The dudes are absolutely losing their minds. I’m continuing to add to this list of heartwarming vignettes which aptly reflect the mood of the country:
- Karen Leduc was shot to death by her husband last month because he didn’t like his bank balance.
- A few weeks later Brian Marchand shot and killed his innocent 17 year old daughter because he didn’t like his bank balance. He also shot his wife, Olivia’s mother, but she didn’t die (though she probably wishes she did).
- Michael Khoury shot his horse and then his sick wife hours before their home was to be auctioned. He just couldn’t take the pain.
- Eight women have been murdered since January 1st in Massachusetts alone. (Three more were killed after the article at the link was published).
That list is only for Massachusetts. It doesn’t include this, or this, or this.
Follow the IVProject on Twitter (it’s really excellent) to stay abreast of the daily bulletins from Planet Dude wherein they show us Bitches what’s what.
You may ask, what does this have to do with politics. My answer is: Everything. And until we realize that we’ll continue to be treated like the janitors, social workers, and silent sufferers the dudes expect us to be.
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Zee 02.19.10 at 6:43 pm
The man who shot his horse also shot up his pick-up truck! Oh, the humanity. What would Scott Brown say??
Oh, and for all the Scott Brown groupies, check out TGW. Martha is challenging DOMA from this state. You know. Integrity. Continuing to do the right thing after being thrown under the bus.
prplvette85 02.19.10 at 7:00 pm
These Statistics from Dept of Social Services for women and children being served in emergency shelters. I haven’t found stats for 2010 deaths of women/children yet.
Statistics
Shelter Statistics
Total Number of Women and Children Served in the Shelter:
December 2009: 171 (93 adults, 78 children)
January 2010: 171 (104 adults, 67 children)
Total Served Due to Domestic Violence, Stalking, Sexual Assault, Isolation or Forced Prostitution:
December 2009: 145 women and children
January 2010: 136 women and children
Nationally, on average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. (Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003.)
In Indiana, 4,500 adults and 3,677 children were served in emergency shelter as a result of being victims of domestic violence. 612 out of state domestic violence victims were served. (Source: Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Accredited Program Statistics, 2007.)
In Indiana, 75 deaths were attributed to domestic violence from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. (Source: Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Accredited Program Statistics, 2007.)
In Marion County, more than 100,000 women are expected to be physically or sexually abused by a spouse, former spouse, cohabitating partner or date at some point in their lifetime. (Sources: National Institute and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Violence Against Women Survey, November 1998. And: 2000 U.S. Census.)
prplvette85 02.19.10 at 7:20 pm
so…. the money 1.5 billion that the fraud announced in Las Vegas today is going to the “housing authorities” for each of the 5 states. We all know that is the code name for hud..cough..acorn…cough..cough…
On the same note… the billions that were already given to the banks for “mortgage reconciliation” were hardly touched…only 166,000 loans were re-modified to people who’s homes were/are in danger of being foreclosed on. Most people did not qualify for the re-modifications.
NBC Chicago News.
normapapuma 02.19.10 at 7:34 pm
Repost from this am:
Just heard on FOX the war in Iraq will not be callet Operation Freedom anymore. Wait for it…Operation NEW DAWN. Like Obie’s emblem of the rising sun. Trying to make it a complete take over of the legacy. Some people have a LOT of nerve.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/02/now_its_operation_new_dawn_in.html
This writer doesn’t see the troubling subliminal message I detect?
Notyoursweetie 02.19.10 at 7:52 pm
The retard card cheers B0bots again
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-retard-card-part-deux/
normapapuma 02.19.10 at 8:22 pm
#5 Notyoursweetie
These people are dispicable creeps.
The more I hear about these cold OBots, the more I like the compassion, strength, poise and superior intelligence of Sarah Palin.
Unreal.
normapapuma 02.19.10 at 8:45 pm
#6 oopsy
dispicable=despicable
FLBarbara 02.19.10 at 9:09 pm
I do not have stats but I do know what I see and deal with daily. Violence against women and their children escalates with the decline of the economy. Fridays formally known as “pay day” is now a crisis in the domestic violence prevention community that is know as “hell to pay day” and the closer it gets to the end of the month the more hell there is to pay.
I stopped posting the where I was tonight here because I felt it was too much to handle for some but if I am silent I do not do her justice. I sit tonight with yet another woman, burned alive, who is a victim of a society that believes she is merely a casualty of a war that rages within. Peace treaty needed.
goofsmom 02.19.10 at 9:39 pm
(((FLBarbara)))
Can you give us her first name for prayers?
(((HP and Scout)))
You both are always in my prayers.
(((Sheila7 and son)))
Hope you have news on his condition and treatment soon.
(((Murphy, Mama and Sister)))
Hope Sister is improving.
