Military Service Members Complain About Sex Survey

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Photo Credit: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

Photo Credit: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

Shocked and offended by explicit questions, some in the U.S. military are complaining about a sexual-assault survey that hundreds of thousands have been asked to complete.

The survey is conducted every two years. But this year’s version, developed by the Rand Corp., is unusually detailed, including graphically personal questions on sexual acts.

Some military members told The Associated Press that they were surprised and upset by the questions; some even said they felt re-victimized by the blunt language. None would speak publicly by name.

Pentagon officials confirmed receiving complaints that the questions were “intrusive” and “invasive.”

The Defense Department said it made the survey much more explicit and detailed this year in order to get more accurate results as the military struggles to reduce sexual assaults while also encouraging victims to come forward to get help.

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Number of People Under "Active Monitoring" for Ebola in NYC Triples

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The number of people under “active monitoring” for Ebola symptoms has increased from 117 on Monday to 357 people Wednesday, health officials said.

The vast majority of those being monitored arrived in New York City within the past 21 days from the three Ebola-affected countries, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation said in a statement.

Others being monitored are the staff caring for Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician being treated for Ebola at Bellevue Hospital, the lab workers who conducted his blood tests and the FDNY EMTs who transported the doctor.
All of those being monitored showed no symptoms but are being checked on out of “an abundance of caution,” the statement said.

One of the people under quarantine for coming into contact with Spencer will now be also subject to active monitoring because “the individual poses no public threat and is showing no symptoms,” health officials said. The person’s movements will not be restricted, but the person will be assessed twice a day by city health workers.

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Texas Governor Elect Greg Abbott Will Sign Open Carry Bill!

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It looks like the long fight for open carry in Texas has a great chance to come to an end under Greg Abbott’s governorship.

Just a day after becoming the governor elect for one of the country’s most powerful states, Abbott has announced that he will sign an open carry bill if it reaches his desk during a post election day press conference.

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This Pro-Life 18-Year-Old Just Won a Race to Become a State Legislator

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If you’re concerned about the future of the country and want to know if the next generation of Americans cares about pro-life issues, look no further than the state of West Virginia. There, pro-life 18-year-old Saira Blair, who graduated from high school in May and is now a college freshman, ran on a pro-life platform to beat an incumbent state legislator.

Blair gives hope to pro-lifers wondering if teenagers really “get it” and want to make a difference for life.

“I think I’m fully capable of doing the job, and I don’t think it’s rocket science by any means — not if you just listen to the people,” Blair told the Martinsburg Herald-Mai.

Here’s more:

Blair is an 18-year-old freshman at West Virginia University. She’s also now America’s youngest elected lawmaker as a delegate in the West Virginia House, after winning her election with 63 percent of the vote.

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You Know Brittany Maynard, But Have You Heard of Terminal Brain Cancer Patient Lauren Hill?

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I happened to be trolling the television Sunday when I caught the last part of an incredible story about Lauren Hill. I immediately knew I had to write about this remarkable teenager but, alas, promptly forgot. Fortunately Kathy Ostrowski, of Kansans for Life, reminded me of this true-life story yesterday.

Kathy heard about the 19-year-old freshman who played her first collegiate basketball game Sunday night for Mount Saint Joseph University, a tiny Division III college located in Cincinnati, from NPR.

From the story by NPR’s Sam Sanders we learn:

So many people wanted to see Lauren Hill play that her school, Mount St. Joseph University, had to move the game from its 2,000-seat venue to another one in town that seats 10,000. The game still sold out. The crowd went wild just after Lauren Hill’s first basket right as the game began.

Why were these people so excited (and close to tears)? Because as a high school senior, Lauren was diagnosed with a very deadly form of brain cancer– Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)–which is inoperable. She underwent nearly a year of chemotherapy and radiation. In September doctors told her she had months to live.

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Obama Tries to Put His Best Face on a Gloomy Election

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Photo Credit: AP / Jacquelyn Martin

For anyone expecting postelection contrition at the White House or vows to change course after a disastrous election for Democrats, President Barack Obama had one message Wednesday: Think again.

A day after Democrats lost control of the Senate and suffered big losses in House and governors’ races across the country, Obama struck a defiant tone. He defended his policies, stood by his staff and showed few signs of changing an approach to dealing with congressional Republicans that has generated little more than gridlock in recent years.

Rather than accept the election results as a repudiation of his own administration, the president said voters were disenchanted with Washington as a whole. And rather than offering dour assessments of his party’s electoral thrashing, as he did after the 2010 midterms, the president insisted repeatedly that he was optimistic about the country’s future.

“It doesn’t make me mopey,” he said of the election during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. “It energizes me because it means that this democracy’s working.”

