How Psychiatry Went Crazy: The “bible” of psychiatric diagnosis shapes—and deforms—both treatment…

How Psychiatry Went Crazy: The “bible” of psychiatric diagnosis shapes—and deforms—both treatment…

Wall Street Journal ^ | May 17, 2013 | CAROL TAVRIS

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 3:33:46 PM by neverdem

 

The “bible” of psychiatric diagnosis shapes—and deforms—both treatment and policy…

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The DSM-III (1980) was an effort to jettison outdated theories and terms such as “neurosis” and replace them with an objective list of disorders with agreed-upon symptoms. The DSM-IIIR (1987) was 567 pages and included nearly 300 disorders. The DSM-IV (1994, slightly revised in 2000) was 900 pages and contained nearly 400 disorders.

GUNNY G: LIKELY THE JUDGE’s FINEST PESENTATION, IMO !!!!! ~ “Natural Rights vs The Patriot Act” by Judge Andrew Napolitano – YouTube

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“Natural Rights vs The Patriot Act” by Judge Andrew Napolitano

 

via “Natural Rights vs The Patriot Act” by Judge Andrew Napolitano – YouTube.

 

 

 

 

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Millions of Americans could be misdiagnosed as mentally ill « Coach is Right

by Doug Book, staff writer

“In the days of the Malleus, if the physician could find no evidence of natural illness, he was expected to find evidence of witchcraft: today, if he cannot diagnose organic illness, he is expected to diagnose mental illness.” (1)

The Malleus Maleficarum was a 15th century text which instructed Inquisitors on the proper method of identifying, trying and burning witches. Though it was many years ago that renowned psychiatrist Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) used the example of the Malleus to comment on the diagnostic practices of his fellow physicians, it seems he might have been on to something as today psychiatrists and educators alike are concerned that the recently completed “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V” (DSM 5) will be responsible for psychiatrists improperly diagnosing millions of Americans as mentally ill.

President Tells Grads that Fear of Tyranny a “Mental Illness”

President Tells Grads that Fear of Tyranny a “Mental Illness“

 

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 11 May 2013 | John Semmens

 

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Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 1:18:58 PM by John Semmens

 

In a commencement address to graduates of OhioStateUniversity, President Obama urged them to eschew “the deranged rantings of those who see growth of government as antithetical to human liberty.”

 

The president warned that “this particular form of mental illness can be traced back to the Founders of this country who portrayed the modest efforts of the British Government to instill some much-needed discipline into a so-called tyranny against Americans’ supposed natural rights.”

 

Obama alleged that “while the people of 1776 could be excused for their ignorance—after all, universal public education would not be implemented for another century or more—graduates of today’s top-of-the-line universities ought to break free of these delusions.”

 

 

 

Gunny G: The Illuminati? The Banker Elite? The New World Order. It’s actually a mental disorder: Psychopathy…

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Gunny

The Illuminati? The Banker Elite? The
New World Order.

It’s actually a mental disorder:
Psychopathy.

Here’s the evidence…

Video:

 

 

GyG: POOKIE TOONS !!!!! *********************************

 

Today’s Toons 5/9/13
The Right Reasons ^ | 5/9/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on 05/09/2013 1:31:11 AM PDT by pookie18

 

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Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill… “Some activists lament how few anti-authoritarians there appear to be in the United States. One reason could be that many natural anti-authoritarians are now psychopathologized and medicated before they achieve political consciousness of society’s most oppressive authorities.”

 

Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill

 

Mad in America ^ | February 26, 2012 | Bruce Levine

 

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Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 1:47:20 PM by ctdonath2

 

In my career as a psychologist, I have talked with hundreds of people previously diagnosed by other professionals with oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, anxiety disorder and other psychiatric illnesses, and I am struck by (1) how many of those diagnosed are essentially anti-authoritarians, and (2) how those professionals who have diagnosed them are not.

 

Anti-authoritarians question whether an authority is a legitimate one before taking that authority seriously.

