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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
baby chick
Can you arise this Easter & Passover season to new life? Yes.
How can you know? Faith is a gift but PET scans can show you it is so.
Persons who were severely abused early have brains that ‘fire up’ a certain way. Often people who experience severe abuse in utero and early childhood get diagnosed with a variety of disorders including PTSD, ADHD and Depression.
Trauma gets etched into the brain and how it functions. But its not a forever thing and you can change your brain, how it functions and its actual anatomy.
With appropriate cognitive and behavioral therapy — and time — people’s brains learn fresh pathways and literally change how they ‘fire’ And as the brain’s function changes so changes the actual anatomy of your brain.
The brain is a very complex organ and its complexity does not end with its structural and chemical composition.
The brain is a dynamic organ and is in a constant state of change, governed by life’s experiences.
Every time we learn something new, form a memory, experience stress or disease, the biochemical structure of our brain changes at the neuronal level and this affects information flow. (more…)
Tags: brain, Easter, new life, passover
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
![FACES OF 300x226 Firenze Sage: Cartoons [of Prophet Mohammed] are bad, very 7 years bad ...](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FACES-OF-300x226.jpg "FACES-OF")
7 years prison for 2 Tunesians for a nude cartoon of Prophet Mohammed
A cartoon, depicting the Prophet Mohammed nude, was posted on a Facebook page by two Tunesian youth from Mahdia. Both youth have been sentenced to seven years in prison for violation of morality.
Since the Islamist Ennaha party took charge in Tunesia trials for violation of morality have increased considerably.
The case has fuelled allegations that Tunesia’s new Islamist leaders are gagging free speech.
The two men had posted depictions of the prophet naked on the social networking site, the justice ministry said, inflaming sensitivities in a country where Muslim values have taken on a bigger role since a revolution last year.
A justice ministry spokesman said, “They were sentenced … to seven years in prison for violation of morality, and disturbing public order.
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Islam ain’t no fun.
Tags: cartoons, free speech, Islam, nude, political cartoons, Prophet Mohamed, Tunesia
Posted in Crime, Faith, Freedom, Government, Law, Politics | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
CA backyards not balconies
Tell CA planners to take a hike! Stop squishing families together in smaller and smaller spaces.
Not 3 feet wide condo balconies, kids need backyards and space to run around and kick balls. Because of new regulations in California, if planners have their way all new metropolitan housing will be 20 to an acre rather than the traditional 5 to an acre.
It’s time that CA voters wake up and repeal the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act and the 2008 Sustainable Communities and Climate protection Act.
Over the last 40 years, median house prices have doubled relative to household incomes in California.
Look around your community. In our area of Aptos, CA for example, all new “affordable” [taxpayer paid for] housing is 20 or more to an acre. And those condos have no back yards.
Planners must think kids can get all the exercise they need at school during recess and lunch. Not so.
The high cost of housing in CA is a major reason why 1.6 million have left California since 2000.
For more info, see The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2012, California Declares War on Suburbia
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
![BARRY 234x300 Firenze Sage: racism OK vs Asians [says ex Mayor Marion Barry of Washington D.C]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BARRY-234x300.jpg "BARRY")
Asians got to go says Barry
To quote Barry exactly:
“We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops,” Barry said in remarks on Tuesday night first reported by WRC-TV. “They ought to go. I’m going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
Then two days later Barry tries to walk back his remarks saying, “I’m not ever going to condemn a group of people,” Barry told reporters. “My history is complete. It’s an excellent history with the Asian community.”
Barry said his criticisms of Asian businesses in his Southeast Washington ward were rooted in what he perceives as disengagement in the community by those companies. D.C. Councilman Marion Barry said Thursday that he was not trying to insult the city’s Asian community during remarks at a campaign event this week.
“I’m not going to allow a group of people to exploit people in Ward 8,” Barry said.
He said he wants Asian businesses to operate in the area but he wants them to “come right.”
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Will Jesse J and cohort arrive to demonstrate? Will Al S organize a march? Will any news organization even carry the story?
jaj48@aol.com
Tags: al sharpton, Jesse Jackson, mainstream media, marion barry, news media, racism, washington d.c.