The president’s sunny outlook stood in sharp contrast to the gloomy electorate. Most voters leaving polling places said they didn’t have much trust in government and felt the nation was on the wrong track. Those feeling pessimistic were more likely to vote for Republican congressional candidates, according to exit polls.

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Man Calls Daughter’s ‘Rapist’ Home, Tortures and Kills Him, Say Police

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Furious over the alleged rape of his 14-year-old daughter by a 45-year-old married man, the father called the man to his house on Friday night, treated him to dinner and then tortured him to death, police said. He then went to the police station, surrendered himself and gave police a detailed account on how he tortured and murdered the man.

The 36-year-old reportedly burned the man’s genitals using heated tongs and then strangled him to death. The incident was reported from Northeast Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area on Saturday.

Based on the man’s statement, police said the deceased, a medicine supplier, had allegedly raped the man’s minor daughter two months ago. The father did not approach police fearing “a bad name for his daughter”.

“The father called the medicine supplier over to his house saying he wanted to discuss some issue. He served him dinner. After the meal, the father overpowered the man and tied him to a chair. He got heated tongs and burned the supplier’s genitals before strangling him to death. He came to the police station and surrendered himself,” an officer said.

The father reportedly gave police a detailed account of how he tortured the man to death.

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AC/DC Drummer Busted for Trying to Have Two Men Murdered

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He wanted a dirty deed done cheap — now he might be on the highway to hell.

The drummer for the iconic rock band AC/DC has been busted for trying to have two men murdered in New Zealand.

Founding member Phil Rudd’s waterfront home was raided and the “Hell’s Bells” rocker was hauled into a jail on a slew of charges including attempting to procure a murder, threats to kill and possession of meth and weed.

Rudd, 60, appeared in court Wednesday and was released on bail. The names of the people he allegedly wanted killed were not released.

His lawyer lashed out in court and said that the media just wanted to get photos of Rudd “at his worst,” a report said.

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Islamic Mob Beats, Burns Pregnant Mother and Her Husband

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Pakistani police say they have arrested up to 40 people in connection with the killing of a Christian couple in Punjab province who were beaten, then pushed into a burning kiln after being accused of desecrating the Quran.

Local police officials said a mob from neighboring villages formed Tuesday after a local mullah declared the couple were guilty of blasphemy.

The mob allegedly marched to the couple’s home, broke down their door, dragged them outside, beat them and threw them into the brick kiln where they both worked.

The attack happened in the town of Kot Radha Kishan, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Lahore, the capital of Punjab. Police officials identified the woman as Shyman Bibi Urf Shamar, and her husband as Sajjad Nasir Zurjah Nazir Nasir.

Rage, grief after killing of Christian couple Rage, grief after killing of Christian couple
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), which dispatched a team to the scene, said in a statement that the couple had three young children — two sons and a daughter, and indicated the slain woman was pregnant.

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O-Bliterated: Senate Flips, Republicans Ready to Rule

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Photo Credit: GettyEven A Blue State Republican Facing 20 Indictments Just Won

By Alex Griswold.

Congressman Michael Grimm, a New York Republican with 20 federal indictments against him, is now projected to win the 11th Congressional District.

Grimm, who allegedly paid employees under the table, hired illegal immigrants, and lied about it all under the oath, was expected to face a tough race…

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Photo Credit: APGOP WANTS TO SHOW IT CAN GOVERN

By Jake Sherman and Burgess Everett.

The Senate flipped, John Boehner expanded his majority in the House and now Republicans want to show they can govern.

Before the election, top-level Republican aides and lawmakers described the strategy they hoped would let them notch some early victories before the presidential election season is in full swing in the second half of 2015 — a play by Boehner and other leaders to quickly shift away from crisis governing and toward a positive agenda.

At the top of the list is to get a funding bill passed to keep the government open through most of next year, freeing up the calendar to take on other issues like a GOP budget and a long-term highway bill.

Legislating won’t begin until after Thanksgiving. Both parties intend to spend the weeks immediately after election organizing for the new partisan makeup of Washington. Capitol Hill will burst back into action by Dec. 1, and that’s when serious lawmaking could break out.

Republicans are desperate to avoid fiscal fights in the first half of 2015, which is why they will try to use the first few weeks in December to pass a long-term spending bill to keep the government open through most of the next year. Funding runs dry Dec. 11, as does the authority for President Barack Obama’s administration to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against the Islamic State. That provision could complicate the calculus for lawmakers’ hopes for a drama-free spending bill.

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REPORT: EXEC AMNESTY ‘NO MATTER HOW BIG A SHELLACKING’ FOR DEMS

By Breitbart TV.

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl reported that according to WH officials “the president will move forward with an executive order on immigration reform “no matter how big a shellacking Democrats get tonight” during ABC’s Election coverage on Tuesday.

Karl said “White House officials are saying that you can expect the president to set an aggressive, and defiant tone tomorrow…”

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