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Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a Republican-authored bill Friday that would have forced doctors to tell women seeking an abortion after their fifth month of pregnancy the fetus could suffer pain.When a fetus can feel pain is a matter of debate in the medical community. The bill's supporters say some research supports the theory that a fetus can feel pain at the 20th week of pregnancy. Opponents say none of those claims have been proved. Doyle, a Democrat, said no evidence conclusively proves when a fetus can feel pain. The Republican-controlled Legislature shouldn't be allowed to decide what is scientific fact,...

Cheaper than mink or sable - fur coats made from dogs that were skinned alive By Katy Duke and Elizabeth Day (Filed: 18/12/2005) It looks like the must-have item in every glamorous woman's winter wardrobe: a sleek, black fur coat dripping with opulence. But despite the seductive appearance, the coat is not mink or sable. Instead, it has been manufactured from dog fur - possibly from an animal that was drugged and skinned alive to preserve the fur's freshness. Heather Mills-McCartney with a rug made from cats' pelts Similar coats are selling rapidly in fashion boutiques across Europe. An undercover...

GODE, Ethiopia U.S. troops found two cheetah cubs _ one of them blinded _ being forced to fight each other for the amusement of jeering children in this dusty, forgotten village. The soldiers of the U.S. counterterrorism task force for the Horn of Africa were in the region carrying out humanitarian work when they came across the three-month-old cheetahs "performing" at a restaurant run by Mohamed Hudle. The Djibouti-based task force provides intelligence-gathering help to countries in the region, tries to bolster cooperation and border protection, and mounts humanitarian projects aimed at improving the U.S. military's image among Muslims. The...

CNSNews.com) - Americans are accustomed to the tactics of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but the group's in-your-face advocacy is increasingly calculated to offend, provoke and otherwise show contempt for America's religious faithful, according to a new report released by the Center for Consumer Freedom

Three military veterans in the Senate -- one a Vietnam POW, one a military lawyer, one a veteran of both World War II and Korea, and all Republicans in good standing -- want Congress to prohibit the "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of all people detained by the U.S. military, no matter what their status. The Bush administration has threatened to veto their effort. Here are 10 reasons the bill Sens. John McCain, John Warner and Lindsay Graham are championing deserves support, and why the White House is wrong to oppose it: • It is ludicrous on its face to...

JOURDANTON, Texas -- Some city officials in Jourdanton, Texas, are outraged that a public works supervisor ordered employees to drown six stray dogs at the city sewer plant, rather than having the animals properly euthanized. For punishment, the supervisor was ordered to attend classes with animal control officers. City councilman Darrell Richter said the workers took the dogs from the pound to the sewer plant and dropped their cages into the water. A child saw the drownings and told his mother, who complained. Richter told the San Antonio Express-News that he's disgusted by the incident and upset with the supervisor...

The woman charged with abandoning her toddler on the side of the Capital Beltway is cooling her heels in the Fairfax County jail. Channoah Alece Green, 22, was scheduled to appear in court yesterday on charges of felony child neglect and hit and run, but officials said she was transferred too late from a regional jail in Hanover. Miss Green is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. today in Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court to be arraigned on the felony charges. Virginia State Police said Miss Green, of Newport News, Va., left her 4-year-old son on the...

From the ad: "No Eyed Red Eared Slider Hatchlings These little babies are true miracles of nature. They have the same parents as Stevie our no eyed mascot. They are truly unique in every way. They are smart and adapt quickly. They aren't shy either, when they hear your voice they become excited just like any seeing turtle does. The one thing they need help with until they are use to their surroundings is feeding and as smart as these little fellows are it won't take long for them to get adapted to your feeding schedule. So if you have...

Per Fox News: The Supreme Court has ruled Medical Marijuana as illegal.

"Nurse Nasty," "Wicked Doctor," "The Prison Matron" … not the usual way to introduce yourself, but in the leather-clad world of sadomasochism, naughty is nice. And pain is pleasure. "I need stimulation and get a terrific high from playing rough," said Allena Gabosch, 52, a Seattle-based "bottom," meaning she's the one on the receiving end of spanking. The buxom, tattooed, alternative sex activist finds pain play very seductive but, "I still ask for Novocain at the dentist's office." While most couples don't need whips, paddles or ropes to get in the mood, a minority find sadomasochism, or S&M, erotic. They...

