A Few Minutes For Feedback 2

In this feedback inspired episode, Persephone and I share some stories and comments that we have gotten recently that lead us to discuss veganism, omni consideration, Big Brother says screw privacy, no reasonable expectation of privacy in the US, billionaires bending public perception through propaganda, purposeful miseducation of the people, veganism tried to murder Angelina Jolie, bullshit backpedaling, Wikileaks leader, government transparency, dealing with anxiety, DailyStrength.org, hospital assault, non-consented pelvic examinations in teaching hospitals, parental bullshit, dealing with wanting out of your parents house, parental respect, and more.

A Few Minutes For Feedback 2

Links from the show

Big Brother Says Privacy Not a Reasonable Expectation in US

Billionaire Brothers Wage War Against Obama

MAYO Clinic’s Guide to Eating Vegan/Vegetarian

Episode 49 – Current Events, Mississippi Murder!

In this new more compact episode, Persephone and I provide a heartbreaking update on the case of Troy Anthony Davis and we talk about a Knowledge is Power approach to sex ed and some veganism related topics after a few listener submitted stories open the door, then we move on to discuss Bill O’ Reilly attacking Jennifer Aniston’s comments about single mothers, we briefly discuss gender binaries, healthcare professionals bigotry interfering with their performance of their duties, a transgender woman is denied treatment at hospital for being transgendered, oppressive gender bias, a couple’s three year fight to get their child back from the state because of flawed system, hospitals taking away women’s right to control their bodies during birth, sexism and its links to the industrialized factory farm complex, veganism being a fight for feminism to take up, Frederick Bell vs Mississippi, capital punishment in the US of A, evidence being denied that would settle a case, DNA evidence denials, an eye for an eye is not a basis for justice, rehabilitation vs punishment, the reverse Robin Hood mentality of the right!

Episode 49

Links Promised in the Podcast

National Crotch Kick Anyone Who Touches Your Chest Without Your Consent Day Facebook group set up in response to the call for action against the calls for sexual assault on women with the National Boob Grab Day bullshit going around.

Story from Lisa about Knowledge is Power approach to Comprehensive Sex Ed

O’Reilly Upset by Aniston’s Claims About Women Not Needing a Man to Have a Child. Bill thinks that’s detrimental to the very fabric of our society.

Transgender Woman Denied Treatment at a Hospital Because of Bigotry and Bias

Couple Has Child Taken Away Because Mother Refuses to Sign C-Section Pre-Consent Form. Was told that she endangered the child unnecessarily, even though there was no reason or risk to warrant pre-consent form.

Frederick Bell Facing Death Row in Mississippi Despite Evidence Courts Will Not Let Be Heard…and the horrible fact is, Frederick is not alone!

I have no words…so I will let the article speak for itself…

A federal judge Tuesday denied Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis’ innocence claim after a rare hearing.

The ruling against Davis sets the stage for Georgia officials to move forward with executing him for the 1989 shooting death of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah police officer.

In June, U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. heard two days of testimony from witnesses seeking to cast doubt on Davis’ conviction. The Supreme Court ordered the hearing for Davis a year ago.

Davis has been spared from execution three times as his attorneys pushed their argument that new evidence showed police ignored MacPhail’s real killer as they rushed to pin the shooting on Davis.

For more than a decade, Davis has sought to present in open court his claims of innocence, including the testimony of seven key prosecution witnesses who have recanted or contradicted their trial testimony.

Davis’ innocence claims have attracted international attention, including former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI urging that he be spared from execution. In recent years, Davis’ scheduled execution has been halted three times — on one occasion just two hours before he was to be put to death by lethal injection.

…and we call this system just?

Episode 48 – Current Events, Assassins for the Status Quo!

In this new more compact episode, Persephone and I take some time to address some issues and stories that were sent to us by some listeners via e-mail and voicemail covering things like veganism, sexist double standards, 1080 poison in Australia, controlled killing, rape-aXe condoms, and other topics before we move into the main discussions for the show which go into Prop 8 overturning, equal rights, Wikileaks and the Afghanistan war logs, transparency, responsible reporting, religion versus law, religious rape, 1700 percent project, anti-Arab sentiments, hate crimes, victim blaming, FBI assassinated MLK JR, conspiracy theories, in defense of the status quo, government hits!

Episode 48

Links Promised in the Podcast

Vegan arsonist caught in Colorado

Info about Rape-aXe Condoms

1080 Poison use in Australia

Guardian coverage of the Wikileaks War Logs

Court Rejects Religious Rape Defense on Appeal

1700% Project target of hate crime

Evidence of FBI Conspiracy to Kill Martin Luther King, Jr.