 

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Evaluating the legitimacy of authorities includes assessing whether or not authorities actually know what they are talking about, are honest, and care about those people who are respecting their authority. And when anti-authoritarians assess an authority to be illegitimate, they challenge and resist that authority—sometimes aggressively and sometimes passive-aggressively, sometimes wisely and sometimes not.

 

Riding off into the global warming alarmist sunset on a unicorn

By Judi McLeod Wednesday, May 8, 2013

 

Obama’s Unicorns

 

In typical turn-the-table strategy President Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action team has set the unicorns loose on global warming.

 

 

In a generic email to ‘Friend’, Ivan Frishberg, Climate Campaign Manager for Organizing for Action gets creative in the email subject line: “Unicorns exist**”

 

GyG: POOKIE TOONS………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Today’s Toons 5/8/13
The Briefing Room ^ | 5/8/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 6:17:50 AM by pookie18

 

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GyG: POOKIE TOONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today’s Toons 5/7/13
The Briefing Room ^ | 5/7/13 | pookie18

Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:21:28 AM by pookie18

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Today’s Toons 5/6/13
| 5/6/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Monday, May 06, 2013 4:19:16 AM by pookie18

 

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GyG: POOKIE’s TOONS/Today’s Toons 5/2/13…………………

 

 

 

Today’s Toons 5/2/13
| 5/2/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:21:40 AM by pookie18

 

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GyG: Pookie Toons… Today’s Toons 5/1/13…

IS THIS MAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, MENTALLY ILL? (Photo credit: SS&SS)

 

Today’s Toons 5/1/13
^ | 5/1/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 4:28:56 AM by pookie18

 

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Prepare For US Cities Becoming Militarised Zones….. | EU

(Before It’s News)

I have no personal experience in the business of false flag terrorism, but I imagine that engineering a successfully staged terror attack to be blamed on innocent or semi-innocent parties with the goal of psychologically manipulating a population requires that one also be an accomplished storyteller. It demands an avid imagination and an organized sense of foresight.

And, most of all, it requires a consistency of narrative. Without consistency, the audience’s ability to suspend its disbelief is damaged, and they become disconnected from the fantasy being portrayed.

If I were the “writer” behind the “story” of the Boston Marathon Bombing, I would consider my efforts an abject failure.

 

Blog: The Composite Presidency…..

Glenn Fairman

Composite girlfriends, composite birth certificates, composite intellect, composite childhood, composite facts from which a sanitized version of a shadowy life is composed and crafted for public consumption. The compression or adulteration of Mr. Obama‘s life is posited as an act of obfuscation — a misdirection from the more troubling aspects of a cipher.

Joe Biden und Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois, right after Biden was formerly introduced by Obama as his running mate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

His is a character we know little about and in whom the media organs are borderline criminally culpable in foregoing their customary ideological proctology exam in obsequious service to their Favorite Son. Little is verifiable about his character and intellectual résumé. Records are hidden away, people have been “talked to” or bought off, and the leading cast of players who could throw an antiseptic light on this presidential enigma are languishing conveniently at room temperature.

There is a name in the world of men for those who act in such a manner: mendacious. And while the epithet of “liar” may seem to some tender sensibilities as harsh, one need only think back to the all-embracing moderation that this villain espoused prior to his coronation as Philosopher King and contrast that with the current supporting cabal of ideological trickster academics,

 

GyG: Pookie’s Today’s Toons 4/25/13…………………

GyG: Pookie’s Today’s Toons…… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today’s Toons…

GUNNY G: HEY, AMERICA: WHY ARE YOU NOT SURPRISED/OUTRAGED THAT SO LITTLE, IF ANYTHING, IS MENTIONED IN THE “CONTROLLED MEDIA” ON THIS !!! ~ Americans ‘snapping’ by the millions ( record fear, stress, suicide)

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Top radio talker Rush Limbaugh recently picked up on this normally unspoken aspect of Obama’s modus operandi: “I think he wants people to snap,” opined Rush. “I think Obama is challenging everybody’s sanity. Obama [is] literally pushing people to snap, attacking the very sanity of the country.”

