There is a thread about the Church and Uganda. and queers. I posted my link there also

I must confess I did not do my usual diligent research before posting that little tidbit. Now that I have I have to agree with you Kobi..........I'm not sure this is anything but a crack pot.

mea culpa

I've seen these articles pop up as well.

I do not question Ratzinger's culpability, but there is no proof (so far as I am aware) that he, himself, abused a child/children.

That does not make him less culpable.

In fact I would say he is far more culpable because he has colluded and lead a widespread cover up the extent of the sexual abuse that has happened in the church for decades (and sadly, probably centuries). And this cover up not only demeans its victims but allows it to continue.

And there is considerable proof that he has had a direct hand in doing that during his tenure as Cardinal and as Pope Benedict.

Ratzinger headed up the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the organization (in the church) responsible for dealing with the sexual abuse cases.

And it is very likely he has met with the Italian President before/since announcing his resignation, but the nature of those meetings is speculative at best.

There have been multiple cases filed against the Church and against Pope Benedict IX/Cardinal Ratzinger for his role in covering up the abuse cases.

There is a significant case that was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights a little over a year ago, and that is the legal case to watch. It was filed with the Hague as a "Crime Against Humanity" (as it should be!).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...-victims-abuse

But until his resignation is complete the Pope has immunity from prosecution as a the head of a sovereign state.

The question after his tenure is complete... will he leave Vatican City?

If he does leave Vatican City there is no doubt he will face legal action. But the extent to which they go after him personally, remains to be seen.

Victims, organizations supporting the victims and their litigators really want to hit the Church itself. When he ceases to be the leader of the Church, his value as a legal target is significantly reduced; both symbolically and financially.

If he does not leave the Vatican City, I am not sure if he can be successfully prosecuted. As far as I am aware Vatican City (an independent sovereign state) does not have extradition treaties with any country. As leader of the sovereign state, obviously, he was not going to approve his own extradition; but I'm pretty certain no incoming Pope would approve his extradition either if Ratzinger remained in the VC to avoid prosecution.

It will be interesting, indeed, to see how it all plays out.

My personal (conspiracy) theory is this:

I think Ratzinger's resignation is purposeful. I think the plan is for him to martyr himself for the church.

Ratzinger as Cardinal and as Pope has lead the church in dealing with the sex abuse cases, and he's done everything he can to protect the name of the Church and put the Church above the victims.

The Catholic Church is in the worst position in terms of PR, in terms of "membership" and in terms of international support -- that it ever has been in, in the entirety of it's history...and *that* is saying something because it has a long gory history of murder and theft on an international scale.

But the sex abuse cases have not been squelched, despite the Church's best efforts. The predators have, for the most part, not been brought to justice and the Church has not been made accountable in any real or substantial way; and yet the victims keep coming forward and the cases keep mounting and it is impossible for the international community to ignore.

This is a case of the masses truly turning the tide, I believe; leading a revolution really. The threat to the Church is that serious, and they know it. And they are far too clever to go down in a blaze of paparazzi flash bulbs during international tribunals.

I think Ratzinger will resign, I think he will leave the protection of VC and I think he will make himself the kingpin for the legal cases. He's 85, he's in ailing health; he is unlikely to live to see the end of legal battles of this size.
Make no mistake, the Church is still on trial, but while there is a "face" to the evil, the public will be focused on him. (and oh, he has a perfect face for this kind of thing, doesn't he? he oozes evil.)

And while Ratzinger sits it out in international court and in front of the AP; the Church distances itself from Ratzinger and all those "bad guys", and begins its own campaign, with a new puppet, to improve its image and standing in the world.

Y'all watching the Russian meteorite stuff? Awesome Dashcam vids

There are a few other videos/photos here: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html?nojs=1 (may take time to load).

One of the shots shows the back end of the zinc factory and it appears that something went through it (either result of the sonic boom or physical damage from meteorite piece(s) )

Meteor explodes over Russia
 

MOSCOW (AP) --
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people.

The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some elderly women declaring that the world was coming to an end.

