
5. Promoting Homosexuality
6. Failure to report offence
PART III - JURISDICTION
7. Jurisdiction
8. Extra - territorial Jurisdiction
9. Extradition
PARTIV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10. International treaties
11. Regulations
Schedule 1
Currency point.
PART I - PRELIMINARY
1 - Commencement
This Act shall come into force upon publication in the Gazette.
2 - Interpretation
In this Act, unless the Context otherwise requires -
"Gender" means male or female;
"Homosexuality" means same gender or same sex sexual acts;
"Homosexual" means a person who engages or attempts to engage in same gender sexual activity.
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Ethics and Integrity.
"Sexual act" means -
(a) Stimulation or penetration of a vagina or mouth or anus or any part of the body, however slight of any person by a sexual organ;
(b) The use of any object or organ by a person on another person's sexual organ or anus or mouth;
"Sexual organ" means-a vagina or penis.
PART II: PROHIBITION OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND RELATED PRACTICES
3. Prohibition of homosexuality
(1) Homosexuality is prohibited.
(2) Any person who engages in homosexuality contrary to sub-section (1) commits an offense and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding 500 currency points or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or both.
4. Aggravated homosexuality
(1) Any person who commits the offense mentioned in section 3 above with another person who is below the age of 18 years in any of the circumstances specified in sub-section (2) of this section commits the offense and on conviction is liable to suffer death.
(2) The circumstances referred to in sub-section (1) are as follows: -
(a) Where the person against whom the offense is committed is below the age of 14;
(b) Where the offender is infected with HIV;
(c) Where the offender is a parent or guardian or a person in authority over, the person against whom the offense is committed;
(d) Where the victim of the offense is a person with disability; or
(e) Where the offender is a serial offender.
(3) Any person who attempts to commit the offense of homosexuality with another person below 18 years in any of the circumstances specifies in sub-section (2), commits an offense and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for life.
(4) Where a person is charged with the offense under this section, that person shall undergo a medical examination to ascertain his or her HIV status.
(5) Any person who without the consent of an adult victim being under their authority or not commits the offense mentioned in this section
5. Promotion of homosexuality
(1) Any person who,
(a) Participates in production, trafficking, procuring, marketing, broadcasting, disseminating, publishing homosexual materials;
(b) Funds or sponsors homosexuality and related activities
(c) Offers premises and other fixed or movable assets
(d) Uses electronic devices which include internet, films, mobile phone and
(f) Who acts as an accomplice or attempts to legitimize or in any way abets homosexuality and related practices
Commits an offense and on conviction is liable to a fine of five thousand currency points or imprisonment of at least five years or both.
(2) Where the offender is a corporate body or a business or an association or a Non-governmental organization conviction its Certificate of Registration shall be cancelled and the Director(s) or proprietors or promoter(s) shall be criminally liable.
6. Failure to report the offense
Any person who being aware of the commission of any offense under this Act omits to report the offense to the relevant authorities within 24 hours commits an offense and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred currency points or imprisonment not exceeding six months year.
PART IV -JURISDICTION
7. Jurisdiction.
Save for aggravated homosexuality which shall be tried by the High Court, other offenses under this Act shall be tried by the Magistrates Court.
8. Extra - Territorial Jurisdiction.
This Act shall apply to offences Committed outside Uganda Where-
(1) A person who, while being a citizen of, or permanently residing in Uganda, Commits an act Outside Uganda, which act would Constitute an offence had it been Committed in Uganda.
(2) The offence was committed partly outside and or partly in Uganda.
9. Extradition.
A person charged with offence under this Act shall be liable to extradition under the existing Extradition laws.
PART V-MISCELLANEOUS
10. Nullification of inconsistent International treaties, protocols, declarations and conventions.
(1). Any international legal instrument whose provisions are contradictory to the spirit and provisions enshrined in this Act, are null and void to the extent of their inconsistency.
(2). The foreign definitions of "sexual orientation", "sexual rights", "sexual minorities", "gender identity" shall not be used in anyway to legitimize homosexuality, gender identity disorders and related practices in Uganda.
11. Regulations.
The Minister may by statutory instrument make regulations to effect implementation of the provisions of this Act, and Promote the objects of this Act.
SCHEDULE 1
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/09 /15/14708
The wording of the bill...
MEMORANDUM
1. The Principle
The object of this Bill is to establish a comprehensive legislation to protect the traditional family by prohibiting (i) any form of sexual relations between people of the same sex; and (ii) the promotion or recognition of such sexual relations in public institutions as healthy, normal or an acceptable lifestyle, including in the public schools, through or with the support of any government entity in Uganda or any non- governmental organization inside or outside the country. Research indicates that the homosexuality has a variety of negative consequences including higher incidences of violence, sexually transmitted diseases, and use of drugs. The higher incidence of separation and break-up in homosexual relationships also creates a highly unstable environment for children raised by homosexuals through adoption or otherwise, and can have profound psychological consequences on those children. In addition, the promotion of homosexual behavior undermines our traditional family values.
Given Uganda's historical, legal, cultural and religious values which maintain that the family, based on marriage between a man and a woman is the basic unit of society. This Bill aims at strengthening the nation's capacity to deal with emerging internal and external threats to the traditional heterosexual family. These threats include: redefining human rights to elevate homosexual and transgender behavior as legally protected categories of people.
This legislation is aimed at halting the advance of the "sexual rights" agenda, which seeks to establish additional legally protected classes based on sexual preferences and behaviors, as well as claims that people have rights based on these preferences and behaviors. Sexual rights activists have created new euphemisms to promote this agenda such as "sexual orientation," "gender identity," "sexual minorities" and "sexual rights."