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Americans ‘snapping’ by the millions ( record fear, stress, suicide)

WND ^ | Arpil 21, 2013 | David Kupelian

Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:04:54 PM by Perseverando

Terrorism. Chaos. Fear of the future. In the age of Obama, America is undergoing a “fundamental transformation” – that much everyone knows.

But what few seem to realize about this transformation is that the sheer stress of living in today’s America is driving tens of millions to the point of illness, depression and self-destruction. Consider the following trends:

Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat;

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Fully one-third of the nation’s employees suffer chronic debilitating stress, and more than half of all “millennials” (18 to 33 year olds) experience a level of stress that keeps them awake at night, including large numbers diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorder.

(GyG: What The Folks Are Saying…) ~ Obama’s Anti-American Dream Comes True… “Barack Benghazi Obama always seems to be having a good time, unlike most Americans these days, and that’s because today’s America is exactly what he’s been scheming towards for over 30 years.”

 

 

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Obama’s Anti-American Dream Comes True

 

 

 

FrontPageMag.com ^ | Arpil 19, 2013 | Bosch Fawstin

 

Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:47:14 AM by Perseverando

 

Barack Benghazi Obama always seems to be having a good time, unlike most Americans these days, and that’s because today’s America is exactly what he’s been scheming towards for over 30 years.

 

 

 

Today’s Toons 4/19/13……………….

 

Today’s Toons 4/19/13
^ | 4/19/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Friday, April 19, 2013 4:19:44 AM by pookie18

 

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Today’s Toons 4/16/13……………………………………

 

Today’s Toons 4/16/13
The Briefing Room ^ | 4/16/13 | pookie18

Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:19:45 AM by pookie18

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Abnormal Is the New Normal: Why will half of the U.S. population have a diagnosable mental disorder?

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Abnormal Is the New Normal: Why will half of the U.S. population have a diagnosable mental disorder?

 

Slate ^ | April 12, 2013 | Robin S. Rosenberg

 

Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 11:28:25 AM by neverdem

 

 

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Although fewer than 6 percent of American adults will have a severe mental illness in a given year, according to a 2005 study, many more—more than a quarter each year—will have some diagnosable mental disorder.

 

That’s a lot of people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost 50 percent of Americans (46.4 percent to be exact) will have a diagnosable mental illness in their lifetimes, based on the previous edition, the DSM-IV. And the new manual will likely make it even “easier” to get a diagnosis.

 

 

 

Today’s Toons 4/12/13………………………………..

Today’s Toons 4/12/13
The Right Reasons ^ | 4/12/13 | pookie18

Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 6:51:37 AM by pookie18

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Gunnyy G: ARE WE BEING GENETICALLY ALTERED, MODIFIED, ANNIHILATED… ???

Gunnyy G: ARE WE BEING GENETICALLY ALTERED, MODIFIED, ANNIHILATED… ???

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ox4SZMbeM

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http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Are+We+Being+Genetically+Annihilated%3f+%09&qpvt=Are+We+Being+Genetically+Annihilated%3f+%09&FORM=VDRE#x0y0

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http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/are-we-being-genetically-modified-3804286.html

 

 

Gabby Giffords falsely implies that her shooter evaded a background check

Gabby Giffords falsely implies that her shooter evaded a background check

Twitchy ^ | 04/07/2013 | Twitchy staff

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Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2013 1:54:56 PM by Rusty0604

Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ op-ed piece is getting a lot of praise on Twitter. This is the part of the piece that caught our attention: What they will do is create one fair system for all gun buyers, instead of the giant loophole we have now. Right now, we have one system where responsible gun owners take a background check —

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And then we have a second system for those who don’t want to take a background check. Those people — criminals, or people suffering from mental illness, like the young man who shot me — can buy as many guns as they want on the Internet or at a gun show, no questions asked. Giffords seems to be implying that her shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, didn’t undergo a background check. This is not true. Loughner obtained the gun legally, and he passed a background check.

