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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
There's not a word edited in that video. It's just a video of Fox News people saying things. They're so full of shit on that channel nothing has to be deceptively edited, they just have to show exactly what they said.
Mueller hasn't said a word in public about the probe and neither has his spokesman. Other than "no comment". Trump can't legally be a target of the probe. Being a target means you're about to be indicted and Trump can't be indicted. Nixon was never a target of the Watergate probe but was eventually mentioned as an unindicted co-conspirator in the indictments of various Nixon people. These investigations work from the bottom up anyway. The people at the bottom of the ladder are the first people to be swept up along with any peripheral people. That's what has happened here apart from one of two individuals whose lawbreaking was unavoidably obvious.
Here's a federal prosecutor making a similar point:
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/...32023981879297
Several Americans have been charged so far. One is indicted along with the first batch of Russians, the president's National Security Advisor has pled guilty to a lesser charge and has been cooperating with the Mueller investigation for over a year now, George Papadopoulos pled guilty to a lesser charge and is cooperating, Manafort's business partner same thing.
When was Manafort on trial for money laundering and how could Rosenstein clear a man on trial? This is the second time I've asked you this.
Even if the outcome of the election wasn't changed at all, and there's no proof either way yet, accepting help when a hostile foreign power offer it is a felony. And the Trump campaign were told that by the FBI. They were told foreign intelligence agencies were targeting their campaign and if there was any contact they had to immediately contact the FBI and inform them. And that's standard procedure. The heads of the previous eight GOP campaigns have all said if the Russians had contacted them their first call would have been to the FBI.
I've worked on 5 presidential races & the idea of talking to Russians who claim to have dirt on former SOS is unimaginable. You get an offer like that & your next call is to campaign lawyer who calls the FBI. It's as simple as calling cops if somebody asks you to help rob a bank.
https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/s...34715158241280
The Russians called Trump and the Trump people took the meeting as Donald Fredovich admitted on Sunday after originally making a statement a year ago claiming otherwise and then repeatedly changing his story for a year. Now he's admitting he lied, that he covered it up and he lied about the coverup.
The GOP billionaire who funded the Steele dossier was funding what the CIA do every day, trying to find information out about the workings of the Russian government as it impacts America and American people they're involved with. So far a lot of what the Steele dossier originally said, that Russia wanted Trump to win and was stealing documents and data to help him win, has been confirmed by events and statements out of Trump and Putin's own mouths. Accepting invitations from a hostile foreign power to change the result of a general election is another thing entirely, even if no votes are changed as a result of the conspiracy. If you rob a bank and there's no money in the bank to rob you still committed a crime.
I see you're still dodging the bet.
In other Trump news, he proves he has no idea at all about his signature policy. Not even no idea, he's got the whole thing ass backwards:
....Tariffs will make our country much richer than it is today. Only fools would disagree. We are using them to negotiate fair trade deals and, if countries are still unwilling to negotiate, they will pay us vast sums of money in the form of Tariffs. We win either way......
Come on Lyle, even you're not this thick. What's the obvious thing he got wrong here?
OK there's nothing edited , nothing taken out of context, not explained fully, or in bad faith because MMFA would NEVER do such a thing. David Brock's baby MMFA was created solely for the purpose of covering Hillary Clinton's ass, them and MoveOn.com....the propaganda crutches that the ailing Hillary maneuvers around on when she's not being literally carried by the MSM boys.
"I guess we'll see" or "Trump is guilty and it's just a matter of time"? Which is it?
Renato Marriotti....a Democrat who works for CNN...it's so shocking he'd write something like that
General Flynn plead guilty because he was being bankrupted by the federal government. Lesser charge which is? Lesser charge which is?
(I don't watch videos )
Well I guess Barack Obama's word is not good enough for you then. So when Hillary accepted the help of Christopher Steele that was kosher? I mean his dossier came from where again? What were his sources? Russian sources perhaps, maybe? Kinda?
Stuart Stevens is who now? And I should care?
So this dossier, it's legal? It involves various foreign actors digging up "dirt" these foreign actors are funded by politicians via Fusion GPS and Perkins Coie Law Firm....that's different/less bad than Trump's son having a meeting with a Russian lawyer which provided nothing to the campaign at all?
Is this all just sour grapes about Trump saying "I wish I had the emails, who has the emails?" because it looks like butt hurt sour grapes
I must say I ENJOY watching Hillary slowly die knowing she's never going to be President, never, ever, ever, ever.....It's glorious....next step is to get her on trial for her wrong doings of which there are MANY and she's never paid for them but she will.
BET BET BET go fuck yourself I don't have shit to prove to you, the truth will be my reward and I'll swim in it.
"Drown in a vat of whiskey.....death where is thy sting?" - W.C. Fields.
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Originally Posted by Beanz
I am white English, born in England of two white English born parents and yet you are lecturing me from Canada on what it means to be English.
No, that's not what I said at all. You often answer as if I posted something different than I actually did. Why be so disingenuous?
If all those people I mentioned above are white Americans (or white Russians), why do/did they hate white people? Why do you, if you're really a white Englishman?
Explain. For once, just be honest.
I wish your conspiracy theories were just daft but there is quite a sinister undertow contained within them.
No conspiracy theories. After awhile, it becomes obvious how you feel about us, only the most feeble-minded haven't noticed by now.
CNN is extremely anti-White (unless the white people are gay or lesbian, like Anderson Cooper, who you see as harmless). So is CBS news. Is it a coincidence that they are headed by Jeff Zucker and Les Moonves? What do those two "white" men have in common with you, with all those Bolshevik leaders I mentioned, and with anti-white activists Jesse Benn and Tim Wise?
08-08-2018 12:21 AM #1429
Originally Posted by Freedom
The fed are masters at manipulation. I was watching C-span when an oversight committee was asking some from the fed about allegations of 100's of billions missing. The people from the fed dodged the committees questions like the best of lawyers never got an answer to the question.
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What do you mean 'if I am really a white English man'? You still have not told me who '"us" are. Where are any of your examples of me hating people just because like myself they are white.
You are just proving what an unrepentant bigot you are, nothing more.
"You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself..."
A couple pertinent details
#1 Christopher 'Dossier' Steele met with and received payment from (on multiple occasions) the FBI....yes during the election period.
#2 the Russian lawyer Don Jr met with...prior to their meeting she met with....anyone? Anyone? Hillary's lil group Fusion GPS featuring Nellie Ohr wife of FBI agent Bruce Ohr.
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Black people are not as racist as Master and Beanz. I don't hear of many African-Americans hating Trump just because he's white, most know he's trying to make America a better place for all it's citizens.
Ha! come on man you have to do better than that. I don't hate white people I am white, that would be weird. I can't speak for Master but I would be absolutely floored and stunned if after years and years of showing no indication of being racist he turned out not to like white people. .
If you ever come to the UK look me up I will take you on a tour of all the Celtic Crosses and Stone Circles. Some of which are older than the Synagogues here
Beanz you cunt, giving other people tours of tin mines now? Cutting in on my action? 😭 but seriously are there really that many abandoned Wells and Tin mines for you to throw the dead bodies of your victims down?
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Run? She can barely walk...I tell ya
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f there was anything deceptively edited in that video Fox News would have been the first to point it out. They all rant and rave about Media Matters but all MM ever do is post videotape of Fox News people saying things. Their words alone are enough to make MM's points.
I'm sure Trump knew about whatever happened during 2016. We don't know what happened yet but eventually we will. When we do get to find out the details I'm sure Trump will be painted as not in control of the campaign, disassociated from the day to day decision making and so on. But you only have to listen to the tape that Cohen released to know that's not true. He's on the phone telling people to keep him up to date if anything changes, he's making decisions and yelling at people for more information and so on. Even if there's evidence against him there's a difference between evidence and proof, especially being able to prove something in a court of law. And a sitting prez can't be indicted and any successor should he resign can pardon him like Ford pardoned Nixon, so he doesn't have a lot to worry about from this inquiry. He can pardon any family members caught up in it and so on.
