As the election cycle continues to ramp up and reports of an upset in the Senate and shift in the house rill the airwaves I’d like to take a trip back to 2009. Specifically October 6, 2009, at 04:37 PM. Why so specific one might ask and oh my droogs let me say that this was an enlightening moment.

On October 6, 2009, at 04:37 PM a vote came to the US Senate Floor. And what was this vote for:

To prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.

Okay, that’s not the best summery in the world, but, that’s what they wrote, lets see what we can dig up.

None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any existing or new Federal contract if the contractor or a subcontractor at any tier requires that an employee or independent contractor, as a condition of employment, sign a contract that mandates that the employee or independent contractor performing work under the contract or subcontract resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.

What does that mean though? Simply put it means cases involving discrimination, sexual assault or harassment must be resolved through the court system and cannot go through arbitration. Any company or contractor whose policy it is to bypass the standard legal process on these issues cannot receive Federal Funding.

There’s an argument to be made that they do have a process in place, arbitration. The question becomes what arbitration and how does it work?

Arbitration often allows you to resolve disputes more quickly and cheaply than by going to court. Instead of judges or juries, arbitrators decide if wrongdoing occurred and how to correct or compensate you for it.

When the arbitration is over, the decisions of the arbitrators are final and not subject to appeal. If you are unhappy with the result, you cannot go to court to try again. The arbitrators’ decisions can only be challenged under very limited circumstances—for example, if you can demonstrate that an arbitrator was biased. If you want to challenge an arbitrator’s decision you must do so within three months or less in a “motion to vacate.”

(From Sec.gov)

It is a quick easy method to resolve issues. If you like take a look at the fine print of your credit card. You’ll find that should they have to sue you to get money you’ve likely already agreed to arbitration. Why go through arbitration? Besides he fact that it is a quick easy process an arbiters record is available, if you know how to ask for them. Companies use this to select arbiters who more often than not will side with business. Yes, this means the deck is stacked against you, and, legally binding.

So, lets summarize, here we have an amendment to the Defense Bill that for certain cases who require the parties involved to take more time and cost more money. However, in these cases, such as the gang rape that inspired the bill, the victims would be able to have a lawyer and the dispute processed by an actually impartial third party. Where in case of a unjust ruling there is a clear resolution process.

Ultimately this amendment passed. That’s not to say it did not face opposition though. One might ask who would be opposed to helping rape victims? Well the title of this post does give that part away. What inspired us to write about a now ten month old vote though has to do with a recent discovery.

Republicans for Rape

Here you can find a list of every senator who voted against the bill and their phone number. I would say Republican and Democrat Now, but only one side of the party opposed this change. Now, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Give us a ring sometime…

It’s tough being a teenager. It’s tougher to be a teenager who just doesn’t fit in. We wont mention the general level of suck it must be to live in a town of just over three thousand people, not to mention its stuck somewhere in Mississippi. By now most of you have already heard of Constance McMillen and Ceara Sturgis for either the canceled prom or the fake prom story but here I come your commander of kinky to try and connect the dots.

In an attempt to keep a lesbian couple from attending their prom Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi canceled their prom after they couldn’t legally ban the children from attending. Added by the ACLU the couple successfully fought the ban and in a fit of inspiration the judge blessed the teens with permission to attend but failed to require the school to reinstate the prom.

Now my droogs you may be asking yourself why. Why would this judge make such a half planned ruling? The answer, albeit not simple, was stated at the time as being the parents of the Itawamba Agricultural High students were already planning a private prom.

One might assume what happens next. The parents being responsible adults invited all the students to this private prom and everyone in attendance had a smashing time. Of course I wouldn’t be writing this if that were the case. No, instead our heroine and her significant other were sent to a country club with five other students, the principle and several teachers. Two of the seven in attendance were mentally disabled and according to Constance had the time of their lives, that’s the one good thing that come out of this.

That’s right after being snubbed by the school board, ditched by the rest of the school this young woman can still feel some joy for these teens who may not have realized they were the butt of an immense practical joke.

Normally we don’t play the blame game around here. You rarely get an opportunity to tell someone that’s wrong when your motto is if it’s consensual it’s okay. In this case though lets make an exception. Parents, grow up. Your children may still be playing popularity games but that doesn’t mean you have to. Your beautiful and unique snowflakes aren’t going to catch ‘the gay’ from having attended a prom with lesbians. That’s what collage is for. As for the school board, may your reign of blank stares and unsympathetic ears be removed quickly and without dispute come the next election. Don’t think you’re off the hook here Judge Davidson you should know by now if it’s not completely spelled out in plain English people can and will misinterpret what you say, or more to the point utilize the loopholes and inconsistencies in your statements to allow something like this to happen again and again.