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
![GROCERY STORE 300x146 Aptos Psychologist: Bigger is not better [Safeway to double in size in Aptos, CA]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GROCERY-STORE-300x146.jpg "GROCERY-STORE")
Safeway in Aptos, CA plans to double in size
![GROCERY222 Aptos Psychologist: Bigger is not better [Safeway to double in size in Aptos, CA]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GROCERY222.jpg "GROCERY222")
why Safeway to double?
Why? Bigger is not better for the existing Aptos, CA community.
Safeway recently bought the entire Rancho del Mar shopping center.
There’s plenty of parking now and no need for a double decker parking garage. The Rancho del Mar center has the only movie theater and the only ACE hardware store between Watsonville [9 miles south] and 41st Avenue in Capitola [3 miles north] Both the theater and ACE hardware will be eliminated if Safeway expands as planned. As local Aptos users know, ACE is the place for excellent services from the time you enter the door.
It’s likely that many small businesses [a movie theater, a jewelery store, a pharmacy, several restaurants, Ace hardware] will be eliminated if and when Safeway expands from 30,000 to 60,000 square feet.
Susan Houghton is a contact person for Safeway. Per Houghton, it will take about 2 years to get permits and 2 years to build. Several letters to the editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel express concern about the pending changes.
Where and how to speak up: Aptos, CA has a supervisor on the County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors. And there’s of course the Planning Department. Is there a disgruntled citizens department? You can subscribe to the RSS feed to get updates to this post.
written by DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
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Tags: ACE hardware, Aptos CA, big box stores, Board of Supervisors, CA, grocery stores, movie theater, Planning Department, Rancho del Mar shopping center, Safeway, Santa Cruz County, small businesses
Posted in Aptos CA, Economy, Food, Freedom, Government, Law | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Kagan leak?
Federal judges can find Obama-Care illegal says Texas federal Judge Smith in response to Obama’s recent remarks about judicial review. It’s impossible to find ObamaCare’s individual mandate illegal said Obama. Oh?
But federal courts routinely strike down laws as illegal and unconstitutional. Today, Texas federal judge Smith bristles at Obama’s recent remarks on judicial review and that unelected men and women cannot — or should not — decide the fate of Obama-Care.
Texas federal Judge Smith rebuked U.S. Attorney General Holder concerning Obama’s remarks and requested within 48 hours a 3 page single space response concerning Obama’s position on judicial review.
The Supreme Court has always practised deference responded Eric Holder. Sounds like Holder thinks that the Supreme Court is supposed to rubber stamp whatever the Executive branch does.
Some of Texas Judge Smith’s prior rulings: Affirmative Action illegal and unconstitutional at Texas Law School. Obama’s 6 month moratorium on deep water oil drilling was found illegal.
Obama’s remarks — that the Supreme Court cannot decide the legality of Obmaa-Care — show a profound dis-respect for our federal courts and the independence of our three branches of government. written by DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
Tags: affirmative action not legal, Judge Smith, judicial activism, judicial review, Obama-Care, oil spill, Supreme Court, Texas
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
![KORAN MARRIAGE Firenze Sage: Divorce mall style [for Egyptian men based on the Koran]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/KORAN-MARRIAGE.jpg "KORAN-MARRIAGE")
no equality in Koran marriage
Is this what the Koran permits Egyptian men to do with their wife or wives?
How can an Egyptian Muslim marriage — or any marriage — be terminated in divorce based on this flimsy evidence?
Facts: An Egyptian man supposedly saw a telephone number written down and given to his wife. So the man immediately shouts out divorce over a loud speaker. His wife at the time is at the mall with their several kids. This is what came over the internet:
“A Saudi husband in Cairo, Egypt used a loudspeaker to divorce his wife at a busy shopping mall. The husband saw [supposedly] his wife take a note from a man.
“When he left that shop, he saw a man giving his wife a note bearing his phone number. She [supposedly] accepted the paper and put it inside her bag,” The newspaper did not mention where the mall is located.
“The husband then used the mall’s loudspeaker to shout divorce words against his wife. His wife at the time was with her three children.”