The meteor - estimated to be about 10 tons - entered the Earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph) and shattered into pieces about 30-50 kilometers (18-32 miles) above the ground, the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement.

Amateur video broadcast on Russian television showed an object speeding across the sky about 9:20 a.m. local time, just after sunrise, leaving a thick white contrail and an intense flash.

Rest of story here Meteor falls in Russia

Comes as DA14 comes close to Earth later in the day today.

on.rt.com "If it were to hit the Earth, it could blast a crater with a force equivalent to hundreds of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima.

The last time an object of a size similar to DA14 hit the earth was also in Russia, in what is known as the Tunguska event.

However, both objects pale in comparison to the 6-mile-wide asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago."

Check out Asteroid 2012 DA14 LIVE from Samford Valley Observatory in Australia here http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

I think the most interesting thing about the news the past few days is the way the conspiracy theorists and "End of Days" crowd are tying the Pope, the comet and the meteor together. (That sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. "A Pope, a comet and a meteorite all walk into a bar"...) I am not either of the above, but I do watch them closely for two reasons. I'm fascinated by psychology of the groups (especially comparing the way the mass responds to something as opposed to the individual) and because I feel, as a member of a marginalized group, (or two!) that for the safety of my friends and loved ones, I have to keep a weather eye out for the crazy. In this, I suppose I am a prepper. I am not afraid of the end of the world, but I am concerned about the rampaging hordes reacting en mass to a perceived threat to humanity. So I make sure we have groceries and an escape route planned...:byebye:

So anyway, the Pope resigns, for whatever reason (I'm kind of buying into the martyr thing, but I'm not committed to that yet. Gotta wait and see) but he was a placeholder Pope. The Church is swinging more conservative, and in some ways, he was liberal enough to get the nod from the less conservative Bishops 8 years ago. He then began appointing more conservative Bishops, who will make the next Pope. Many of the End of Days Crowd who think we've entered the Revelation, say that the second to last Pope was supposed to be preparing for the AntiChrist Pope, who then unite the nations, bring peace to the Middle East before it all goes to heck. According them, Benedict was the Second to Last Pope and the next elected Pope is the AntiChrist. Some blogs have been saying for weeks that the comet passing us today is another Sign, and the meteorite in Russia is just more proof. The end of the world is coming, folks.

This is like people watching at the mall, in a train wreck sort of way.

I don't buy any of the second paragraph above, aside from the fact that the there's more to Benedict's resignation than meets the eye. I do think he was supposed to move the Church in a more conservative direction, and that he hasn't succeeded as well as he thinks he did. I see a schism in the making. Some will claim that's a Win as the people who formally separate will make their own Church and be out of their hair, but it's a Phyrric victory at best.

Somebody I know pointed out that in the movies, the President is black when some meteor (or other huge disaster) comes crashing to earth......oopppssss

Over in the 'pope kills gays' thread somebody (sorry) posted a Reuters link and another link that is on the edges of this.

I so want this to be true (nailing the Church) hence I did not check very well.......dammitt.....:koolaid:

Where is Aj? She explains stuff really well (that was horrible english...lol). If I remember there are a whole mess of little meteors or asteroids or chunks of rocks that accompany the big daddy meteor.. and is what exploded over Russia......that is how they work I believe.

NASA swears the big daddy will not hit earth.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

This is better than the Ustream because it has way more information. They say the meteor is unrelated to the big daddy named "2012 DA14".

So Asteroid 2012 DA14 made its closest pass to Earth about 11:43 Pacific today. The meteor that exploded over Russia had nothing to do with the asteroid it just so happens that the two objects were in close proximity to Earth at the same time. That actually isn't all that rare.

Generally, Toughy, anything that makes it this far into the system is going to be pretty much a whole chunk, at least until it hits atmosphere. What happened with the meteor in Russia is that it did not actually hit the ground in one big chunk. As these things are measured it was pretty small (about the size of a bus and weighing about 7000 pounds) It exploded about 30 miles up and released the energy equivalent to about 20 Hiroshima sized bombs (~320 kilotons of TNT) but most of that was absorbed by the atmosphere. What actually hit the ground were smaller fragments that were left when the meteor exploded.