But he can only pardon himself or others for federal crimes. State crimes are another matter, and Mueller has handed the Cohen part of the investigation over to the SDNY FBI office. Trump can't touch that office or shut it down and the SDNY consider the entire world their area of juristiction. Any money laundering, fraud or tax crime Trump committed anywhere can be charged at the state level in NY by a Democratic AG and there's nothing Trump can do about it. These investigations are going to run for years. I see Cohen is also now being investigated for tax fraud. It's amazing how everybody round Trump for decades are all either convicted criminals or about to be convicted criminals. And these guys know where the bodies are buried.
If one federal prosecutor isn't good enough for you here's a former chief of DOJ's National Security Division. This thread is exceptionally well informed, not by secret knowledge but by judgment and experience. If there are US conspirators among the "persons known and unknown" to the grand jury, they have reason to fear.
What comes next? Standard practice in this kind of investigation is to begin at the outer ring – low hanging fruit, most readily-provable crimes – and work in towards the bulls-eye as the evidence warrants.
https://twitter.com/bartongellman/st...00475935592449
Flynn pled guilty to avoid serious federal charges. He pled guilty within a couple of weeks of charges being filed. He's only retained a lawyer about a week previously and set up a go fund me thing to get conservative mug punters to pay his legal bill. It turned out the lawyer he retained was retained to negotiate a plea deal, he never had any intention of fighting the charges, he knew what he'd done and what his situation was. And this is Trump's National Security Advisor Lyle. It's the third biggest job in government after the prez and vp. If he's turning state's evidence there's a limited number of people higher up the tree that he could be giving evidence against. But don't worry Lyle, this is just classic misdirection by the mastermind Trump to use Mueller to fool everybody that Mueller is actually going after him while in reality Trump and Mueller work together to sweep up tens of thousands of deep state criminals and send them off to Guantanamo. Q told you so so it must be true.
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And I don't have to watch the video to know it's yet more bollocks. Eight years ago is 2008 and the charges in the current Manafort trial stem from actions Manafort took in 2010 and afterwards. I bet Media Matters have already made a video about this. If I bump into it I'll post it.
The dossier is entirely legal. Steel is a member of the international intel community in good standing and has worked with the FBI on numerous previous cases. Steele got all the information on the Russian World Cup bid that led to all the FIFA arrests a few years ago for instance.
And once again, the guys who ran the last eight GOP presidential campaigns have all said they'd never take a meeting with the Russians in that situation and all would have immeditealy phoned the FBI. Trump took the meeting. Then Trump and all the people involved lied about the meeting during the campaign and during the transition and while in government and then when they were caught then Trump lied about who dictated and originated the original lies.
And we've since heard about another thirty meetings between the Trump people and the Russians. These meetings went on through the campaign, the transition and the presidency. Trump initially angrily denied ever having a single meeting with the Russians, calling the whole thing fake news even when meetings were ongoing during the denials. The whole campaign/administration did this. Here's Trump Junior's first reaction to accusations of conspiracy with Russians:
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1...683969/video/1
And you're so sure of the truth you won't make a bet on it even when I'm offering ten to one. FFS Lyle have the courage of your convictions.
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Show where you got this from and then have a google and see what non crazy sites have to say about these things. I've written enough today.
FoxNews doesn't have the time, nor do they care to respond to MMFA. If you trust MMFA then good for you, I'm not going to stop you from it.
We don't know what happened yet but eventually we will.
You could have ended it right there you know? Just admit you don't know, but maybe we'll find out...that's all I'm saying.
These investigations are going to run for years. I see Cohen is also now being investigated for tax fraud. It's amazing how everybody round Trump for decades are all either convicted criminals or about to be convicted criminals. And these guys know where the bodies are buried.
Substitute Clinton for Trump and then take notice as to how many people around Trump haven't """mysteriously died"""
'One of the stranger moments of Robert Mueller's special counsel probe is Michael Flynn's Dec. 1, 2017 guilty plea for lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The former White House national security adviser pleaded guilty to a single count of making false statements, even though then FBI director James Comey had told Congress in March that the two FBI agents who interviewed Mr. Flynn believed he hadn't lied.'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mys...lea-1525640861
And I don't have to watch the video to know it's yet more bollocks
@Kirkland Laing I for one am SO pleased that you offer me the very same courtesy I extend to you regularly....oh wait, no you don't you spit in my face and expect me to remain civil. You provide a video and I watch it (I didn't have to), I address all the major points made in it (I didn't have to) and then I provide a video to you and this is what I get in return...well this dismissive bullshit and "Bet me bet me bet me!!!!!!!!!!"....I don't see what good I get in responding to you at all. You answer none of my questions and you dismiss anything I post....not like a "Hey I've looked into this and for this, this, this, and this reason I don't believe it" but just a "Pffft I don't have time for that"
Fuck you Kirkland. I'm not going to bother responding to you because I get nothing out of it....want to have a DISCUSSION or DEBATE then fine, but you want to lecture which is fine, but you can do that by yourself.
Where's that "Q said Hillary, Huma, Weiner, et al are wearing ankle monitors" evidence you were going to provide? Oh don't you worry about it....I am sure you are WAAAAAY too busy to answer any of my questions. I understand how this works, you want me to be your pinata so you can take out all your #Resist frustrations on me ......awww poor Kirkland, do try and cheer up.
Post all you like, I'm not the person you're going to be asking questions to anymore though. I don't have to read them to know they are yet more bollocks.
Nobody mysteriously died around Hillary Clinton other than as described in various conspiracy theories.
Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI. He's pled guilty to lying to them!
If this Fox guy says Rosenstein exonerated Manfort for the crimes he's being charged with eight years ago, but actually the charges relate to things Manafort did in the last few years then the video is clearly wrong, right? Half the charges are from 2015 onwards. By the way you didn't see what I did with the numbers in the original post. Eight years ago is not 2008. I was hoping you'd actually look something up and admit you got something wrong but you can't even take eight from 2018.
Q has posted that Special Counsel Robert Mueller isn't investigating Trump at all — he's really investigating Hillary Clinton, John Podesta and Barack Obama. Other theories involve familiar players in conspiracy theories such as the Freemasons and the Illuminati, while others mention The Titanic, pedophile rings in Hollywood, and the possibility that Hillary Clinton and her aide Huma Abedin wear ankle monitors. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, the Rothschild family and Satan also make appearances in discussions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.0526217e0247
That's just one article Lyle. You're the Q expert. You're the one who believes this shit. You must have read about all these deep stae people who've already been arrested and are wearing ankle monitors.
And I'm not invested at all in Hillary or the Democrats or any other politician. Like I've said endlessly before you get the choice between bad and worse in America. Obama was a bad president. Hillary would have been a bad president. McCain, Romney and definitely Trump would/will have been worse. You're motivated by the culture war stuff the GOP use to win elections and it means you end up voting against your economic interests. Admittedly the Democratic party doesn't do much for you but they fuck you up much less than the GOP do. It's a shame the average voter worldwide didn't have twenty or thirty points extra IQ and wasn't susceptible to culture war red meat or conspiracy theories. Government would be of a far higher standard.
Seeing as this guy is part of the Trump administration this can get posted here.
https://twitter.com/PaulGottinger/st...64984435900416
You've provided a Washington Post article.....SHOW.....ME.....WHERE......Q.....SAID......IT
Or don't ya have that?
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Tibetans living-in-exile cast their vote for the 16th Tibetan Parliamentary preliminary election at a polling station in Dharamsala, India, 18 October 2015. (Photo courtesy: globalnews.ca)
(TibetanReview.net, Mar19'16) – As exile Tibetan across the free world prepared to vote in their general election on Mar 20, China has on Mar 17 called on other countries not to provide facilities or venues for what it called anti-China activity by the Tibetans.
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Chicken belly button? Tumor? Wtf is this?
Discussion in 'Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures' started by Metalace, Mar 13, 2008.
I was feeding my chickens today and picked up one of them. Noticed this under her breast bone.
Looks like a "breast blister" to me. How are their roosts? Are they wide enough so they don't end up putting too much pressure on one spot? Most mine sleep on roosts 4 inches wide or on the top of the hutches which are flat. .
Quote:I only found that on one hen. But they have alot of places to roost. They have thick roosts. But upclose it looks just like a belly button. You cant see the hole cause its got dried poop covering it.