IMPERIAL JAPANESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: Witness Account "C" Test How Long a Human Being Could Survive With Just Water and Biscuits Imperial Japanese Medical Orderly Ishibashi witnessed: (Translation) "I saw the malnutrition experiments. They were conducted by the project team under the technician Yoshimura. He was a civilian project team under the technician Yoshimura. He was a civilian member of Unit 731. The purpose of the experiments, I believe, was to find out how long a human being could survive just with water and biscuits. Two individuals were used for this experiment. They continuously circled a prescribed course within...

The main page of the website is: LibertyToTheCaptives.com"Judge George W. Greer presides over Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. He is known internationally for the Terri Schindler Schiavo guardianship case. Pat Anderson, former attorney for the Schindlers, characterized Judge Greer's unprecedented rulings as "The Rule of Terri's Case." The Clearwater Bar Association is delighted with Judge Greer's performance in this particular case. They presented the John U. Bird award to the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit judge on May 15, 2004. This prestigious award, which is the Clearwater bar's highest honor for a judge, was granted to Judge Greer for the way he has...

The parents of a 13-year-old foster child who made her bring food to a dead man who lay rotting in their Clark home pleaded guilty Tuesday to elderly neglect and child cruelty. Kenneth Keaveney and his wife, Donna, pleaded guilty in state Superior Court, admitting that Donna's father was left to rot upstairs for weeks before being found on the floor of a room littered with flies, maggots and dog feces. Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said the plea ends any doubts as to what happened to Nicola Lombardi, whose decomposed corpse was discovered nearly mummified in the August...

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED! PLEASE KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA This is for all the kids born in the 70's who do not remember, and didn't have to bear the burden that our fathers, mothers and older brothers and sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of the Century.." Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam. The first part of this is from an F-4E...

Britain's cruellest parents Jailed ... mum Sarah Whittaker       By ALASTAIR TAYLOR  A CRUEL couple who lived it up while their children were slowly starving to death in “Third World” squalor were jailed for seven years yesterday.David Askew and Sarah Whittaker kept their own bedroom and lounge clean and had a big surround-sound TV connected to cable, two DVD players, a stereo and a PlayStation.But while they enjoyed their gadgets, ate well and sank wine and beer, their five skeletal children lay neglected and malnourished in bedrooms smeared with human and dog dirt.When they were finally found, one...

HBO is airing this week on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel the true face of the Middle East. Slavery in babies stolen from Pakistan and Bangladesh live as slaves to their fabulously rich masters and are forced to ride and race camels as tiny tots. Compare this to the slave trade in the Sedan and the slave trade in boys in Senegal where tiny youth beg all day for their masters and are beaten soundly for not meeting quotas. Where is the United Nations? Don't miss this fabulous HBO investigation. You will think better of HBO afterwards! Details may be...

Please Freep This Poll. Here's the article pointing to it:    9/7/04  Islam:  Awake Yet? There was a lot of talk immediately after 9/11 about it being America's "wake-up" call. It seems to me, most Americans hit the "snooze" button, and went back to sleep.This week's Poll, " Islam and Terrorism—what is the relationship?" attempts to determine if people are finally waking up to the true nature Islam and its threat to all civilization in light of the Russian Islamic terrorist horror story (see Muslim Pedagogy.To help you make up your mind, the fact an Al-Qa'ida Women's Magazine, Al-Khansaa (Saudi...

CRUELTY TO HUMANS: Thanks to the Dawn Patrol for pointing out the comparison between how we are expected to treat barnyard chickens as opposed to other human beings... P.E.T.A. has long used the comparison of historical events like "The Holocaust" to serve their purposes when it came to getting the message out on how cattle is treated. It's about time that folks like Senator Brownback turn the tables back onto the left.

Tortured Animals Not Dogs Tests results are back on three animal carcasses found skinned inside Sioux Falls city limits. Earlier this month, animal control officers found the bodies of the three animals in a field near Southeast Technical Institute. Initially, pathologists said they were tortured dogs. But, there is an end to the canine controversy. New test results reveal that the bodies are not dogs, but instead red foxes. The canine confusion began when three animals were found dead and skinned in this field in Northwest Sioux Falls. A local vet first looked at the bodies, said they were dogs,...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 72-year-old woman collapsed in court on Tuesday after a jury convicted her of animal cruelty toward more than 230 Chihuahuas and 60 birds she kept in squalor at her southern California home. Emma Regina Harter, who was also convicted of lesser charges of battery on an animal control officer, unsanitary conditions and failure to isolate sick animals, was treated in the courtroom by paramedics and released, prosecutors said. She was ordered to return to court on Friday, when she faces a possible sentence of five years in prison. Authorities raided Harter's home, which was caked...