THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Updates To Previous Posts
† How ACORN Got Buried By “Squirrelly Right-Wingers”: ACORN sued the federal government because of “unconstitutional” actions by Congress and the Obama administration to cut off its federal funding, reports The Washington Times:
ACORN said Congress went too far when it wrote into a stopgap funding bill in October that the organization cannot receive any new money for federal contracts.
"All this without a hearing and with no judicial adjudication of guilt," attorneys for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now said in papers filed in federal district court in New York.
ACORN said being singled out amounts to a "bill of attainder," an ancient legal concept that deems a single person or entity guilty and worthy of punishment by legislation. Bills of attainder areprohibited by Article I of the Constitution. …
Mr. Obama signed the ban on federal funding into law as part of a broader spending measure on Oct. 1, and renewed it in another spending bill he signed Oct. 30.
The law says no money "may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations."
As no group is entitled to public funds, the Supreme Court is not expected to void the funding ban.
† The Right To Bear Arms Belongs To Us All: Part II: Superior Court Judge John Pursel found “no reason” James Cap, a quadriplegic who cannot hold a gun or pull a trigger with his hands, should be denied the firearms ID card that entitles him to buy a gun in NJ, but ordered him to store the guns he buys safely and to shoot only with the assistance of someone qualified to handle firearms, reports Newark Star-Ledger:
When he buys a gun, Cap will be able to shoot with the help of a friend, who can put his firearm in a special wheelchair mount. A mechanical device will allow him to aim and fire with breaths through a tube.
“You aim it right, left or down and take the shot,” explained Cap, saying it is a simple and safe device.
Cap, a 46-year-old Manville resident who was paralyzed by an injury suffered during a high school football game three decades ago, is an avid hunter. …
It took some 2 1/2 years, thousands of dollars and the calls of gun-rights advocates for the man to get a firearm permit. He even had his attorney, Edward Kopelson, file a lawsuit against Manville and borough police chief, Mark Peltack, who rejected his application in 2008. …
Kopelson, who is also a quadriplegic, said police tried to thwart his client’s application from the start. He said department officials refused to review the materials describing the sip-and-puff device and denied Cap the permit on Dec. 31, 2008, telling him it was because he couldn’t control, load or unload a firearm himself.
Cap sued the borough of Manville and its Police Chief Mark Peltack for discrimination after his application for the firearms ID card was denied. Cap, who has a valid hunting license, wants to hunt deer and small game with his father, who died before the case was resolved in his favor.
† Boobs And Brains Not Mutually Exclusive: Here is scientific evidence supporting The Stiletto’s contention (and, BTW, her own life experience): According to a study of 16,000 women and girls published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior by researchers at the Universities of Pittsburgh and California, voluptuous women not only perform better on IQ tests, but they also bring forth more intelligent children, reports BBC News:
The bigger the difference between a woman's waist and hips the better.
Researchers writing in speculated this was to do with fatty acids found on the hips.
In this area, the fat is likely to be the much touted Omega-3, which could improve the woman's own mental abilities as well as those of her child during pregnancy.
Men respond to the double enticement of both an intelligent partner and an intelligent child, the researchers at said.
One Martin Tovee of Newcastle University - who may well be a breast man - thinks that waist to hip ratio "actually features [sic] relatively low down the list of feature males look for in a potential partner." Luckily, an ample bosom and curvy hips tend to go together, so it’s win-win no matter what part of a smart-and-sexy woman’s anatomy catches a man’s eye first.
The Stiletto’s life experience also tells her that flat-chested women aren’t too b-r-i-t-e (like that Robinson woman), and will report the supporting scientific evidence as soon as it’s in.
† Putting The “Boo” In Boomer (second item): According to a study scheduled to be published in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, baby boomers are entering their seventh decade significantly more debilitated than their parents and grandparents, reports HealthDay News:
The study authors looked at four areas of disability: basic daily living activities, such as walking from room to room and getting in and out of bed; instrumental activities, such as doing household chores or preparing meals; mobility, including walking one-quarter mile or climbing 10 steps without stopping for rest; and functional limitations, such as stooping, crouching or kneeling.
Between 1988 and 1999, disability among people in their 60s increased between 40 percent and 70 percent in all areas except functional limitations. The increases were considerably higher among non-white and overweight people. During that same time, there were no significant changes among people aged 70 to 79. Among those 80 and over, there was a decrease in functional limitations.
The researchers, who note the financial impact on healthcare, call their findings "disturbing," but do not know what is causing increased disability in this cohort.
Here’s a thought: It could be all that dope baby boomers smoked, snorted and injected into their bodies – and still do, BTW.
† Now Is Not The Time To Talk About Race: Black Columbia University architecture professor Lionel McIntyre was charged with assault and harassment after he allegedly hauled off and gave white female coworker Camille Davis a black eye during a heated debate about "white privilege" at Toast, a university bar on Broadway and 125th Street, reports the New York Post:
"The punch was so loud, the kitchen workers in the back heard it over all the noise," bar back Richie Velez, 28, told The Post. "I was on my way over when he punched Camille and she fell on top of me."
The other patron involved in the dispute said McIntyre then took a swing at him after he yelled, "You don't hit a woman!"
"He knocked the glasses right off my face," said the man, who would only give his first name as "Shannon."
Two employees then threw McIntyre out of the bar.
It remains to be seen whether the university will discipline or terminate McIntyre for the assault of another employee. Also note that there’s been nary a peep from campus feminist organizations about the ugly incident. Finally, the NYPD has not charged McIntyre with a hate crime and President Barack Hussein Obama has not leapt to accuse the police of acting stupidly.
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