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Observers: Omarosa Faces Huge Challenges as Trump Advocate for Underserved
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Even though she is known for her reality TV persona as a "villain," in her new role within the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth — more commonly known by her trademarked name as "Omarosa" — will be a staunch advocate for communities that have been "suffering and struggling."
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That is the take that Omarosa's pastor — Rev. K.W. Tulloss — had on the announcement this week that Omarosa —a business school instructor at Howard University — had been appointed as assistant to the president and director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison.
"I think she's someone that we can trust and count on," said Tulloss, who is also president of the Los Angeles chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
"She has a big heart for the communities within our country that are suffering and struggling," Tulloss said.
Tulloss pointed to Omarosa's background and track record — from being raised in the housing projects in Youngstown, Ohio, to her missionary work in Haiti to expressing concern over the killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner — as factors that show she understands "the challenges of our communities."
"She's going to bring not only a heart but an added voice of concern because she's been here, she's done the work with the communities," Tulloss said.
Tulloss' remarks came as the nation prepares to usher in a new era under the forthcoming presidency of the brash billionaire businessman, whose cabinet picks thus far have heavily consisted of military generals and fellow billionaires.
Tulloss said that he and Omarosa have discussed the challenges associated with serving in the administration of a candidate whose campaign rhetoric is seen as one of the most racially divisive in American history.
Much of that divisiveness manifested itself at Trump campaign rallies in which African Americans and others were physically attacked by Trump supporters.
Tulloss said while he was concerned that Trump could set a tone among law enforcement that could lead to more police brutality and police killings, that he thought Omarosa would be a force to mitigate that potentiality.
"That's a major concern," Tulloss said of police killings escalating under Trump. "And I believe — again — that Omarosa is one who will be able to carry our message of concern directly to the president," said Tulloss, whose organization has taken up the issue of police killings under the mantra of "No Justice, No Peace."
Tulloss said he has seen Trump's rhetoric "minimize" over time and attributed it to "people like Omarosa saying, "This is not how this should be done.'"
"I pray that this president is not as divisive as we saw in his rallies," Tulloss said. "Going forward — and this is something I've shared with Omarosa on his campaign trips — you can't support the ugliness and divisiveness of this candidate who is trying to push sides against each other and law enforcement should not have a green light to beat and dismantle people."
While Tulloss sounded a tone of guarded optimism regarding Omarosa's new post within the Trump administration, others were more skeptical about her ability to make a meaningful difference as a White House insider.
The skeptics included two former members of the cast of "The Apprentice," the Trump reality show that played a pivotal role in Omarosa's rise to fame.
"I think the obvious challenge has been that it's an administration that has been marked by fomenting racial resentment, and so during the campaign, and I think by definition all of the repercussions of that or all the impacts of that, I'm sure they're not lost on her," said Tara Dowdell, a former "The Apprentice" cast member who is founder and president of the Tara Dowdell Group, which bills itself as a "socially conscious marketing and PR firm."
Dowdell said people tend to underestimate the adverse effect that Trump can have on minority-owned business with disparaging remarks about minorities. She cited uncorroborated claims that Trump has referred to Blacks as "lazy."
"I think that people don't understand that when you have someone with a platform as large as his, the impact that this validating of racial stereotypes has on the public and how it reverberates throughout society and I think it reverberates in ways that — as a small business owner — every time the community is devalued, my business is devalued and when people think you're not as good or as talented or don't work as hard, it impacts the money you can make or how you can grow and I would never be a part of anything that does that to my community," Dowdell said.
Randal Pinkett, another former cast member of "The Apprentice" and CEO of BCT Partners, a management, technology and policy consulting firm based in Newark, N.J., also cast doubt on how effective Omarosa can be in the Trump administration, which he said has been characterized by a troubling lack of diversity and is "well represented by White men and billionaires."
"Donald has, as we all know, a very tenuous if not adversarial relationship with the African American community, and I believe Omarosa — by virtue of her staunch support of Donald's campaign — now carries that baggage that Donald has engendered over the course of his campaign, and it does call into question whether she can be effective in an outreach role," Pinkett said.
This won't be Omarosa's first White House gig. And, if past is prologue, the author of "The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn it On and Off," could very well end up being her own worst enemy.
According to a profile on encyclopedia.com, the former beauty pageant winner got fired from four different posts within the Clinton Administration, although Omarosa has said of her first run in the White House: "That was not a place to learn how to be a young professional. That's a very difficult environment, because they don't believe in training. They just kind of throw you in the fire."
Even so, her current boss — Donald Trump — fired her twice on "The Apprentice," making Omarosa — often portrayed as "cutthroat" in reality TV shows — the only contestant to be twice fired by The Don.
On Omarosa's LinkedIn profile, she lists herself as a "professor" at Howard University's school of business, although she may be using the term generically.
When Diverse contacted Barron H. Harvey, dean of the business school at Howard, he indicated that Omarosa is not a professor at Howard and only conducts workshops at the school twice a year.
Harvey declined to say anything further due to protocol and referred Diverse to Howard's media relations team, which did not respond to an e-mail request for more information on Omarosa's current status at Howard.
It is clear that Omarosa — a Central State University graduate who went on to earn a master's in communication studies from Howard — has taught at Howard previously — and appears to have been fairly good at it.
One student left a favorable review for Omarosa on ratemyprofessors.com.
"So I will be honest, I only took the class because she is a celebrity," the student wrote. "Was pleasantly surprised. She was actually very knowledgeable and had good insight into branding and marketing. She had favs though I was not one of them. She is a HU grad. She brought in really good guest lecturers from NIKE, TIFFANY's and WHITE HOUSE. It was an east (sic) A for me."
An MBA student at Howard wrote an article in which she said Omarosa is "nothing like what I saw on television."
"With Omarosa as my 'professor,' I got a chance to get to know her professionally and personally, and took a look behind the scenes at her brand management," the former student wrote. "And she was nothing like what I saw on television.
"It was almost like Omarosa the professor wouldn't even sit with someone like Omarosa from 'The Apprentice.' She was kind, articulate, patient, and, surprisingly, appeared to be very genuine. She opened up her Rolodex and had some pretty impressive people (no celebrities though) as guest speakers in our weekly classes.
"When I think of that person and the one on television, I'm not sure which is the real Omarosa," the student concluded. "But what I do know is each character is deliberate."
Jamaal Abdul-Alim can be reached at jabdul-alim@diverseeducation.com. You can follow him on Twitter @dcwriter360.
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Wellness trends come and go – some of them are ephemeral, while others are more lasting. One consistent, ubiquitous and largely underground trend, however, is actually thousands of years old: Consuming raw milk.
For those uninitiated, raw milk is, simply put, milk that comes straight from the cow's udder. Years ago, it wasn't considered to be a conscious wellness decision to drink it; it was just the way things were done.