(((To all PUMAs)))
Times are tough for a lot of pumas, for a variety of reasons, sending thoughts and prayers to all. We are family!
lorac 02.19.10 at 11:30 pm
from earlier post:
michellina, # 57
There is a very well-respected treatment facility in Escondido, California (northern suburb of San Diego). They have inpatient and outpatient, but the inpatient options can be rather long term if the woman so chooses. They do not take insurance, but I understand they have sliding scale fees. It is only for women (and their children if they have any). It is called Serenity House. I sent you an email which has more information on the program.
FLBarbara 02.20.10 at 3:00 am
from earlier post: michellina, # 57
The best hospital I know of in NY
http://www.south-oaks.org/
Email was denied?
FLBarbara 02.20.10 at 3:41 am
Goofsmom
Her name is Deanna and she died tonight. Murdered by the person she loved the most.
I posted her story along with the thousands of other women murdered on the woman Lynching forum.
DancesWithPumas 02.20.10 at 5:32 am
If you’re going to sleep in a freezer and you forget to turn on your furnace, be sure to wear sox and a hat to bed otherwise you’ll wake up resembling a fragile icicle.
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 5:39 am
DanceswithIcecles
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 5:44 am
I meant, Danceswith Icicles….
I know the feeling. I finally beat my furnace to death, It broke during the last snowstorm.. two days without heat. I had ice on the inside of my windows. $400.00 for a new control board
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 5:49 am
FLB,
Thank you for all the work you do for women. I know from experience that you have to speak about it. You have to write about it. It starts to effect your well being. Just as the victims need support, so do you. We are here for you.
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 5:59 am
Man Charged With Running Over Pregnant Girlfriend
SEABROOK, N.H.
http://www.wmur.com/news/22616089/detail.html
— A Seabrook man has been charged with running over his pregnant girlfriend, who has a protective order filed against him.
Shane Adkinson was charged with second-degree assault and stalking.
Police said that on Wednesday, he drove his pick-up truck over the woman near the Pet City store on Lafayettte Road. She is four months pregnant and suffered a broken hip and ankle.
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Why wasn’t he charged with attempted murder? twice. once for her and once for the baby
Adkinson is being held on $25,000 cash bail.
DancesWithPumas 02.20.10 at 7:08 am
Okay
enough is TOO much!!
Restraining order gets the perp an ankle bracelet.
Woman gets corresponding receiver… When perp is with 1000 ft of the woman… Transmitter warns her and calls the police to his and her locations.
And… Any woman who gets a restraining order also get a gun and gun training and practise at a shooting range…. And a license to carry.
TexasTigress 02.20.10 at 7:18 am
Dances – or , his bracelet could be a shock collar and when he gets within range , she can light him up like a christmas tree . Safe as well as entertaining .
Notyoursweetie 02.20.10 at 7:20 am
Today’s tabloids
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/tabloids-the-non-tiger-woods-edition/
theamericanway 02.20.10 at 7:21 am
WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY- Out of anger and frustration, police claim Walter Breymeier viciously abused his infant daughter, Amelia.
Beginning at the age of one month, Amelia, in July, was taken to Wilkes-Barre General’s emergency room for a “cracking noise” in her back. The infant was also running a fever, according to arrest papers. But prosecutors said the hospital staff never took x-rays that may have revealed ongoing abuse, specifically fresh and healing fractures of numerous bones throughout the infant’s body.
Police say a third visit to the emergency room revealed dozens of fractures and other internal injuries.
Arrest papers claim Breymeier acted on his frustrations, allegedly telling police on one occasion he dropped his daughter on the floor, and another time where it’s said he squeezed her “real hard while he was shaking her.”
During a police interview, detectives claim Breymeier said he sometimes “gets so mad that he sees red and blacks out and doesn’t remember what happened.”
A judge reduced his bail at a hearing Wednesday morning. The case will now move forward to trial.
Prosecutors said they’ll likely try and determine a timeline of the injuries to see if the alleged abuse occurred after the infant was initially brought to the hospital.
http://pahomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=125662
Daddy was upset at Mommy. And … in case you’re not from PA, Luzerne Country is a den of corruption. Just when you think they’ve got it all, there’s more.
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 7:40 am
DancesWithPumas 02.20.10 at 7:08 am
Okay
enough is TOO much!!
Restraining order gets the perp an ankle bracelet.
Woman gets corresponding receiver… When perp is with 1000 ft of the woman… Transmitter warns her and calls the police to his and her locations.
And… Any woman who gets a restraining order also get a gun and gun training and practise at a shooting range…. And a license to carry.
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Yes Dances! And Ankle bracelets should have built in taser to take them down until police arrive!
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 7:42 am
Hey, I think we just created a new invention Dances, could create lots of jobs! all we need is money and a manufacturer and a patent.