So what does all this mean? Well, other than there’s a reason why Mississippi is ranked 48th in quality of education. I can hope that this cascading calamity of closed minded crap reaches every corner of the sate and the country. We can only hope that common sense and tolerance rain down. Remember kids, whatever repercussions come of this it really is you and your parents fault. Don’t try and blame the gay kids for ruining your entire senior year, you ruined your senior year by allowing yourself to care so much about the differences between you and another classmate.

As for Constance McMillen it would appear good things are in store for her and her girlfriend. It would seem they will be guests of honor at the National Center for Lesbian Rights 33rd anniversary celebration. That’s right kiddies, they get to go to the lesbian prom hang out with movie stars and musicians while you get to enjoy Mississippi and all it’s hate filled glory. Just think, in a strange way you not only helped remind the country that the LBGT community still has a long way to go but helped give a young couple a dream night out.

Now why is it we have to wait to get something things awesome from France of all places? Can we not have ads that educate and make people laugh at the same time? Really, would it be such an egregious error to run this spot say during South Park or No Reservations surely the burly boys watching just about anything on Spike TV wouldn’t be offended.

When we saw this all we could think of was Age Play and awesome adult PJs.

The NCSF have announced the 2009 Sexies winners for sex positive journalism. You can check at the full list of winners over at the NCSF website.

The following story was provided by the NCSF. For non-Atlanta residents the Atlanta Eagle is a local gay leather club. On September 10th, 2009 the police raided the club without a warrant, harassing the patrons and causing unnecessary damage to the property. The article below contains links to more detailed information.

Newly elected Atlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond has proposed a City Council resolution to apologize to the victims of the police raid on the Atlanta Eagle.

Here is coverage of the story from the local ABC affiliate, WSB-TV:
wsbtv.com

And additional details and a copy of the actual resolution are available at ProjectQAtlanta: projectqatlanta.com

The proposed resolution has been referred to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, which is scheduled to discuss the matter at a public meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2009. Eagle co-owner Robert Kelley and Eagle attorney Dan Grossman, among others, will be at the meeting, and supporters are encouraged to attend. The meeting is currently scheduled for 3:00 PM in Committee Room 2 of Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave. Anyone wishing to make a comment at the meeting should arrive well in advance, since there is a sign-up procedure, and for further information, the phone number of the City Council is 404-330-6030.

To find out more about the raid on the Atlanta Eagle go to: atlantaeagleraid.com/

Found this on while cruising ye olde Internet and thought I would share.

Check out the source here:

That’s Gay: Lady Kisses

A friend of the show just sent me an article from AVN about a new movie: The X-Files: A Dark XXX Parody (Article Link). Here’s the long and short of it: Fox has filed a Cease and Desist to block them from using the name. To appease Fox all the promotional materials including movie title and website have had to be changed including the character names.

So the new name is: The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody and I say Bastards you couldn’t let the people over at Digital Sin/New Sensations use The XXX-Files? Did you hear Dan Brown up in arms over the Da Vinci Load or Tim Burton go crazy about Edward Penishands. Look, Fox it’s real simple you make a movie somebody’s going to do a parody of people fucking in it. Rant over here’s the still from anther site, tell me our starlet is not spot on for Gillian Anderson.

Enjoy the show, you can count on one hand just how often I put up videos from anything called the morning show but I thought this was worth it.

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Let me step away from the kink for a minute to point out the new level of asshattery the great state of Texas has risen to. According to Citizens for Change a Texas woman has been charged with possession of child pornography for taking a picture of her child while breastfeeding. So according to Texas images of Breastfeeding is a crime, I think they can do better. Obviously this is child rape, forcing the child to suckle.

While trying to get past my general level of disgust for the Richardson and the “Good Samaritan” (TM) that turned the harlot Mercado in I’ve come up with a few quips. This is what happens when Conservative Family Values and Political Correctness fuck each other and spit out some horribly deformed assbaby. Also, come on, there are Boobs and Food, surely no man in the world can find something wrong with that.

Look joking aside, if you are reading this and are in a position to help Jacqueline Mercado and Johnny Fernandez or know someone who can please don’t sit by the sidelines. If nothing else, spread the word and help make sure people out there know what’s going on.

Here are a few other images of child pornography according to Texas.