SO... WE DON'T DRINK RAW MILK? WHAT MILK DO WE DRINK?
Given that most of us don't own a cow, let alone have regular access to a farm, we get our milk from a grocery store. This milk is pasteurized – meaning it has undergone a sterilization process to kill off potentially harmful bacteria, viruses and microorganisms, such as e.coli. Pasteurization also helps to extend the shelf life of milk, enabling us to safely keep a gallon on hand for several weeks. Given that pasteurization creates a safer product, the FDA has declared the interstate sale of raw milk illegal, but state-by-state regulations vary. As of April 2016, the sale of raw milk in retail stores was legal in 13 states, while 20 states prohibit the sale of raw milk altogether.
Well, it turns out that the same microorganisms and bacteria that we kill off when we pasteurize milk may actually have some health benefits. Many claim that drinking raw milk can help do things like heal allergies, improve digestion and boost the immune system. In short, the concept of consuming "good" bacteria – now a firmly recognized wellness tenet – is at the core of the argument for raw milk. Some people are so insistent on the benefits of raw milk that they'll cross state lines in order to procure it. Very controversial stuff.
Generally speaking, most medical practitioners – and the Center of Disease Control and Prevention – agree that drinking pasteurized milk is a much safer choice. They also think that the bacterial benefits of raw milk are largely overstated and the risks are far too great to outweigh any potential upside. While we here at BusyHappyHealthy can't say definitively, we do think that pasteurization was invented for a reason (to prevent the spread of diseases like tuberculosis!) and aren't really keen to rock the boat when it comes to this issue. We recommend sticking to organic, pasteurized milk, ideally purchased from a smaller producer and getting your healthy bacteria fix from probiotics or fermented foods. Or, forego the cow altogether and stick to homemade nut milks – our personal favorites!
We've discussed the importance of a healthy workplace at length on this blog, and rightfully so. After all, the average American spends 8.8 hours of his or her day in the office. To contextualize this, that's more time than we spend doing any other activity, including sleeping. Given the outsize importance of work in our lives, fostering a healthy workplace is absolutely critical. That's why we're sharing the four sneakily (or not-so-sneakily) wellness-derailing work habits. Read on!
Let's be clear about one thing: We're all for team bonding and, for that matter, for a good old-fashioned happy hour. But post-work drinks can turn from casual to crushing quickly, which is why it's important to be conscious of several things when punching out on Friday. For one, given that most of us roll right into happy hour straight from the office – usually on an empty stomach, at the end of a long week – drinking alcohol can impact us very, very quickly. Limit your drinks to one or two, maximum, and space them out, sipping on water on seltzer to ensure you stay hydrated. Moreover, if you know that a happy hour is looming, eat a protein-heavy snack before you head out the door, such as a serving of nuts, a hard-boiled egg or a low-sugar protein bar. Doing so will slow down the absorption of alcohol, plus you won't be tempted to (slightly) drunkenly order that plate of chicken fingers.
That drive-by office candy bowl snag.
It may not seem like anything, but grabbing a scoop of M&Ms here or a couple of mini Twix bars there from the beloved office candy bowl can really add up throughout the day. In fact, you may be unwittingly and unconsciously downing hundreds of calories if you're a regular candy bowl devotee. I say "unwittingly," because when food isn't technically "yours" – say, you're picking off of your husband's plate – it's easy to disassociate from it. (In other words, you start to think those calories "don't count.") But your body doesn't distinguish from your candy versus your office's candy, so wise up.
Those days of marathon meetings.
Ever look at the clock and realize you've been sitting in a conference room for three hours? It's a sobering (and bizarre) feeling. While your meeting might be productive work-wise, those long stretches of being sedentary really take a toll on your body. In fact, researchers and medical professionals alike are now sounding the alarms, noting that "sitting is the new smoking." We're not saying abandon your meetings, but make a point to get up, stand and stretch your legs every 20 minutes or so, ideally for about five minutes. Don't worry if your colleagues are giving you strange looks. Simply tell them, "I have some back issues and my doctor told me I need to get up and move regularly." No one will say a peep.
When I first started working, my younger colleagues and I made a habit out of getting out of the office around 4 o'clock to take a break, gossip and gulp down a latte. Many times I remember not even wanting coffee – and feeling jittery after consuming it – but I simply enjoyed the ritual. That's understandable: I'm all for taking an afternoon break with work buds, especially if you're putting in long hours – which I did at the time. But relying on the quick fix of caffeine, particularly at that time of day, can really do a number on your bod: For one, it can tax your adrenals, leaving you feeling more rundown than you were pre-java. Furthermore, the additional of sweeteners and other sugary additives can cause your blood sugar to spike and then crash, again leaving you lethargic. Lastly, it can disrupt your sleep pattern, keeping you wide awake at night and – you guessed it – rendering you exhausted in the morning. So, by all means, head out for "a coffee" with your coworker, but opt for a sparkling water, low-sugar green juice or a caffeine-free herbal tea.
Across the United States, Farmer's Markets are overflowing with delicious fresh fruits and vegetables: We're talking about uber-ripe berries, fragrant herbs and the biggest damn tomatoes you've ever seen. But even if there are consistently "seasonal" produce across state lines, where you live often dictates what fruit and veg should be picking up this time of year.
Ahead, we're sharing our regional picks – and how we like to eat 'em, too. Read on!
Shopping in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont? Opt for spicy, bitter arugula, which is still in season in these more northerly states. Loaded in Vitamins A and K, plus folate, arugula is a very protective food, helping to fight inflammation, promote ocular health and even lower your risk for cancer. We love noshing on arugula in a simple salad with fresh lemon and, if you're okay eating dairy, some shaved Parmesan cheese.
In states like Maryland, now is the time to grab your strawberries – they're just coming into season. These juicy, antioxidant-rich beauties are fantastic sources of Vitamin C, plus are great choices for a bit of sweetness for those of us who are dessert addicts. We love eating them on their own, adding them to baked goods or pairing with some coconut yogurt for breakfast. Yum.
Dining in South Carolina? We have two words for you: PEACH SEASON. Yup – the golden child (or… fruit) of Southern cooking is coming into season and it's time to stock up. Like strawberries, peaches are loaded in antioxidants and are deft at fighting free radicals, the nasty buggers that cause things like oxidative stress and cell breakdown. In terms of preparation, we love pairing sweet peaches with something savory, like a pork loin; we've also been known to blend them up with coconut water to spritz on as a free radical-fighting facial toner. Seriously, trust us on this one.
If you're in New Mexico, you eagerly await the onset of tomatillos each season. Come mid-June, you can start shopping for these regional delights, which happen to pack a potassium punch, plus are strong sources of fiber and manganese. Use 'em in vibrant salsas and aromatic stews all through summer and into the fall.
Shopping in Washington State? Pick up some blood red cherries, one of our all-time favorite fruits over here on team BHH. Similar to other berries, they're loaded in antioxidants and are filled with flavonoids, the most potent of all free radical fighters. We're all about snacking on these puppies straight, but keep in mind they do contain a fair amount of fructose per serving, so don't feel liberated to eat the whole box in one sitting.
Sure, potatoes and sweet corn are just coming into season, but if you're in Iowa, opt for the less starchy selection of fresh carrots. Infinitely snack-worthy and endlessly versatile, carrots are a fine source of beta-carotene and fiber (and when consumed, beta-carotene converts in the body to Vitamin A, the nutrient responsible for maintaining eye, skin and neurological health). We love pairing carrot with fresh ginger for a healthy soup or whipping up this salad from our fave spot, ABC Kitchen.


