Saturday, December 18, 2010

[Peckers_Pics] Model Wars; Dec 19, 2010; DADT is repealed!



 
Model Wars; Dec 19, 2010
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Diet & Fitness:
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  • Did you do any physical activity?  If not, make a point of it by tomorrow! Own a bike?  Ride it to lunch, work, park, lake!
  • It is our hope that our male fitness photos shall inspire you!
Today's Health - Wellness / Exercise / Reflections:
No Blender? No Problem
By Joel Marion, Weight-Loss Expert; Dec 1, 2010
 
Here's a tip for mixing shakes on the go when you don't have access to a blender.

Sure, shaker bottles can do a fair job of blending, but inevitably the shake will have clumps instead of a silky smooth consistency. To whip up a perfectly blended shake, I recommend you snap up a Blender Bottle®. This nifty shaker bottle from Sundesa is designed with a "blender" mixing ball within the bottle, and from experience I can tell you that it mixes up smooth, blender-quality shakes… without the help of a motorized blender!

This shaker bottle is the answer for those of you looking to improve the mixing quality of your shaker bottle! You can find a Blender Bottle at a discount at Amazon.

Moderator: What a great Christmas Gift!
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This group is called "Peckers Pics."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"  Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit?"  Warning: This may stoke you!
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San Jose, CA -  Gay Pride; Aug 22, 2010
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San Jose, CA -  Gay Pride; Aug 22, 2010
In historic vote, Senate moves to end 'don't ask, don't tell'
Eight Republicans joined Democrats to vote for an end to the 1993 'don't ask, don't tell' law banning gay troops from serving openly. Proponents compare it to ending racial segregation in the military.
 
By Gail Russell Chaddock, Staff writer / December 18, 2010 / Christian Science Monitor
 
Washington -- The Senate Saturday voted to end a longstanding ban on gay troops serving openly in the US armed services – a move Democrats compare to President Truman's ending the ban on racial segregation in the military in 1948.

"It is time to close this chapter in our history," said President Obama in a statement. "It is time to recognize that sacrifice, valor and integrity are no more defined by sexual orientation than they are by race or gender, religion or creed. It is time to allow gay and lesbian Americans to serve their country openly."

Six Republicans – Sens. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, -ark Kirk of Illinois, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and George Voinovich of Ohio - broke with their party to give Democrats the votes needed to break a GOP filibuster. The measure subsequently passed, 65 to 31. Sens. John Ensign (R) of Nevada and Richard Burr (R) of North Carolina also joined Democrats on the final vote.

The House passed an identical repeal on Wednesday, 250-175, sending the bill to the White House. At least 60 days before the law takes effect, both the President and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have to certify that ending the "don't ask, don't tell" policy won't adversely affect military readiness or morale.

That issue was a major theme in today's Senate debate. The Senate Armed Services Committee held two days of hearings on the final report of a Pentagon working group that reviewed the issue.

Its conclusion was that a repeal of the ban "would present a low risk to the military's effectiveness even during a time of war," said Sen. Carl Levin (D) of Michigan, who chairs the panel.

"Seventy percent of the surveyed members believe that the impact on their units would be positive, mixed or of no consequence," he added, during Saturday's floor debate. "While combat units expressed more concerns about the consequences of repeal, those concerns disappeared for troops who have worked with a gay or lesbian coworker."

But the top Republican on the panel, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and other GOP critics criticized the Pentagon's survey for focusing on implementation of repeal of the ban, not on whether repeal was in fact good policy.

"The Marine Corps Commandant has said he believes that changing this policy this way would cause distraction among the Marine Corps to the point that he is worried about increased casualties," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina, citing recent comments by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos.

"From the Marines I talked to, he simply reflected what members of the Corps are going through," said Sen. Pat Roberts (R) of Kansas, a former Marine who voted against repeal, in an interview. "Marines are different. We fight in very close combat units. This is going to result in some very bad situations that could have been avoided, if we had taken it on a step-by-step basis."

Sen. Jim Webb (D) of Virginia, also a Marine Corps veteran, responded from the floor, that the issue was not whether there should be gays and lesbians in the military.

"They are already there," he said, adding that the issue is not whether the policy will lead anyone to engage in inappropriate conduct.

"We will not allow that and we will be very vigorous in our oversight of the Department of Defense to make sure that does not occur," he said, noting that the Pentagon has committed to "a sequenced implementation" of the new policy for different units in the military.

Today's vote fulfills a campaign pledge of the last two Democratic presidents.

President Clinton campaigned in 1992 to "lift the ban" on homosexuals serving in the military, but Congress balked. The theme of "gays in the military" also set off a firestorm of protest among some Christian conservative groups, talk radio, and within the military, and it became virtual shorthand for the woes of Clinton's first year in office.

In July 1993, the Clinton administration proposed "don't ask, don't tell," as a compromise policy, which Congress voted into law in November.

But social conservatives have been largely out of the latest fight on repeal of the ban. The activists who lobbied lawmakers outside the Senate chamber today were all human rights activists committed to repeal.

"The conservative groups are not here because they're going to lose," said David Smith, vice president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay and lesbian civil rights group. "Public attitudes have shifted. There are people on the front lines in combat who know gay and lesbians in the ranks. Eighty percent say there's no problem."

"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."

....Jake

URGENT:  Boycott Gold's Gym, Target and Best Buy for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations and to Proposition 8 (California) to prevent gay marriage. I would not purchase "Blood Diamonds," nor should a person / organization be contributing funds to both Hitler / Nazi's and the Jews at the same time!   Obviously giving money to the Jews and not Hitler/Nazi's was the right thing to do.   Hence, these companies violated my trust and well-being.   They gave money to my enemy who would terminate me from my job, deny me housing and send me to a Internment camp.  Therefore, goodbye Gold's Gym, Target and Best Buy!  The CEO's of these companies have been insensitive to our reaction and do not even comprehend their actions!  What takes so long to "fire" these Neanderthals?

 


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...Jake (Moderator)



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