This legislation further recognizes the fact that same sex attraction is not an innate and immutable characteristic and that people who experience this mental disorder can and have changed to a heterosexual orientation. It also recognizes that because homosexuals are not born that way, but develop this disorder based on experiences and environmental conditions, it is preventable, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to recruitment into the homosexual lifestyle.
The Republic of Uganda needs comprehensive and enhanced legislation to protect our cultural, legal, religious, and traditional family values against the attempts of sexual rights activists seeking to impose their values of sexual promiscuity on Uganda.
There is also need to protect our children and youths who are made vulnerable to sexual abuse and deviation as a result of cultural changes, uncensored information technologies, parentless child developmental settings and increasing attempts by homosexuals to raise children in homosexual relationships through adoption, foster care, or otherwise.
2. Defects in the existing law.
This legislation is designed to fill the gaps in the provisions of the constitution of Uganda and the penal code Act by establishing that, in Uganda, marriage is only between a man and a woman and that no other sexual unions or relationships will be recognized by the government.
The Penal Code Act (Cap 20) does not directly address this issue of homosexuality. It instead talks about unnatural offenses under section 145. This section does not specifically talk about homosexuality as an offense. It does not even have any reference to homosexuality. Not surprisingly the Act does not have a definition for homosexuality in the definition section.
The Penal Code Act does not explicitly address the issue of same sex unions and gender identity disorders which are damaging the social fabric of our nation at an alarming rate. There are no provisions in the Penal Code Act panelizing the procurement, promotion, disseminating literature and other forms of report for the offenses of homosexuality hence the need for legislation to provide for charging, investigating, prosecuting, convicting and sentencing of offenders on the above law. There is need for equal treatment of man and woman before the law in regard to homosexual offenses.
This legislation comes to complement and supplement the provisions of the Constitution of Uganda and the Penal Code Act by not only criminalizing same sex marriages but same -sex sexual acts and other related acts.
3.1. The objectives of the Bill
The objectives of the Bill are:
(a) To protect marriage as that only between a man and a woman in Uganda;
(b) To prohibit homosexual behavior and related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat to the traditional family;
(c) To safeguard the health of Ugandan citizens from the negative effects of homosexuality and related practices;
(d) To establish progressive legislation protective of the traditional family that can serve as a model for other countries;
(e) To prohibit ratification of any international treaties, conventions, protocols and declarations which are contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act;
(f) To ensure that no international instruments to which Uganda is already a party can be interpreted or applied in Uganda in a way that was never intended at the time the document was created;
(e) To withdraw from any international agreements to which Uganda already is a party, or file reservations to them, which are re-interpreted to include protection for homosexual behavior, or that promote same-sex marriage, or that call for the promotion or teaching about homosexuality as being healthy, normal, or an acceptable lifestyle choice, or that seek to establish sexual behavior, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or sexual minorities as legally protected categories of people; and
(f) To prohibit Uganda from becoming a party to any new international instruments that expressly include protection for homosexual behavior; promote same-sex marriage; call for the promotion or teaching about homosexuality or homosexual relations as being healthy, normal, or an acceptable lifestyle choice; and/or seek to establish sexual behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity or sexual minorities as legally protected categories of people
3.2. Part 1 of the Bill incorporating clauses 1 and 2 provides for Preliminary matters relating to commencement and Interpretation of the words and phrases used in the Bill
3.3. Part II of the Bill incorporating clause 3 to clause 6 prohibits homosexuality and related practices by introducing the offences of engaging in homosexuality, and the penalties of imprisonment upon conviction. This part also creates offences and penalties for acts that promote homosexuality, failure to report the offence and impose a duty on the Community to report Suspected Cases of homosexuality.
3.4. Part III of the Bill incorporating of clause 7 to clauses 9 provides for the jurisdiction of Ugandan Courts in Case of Homosexuality, including extra territorial Jurisdiction.
3.5. Part IV of the Bill incorporating clauses 10 and 11 provides for miscellaneous provisions on International Treaties, Protocols, Declarations and Conventions and the Minister to make regulations to give effect to the Act.
4. Schedule 1 of the Bill gives the value of the currency.
Hon. David Bahati
MP, Ndorwa County West
Kabale
At 12/21/09 03:24 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: Jesus, did we all get the memo?
I'm going under the knife for knee surgery in January.
That's just fucking weird.
You're awfully young to get knee surgery-- are you playing some sort of sport?
At 12/21/09 05:27 AM, WolvenBear wrote: I see no problem with this.
This bill says that if you're any sort of queer... you're dead.
If you know or possibly know a queer and not report it... you're probably dead too.
No exceptions.
This isn't a provision to curb the AIDS crisis, although people I'm sure will masquerade this as some solution to AIDS. Genocides are always justified in one way or another.
If they really want to curb their AIDS problem, then they should be learning about condoms. Instead, they willingly avoiding them... trying to cure it by fucking virgins (thereby perpetuating the disease), and household old-wives remedies... like taking showers after sex, eating raw garlic and lemon peels, and things like that.
If they really want to help to remove their AIDS problem, then maybe they should be dispelling the myths that seem to cover those people in a perpetual cloud of ignorance. I mean, some people are saying that AIDS come from using condoms!
This bill is about legalizing genocide.
It's not about AIDS.
At 12/21/09 04:51 AM, WolvenBear wrote: I'm sorry, but knowingly passing on HIV should be an automatic death sentence.
This isn't about passing HIV.
It's about genocide of the LGBT culture.
Why should you even say, "I'm sorry," when it's obvious that you're insincere about it.