The advent of the automobile (1899 article)

The advent of the automobile (1899 article)

 

http://clickamericana.com ^ | July 23, 1899

 

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Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2013 6:39:36 AM by lowbridge

 

The advent of the automobile….

 

GyG: Pookie’s Toons… Today’s Toons 4/3/13…

 

Today’s Toons 4/3/13
The Briefing Room ^ | 4/3/13 | pookie18

 

Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:46:40 AM by pookie18

 

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Today’s Toons 4/1/13……………….

 

Today’s Toons 4/1/13

 

Today’s Toons 3/27/13

Today’s Toons 3/27/13

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The Right Reasons ^ | 3/27/13 | pookie18

Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:08:21 AM by pookie18

Gunny G: Some Thoughts…

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

 Mahatma Gandhi quotes

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What hapened to the Mayans?

Rome?

America?

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Where are the ReBloggers when You need them?

Thank you to the “Likers” but you are NOT Bloggers!

Obama’s Admin Plan To ‘Force’ Americans To Move To The City – Redistributing The Wealth – YouTube

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Obama‘s Admin Plan To ‘Force’ Americans To Move To The City – Redistributing The W

Rand Paul has a ‘News Flash’ for Ann Coulter: We have de facto amnesty

Rand Paul has a ‘News Flash’ for Ann Coulter: We have de facto amnesty

 

YouTube ^ | Bill Hemmer

 

Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:39:24 PM by JohnPDuncan

 

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on America‘s News room this afternoon and declared: “I’ve got a news flash for those who want to call people names on amnesty – what we have now is de facto amnesty,” Paul shot back. “We have 11 million people here that have been here, some of them for a decade or more. No one is telling them to go home. No one is sending them home.”

 

Veteran psychiatrist calls liberals mentally ill…

WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.

“Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded,” says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, “The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness.” “Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave.”

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While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to “the vast right-wing conspiracy.”

Amazon.com: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions (9781595550439): Michael Savage: Books

Love him or hate him, Dr. Savage is certainly an interesting and compelling writer. He’s back once again touting his “borders, language and culture” mantra from the previous books. This is supposedly the final of this series.

 

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The new spin this time takes his assault on liberalism to its ultimate and logical conclusion, asserting that extreme liberalism is in fact a mental disease–one in which logic no longer prevails yet emotion runs rampant.

 

 

 

The useful morons, as he calls them, flock like lemmings behind ideas that simply cannot work. He goes on to prove his points by citing hundreds of specific examples based upon remarkably well-founded research (the guy is an actual scientist after all).

 

 

 

 

 

It’s nice to see a little substance behind the political commentary.

 

He doesn’t just slam the left, as you might expect from the title, however. His vitriol takes a stab at the current administration’s handling of homeland security in general and our country’s borders in particular.

 

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Savage’s fiery witticisms such as “more Pattons (i.e., the general) and less patent leather,” “one dirty bomb ruining your whole day,” and “oil for illegals” aren’t really as funny as he thinks they are and frankly got pretty annoying after a while. Regardless, the underlying message is pretty well-written, consistent, and insightful.

 

Today’s Toons 3/20/13

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Today’s Toons 3/20/13

The Right Reasons ^ | 3/20/13 | pookie18

Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:53:43 AM by pookie18

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Are liberals/Democrats demonstrably mentally ill?

Are liberals/Democrats demonstrably mentally ill?

 

Coach is Right ^ | 3/12/13 | Derrick Hollenbeck

 

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:41:19 AM by Oldpuppymax

 

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We have heard liberalism aka Democrat-ism described as a mental illness. A little research seems to prove this observation. You need not be a goateed psychiatrist with a German accent to conclude liberals/Democrats are anti-social misfits. See for yourself, see how well liberalism/Democrat-ism fits into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) criteria for identifying the mentally maladjusted.