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Old eagle eye sees all. jaj48@aol.com
Tags: divorce, flimsy evidence, Islamic law, Koran, muslim divorce, women's rights
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012
bacon
force pork?
Conservatives can do things that support getting rid of ObamaCare, Obama’s regulations and Obama’s policies. One way: Read the opposition’s arguments and comment back via blogs and email. This is a comment back on ‘Broccoli and bad faith’ written by Paul Krugman, with New York Times.
Replace broccoli with pork and see what happens to Krugman’s weak argument.
Dear Mr. Krugman: Do you know that …..
1) Americans overwhelmingly dislike 2 to 1 ObamaCare. It was not popular before and overall it is still unpopular.
2) If the Supreme Court throws ObamaCare out entirely, then Congress gets a fresh slate to make health care reform with bipartisan support. Not one Republican voted for ObamaCare. Any change of such massive proportions requires bipartisan support and public input through hearings. Thus, a fresh start is the best way to go.
3) Americans want health care reform that respects individual freedom of religion per the Bill of Rights. Obama recently Jan 20, 2012 told the Catholic bishops there was no waiver for any church organizations. Under Obama-Care, all organizations must provide for free a wide variety of contraceptive choices including abortion, sterilization and birth control pills. Many organizations are affronted at this lack of respect for individual conscience and by the one size fits all approach taken by Obama and his Health Secretary Sebelius. (more…)
Tags: "individual mandate", bacon, broccoli, culinary habits, government regulations, health insuran, ObamaCare, Paul Krugman, pork
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Saturday, March 31st, 2012
![MILITARY BUDGET 300x225 Aptos Psychologist: Paul Ryan calls Obamas bluff [military budget cuts]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MILITARY-BUDGET-300x225.png "MILITARY-BUDGET")
entitlements 50+ percent
Paul Ryan calls Obama’s bluff on cuts to the military.
Compare the blue military portion of federal budget with the green and red portions for entitlement costs.
The world is not a safer place. Yet, as though it were a safer place, Obama lowers the standards the military must meet. Akin to asking a marathon runner if he can run a 5 kilometer race the military dutifully yes they are prepared to run the race per Obama’s lower standards. They have no choice except to accept the standards of their Commander in Chief.
Obama claims fiscal responsibility as reason to slash military budget — which makes up only 1/5 of the budget. Entitlements – social security, medicare & medical – make up over 50% of the budget.
So, if you were looking at your family budget and want to rein in costs would you go for the ‘small fry’ or focus on the Big Expenses?
Maybe Obama figures he will be long gone and so what if the middle classes grandchildren are burdened with the BILLIONS that he has added to the deficit.
More info from the Heritage Foundation below: (more…)
Tags: cuts, entitlements, federal budger, military, Obama, Paul Ryan
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Saturday, March 31st, 2012
hoodie courage
Pretty dangerous & courageous to stand in the well of Congress with a hoodie on? It’s courageous says Nancy Pelosi. Oh?
Former Black Panther Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) made quite a fuss when he donned a “hoodie” during a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was escorted out. At the time, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “applauded Bobbie’s courage” for doing so.
Meanwhile, back home in Rush’s district, two men wearing hooded sweatshirts, or “hoodies,” were the shooters in an incident that left one dead and five injured. In Chicago, in one night 13 were shot and 2 dead in 6 hours.
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Take Nancy with you. jaj48@aol.com
Tags: Bobbie Rush, ex black panther
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![FACES OF 300x226 Firenze Sage: Cartoons [of Prophet Mohammed] are bad, very 7 years bad ...](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FACES-OF.jpg "FACES-OF")
![BARRY 234x300 Firenze Sage: racism OK vs Asians [says ex Mayor Marion Barry of Washington D.C]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BARRY.jpg "BARRY")
![GROCERY STORE 300x146 Aptos Psychologist: Bigger is not better [Safeway to double in size in Aptos, CA]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GROCERY-STORE.jpg "GROCERY-STORE")
![MILITARY BUDGET 300x225 Aptos Psychologist: Paul Ryan calls Obamas bluff [military budget cuts]](http://freedomok.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MILITARY-BUDGET.png "MILITARY-BUDGET")