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Worst Gender imbalances in higher ed are not what you think
Posted by William A. Jacobson	Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 10:04am | 10/2/2014 - 10:04am
Women dominated in 7 of 11 areas, yet all we hear about is gender imbalance in STEM.
There are seemingly endless programs and advocates to increase the participation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as a means of addressing the gender imbalance, which is particularly dramatic at the graduate and doctoral levels.
The National Science Foundation has special grant programs. The White House emphasizes the issue. Efforts are made at the elementary and secondary school levels to increase participation by girls.
One of my daughters was a computer science major in college (the only female CS major that year), so I'm well aware of the extensive outreach to women.
Despite years of concerted efforts, the STEM gender imbalance has barely moved. Men still dominate, by a lot.
But the gender imbalance is equal or even more dramatic in fields dominated by women, as this chart shows (via AEI, h/t Ron Coleman):
AEI continues, Women earned majority of doctoral degrees in 2013 for 5th straight year, and outnumber men in grad school 137.5 to 100
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) recently released its annual report recently on US graduate school enrollment and degrees for 2013, and here are some of the more interesting findings in this year's report:
1. For the fifth year in a row, women in 2013 earned a majority of doctoral degrees. … Therefore, 2009 marked the year when men officially became the "second sex" in higher education by earning a minority of college degrees at all college levels from associate's degrees up to doctoral degrees.
2. By field of study, women earning doctoral degrees in 2013 outnumbered men in 7 of the 11 graduate fields tracked by the CGS (see top chart above): Arts and Humanities (52.3% female), Biology (51.3%, and one of the STEM fields), Education (67.7%), Health Sciences (71,7)%, Public Administration (64.2%), Social/Behavioral Studies (61.8%) and Other fields (50.5%). Men still earned a majority of 2013 doctoral degrees in the fields of Business (55% male), Engineering (76.9%), Math and Computer Science (74.2%), and Physical Sciences (65.3%).
3. The middle chart above shows the gender breakdown for master's degrees awarded in 2013 (from Table 2.24) and the gender disparity in favor of females is significant – women earned 58.4% of all master's degrees in 2013,…. Like for doctoral degrees, women outnumbered men in the same 7 out of the 11 fields of graduate study and in some of those fields the gender disparity was huge….
Where is the outcry? Where are the programs to get more men into education fields?
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JimMtnViewCaUSA | October 2, 2014 at 10:25 am
A decade or two ago, I attended an info session for the Education dept at San Jose State. The Dept head stopped by to give a short speech. She asked who knew what was in the First Amendment…many panicked glances, much head scratching amongst the undergrads.
She said she and her assistant personally reviewed every application to the major and she made it clear that devout Christians were not welcome. OK, this is not "gender discrimination" but be aware that some number of education departments have been putting their thumbs on the scale for quite some time.
Valerie | October 2, 2014 at 10:36 am
Chemistry major, here, from the 70s. I never encountered any institutional bias in college, except from the from jerks in the English and Music departments, who resented having a chemistry major present in their courses, particularly the advanced ones. Men in the sciences, both academic and working, including the union-level workers, were always welcoming. They had no prejudices against women.
I heard it from my peers, from the time I was in elementary school. That "Girls can't be doctors" nonsense never came from any adults in charge of me. My dad told me that nurses take the same courses as doctors, they just get paid less.
I vividly recall, however, registering for my freshman-level courses in college, and being sent back to my advisor, because I had signed up for both Biology 101 and Chemistry 104 in the same semester. She told me I could not do that, because I would fail. My advisor, the head of the Chemistry department, laughed and said that every chemistry major took those courses together, and then he told me how to get an easy A in Biology 101, that worked.
People outside STEM are afraid of those courses, and jealous of any department good enough to scoop up the students with a broad range of talents. Humanities professors in particular discourage the better students from taking anything in STEM. They pretend that these courses are not real education.
I took my electives from advanced humanities courses, and none of them were rigorous.
In law school, I sat in a class and heard one of my professors proclaim that people with non-humanities degrees such as chemistry should not be allowed to enter law school because they lacked the background to be lawyers. I knew that at least that attorneys are required to have a technical background, and that the time would come when other fields such as environmental law would at least be beneficial to a lawyer, so I found his remarks to be too parochial in character for my taste.
What you are seeing in these statistics is non-STEM people funneling young women into non-rigorous fields by telling them that they are incapable of dealing with difficult subjects. I would suggest referral to Heinlein for ways to counter this bad public policy.
Math is not that hard.
Typo. The field I identified as requiring a technical background is patent law. This has been the case for many decades. There is a substantial prejudice among other attorneys, particularly the kind who call themselves "litigators" against patent attorneys, because a litigator has a pecuniary interest in forcing a patent attorney into a subordinate position, even though a patent attorney can do everything a litigator can, plus understand patent issues.
Bruce Hayden | October 2, 2014 at 3:57 pm
No complaints with this – have been a patent atty for over 20 years now. Left my last firm at a time when a patent litigator was taking over control of patent prosecution. Thought that was close to malpractice. Esp. when he is the one talking to clients about filing patent applications. Making things worse – last I knew he had 3 fairly young patent attorneys working for him, without any real supervision by anyone admitted to the patent bar.
But, there are real problems with working as a patent atty in general practice firms. We just don't bill the same. For example, firm practice was to take retainers and hold them during the entire pendency of a matter. That meant holding retainers during the entire prosecution of an application. Plain silly for patent work, and guaranteed to drive off most business.
edgeofthesandbox | October 2, 2014 at 7:24 pm
My Rus Lit professor once pointed out that Humanities are inherently insecure. What happens if a humanities type goes to a science department and says "Hey, I want to write a history of your field"? He's treated with open arms. But what if a science type has an insight on something in humanities? "Oh no, no. You can't do it this way! It's reductionist! Read the theory!"
Cleetus | October 2, 2014 at 11:17 am
Can some one please tell me why it is an imperative to have women make up 50% of each major and each degree being awarded? What is so wrong about letting people chose what they want and be done with it? I would much rather have a person in a position where they enjoyed what they were doing instead of just getting by because they were pressured into an area of study they really did not care for. And please do not give me that old canard about gender discrimination keeping women out of certain professions. That issue has been dead for some time.
janitor | October 2, 2014 at 12:01 pm
We'll have an equal number of women majoring in physics and mechanical engineering when we see equal numbers of teenage women choose to fiddle with their cars instead of painting their nails.
n.n | October 2, 2014 at 12:24 pm
There are both social and biological biases associated with gender. However, it is difficult for professional feminists, both male and female, to accept and exploit the latter. It's the same corruption which manifests itself throughout all modern civil and human rights businesses. They must necessarily be contrarian in order to create and exploit leverage for political, financial, and social reward.
This issue is similar to anthropogenic global cooling/warming/change, which fails to sufficiently characterize the system, and lacks compelling evidence to distinguish between natural and social forcings. And failing to do so, argues through consensus and coerced normalization.
Henry Hawkins | October 2, 2014 at 12:27 pm
I think the goal of lefties is not to make women equal, but to make them more equal.
Ragspierre | October 2, 2014 at 12:33 pm
Kinda.
What they really are striving for is the anti-science position that demonstrates that there is no difference between men and women.
This, of course, is the typical magic thinking of the Collective. It leads to calls for women in the combat arms, the demand that they occupy the highest executive positions, etc. It is thumpingly stupid, and leads to such glaring nonsense as a two-tier system for assessing Secret Service agents.
Not A Member of Any Organized Political | October 2, 2014 at 2:10 pm
