I am tired of posting bad things. Here are photos of Bali-Boo, my four-pound Chihuahua and his girlfriend Luna Bear the neighbor's Shepherd/Yellow Lab mix.
Still feeling angry. Still feeling blue. Time to dispense some negativity and post pictures of my doggie.... Bali-Boo aka The Chairman of the Board Am I not just too darn cute? Put away the camera, I am trying to nap.... My friend the humpy pillow. This is what I think about amateur photography.
It's started already, the victim blaming. Betsy Schoeller, a former Wisconsin Air National Guard officer, posted comments on Facebook about Guillen’s death, saying sexual harassment is the price of admission for women in the military and “if you’re gonna cry like a snowflake about it, you’re gonna pay the price." Women veterans read this and get ready to relive the nightmares. It's been over 40 years since WAC was disbanded and women were integrated into all aspects of the military. Those of us who were there at the beginning are wondering if what we went through to get even a tiny amount of respect made any difference. We were on the front lines of the battle and we sure as hell didn't have family members as vocal as Specialist Guillen. We filled out questionnaires, we did surveys, we talked to all sorts of people about all sorts of things. Our responses were to be used to make the lives of the women enlisting after us better. I don't think they listene...
PFC LaVena Johnson died in Iraq. The official version is she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound from an M16 after becoming depressed from a breakup. Her father called bullshit and demanded access to the autopsy photographs. When Dr. Johnson finally received photos from the crime scene and LaVena’s autopsy, he observed abrasions to the face, burns on her body, a broken nose, bite marks, knocked out teeth, and signs of sexual abuse, including acid burns to her genitals – details not mentioned in the autopsy report. The 5'1" African-American honor student enlisted in the Army immediately after graduating from Hazelwood Central High School . She was deployed to Iraq and stationed in Balad . She had been there for eight weeks before her death on July 19, 2005, eight days before her 20th birthday. Fast forward to April 22, 2020. Specialist Vanessa Guillen disappeared from the arms room at Fort Hood, Texas. What the rest of the worl...
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