I think what you're thinking of is what happened when Comet Shoemaker-Levy slammed into Jupiter. That was different for a couple of reasons. The first and most important here is that Jupiter is HUGE. It would take 11 Earths lined up side-by-side to stretch across Jupiter's diameter. It would take 1321 Earths to equal the volume of Jupiter. It would take 122 Earths, flattened out, to cover the surface of Jupiter. It would take 318 Earths to equal the mass of Jupiter. It's gravity at the surface (if it had a surface which it doesn't) would be 2.5 times that of Earth. I say that because in order to understand what happened to Shoemaker-Levy you need to have a sense of scale. Jupiter quite literally tore the comet apart as it approached the big planet. It's called tidal forces. For reasons I won't get into now and even though you don't realize it, there is slightly *more* gravity pulling on your feet than on your head. You don't realize it because the difference is very slight because Earth doesn't have the mass to have strong tidal forces (this is different than the tides). Jupiter, on the other hand, has sufficient mass for tidal forces to be noticeable to something like a comet that has been captured in its orbit. So the head of the comet felt more of Jupiter's gravity than the end of the comet and it ripped the comet apart. The pieces then fell into Jupiter over the course of a few days.

The meteor that exploded over Russia did so not because of our gravity but because of our atmosphere. It hit the atmosphere doing about Mach 50 (50 times the speed of sound or 33000 miles per hour. To give you a sense of scale, the Space Shuttle would reenter at ~17500 or Mach 25. The fastest true airplane built so far is the SR-71 Blackbird which would get up to ~Mach 4). When it hit the atmosphere that fast it heated up very quickly. When things heat up, they expand. You get the idea. Typically this is the fate of most objects that enter our atmosphere.

The *really* big stuff are the rocks that actually make it through our atmosphere and hit the ground. To give you a sense of scale, the rock that exploded today was about 49 feet wide. The asteroid that passed close by was about 150 feet across. The rock that delivered the coup de grace to the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was about 6 miles across! There was enough of it when it hit the ground that it took a chunk out of what is now Eastern Mexico and vaporized it!

If anyone has other questions about either the asteroid or the meteor explosion I'll do my best to answer them.

Cheers
Aj

Thank you Aj.......and yes it was that comet I was thinking of.....

And another meteor in California! This one didn't impact the ground, but was really bright.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...191508391.html

FreedomWorks produces a Hillary and a fake Giant Panda oral sex video. The executive VP of FreedomWorks was in this video.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013...-investigation

I agree with one of the comments made regarding the article. Most likely this will be spun into some plot the democrats came up with to destroy Freedomworks.

Shaking my head. If I had any allegiance with the Tea Party, I would want some explanations, take names, put great distance between these idiots and everything they stand for.

Actions like this also tell me these little dweebs are really feeling threatened and scared by a strong, articulate, intelligent woman, Hillary.

Mindy Mccready dies...

http://www.theboot.com/2013/02/17/mi...6pLid%3D271812





.

8 Year old Indigenous girl burnt alive
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...irl-alive.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...WatP_blog.html

Higgs-Boson mass suggests Universe has finite lifespan
 

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/343902


I am by no means a physicist, but it had never occurred to me to think that the Universe wouldn't have an end (at least as it pertains to the way we know it now). However, I am absolutely riveted [and simultaneously a little unnerved] by the complexity and possibilities of this machine!

In CA sexual orientation and sexual identity are included in the protected classes ....meaning you can't discriminate based on those things.......there is a long ass list for CA in addition to the Federal protected classes. Sexual orientation and sexual identity are not included in the federal classes.

Boy Scouts could lose tax break for gay ban
Wyatt Buchanan
Updated 11:21 pm, Tuesday, February 19, 2013

California would strip the tax-exempt status from youth organizations like the Boy Scouts if they have policies that bar gay people from participating, under a bill introduced at the Capitol Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/B...#ixzz2LTqt7SCU

Really?
 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...nt-police-say/

I don't even know where to begin...
SMH.