"More equal" to what?
More equal to Leftist Democrat Zombies who do as ordered and never think for themselves – just accepting all the Leftist abuse?
Obama does not have a 50/50 split on his staffing, SS, and so on. Obama won't even pay the women as high as the men. Research it!
Henry Hawkins | October 2, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Than men, categorically.
edgeofthesandbox | October 2, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Success in STEM correlates with autistic traits. Men are much more likely to have autistic traits. I would argue that mild autism is normal male behavior — he likes to fix cars, says that music is his life, not very chatty, etc.
Not everyone has a gift for STEM.
SRaher | October 2, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen has a theory that mild autism gives traits useful for STEM fields, that the increased acceptance of women in STEM-related careers means that more mildly-autistic men are meeting mildly-autistic women in the workplace, getting married, and having not-so-mildly autistic children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-Cohen
I would suggest more Asperger's than mild autism. I first ran into his work when reading a book of his ("The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain") on this subject. His theory seems to be that there is an essential difference between how males tend to think and females. The male way of thinking is termed "systemizing", and is useful for STEM, and esp. the more analytical types of such. And, that autism is really extreme systemizing. I should note that Dr. Baron-Cohen kindly provided some references to me on female Asperger's, which is apparently much harder to detect than Male Asperger's (The lead character (Patience Brennan) on "Bones" sure seems to me to have been modeled on a female Aspie).
The diagnosis of Aspereger's is not out of DSM. It's either autism or not autism, which makes sense to me because we don't really know what autism is and how to break down the "symptoms" in a meaningful manner.
Maybe. But, the classic distinction between the two apparently involved early vocal skills or the like. Was there a delayed learning of language (Autism) or not (Asperger's). My understanding is that the DSM was recently changed to ASD (or some such), with more types on a continuum. Was that for real clinical reasons? Or, just to get more patients (and special ed money for students)? Obviously, no expert here, but there does appear to be some real differences between classical autism and Asperger's.
Bruce, I don't know much about the field, but I always suspect that money has something to do with it. Autism is pretty well-funded. One mom from our old elementary school had her son diagnosed with ASD when he had another developmental issue so that he can get the treatment.
tom swift | October 2, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Success in STEM correlates with autistic traits.
A meaningless statement.
At my alma mater we all were in scientific and engineering fields. And we had all been in the most rarefied percentile groups in our prior schools. We were as STEM as you could get (although the T was never separated out as a separate item in those days). I doubt that more than 5% of the students showed any hint of what are now called autistic traits. Is 5% "correlation"? Certainly not a strong correlation. But in any case, but so what? It is far too small a number to have any effect on the disparity under consideration here.
Everyone has autistic traits that's why it's called a "spectrum", but some are "geekier" than others. 🙂
Jane the Actuary | October 2, 2014 at 2:13 pm
Sorry, I'm going to be the spoil-sport. Activists will say that (1) female-dominated majors are lower paid than male-dominated ones, (2) even the disproportionate number of women in grad school doesn't mean much since men don't "need" grad school as much as women due to injustices in The System, and (3) women aren't choosing female-dominated courses of study because of their own free will, but because they've been wrongly conditioned to think that they can't, or shouldn't, choose more lucrative careers.
Now, I don't agree with those activists, but it is actually important to address their real complaints rather than (just) their throw-away talking points.
I think that the best answer these days is supply and demand. In some of the female dominated PhDs, there are maybe 100 people applying for tenure track positions in academia. There is, frankly, little demand for many of the female dominated PhD areas. And, less demand for typically female dominated subject areas than male dominated ones. STEM is hard. Other areas in academia are much less so.
That said, my kid is in their 2nd year of an engineering PhD program, and their entering class was pretty close to 50:50. And, this is an engineering discipline that a decade earlier was probably 80:20 male/female. This year's class looks similar, which probably means that there is a trend there.
Still, there are differences. My kid's advisor (male) is tenure track, and the advisor's wife also teaches there as a lecturer (my kid took one of her classes last year, and thought that she was pretty good). They got their PhDs together, so had somewhat comparable credentials. But, this year, the wife is taking off the semester for their first kid, born just before the semester started. In a decade, he will likely be tenured, and she likely still teaching as a lecturer. This is one of those life decisions that tend to dramatically affect the difference between male and female pay in the same field.
And, this isn't just in academia. The law firm I was in a couple years ago had a "mommy track" for people who didn't want to work the hours required for making partner on the normal associate path. Sure, it was open to males too, but most of those availing themselves of it were women, and not all of them were even married. Sure, they could make income partner (though a bit later), but they were much less likely to make equity partner, just because much of that extra work involves client development.
I dropped out of grad school, and those were some of my reasons. I was in my late 20's, and I didn't want to gamble away a half a decade of my life in pursuit of an elusive academic position when I wanted to have a family.
Here's what I wrote on the subject back last spring:
http://janetheactuary.blogspot.com/2014/04/is-women-earn-77-cents-for-each-dollar.html
SB Mama | October 2, 2014 at 2:35 pm
I was a computer science major in the early 70s when there were few women. I never bought the logic that women couldn't do it. But I had to work hard and had great job offers at a time when the economy was far worse than now. My daughter just got her master's in computer engineering – one of a handful in that field – and was near the top of her class. She is currently earning over 6 figures in her first job but worked very hard to get there. Sometimes she would look enviously at the liberal arts types who had much more of a social life than she did, but they are working at Starbuck's and she is now kicking butt! You don't get the top jobs without the effort and I wonder how many of the ladies are willing to make the sacrifice.
Women can do most of the jobs that pay better, and CS is definitely one of them. The mother of my kid and I met on a software project (in my previous career as a software engineer). She is still in the field, doing well, and quickly became quite competent.
The problem though with CS, and really a lot of STEM, is that the hours in school are long. You have to spend many hours on your software projects, when you could be out getting drunk and having drunken sex. Far more dedication required than for most humanities or social science majors. And, that time is best spent in long blocks – I have been known to work 24 hours straight through on some work projects, and 6-8 hours was not exceptional in school. This is the sort of thing that males just seem to do better at.
civil truth | October 2, 2014 at 2:55 pm
It could be (and may well be in a few years as women continue to outnumber men at the undergraduate level) that women were a majority in 11 out of 11 fields and the complaints will persist. Career grievance instigators will always find a way to shift the goal posts. These will be new areas of grievance:
1) women graduate student have to work harder, face more barriers to get degrees due to the "male-dominated" power structure and "male privilege"
2) women are discriminated against in terms of salary
3) women face a "glass ceiling" in terms of professorships, department chairs, tenure committees
4) university administrations are still biased against women
5) if there are imbalances in favor of women, that just indicates that women are so much better than men, and that the numbers would be even higher if not for continuing discrimination (extension of argument 1)
6) majorities in favor of women is needed to overcome past discrimination
The point being that there's no end point, no matter how many of the above are satisfied, there will always be some new (or recalculated) metric that one can invent to continue to push the gender inequality meme.
randian | October 2, 2014 at 4:30 pm
"university administrations are still biased against women"
Given the legions of grossly overpaid diversity bureaucrats infesting our colleges how could anybody believe that?
My list are the polemical arguments that the grievance mongers are/will be advanced to perpetuate their industry. I wasn't intending to suggest that they had a connection with reality.