Story from WTF moment of the podcast

Bob’s Red Mill story

This is a follow-up in a conversation I was having on Tumblr about the case with supersoygrrrl where she asked about the man covered in blood who was seen the night of the killings in the area where it all happened. The man was dubbed Mr. Bojangles after the restaurant he was seen in. Here are a couple of mentions of him from the case chronology:

8:50pm: Officer Regenia Meek arrives at Bojangles Restaurant to investigate a report of a bleeding black man who has made a mess in the ladies restroom.
Police Documents, 5/5/93 WMPD Station Logs, 3-11 shift, p. 5

Now the man could have easily been a victim of an attack himself, hence the bleeding and disorientation, but the police failed to tie up this loose end:

9:00pm: Dets. Allen and Ridge, still wearing the same clothes in which they handled bodies at the site where they were found, visit the nearby Bojangles restaurant. Ridge allegedly takes “blood scrapings,” which are later lost.
Police Documents, Bojangles Restaurant, 5/6/93 Report regarding incident

Now I am not saying that the police should have jumped to any conclusions, but waiting over 24hrs to return and get samples which were lost before they could be tested, and in clothes from the murder scene where they could have tracked ‘evidence’ into Bojangles was irresponsible in my opinion. Granted at the time of the initial Bojangles report, the bodies of the three boys had yet to be discovered, but I still feel like was a major ball dropped in the investigation because the police had their minds made up upon discovery of the bodies that this was occult related.

With that in mind, Damien Echols (someone whom the WMPD had been seemingly trying to pin something on for some time due to his supposed ties to satanism) became the focus of their investigation. Even without sufficient evidence to link Echols to the crimes.

supersoygrrrl mentioned the stepfather as a possible suspect, Hobbs (whose now ex-wife, mother of one of the slain boys) has also indicated could be involved. Now this is where more of my leanings go these days due to a recent 4 part article in the Jonesboro Sun dealing with the case. The most damning evidence I have seen to date, indicates that Hobbs and his friend Jacoby both were linked to the murder scene via hair samples. Samples that were dismissed by the WMPD as being transferred to the scene accidentally. I call bullshit. Here is an excerpt from the article:

DNA testing

In 2007 the state did DNA tests of dozens of pieces of evidence collected from the scene where the bodies were discovered. Several DNA profiles were found, but none of them matched Echols, Baldwin or Misskelley.

“Test everything,” Echols said. “Test. Test. Test. I want them to test every damn thing.”

The Arkansas Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Sept. 30 about the new DNA evidence and allegations that Echols-Baldwin juror foreman Kent Arnold introduced inadmissible evidence into the jury room, according to court documents.

DNA collected did not match the convicted, but a hair pulled from the ligature binding Michael was a mitochondrial match for Stevie’s stepfather, Terry Hobbs, court documents state. Another hair found on a tree stump near the crime scene was a possible mitochondrial match for Hobbs’ friend, David Jacoby — the man Hobbs said he was with when the boys disappeared.

Hobbs vehemently denies killing his stepson and the boy’s friends. Attorneys, forensic experts and private investigators hired by supporters and Echols’ wife, Lorri Davis, have cast a false light on him, Hobbs said.

“These people should be ashamed of themselves,” Hobbs said. “I can’t believe what they’re willing to say and what they’re willing to do.”

Stevie’s mother, Pam Hobbs, divorced from Hobbs, has said her ex-husband could have been involved in the murders.

Pam Hobbs said she thinks her son and the other boys were murdered somewhere else and dumped into the ditch. At a 2009 court hearing Pam Hobbs approached Jason Baldwin and told him, “I hope God grants you a new trial.”

She also corresponds with Echols.

Christopher’s stepfather, John Mark Byers, said Hobbs was involved in the murders, according to sworn affidavits filed in federal court.

Media bombardment

Hobbs said he still remains in contact with his former wife. Intense media coverage and bombardment from West Memphis Three supporters prompted his ex-wife’s most recent accusations, Hobbs said.

The two have a daughter, Amanda, and grandchildren, he said. Amanda has been talking with filmmakers and investigators working to free Echols and has been put under hypnosis, Hobbs said.

“It’s as low-down as it can be,” Hobbs said. “That Lorri Davis is behind this.”

Pressed further, Hobbs said he fears hypnosis might lead his daughter to conjure a false memory that places her and him at the crime scene with the dead boys.

“It’s kind of keeping me on the edge,” he said.

I think the fact that he is worried about the hypnosis bringing up a ‘false’ memory of his daughter and him at the scene with the three dead bodies, just doesn’t sit right with me. Unless that memory is there, I do not see how hypnosis could bring it to the surface.

All in all, the case against the WM3 is weak, and these findings just further support the need for a retrial. If I am not mistaken, Damien has been granted a new trial in Sept. for the DNA evidence. Not sure why it has taken so many years for this to happen, but lets hope that they finally start to view the facts of the case reasonably and objectively.

If you aren’t familiar with the West Memphis 3 and this horrible case of prejudicial justice in the south, then please follow the link and check them out. I was living in the area years and years ago when the murders took place and I remember the way the locals reacted to the three teenagers who were arrested and charged. They were labeled satanists, and the masses minds were made up. These three were guilty…

…only thing is, there are many discrepancies in the case that point to the three men being innocent! Yet, over a decade later, they are still in jail facing the death penalty. Prejudice failed these men and the young boys whose murderer(s) still walks free, and justice still eludes them to this day.