I wish I could organize my thoughts regarding this story. I think I could write a book about all the issues touched on [possibly; because you are correct that we don't have the full story] in this article.

Landlord
 

I don't understand what the issue is? It takes a village to raise a 29 year old.

Hi SF_Boi,


The first issue is that this man felt empowered to (not use the court system), but to "discipline" his tenant who [allegedly] was afraid of ramifications. (Why does the landlord feel it is within his rights to do so?)

The second issue is that it (I am not saying you specifically, but comments I read in some of the papers that picked up the story) are making light of the story. (I confess, I laughed at first). I think this sort of thing makes victims reluctant to come forward.

The landlord was quoted (by the tenant; so allegedly) as saying "If you are going to act like a child, I am going to treat you like one" which implies that he feels it is acceptable to do that to a child.

Again, we don't have all the facts and maybe I am just reading too much into it, but I found this to be laden with problems.

I was a wee bit more stumped by this:

"An Ohio landlord is accused of whipping a tenant with a belt on his bare buttocks for falling behind on his rent."


And then I found this article:


Landlord Ron Kronenberger whipped one of his tenants after the man failed to pay his rent on time. The tenant submitted to the punishment as a way of compensating for the delay in payment. Kronenberger used a belt to do the deed.

The incident in question took place in Waynesville, Ohio, at Hometown Marketplace, a supermarket owned by Kronenberger

According to The Inquisitr, the 29-year-old tenant owed Kronenberger $2,800 in back rent. When the tenant stopped by the office at the supermarket, he took off his pants and let Kronenberger whip him four times on his naked backside.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/oddba...ver-late-rent#


*raises eyebrow and refrains from comment*

'Gender And Sexual Diversities,' Or GSD, Should Replace 'LGBT,' Say London Therapists

Could "LGBT" one day become "GSD"? A London-based advocacy group certainly hopes so.

Pink Therapy director Dominic Davies and fellow therapist Pamela Gawler-Wright suggested GSD, or "Gender and Sexual Diversities," as a more inclusive community term in a new video posted on the group's Facebook page.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...?ir=Gay+Voices

I wouldn't mind moving from alphabet soup but I'm not keen calling myself a "diversity" nor do I prefer using terms that emphasize sex over other elements that make up orientation. We are already overly sexualized in the public sphere. I hate it when I hear people talk about "what people do in the privacy of their own bedroom" as though that's the sum total of what LGBQ folks are.

I find this scenario for the end of the universe rather interesting. The two scenarios that I've been most familiar with--heat death and the Big Crunch have nothing on this. The first, heat death, is a consequence of the universe expanding. Since *most* of the universe is spreading out away from most of the rest of the universe (here I'm largely talking about galaxies) at some point these objects will get so far away from one another that they are no longer visible. The night sky on any given planet would be largely just darkness because there would be nothing else within a planet's 'light cone' (the distance where light can still be viewed from a distant source).

The Big Crunch (which I don't know if anyone even talks about it any longer) is just a reverse of the Big Bang. Since gravity is *always* attractive, eventually all the mass in the universe would pull on all the other mass in the universe eventually resulting in the universe collapsing in on itself. I believe that given the expansion of the universe that is very unlikely to happen.

This idea that a tear in space-time will destroy the universe is intriguing.

Cheers
Aj

Congress passes bill renewing anti-violence law
 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed and sent to President Barack Obama a far-reaching extension of the Violence Against Women Act. The vote came after House Republican leaders, cognizant of divisions in their own ranks and the need to improve their faltering image among women voters, accepted a bill that cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a strong bipartisan vote.

The bill renews a 1994 law that has set the standard for how to protect women, and some men, from domestic abuse and prosecute abusers. Thursday's 286-138 vote came after House lawmakers rejected a more limited approach offered by Republicans.

http://news.yahoo.com/congress-passe...170141520.html

Sequester begins...
 

Commenting on Burnt 8 year old child
 

8 Year old Indigenous girl burnt alive
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...irl-alive.html



They need to start some kind of prosecution for companies & their people that are looting the Amazon.These barbarians burnt a forest!!!!That ought to be dealt with extremely harshly.Not just for the murder but the loss of forest ,rare life both floral & fauna as well as just a way of life.That is intolerable to me.That ought to be a hate crime.They are trying to force the indigenous people out.