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When we think about domestic violence relationships, they're intimate relationships. It's not just about the abuse, but it's somebody that you share your life with. So it's really hard for people to break away from that because it's not always bad, and some people still hold on to that hope that the person can change or that things will get easier because love exist. Love is real. The abuse is not okay. Love shouldn't hurt, but at the same time, being able to separate that for some people it can be very difficult.
On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. In our own community, Portland police officers respond to domestic violence calls every day. Those calls are then turned over to a specialized unit. Today, we'll talk to Officer Lisa Fort of the domestic violence reduction unit as well as Emi Martinez who works for Multnomah County as a victim advocate.
In talking about domestic violence, generally we talk about the abuser in terms of "he", and the victim as "she". While using these generalities makes it easier for the conversation to flow, it does not detract from the fact that domestic violence happens among all groups of people. Lisa, let's start with you. Before we can talk about domestic violence, we need to probably define what it is, and what does the law say?
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Domestic abuse, violence, whatever word you want to use, could fall under any number of various crimes, obviously assault, but it could also be strangulation, criminal mischief, which is where somebody destroys or breaks property of another. In the eyes of the law, some are going to be easier to prove than others. It could be nothing physical, just all verbal where the mom or wife is constantly being berated by husband and the kids are witnessing that, talking down to them, calling them stupid, fat, et cetera, et cetera. Over the course of a 20 year marriage, that's going to impact somebody mentally. And it's teaching the kids. They see that happening. Whether it's a male or female child, they're picking up on how dad treats mom, and they're internalizing that, and that's becoming their norm. The cycle potentially could continue. Verbal abuse is going to be more difficult to prove. I mean, we'd have to have some kind of audio recordings to really prove that.
It is one of the most dangerous police calls that we take for responding officers to go to a domestic violence call. There's so many unknowns. We don't know if there's any weapons involved. Emotions are at the pinnacle. I mean, that's the reason that this victim has finally called the police even though this abuse has probably been going on several times before for who knows how many years or months or weeks or whatever. Pretty much guaranteed this isn't the first time that something that's happened between these two. It's just reached that level where she's scared enough that she finally is intervening and calling the police. And a lot of times, that gets interrupted by the perpetrator grabbing the phone, breaking the phone. Now there's no means of communication for her to reach out to which sometimes leads to running out of the apartment and banging on the next door neighbor's apartment or trying to reach anybody who can contact the police.
I should say to our listeners that we'll probably refer to DVRU during this podcast. We love acronyms at the Portland Police Bureau, and that actually stands for Domestic Violence Reduction Unit. Lisa, tell us a little bit more about the team.
DVRU is a collection of officers and Multnomah County detectives. We work on domestic violence cases and try to hold the offender accountable based on the victim's wishes.
How do you get the cases? I mean, how do they come to you?
So any call that comes into dispatch that's coded as a domestic violence, officers are required to write a report even if it turns out to be a movie that was playing that was yelling and screaming and the neighbor heard it and thought it was a fight. They're required to do at least a quick supplemental report to indicate what it was. So no domestic violence call that comes in to dispatch is cleared without writing a report. All the cases come into our office and are screened by the sergeants, and then they're assigned out to the officers.
And once they're assigned to the officers, we contact the victim and first off, determine if they're in a safe place and speak with them about what their wishes are, or do they want to pursue charges, do they not want to pursue charges but they want a restraining order, apply for a restraining order, or do they not want to do either of those but they would like to have some advocacy and speak with one of our advocates who can provide various resources for them to either help them get out of that situation or develop a safety plan if they planning on staying in the relationship.
Talking about advocates, that brings you in Emi. Tell me a little bit about a typical day for you. What would you do?
My job specifically, I reach out to people that have made a police report that's domestic violence focused, and so I will reach out to them and figure out how they want to proceed. And we work very closely with the officers in our unit. We all sit in the same office space, and so we're there to help each other on what the case is that we get assigned. For my caseload specifically, it is more of a general population that will report domestic violence to a patrol officer, so then I will make follow-up contact that way.
I think there's a lot of stereotypes, Lisa, about domestic violence, and I think we all have in our head the typical male abuser, the husband or the boyfriend. And I know that could be a large part of your cases but tell me a little bit about the people DVRU comes across as abusers.
It is typical a man will be there, but we do see cases quite frequently where it's a woman abuser against her husband or her boyfriend. We have cases from the LGBTQ community, all kinds of different socioeconomic status, super high income earners to low income earners to unemployed to those that are sleeping on the street. So it really runs the gamut from all races, sexes, financial status.
While we're talking about abusers and characteristics of abusers, let's talk about, I guess, some warning signs. If you're just getting into a relationship, what would be some warning signs that this person may have a tendency to be an abuser?
Well, we know that domestic violence is about power and control, so a person can gain power and control various ways. When somebody is in a relationship, warning signs that could help would be taking notice of that person's attitude and behavior towards you, if they're really jealous, if they're trying to isolate you from specific systems, unrealistic expectations, blaming others for their mistakes. There's really a long list of what we would call red flags, and they're power and control driven. It's any way that somebody can gain that power and control over an individual.
So I think that a lot of people just wonder why the victim doesn't leave, and it seems really straightforward. Somebody's hurting you or somebody is not treating you right, why don't you just leave?
That is a very common question, and I feel like it is a little victim blaming driven because it puts the responsibility on the person that's being hurt and not the perpetrator. There are a lot of different barriers that somebody faces when they decide to leave a relationship. And often even when a person makes a police report, the entire story isn't being told even at that time. To get to the point where somebody calls the police, they're in an extreme crisis driven situation where they feel like that is what's best for them in that situation. So there really is a lot of different barriers. And when somebody calls the police, that is a perfect place for us to intervene, and that may look very different for many different people.
We know from statistics that when people do call police during a domestic violence situation, that's not the first time that they have been abused or beaten. It's just like Emi said, it's reached that point where they feel they need intervention to be safe. We also know that statistically speaking, it takes seven or eight attempted leaves or leaves to go back and then attempts again before they actually make that final hurdle and leave the perpetrator for good.
So actually, I didn't mean to be flip when I asked that, but I think that there are barriers as we've talked about. So give me a example of some of the barriers that might prevent somebody from leaving.
Language, immigration status is one of the big ones that I have... Because I work with bilingual population, with the Latino community, and so sometimes language and immigration is one of the reasons it could hold somebody in a situation where it's unsafe because they fear for their life and the life of their children. I worked with this woman recently where she told me that she had all her important documentation set aside even months prior to her leaving because she was preparing. So she was safety planning in a way that was safe for her and her children to be able to leave whenever that time was right. So when she saw a little window of opportunity to leave, she was able to quickly grab the things that she had set aside and leave with her children in that instance. So it wasn't like something that she knew an exact time and day of when she would leave, but she was already preparing it to make it a little easier for her to leave when that perfect window of opportunity came up.
Another example would be financial. Maybe the victim has not worked in quite a while and they're not sure what their job skill level is so they stay in the relationship because they know that they at least have a roof over their head and they have food on their table. Another example would be because of the kids. Either their kids are the perpetrator's kids or they're from another relationship, but they don't want to uproot the kids and not knowing where they're going to sleep or live. So they stay because it's a known factor, and they feel that they can at least somewhat control what the perpetrator's going to do versus the unknown of leaving and not knowing where you're going to live, where you're going to eat.
When we think about domestic violence relationships, they're intimate relationships. It's not just about the abuse, but it's somebody that you share your life with. So it's really hard for people to break away from that because it's not always bad. And some people still hold on to that hope that the person can change or that things will get easier because their love exist. Love is real. The abuse is not okay. Love shouldn't hurt, but at the same time, being able to separate that for some people can be very difficult. I have people tell me all the time even after they left that they feel guilty for still loving the person. And I let them know that that's a very normal feeling because you can't completely detach yourself from a person who you spent a long time with.
But that hope that that person will change or not wanting that person to get in trouble, when the police is involved, there's a lot of other systems that come into place, like the person gets arrested. They get charges. That scares people to think that it can get to that point. So sometimes even when they make reports, they may not follow through because it's a scary system. It's a scary outcome for many people.
So that leads to my next question. An officer writes a report regarding a domestic violence call, and it's sent to DVRU for follow-up. What happens next?
My first thing I do is contact the victim and preferably in person if we can locate them. Sometimes, that is a hurdle right there, just trying to find a good phone number or a good address for the victim to see what their wishes are. Do they want to press charges against this person, or do they not want to press charges but they do want to get a restraining order, which they can petition for the court and the judge will review that and grant that restraining order? Sometimes, they don't want to press charges. They don't want a restraining order, but they do want advocacy from Emi or another advocate in our office who can provide resources for them and help navigate through that, developing a safety plan.
But sometimes, they don't want any of that. They just want to be out of the relationship and start over and put it behind them. Other times, they want to stay with a relationship and deny that anything happened or what the officer wrote in the report is not true. So there's all levels of where it goes once it hits my desk. But my first step is to contact the victim in the case and see where she's at. Is she safe? Initially, is it even a good time to talk right now? Because sometimes, the perpetrator is in the house. And as we touched on earlier, they monitor phone calls. They want to know who the victim is talking to. Just checking in very first to see if it's a good time to talk, and sometimes, it's not, and I'll make contact at a different date and time.
Emi, what kind of resources are available?
We have many resources, connections to community-based agencies, so community agencies that are focused on helping domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, anything from counseling to possible housing resources depending on funding, if they need food, if they need some clothing. Sometimes, when people call the police and they do decide to leave at that instant, they often leave without food, without any clothes. And so as advocates, we step in, and we help to make sure that they have the things that they need in that moment to keep them safe. That could be vouchering them into a hotel for a few nights. People will often leave with very little.
A lot of times, victims won't leave because of their pets. They don't want to leave their pets in the house with the perpetrator for fear that they will hurt or kill the dog or the cat. So that's another resource that they provide is pet food so that they can bring their pet and keep the pet safe as well.
Transportation, if getting to the gateway center, the one-stop domestic violence center, if getting there is a hardship for them, we will help with transportation. They can get a restraining order there as opposed to having to come all the way into downtown to get that.
That's good to know because I think that a lot of people think about a restraining order, going to court, standing in front of a judge, maybe their abuser in the room, and it being a very intimidating process.
And we help through through that whole process. Even the process of if they do choose to follow through with pressing criminal charges and prosecution, as advocates, we will help support them through that process as well.
You mentioned a safety plan, tell me a little bit about what that entails.
Safety plan can look different for many people. When you think about a safety plan of leaving an abusive situation, just making sure that you have all the things that are necessary, like birth certificates, passports, things like that in a safe spot.
So that could include having a place to go to, a friend's house or family member's house, preferably a location that the perpetrator does not know the address or the phone number so they can't continue to follow them to that new location.
So if I'm listening to this and I'm in an abusive relationship, what would you tell me to do?
Getting information I think would be a first step. We really do try to meet people where they're at. We don't push somebody one way or the other, especially as advocates, because we're non-sworn and we do work closely with officers. But if they are hesitant to go all the way through with prosecution, we want to make sure that we respect that. So we want to make sure that they have the power. Because a domestic violence relationship is all about power and control, and the last thing that we want to do is to continue that pattern for them. So we really want to make sure that they have all the information.
So if somebody is listening to this, I would say that you can reach out in a very confidential and safe way to even a community partner agency. There's Call to Safety. There's Proyecto UNICA. There's a lot of different agencies that somebody can get that information and start that safety planning process at an early stage and then just go at your own pace, whatever feels safe for you and your family.
So if you're in a domestic violence situation right now, there's two organizations that are 24/7. One is Call to Safety, and their number is (888) 235-5333.
And Proyecto UNICA, they're a bilingual 24/7 crisis line, and their number is (503) 232-4448.
So you probably want to be careful though. We want to warn those listeners to be careful on their phone or their computer about, I guess, Googling things and leaving the history up, correct?
Yes. Many of these domestic violence and sexual assault websites have that one quick click button so people can safely leave the website.
So if you have a friend or a loved one who's in a domestic violence situation, what kind of things can you do to help them or say to them?
I would say listen, listen to what they have to say, give them a voice. Again, as we've mentioned, it's about power and control. So not judging them, just listening, giving them an ounce of control back in their life. You can ask if they want your help and how you can help them.
And also just to remember that support and listening does go a very long way because we are not here to rescue anybody. We can't necessarily save them. It's a choice that they have to make for themselves. So really being that supportive person that is going to listen to them with a nonjudgmental ear but still caring for them and giving them maybe the information that they need to make an informed decision.
Lisa, you could work anywhere in the bureau. Why do you work for DVRU?
I like to have the opportunity to give women their life back I guess I would say. A portion of their life has been taken from them, and they don't necessarily always see it until they have left and start having their self esteem, self confidence put back into them. So it's nice to see that change in somebody's personality to where they become happy again about life in general, not scared all the time wondering, "Where is he? Is he watching me? Is he hearing what I'm saying? Is he monitoring my text messages?"
What is success, for lack of a better term, look like in the cases that you work on?
I mean, there's just so many factors. I mean, success for one person could be he's prosecuted and now he's in jail, but success for another person could be no charges were filed, no RO was obtained, but she got out of the relationship, and she's moved to a new town and has familial support. So it's hard to judge success on our end. I think it's more how they view it as success.
We'll put it in the show's notes the resources we mentioned today. Thanks for being here today.
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$t = new lime_test(11);