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 7:45 am
TexasTigress 02.20.10 at 7:18 am
Dances – or , his bracelet could be a shock collar and when he gets within range , she can light him up like a christmas tree . Safe as well as entertaining .
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lol sorry TT, I should have read up the blog…. great minds think alike
Notyoursweetie 02.20.10 at 8:09 am
To brighten your Saturday morning, some good fun at the expense of Sally Quinn
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/the-qunn-spoketh-hillarity-ensues/
normapapuma 02.20.10 at 9:30 am
Good morning! The sun is actually shining and the weather is mild in PA today. I have my humidifier on and breathing a little easier. Trying to get healthy…
Yesterday at school an odd story in my Corrective Reading lesson brought this issue to light: Some people think that if they have no health insurance they absolutely CANNOT get health care.
The story compared a man’s life as an insurance agent with a survivalist on an island to make the point that there is a difference between needs and comforts. A student made the comment that insurance was a NEED because without it you could not get treatment. Hmmm? I had to tell him you could pay in cash or by check for health care; sometimes use credit or savings; sometimes people even do fund-raisers for expensive treatments for themselves or others. It isn’t ALL about carrying a card.
So, I’ve been thinking about the previous thread and the health care system. It looks to me like the insurance companies are in a win-win situation. Do we have to worry about them? I think they can take care of themselves. They are making themselves indispensable.
Zee 02.20.10 at 9:35 am
I love the shock-anklet idea, but all they’ll be manufacturing are devices that restrict everyone’s freedom, like the “click-n-drive”—a device that doesn’t let a car start if you don’t wear your seatbelt. Completely stupid, because you could just click it underneath you, anyway.
((prplvette)) and ((dances))
My sympathies. Alas, I always wear socks to bed, and sometimes I take my canine “heating pad” too! I just spent about 3 months mortgage on a new furnace and for whatever reason, the heat now barely trickles up to my bedroom! So much for “more powerful.”
Zee 02.20.10 at 9:38 am
((((FL Barbara)))) I could not do what you do. Thank you for the reminder of these women. And, yes, the worse the economy gets, the worse the abuse gets. There was an article on the effect on the family when Argentina’s economy collapsed.
Headclunker 02.20.10 at 9:39 am
Rasmussen at -17% Approval Index with a Record Low on “Strongly Approve” of 23%:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Swannie 02.20.10 at 10:10 am
To all the GODDESSES here… its GODDESS RADIO DAY !!!
I will be sending out healing and comfort and love and celebration of women in musical form … feel free to join us.. in any form listening … chatting or in spirit
http://audio.cygnusradio.com:8000/cyg1_hi.m3u
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 11:06 am
I am listening to Goddess radio while I am making making homemade lasagna and garlic ciabatta bread. I am just finished with the bread dough and working on the pasta now. While bread is in the oven, I will assemble the lasagna
All I will need is the vino and about 10 Pumas to eat it lol.
After all these years, I still can’t cook for less than 10 people
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 11:36 am
Swannie,
I have closed down and tried again but won’t work.
I don’t know what happened but I lost connection to chat room, when I try to go back in it says I am already in there
sistermoon3 02.20.10 at 11:42 am
i let swannie know prp
sistermoon3 02.20.10 at 11:43 am
she can ban your name for 10 min
and you can log back in under another name like purple
sistermoon3 02.20.10 at 11:46 am
so everyone got all wee weed up over scott brown’s cosmos pic, and then about his grown daughters being available, but the First Lady on mike huckabee show after he says he’s gonna be working on his weight says, “Next time im on it’s shirt off Mike” wow, what a classy lady
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 11:48 am
sistermoon,
thanks, I just went back and it said I was banned. I thought I got myself in trouble again
Swannie 02.20.10 at 11:49 am
I think I will ban Purplevette until she sends me some of the homemade lasagna !!!! JUST KIDDIN LOLOLOLOL Sometimes Our chat works better with some browsers than others grrr I hate it when things dont work
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 11:51 am
well I just tried that sistermoon, I went under purple and am still banned. Back to cooking.
prplvette85 02.20.10 at 11:54 am
Swannie 02.20.10 at 11:49 am
I think I will ban Purplevette until she sends me some of the homemade lasagna !!!! JUST KIDDIN LOLOLOLOL Sometimes Our chat works better with some browsers than others grrr I hate it when things dont work
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lol Swannie,
Come on over.. there’s plenty! I use firefox. maybe that’s the problem
sistermoon3 02.20.10 at 11:58 am
well, when the ten mins over you will be able to log back in
murphy 02.20.10 at 12:09 pm
damn, wish i was in your neghborhood Prple!!
cupcakes, questions, and music posted,
take it upstairs!
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