APA Claims: "No Scientific Basis For Prohibiting Same-Sex Marriage, Key Associations Argue"
 

APA Claims: "No Scientific Basis For Prohibiting Same-Sex
Marriage, Key Associations Argue"

Leading Mental Health Groups File Briefs in Supreme Court Cases Challenging Defense of Marriage Act, California's Proposition 8

WASHINGTON - There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological Association and other leading mental health associations.

"Empirical research demonstrates that the psychological and social aspects of committed relationships between same-sex partners largely resemble those of heterosexual partnerships," the briefs state. "Like heterosexual couples, same-sex couples form deep emotional attachments and commitments. Heterosexual and same-sex couples alike face similar issues concerning intimacy, love, equity, loyalty and stability, and they go through similar processes to address those issues."

Denying recognition to legally married same-sex couples stigmatizes them, according to the "friend of the court" briefs filed in the cases of Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenges California's Proposition 8, and U.S. v. Windsor, which challenges the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Perry is slated to be argued before the court on March 26; Windsor will be argued on March 27.

The briefs cite empirical scientific evidence that demonstrate that "homosexuality is a normal expression of human sexuality, is generally not chosen and is highly resistant to change."

Likewise, "there is no scientific basis for concluding that gay and lesbian parents are any less fit or capable than heterosexual parents, or that their children are any less psychologically healthy and well-adjusted," according to the briefs.

"In drawing conclusions, we rely on the best empirical research available, focusing on general patterns rather than any single study," the briefs state. All the studies cited in the brief were critically evaluated to assess their methodology, including the reliability and validity of the measures and tests employed, and the quality of data-collection procedures and statistical analyses.

APA President Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD, noted that the association has a long history of supporting equal access to legal marriage based on years of scientific research. "There is no scientific basis for denying marriage to same-sex couples particularly when research indicates that marriage provides many important benefits," Bersoff said. "The research shows that same-sex couples are similar to heterosexual couples in essential ways and that they are as likely as opposite-sex couples to raise mentally healthy, well-adjusted children."

Joining APA in filing the Windsor and Perry briefs were: the American Academy of Pediatrics; American Medical Association; California Medical Association; American Psychiatric Association; American Psychoanalytic Association; and National Association of Social Workers.

Also joining the Windsor brief were: the New York City and New York state chapters of the National Association of Social Workers and the New York State Psychological Association. Also joining the Perry brief were the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; the California Chapter of NASW and the California Psychological Association.

________________________________
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 137,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.


________________________________

www.apa.org<http://www.apa.org/>

GLMA Files Amicus Briefs in Marriage Equality Cases
 

GLMA Files Amicus Briefs in Marriage Equality Cases

On February 26, 2013, GLMA submitted friend-of-the-court briefs to the US Supreme Court, providing our expertise as health professionals to the Court and proudly joining a chorus of organizations and individuals in support of marriage equality.

GLMA’s amicus briefs in Hollingsworth v. Perry (challenge to California’s Proposition 8) and United States v. Windsor (challenge to federal DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act) highlight for the justices the scientific and clinical evidence that sexual orientation is an innate human characteristic.

The briefs cite decades of studies of sexual orientation establishing that genetic, hereditary, hormonal and biological influences are major factors in determining sexual orientation. The briefs also show how the evidence used by supporters of Proposition 8 and DOMA to show that sexual orientation is not innate is scientifically unreliable or wholly misconstrued.

Finally, the briefs explain how “sexual orientation is an innate human characteristic that deserves the full and equal protection of the law,” and ask the Supreme Court to uphold lower court rulings that Prop 8 and DOMA are unconstitutional.

GLMA recognizes Boston-based law firm, Sullivan and Worcester LLP, and partner Nick O’Donnell, for representing GLMA in these matters. GLMA also owes a debt of gratitude to past president Kate O’Hanlan for her significant contributions to the briefs.