$dom = new DomDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
$dom->validateOnParse = true;

// ->render()
$t->diag('->render()');
$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array('foo' => 'bar', 'foobar' => 'foo'), 'separator' => ''));
$output = '
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$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array('0' => 'bar', '1' => 'foo')));
$output = <<< EOF

<input name="myname" type="radio" value="0" id="myname_0" checked="checked" /> bar

<input name="myname" type="radio" value="1" id="myname_1" /> foo

EOF;
$t->is($w->render('myname', false), fix_linebreaks($output), '->render() considers false to be an integer 0');

$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array('0' => 'bar', '1' => 'foo')));
$output = <<< EOF

<input name="myname" type="radio" value="0" id="myname_0" /> bar

<input name="myname" type="radio" value="1" id="myname_1" checked="checked" /> foo

EOF;
$t->is($w->render('myname', true), fix_linebreaks($output), '->render() considers true to be an integer 1');

$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array()));
$t->is($w->render('myname', array()), '', '->render() returns an empty HTML string if no choices');

// group support
$t->diag('group support');
$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array('foo' => array('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'foo'), 'bar' => array('foobar' => 'barfoo'))));
$output = <<<EOF
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<input name="foo" type="radio" value="foo" id="foo_foo" checked="checked" /> bar

<input name="foo" type="radio" value="bar" id="foo_bar" /> foo

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<input name="foo" type="radio" value="foobar" id="foo_foobar" /> barfoo

EOF;
$t->is($w->render('foo', 'foo'), fix_linebreaks($output), '->render() has support for groups');

try
{
  $w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio();
  $t->fail('__construct() throws an RuntimeException if you don\'t pass a choices option');
}
catch (RuntimeException $e)
{
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}

// choices as a callable
$t->diag('choices as a callable');

function choice_callable()
{
  return array(1, 2, 3);
}
$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => new sfCallable('choice_callable')));
$dom->loadHTML($w->render('foo'));
$css = new sfDomCssSelector($dom);
$t->is(count($css->matchAll('input[type="radio"]')->getNodes()), 3, '->render() accepts a sfCallable as a choices option');

// choices are translated
$t->diag('choices are translated');

$ws = new sfWidgetFormSchema();
$ws->addFormFormatter('stub', new FormFormatterStub());
$ws->setFormFormatterName('stub');
$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => array('foo' => 'bar', 'foobar' => 'foo'), 'separator' => ''));
$w->setParent($ws);
$output = '
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$t->is($w->render('foo'), $output, '->render() translates the options');

// __clone()
$t->diag('__clone()');
$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => new sfCallable(array($w, 'foo'))));
$w1 = clone $w;
$callable = $w1->getOption('choices')->getCallable();
$t->is(spl_object_hash($callable[0]), spl_object_hash($w1), '__clone() changes the choices is a callable and the object is an instance of the current object');

$w = new sfWidgetFormSelectRadio(array('choices' => new sfCallable(array($a = new stdClass(), 'foo'))));
$w1 = clone $w;
$callable = $w1->getOption('choices')->getCallable();
$t->is(spl_object_hash($callable[0]), spl_object_hash($a), '__clone() changes nothing if the choices is a callable and the object is not an instance of the current object');

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