Flashermac Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Senior UK Defense Advisor: Obama Is Clueless About ‘What He Wants To Do In The World’ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/15/senior-uk-defense-advisor-obama-is-clueless-about-what-he-wants-to-do-in-the-world.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I wonder if Sir Hew Strachan desires for the Brits and US military to invade Syria. Another good war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 California nut farmers ban together to fight theft ESCALON, Calif. (AP) — The soaring value of California's nut crops is attracting a new breed of thieves who have been making off with the pricey commodities by the truckload, recalling images of cattle rustlers of bygone days. This harvest season in the Central Valley, thieves cut through a fence and hauled off $400,000 in walnuts. Another $100,000 in almonds was stolen by a driver with a fake license. And $100,000 in pistachios was taken by a big rig driver who left a farm without filling out any paperwork. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 There will be a lot if illegal nuts hanging around in California ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Where the fruits and nuts come from ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Again? Major snowstorm slams northeastern US http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Major-snowstorm-slams-northeastern-US-30224912.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Craigslist sperm donor forced to pay child support to lesbian couple - despite giving up parental rights to the baby BEFORE she was born ... A sperm donor has been ordered to pay child support for the biological daughter he fathered to a lesbian couple who found him via Craigslist. Angela Bauer, 40, and partner Jennifer Schreiner, 34, placed an ad on the site three years ago for a donor which was answered by William Marotta. 'We are foster and adoptive parents and now we desire to share a pregnancy and birth together,' Bauer wrote in the online posting. Mr Marotta provided sperm which was used for artificial insemination by Ms Schreiner. In return, he gave up parental rights including financial duties for the child. The three signed a legal document which stated Mr Marotta, a married mechanic who fosters children with his wife, would have no rights to the child. Bauer and Schreiner updated Marotta on their daughter's well-being occasionally but he has had little contact, according to the Kansas City Star. The arrangement changed earlier this year when Ms Schreiner, the only parent registered on her daughter's birth certificate, applied for social welfare. Ms Bauer had been supporting the child but was left unable to work due to ill health. On October 3, 2012, attorney Mark McMillan filed a petition on behalf of the Department of Children and Families seeking a ruling that Marotta is the father of Schreiner's child and owes a duty to support her. It said the department provided cash assistance totaling $189 for the girl for July through September 2012, and had paid medical expenses totaling nearly $6,000. Schreiner had allegedly been put under pressure to reveal Mr Marotta's name so that her daughter could continue to have health care. The legal agreement that the three made in 2009 was deemed invalid by Kansas state because they did not use a certified doctor for the insemination. Ms Bauer and Ms Schreiner, who separated in 2010, plan to help Mr Marotta fight the state's decision, saying they are 'forever grateful' for the child he gave their family. Ms Bauer, from Topeka, told cjonline.com this week: 'We’re kind of at a loss. We are going to support him in whatever action he wants to go forward with.' Hannah Schroller, Mr Marotta's attorney, argued that the case was consistent with a 2007 case in which the Kansas Supreme Court denied parental rights to a man who sought them after providing a sperm donation under similar circumstances. A licensed physician performed the insemination in the 2007 case. Schroller wrote that Marotta took the same actions as the man in the 2007 case did, and he - like that man - should be considered a sperm donor, not a father. She stressed that sperm banks regularly ship donations for the intended purpose of artificial insemination within the United States and abroad to both residential and medical facility addresses. Schroller argued in court documents that if a donor is free of parental responsibility only when a doctor performs an insemination, 'then any woman in Kansas could have sperm donations shipped to her house, inseminate herself without a licensed physician and seek out the donor for financial support because her actions made him a father, not a sperm donor. 'This goes against the very purpose of the statute to protect sperm donors as well as birth mothers'. Ms Bauer and Ms Schreiner had been together for eight years and adopted eight children. They ended their relationship in 2010 but continue to co-parent their sons and daughters who range from three months to 25 years old. The state of Kansas does not recognize same-sex unions, so each of their children was registered for adoption by a single parent. A motion to dismiss the state's case will be heard in Shawnee County District Court on January 8. Angela de Rocha, spokeswoman for the Department for Children and Families, said that Kansas law prevented her from commenting on the case. http://www.dailymail...ghts-child.html . The judge handed down the verdict today. The man is responsible for child support because no licensed Doctor was involved in the process. ThT should put a chill in being a sperm donor, at least through Craigslist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 "In return, he gave up parental rights including financial duties for the child." So the judge is now saying Marotta is also entitled to parental rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 This happened in Scotland in the past also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 He's right, isn't he? And he is number 1 in the Republican polls for the 2016 US presidential primaries. http://youtu.be/GhIx5Q7-iCk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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