Health and Marriage Equality
GLMA’s 2008 publication, Same-Sex Marriage and Health, documents the large body of scientific research indicating that the denial of marriage rights to gay men and lesbians can negatively impact their health and well-being and that of their children.

Hollingsworth v. Perry
After a narrow majority of California voters in 2008 passed Proposition 8, taking away the freedom to marry from California same-sex couples, the American Foundation for Equal Rights was formed to file a federal court challenge. In 2010, the US District Court of Northern California held a 13-day trial. On August 4, 2010, the District Court issued a sweeping and historic rulingthat Prop. 8 is unconstitutional. The decision was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

United States v. Windsor
Edie Windsor – represented by the ACLU and NYCLU – was forced to pay more than $360,000 in federal estate taxes after her beloved spouse Thea Spyer died in 2009. Edie and Thea were together for more than 40 years; after a decades-long engagement, they were finally able to legally marry two years before Thea’s death. If Edie and Thea had been a married straight couple, Edie would not have owed any estate taxes after Thea’s death. Edie challenged Section 3 of DOMA, which defines marriage as between “a man and a woman” for federal laws and programs. A federal district court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals declared DOMA unconstitutional.

http://www.glma.org/

Lech Walesa shocks some Poles with anti-gay words
 

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, the democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked controversy and outrage in Poland by saying that in his view gays have no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to ‘‘adjust to smaller things’’ in society.

Some commentators are now suggesting that Walesa, the leading figure in Poland’s successful democracy struggle against communism, has irreparably harmed his legacy.

Walesa said in a television interview on Friday that he believes gays have no right to sit on the front benches in parliament and, if there at all, should sit in the back, ‘‘or even behind a wall.’’

‘‘They have to know that they are a minority and adjust to smaller things, and not rise to the greatest heights,’’ he told the private broadcaster TVN during a discussion of gay rights. ‘‘A minority should not impose itself on the majority.’’

In some ways the uproar says as much about Poland today as it does about Walesa — or possibly more. Walesa, Poland’s first democratic-era president, is a deeply conservative Roman Catholic and a father of eight who has never advocated progressive social views.

The democracy he helped create in 1989 from the turmoil of strikes and other protests has, however, been undergoing a profound social transformation in recent years.

A key symbol of the change in this European Union member is a new willingness to tackle gay rights — long a taboo subject. In 2011, the first openly gay lawmaker and the first transsexual were elected to parliament in historic firsts for the country. The two have become a constant presence in the public eye since, while lawmakers have recently been debating a civil partnership law. Though lawmakers struck down three proposals for such a law recently, the discussions continue.

Some predicted the consequences for Walesa’s comments on gays could be serious.

A national committee devoted to fighting hate speech and other crimes filed a complaint with prosecutors on Sunday in Gdansk, Walesa’s home city, accusing him of promoting a ‘‘propaganda of hate against a sexual minority.’’

Others questioned whether he would continue to be considered a moral authority at all despite his past achievements.

Walesa is no longer active in Polish political life, though he is often interviewed and asked his opinion on current affairs, like on Friday, when he was asked about his views on civil partnerships and a new public gay rights campaign. Much of his time is spent giving lectures internationally on his role in fighting communism and on issues of peace and democracy.

Some Polish commentators questioned whether anyone would consult him as a moral authority now.

‘‘From a human point of view his language was appalling. It was the statement of a troglodyte,’’ said Jerzy Wenderlich, a deputy speaker of parliament with the Democratic Left Alliance.

Now nobody in their right mind will invite Lech Walesa as a moral authority, knowing what he said,’’ Wenderlich said.

Some, however, said they were not surprised by Walesa’s words.

‘‘I am surprised that only now we are noticing that Walesa is not in control of what he says and that he has views that are far from being politically correct,’’ said Adam Bielan, a conservative Polish member of the European Parliament.

- See more at: http://www.boston.com/news/world/eur....GR6P7ig2.dpuf

First Documented Case of Child Cured of HIV
 

http://images.sciencedaily.com/2013/...2640-large.jpg


Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University today described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV.
The landmark findings were announced at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta, GA.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0303172640.htm