Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal

link:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/roy-moore-alabama-law-rape-victims-judge

As chief justice of Alabama’s supreme court, Moore twice argued that the state’s “rape shield” law should not prevent alleged sex offenders from using certain evidence about their underage accusers’ personal lives to discredit them.
The cases were among 10 between 2013 and 2016 where Moore dissented from the court’s majority and sided with alleged offenders who were appealing to the court as part of their efforts to overturn convictions or punishments for sexual crimes.

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A review by the Guardian of all decisions issued by the Alabama supreme court during Moore’s second stint found decisions on 16 criminal cases that involved alleged sexual crimes. Moore sided with the offender over state prosecutors in 13 of those cases.
On 10 occasions, this meant dissenting from the majority view of the court’s nine judges. Moore sided with the state in the other three cases.

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The rape-shield law also arose in the case of Sherman Tate, a school mentor who was convicted of coercing two 15-year-old female students to touch him sexually. Moore argued in June 2014 that attorneys for Tate should have been allowed to tell jurors that he believed the girls were bisexual and in a relationship together.

This is about how I think

Defenses of moore that I've encountered

One is the innocent until proven guilty
me: Innocent until proven guilty is for the jury box, not the voting box

Sometimes these girls encourage it. They push and pursue. (Which is sick in and of itself)
me: Yeah. Kind of like when I was arrested with 3 kilos of cocaine on me. I mean, the dealer just kept pursuing me, pushing me to buy. What was I to do?

What about Bill Clinton?
me: What about Bill Clinton? I was unaware he was running for anything. I would also add, his offenses involved adults. I know of no mall that banned Bill from entering because he was pursuing teen aged girls

Times were different then.
me: Doesn't matter. Besides, 14 was still illegal in Alabama. (This takes me back to the first defense)

Is it fair to bring up something that happened that long ago? He's a different person now.
me: Yes. Considering how readily the Republicans smeared Geraldine Ferraro with accusations about her deceased father back in 1984... Yes. Especially since Ferraro wasn't her father

I haven't encountered anyone who has used the Biblical defense.
When I first saw them I was not surprised, as that's where the right always turns as they proclaim they're rededicating their lives to Jesus and have been forgiven. If I were to encounter an individual like that, I would point out the many places within the Bible that they were failing at that moment

Weak as Water! Weak as Water!

In Beijing, Trump declines to hit President Xi Jinping on trade: ‘I don’t blame China’

"Weak as Water!' Said Miss Slocum played brilliantly by the late Mollie Sugden

Whatever happened to the big mouthed, blowhard that was going to let China know what's what?
Whatever happened to China the currency manipulator
I guess being the first world leader to dine in the Forbidden City has changed all that

Isn't that just fascinating and joyful

In Virginia’s 13th District, Republican Del. Bob Marshall, the author of the state’s bill to ban transgender people from using the bathrooms of their gender identity was beaten by Danica Roem, a transgender woman who ran on a platform of fixing the area’s transit problems.

Virginia House of Delegates. Bad night for the GOP

There are presently 14 Republican Incumbents in the House of Delegates who are on track to lose their seats
They are in Districts 10, 12, 13, 21, 31, 32, 40 (though this one is 50:50 and only 87% of vote counted), 50, 51, 67, 68, 73, 84, 85

Updates as they come at
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-general-elections

Pathetic! Just damned pathetic!

Want a beacon into wtf is wrong with il douche
This tweet

Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for. Don’t forget, Republicans won 4 out of 4 House seats, and with the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win, even bigger than before!

He turns it into all about him and how Gillespie wasn't on board with him
Gillespie ran an il douche style campaign
he (il douche) is really nauseating
one word to describe him -- pathetic

he's worse than James Buchanan or Warren G Harding

I must admit I'm not a fan of McCain

But seeing him tell a faux spews cretin that his question was stupid does help make my day
The individual in question is steve doocy's moronic kid Peter

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/mccain-snaps-fox-news-reporter

In the doochey family, the worm infested, rotting apple does not fall far from the disease-ridden, gnarled tree

N. Korea releases propaganda photos of U.S. bomber, supercarrier under attack

SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday released propaganda photos of a U.S. bomber and a supercarrier under attack, hours after the same type of aircraft flew in international airspace off the country's eastern coast.

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The photo was released merely hours after the U.S. military announced U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, deployed from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, flew with F-15C air superiority fighters from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. It was designed as a show of force against North Korea amid an escalating war of words between Pyongyang and Washington.

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The subtitle of the film says, "Should F-35, B-1B and the Carl Vinson lead the U.S. attack, they will head to the grave in that order."


link
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/09/24/0401000000AEN20170924003300315.html

Orphaned skunks, kittens, a raccoon and fawn all play together at 'world's cutest petting zoo'

A video of a number of baby animals – including kittens, newborn skunks, a baby deer and a tiny raccoon – all playing together has led to a centre being dubbed "the world's cutest petting zoo."

The adorable footage has clocked up over 65 millions views and a million shares on Facebook in a matter of days.

And the story behind the adorable furry creatures is made even more heartwarming by the fact they are all orphans.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/orphaned-skunks-kittens-raccoon-fawn-10648283

Yeah, it's the mirror, but the video is cute