 

Shameful Colo. Dem lawmaker: No veterans should have high-capacity mags; ‘some’ are mentally ill

Shameful Colo. Dem lawmaker: No veterans should have high-capacity mags; ‘some’ are mentally ill

 

Twitchy ^ | March 9, 2013 11:15 AM | (Twitchy Staff)

 

Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:33:58 PM by Olog-hai

 

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During Friday’s marathon gun control hearing in the Colorado Senate, Republican Sen. Kent Lambert offered an amendment to exempt active military members, veterans and their families from the gun magazine ban.

 

 

 

Obama Risks A Domestic Military Intervention…

By John L. Perry

There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “Obama problem.” Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic.

America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it won’t. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it. So, view the following through military eyes:

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# Officers swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Unlike enlisted personnel, they do not swear to “obey the orders of the president of the United States.”

# Top military officers can see the Constitution they are sworn to defend being trampled as American institutions and enterprises are nationalized.

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# They can see that Americans are increasingly alarmed that this nation, under President Barack Obama, may not even be recognizable as America by the 2012 election, in which he will surely seek continuation in office.

The Hottest Trend out of Hollywood: “War Sells!” | Global Research

In this day and age, “selling war” on the big screen has become a vastly lucrative enterprise, and business is booming.This past week, television broadcasters worldwide have been particularly enthusiastic in celebrating a glorified image of war and violence as promoted by big media and the film industry.

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Last Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony generously bestowed its highest accolades on films unsurprisingly produced by the West that effectively and insidiously distort the truth on armed conflict and feed large demographics completely biased and inaccurate views of war theatres around the globe.

What the corporate-funded Hollywood propaganda machine counts on is that not only will the broad viewing public buy into its invented “truths”, but that in doing so the idea of war – in particular the absurd oxymoron of “humanitarian war” – will come to be increasingly accepted by a populace growing more and more numb to the violence being splashed across its screens.

Psychiatrists to brand grief lasting longer than two weeks a mental illness

Psychiatrists to brand grief lasting longer than two weeks a mental illness

 

news.com.au ^ | 22 Feb 13 | Clifford Fram

 

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:54:26 PM by Drew68

 

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THE grieving process is in danger of being branded a medical condition if a mourner feels sad for more than two weeks and consults a GP, according to an international authority on death and dying.

 

At present, mourners can feel sad for two months before being told they have a mental disorder, says Professor Dale Larson. Decades ago, a diagnosis could be made after a year.

 

Bill Maher: “The Israelis Are Controlling Our Government”

Bill Maher: “The Israelis Are Controlling Our Government”

 

Real Clear Politics ^ | February 16, 2013

 

Posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 1:50:14 PM by Olog-hai

 

English: Bill Maher attending a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

MAHER: Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government.

 

(Daily Caller’s James) WEINSTEIN: Not the State Department, that’s for sure. (HBO’s Real Time, February 15, 2013) …

 

A Culture of Violence… “This week, a Gallup poll reported that “U.S. gun ownership varies most strongly by gender — 45% of men versus 15% of women personally own guns. Being married and from the South are also major predictors of gun ownership — 64% of Southern married men own guns.” | Veterans Today

by Paul Balles

American gun owners and the National Rifle Association (NRA) have been called “gun nuts” (a variation on “crazies”).

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Discussions of guns and who owns them or lobbies for them arise every time there’s a mass murder, like that of the children in Connecticut recently.

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Leading the discussions on the major American news networks are reports of the terrible losses naturally felt by the families of the victims, followed by recalling the tragic histories of family suffering after previous mass shootings.

After the required dedication to survivors is paid, the media moves on to necessary talks about what needs to be done about “gun control” for the future.

Norwegian Atlantic Road (Exciting and Beautiful)

 

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The Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How would you like the job of building this road?? !!!

