Tuesday, February 21, 2012

[Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Hair Wars-Feb 22, 2012-Missouri School Can No Longer Block Gay Websites



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Health, Wellness, Exercise, Reflections:
Are 'Thrifty' Genes Sabotaging Your Metabolism?

By Jorge Cruise / February 18, 2012

Being frugal can be a good thing. But when it comes to the genes that determine your metabolic rate, being "thrifty" isn't so good. Long ago, when men and women survived by hunting and gathering, some people developed the tendency to store fat very easily and burn fat very slowly. These "thrifty" genes allowed our ancient ancestors to survive long famines. Women with the thrifty set of genes were able to get pregnant and breastfeed even when food was very scarce.

Today, probably about half of the population carries one or more of these thrifty genes. And though these genes were crucial for our ancestors' survival, they don't work well for us today. Our sedentary lifestyles, coupled with an abundant food supply, make it easy for anyone to gain unwanted weight – especially those with thrifty genes. Even worse, researchers believe that thrifty genes tend to direct fat storage into the abdomen.

Though these genes may make losing belly fat more difficult, it doesn't make it impossible. Just like anyone else with a little extra cushion around the midsection, you have to eat right and exercise. Make sure you're doing a strength-training routine 2-3 times a week on non-consecutive days to increase your lean muscle mass and burn off that extra tummy fat.
Take Action:
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well? Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida! Further, Boycott Fox's Owner "Rupert Murcoch" and get him thrown in jail for illegal - Take Action:
    political donations, corruption, greed, bribery, hacking!
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians. Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores. Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech! STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Update 4/8/2011: Target lost its case to stop the LGBT from canvassing in front of their stores. A huge PR Disaster for TARGET! Perhaps Target should go out of business as they betrayed their investers and customer base. Target contributed massive funds to a politician who would like to exterminate gays. Now, Target can not stop us from Boycotting them, nor picketing, nor talking to customers near their stores; although, Target allows a anti-gay company such as the Salvation Army to stand outside their door and speak with customers and raise money. Isn't this a double standard?
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.
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  • Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
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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, you should select the "Male Athlete" that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!" Warning: This may stoke you!
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Federal Judge: Missouri School Can No Longer Block Gay Websites
Randy Turner / Huffington Post / 02/21/2012

Expect the number of students using computers in the Camdenton, Mo. school district to dwindle over the next few weeks. Thanks to a ruling by a federal judge Wednesday, Feb. 15, the school district has 30 days to eliminate an Internet filtering system that allowed students access to explicit sexual sites but effectively blocked nearly every website that offered a positive viewpoint of gays and lesbians. The order noted that the websites that were positive about gays were blocked for "sexuality," but religious sites that were critical of homosexuality were allowed and were categorized as "religious." This did not apply, however, to religious sites that did not condemn gays. Those sites were blocked because of "sexuality." In her order granting the temporary injunction, Judge Nanette Laughrey wrote, "The board has used its power to perform an act clearly indicating that the ideas contained in the files are unacceptable and should not be discussed or considered. This message is not lost on students and teachers and its chilling effect is obvious."

The lawsuit was filed last August by the American Civil Liberties Union representing a student referred to as "Jane Doe" in court files, plus four organizations whose websites were blocked by URL Blocklist, the filtering service used by the school district: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG), Dignity USA, the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and Campus Pride, Inc. As hard as it is to believe these days, when much attention is being paid to the high rate of suicides among gay teens, Judge Laughrey's order indicates that the system set up by the school served, intentionally or not, to stigmatize gay students.

The school has a system in place for students and teachers to "anonymously" request that a site be unblocked. However, Judge Laughrey said it was obvious from the system that school officials would have access to the names of those who made the requests. Even if they were not able to know who it was, students' fears that they might would serve as enough of a deterrent. Judge Laughrey noted that "Jane Doe" had testified she was "afraid" to request to have a site unblocked because "it would draw attention to her and make her the subject of further taunting."

The judge also noted comments from board member John Beckett, who indicated he did not want students to have access to such sites because it would "be saying it is okay to be gay." The board noted that the system used by the school district did little to stop a random sampling of 500 sexually explicit websites.

Judge Laughrey's decision is not likely to sit well with readers of the local newspaper, GateHouse Media's Lake Sun Leader. They made their opinions loud and clear after the lawsuit was initially filed last summer, with several saying they would not allow their children to use the school computers. One reader, writing under the pseudonym Pig Gunner, said:
The community dictates the moral standards of the community. If the community decides that there will be no adult book stores in the community...so be it. We are talking about the 10th Amendment. There is nothing in the Constitution that gives the government or any other entity to dictate to the states what they will or will not teach in the schools. We are, as citizens, not bound to accept the agenda of some organization that has no claim or interest in our community. First Amendment...give me a break.
Or this one:
Until you start paying taxes and old enough to vote, you don't have rights. ACLU is nothing but a bunch of nimrods who like to start crap. If a child needs to access Gay websites and don't have computers at home, then get a flipping library card and use the free ones there. School is for Scholastics. We already have major budget cuts and lost teacher salaries so instead of monitoring kids playing on gay websites, let's give them an education. Heterosexual kids don't get to have special treatment and neither should gay kids.
And finally, Leslie C notes:
Thank you ACLU for having our schools spend money on attorneys rather than our children's education. Please let the parents of the school district handle this one. You really think unblocking filtering is going to help our kids??? GET OUT!!!! Go bother someone else. Your lawsuit is ridiculous. Please leave our children alone. I work in an IT department and you need to staff that school system if you are proposing what this article says. Citizens of this county....we need to march these people out the door. They want to leave our children exposed to bad things in order to 'protect their rights'. Since when is the internet a right???????? Stupid things like this cause the good people to have to go backwards in progress and technology. If I were in charge, I would say 'no more internet'.if this was pursued further. I would not want to take the responsibility to what the kids could inadvertently be exposed to without the filters in place. They do not have the staff to stand behind each student at all times. This is craziness...that's all I can say.
As for the craziness, the judge's decision does not require that the school district shut down Internet blocking, just that the district unblock informational sites for gays and lesbians or switch to a better blocking system. That would work for the school system, too, Judge Laughrey says. "Any small increase in price [URL Blocker is free] should be justified if Camdenton is concerned about filtering out pornographic material." If that's what Camdenton is really concerned about.
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-turner/school-blocks-gay-websites_b_1280838.html
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