 

The road is built on several small islands and reefs, and is crossed by eight bridges, several roads and overpasses.  This road a view of the open sea, which is rare on the roads along the Norwegian coast.  You can see fjords and mountains near the road.

Why “Mental Illness” is the Avenue to Gun Confiscation

New York’s new gun law requires that mental health professionals report any person they consider “likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others.”

 

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If they don’t report this concern, and if something happens involving this person such as a shooting, the mental health professional could face charges for not reporting the person’s behavior to law enforcement.

 

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Fred On Everything…Thoughts Following the Inauguration of Septimius Severus…

We’re Screwed

January 22, 2013

I’ve been thinking about fault lines, and fractures, and diversity, and when it’s all going to implode. I hope I’m still around because it is going to be one gorgeous show. Few things are as entertaining as a truly good disaster.

What is going to kill us is diversity. It isn’t working well. By diversity I mean here the intermixing of large groups of people holding utterly differing and opposed values. There is too damned much diversity in America. It isn’t getting better.

The current donnybrook over guns is not a political question, like whether to raise or lower taxes. It is a clash of civilizations, a confrontation between two groups who seriously don’t like each other and hold irreconcilably different views of life. The two would be happier in separate countries, an idea that has occurred to them. It is that bad.

GyG: Pookie Toons…

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Today’s Toons 1/18/13
The Right Reasons ^ | 1/18/13 | pookie18

Posted on Friday, January 18, 2013 6:20:15 AM by pookie18

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Gunny G: pookie’s Toons…

Today’s Toons 1/14/13
The Briefing Room ^ | 1/14/13 | pookie18

Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013 6:15:57 AM by pookie18

Future Map of America *Vanity*

Future Map of America *Vanity*

Me | Wednesday, January 3, 2012

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Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:26:46 PM by MinorityRepublican

Fred On Everything… Squad Car Dreams What Jefferson Had in Mind

Squad Car Dreams

What Jefferson Had in Mind

December 29, 2012

Dismal notes of a long-time police reporter:

Almost all accused criminals are guilty. The reasons are two. First, almost all are caught in the act. The driver wobbles across three lanes of traffic, has a half-empty bottle of Beam on the seat, and blows pickled as a gherkin on the Alkasensor. Not a whole lot of doubt here. Or he is found coming out of somebody else’s window with somebody else’s television under his arm. He is probably stealing it. Or he scores 75 on the radar gun in a thirty zone in front of a school. Or he proposes sex to an undercover cop for twenty bucks. Not a lot of mystery here. Unless you have seen female cops.

The second reason is that the DA won’t paper a case he can’t win. He is overworked as it is, and needs to look good by keeping his convictions up. He won’t take iffy cases.

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Yet the criminal justice system is crooked from the gitgo. Start with the idea of trial by a jury of your peers. It doesn’t exist, unless you are rich or a celebrity case. Some ninety-five percent of cases are settled by plea bargaining. If everybody asked for a jury trial, the entire system would stop. If you do insist, the judge in all likelihood will be so angry that he will do his best to get you convicted and then give you the max. You pay heavily for exercising imaginary constitutional rights.

It gets worse. Consider plea bargaining. You are walking through a red-light-and-dance-club region and an undercover police woman in a three-inch plastic mini-skirt and fishnet stockings says, “Hi, honey. You sportin’?” You are not. Kidding, you say, “I want to do it in a swimming pool full of raspberry jello. I’ll give you a million dollars.” That’s an offer of a specific amount for a specific act. Bingo. You are arrested for soliciting prostitution. Which you were not. And cops know exactly how to phrase things to avoid an entrapment defense.

You are now screwed though not, alas, literally. Your choice is to fight the charge, with the ensuing publicity, loss of job and marriage plus huge legal bills, or plead to something like public lewdness with a small fine, no publicity, and a criminal record for a sex offense. Try getting a security clearance with that.