I covered this case a few years ago in the early life of my podcast, and it sickens me that I have yet been able to report that they have been freed and justice has finally been served. But that’s the tricky thing about the concept of justice. For even if the real killer was found and justice came for the murders, the three men whose lives have been effectively hijacked by a broken system, there is no justice for them.

What the system has taken from them, it can never give back. But it can start, and we can all help make that happen by going to the link above and helping the campaign to free the West Memphis 3 in whatever way you can. The more people joining this fight, the more pressure the courts will be facing until they grant a retrial for all three convicted men.

Episode 47 – Current Events, Who Needs Consent?

In this new more compact episode, Persephone and I discuss a few comments and messages we received after the last show talking about a Judge who stopped Alaskan offshore drilling, opposing oil companies, Christian thoughts on intersexed individuals, Bill HR5741 and forced service by our government before we launch into our show topics that cover religious objections interfering in job performance, Texas bus driver Christian bigotry, Planned Parenthood, public option reappears in health care debate, insurance companies versus we the people, GOP running a back to Bush platform this fall, Democrats rejoice, empowering free enterprise through unregulated corporate malfeasance, Jury rules against consent, Girls Gone Wild gets above the law ruling, victim blaming getting out of hand, consent for being filmed naked is given by just being around a camera fully clothed, and injustice in the United States!

Episode 47

Links Promised in the Podcast

Judge halts oil, gas development on Chukchi Sea

Bill H.R. 5741 is now in debate

Bus driver refused to bring woman to Planned Parenthood

Robust Public Option Health Care Bill with 121 Co-Sponsors Introduced in Congress

Jury Decides Consent Is Not Required For Girls Gone Wild

Too many laws, too many prisoners

Episode 46 – Current Events, Welfarist Feminism, G20 Riots.

In this episode, Persephone and I tackle some e-mails and feedback that we received in our time off that take us over the topics of welfarism, the Breatharian Yogi, more on immigration, and CA’s marijuana tax act before we launch into our list of stories beginning with the Detroit police department’s overreaction and reality TV murder of a young girl, Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet, Israel praises Glenn Beck’s coverage of aid attack, Canadian Conservative Senator tells women’s groups to shut it, the product of sex miseducation, UN appoints Iran to the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, BP intimidating public using local police in Louisiana, BP shakedown called out by the GOP until one Rep goes too far, Oil spills in Nigeria dwarf the Gulf in demand for change, dependence on oil destroying our environment, more racism from Arizona Senate, Welfarist Feminism, female genital mutilation, female genital cutting, Transphobic parents, Cornell University abusive study, G20 summit riots in Toronto, Toronto police trample on human rights, Governments bought by Big Business!

Episode 46

Links Promised in the Podcast

Immigration Visa Details

Israel Kills 20 : Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet

International Activists Cause Their Own Deaths By Attacking Non-confrontational Israeli Commandos?

Israeli Gov Promotes Glenn Beck’s Flotilla Coverage

Tory senator to women’s groups: Shut up

New Male Birth Control PSA

Iran Wins Membership to the U.N Commission on the Status of Women

La. Police Doing BP’s Dirty Work

Daily Show coverage of the GOP BP Shakedown

Nigerian Yearly Oil Spills – A Reality Check

Feministing post about FGC condoned in US

Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University

Toronto’s Burning! Or is it?

Conditions at G20 Dentention Centre are illegal, immoral and dangerous

We know it has been a bit since the last episode of the podcast, hell it’s been a bit since the last episode was promised on Facebook. Totally my bad, by the way. But we wanted to do a quick update to let you know that we haven’t given up the fight and that the fire is still burning in our bellies. And on that note, we will be recording a new episode in the next couple of days and we will get it up and back on track!

Thanks for all the contacts that we have been getting asking for the next show and checking in on us to make sure that we are doing okay. We miss you all too, and it warms our hearts to know that you care about the show. So we thought we would stop in today and say the wait is almost over!

Episode 45 – Current Events, Arizona Racism Reform, Hate Pranks.

In this episode, Persephone and I tackle some vegan related and feminist related questions to kick things off, then we discuss the political game, Oklahoma City bombings celebration, Bachmann wants to be more important, Clinton vs Bachmann, rhetoric echo chambers, Australia victimizing rape victims, skinny jeans prevent rape, GM animals, curing humans through altered animals genetic code, the Gulf Coast oil disaster, environmental activism, ACLU takes on targeted CIA killings off the battlefield, American citizens can be targeted with Presidential permission, Anti-Choice Oklahoma, OK Senate veto override, reproductive freedom, GE/GM food labels, FDA, organic standards, CPC’s in the UK, a peek at CPC ‘couseling’, faith-based initiative spending under Bush, tax dollars for Jesus, IFPC, Focus on the Family’s million dollar government program, racist roots of Arizona immigration bill, white nationalists writing AZ legislation, microchipping illegal immigrants, National biometric ID cards, Cheyenne Williams, GLBT based hate crimes, dismissive police, hate prank, poetry, e-mail and more.

Episode 45

Links Promised in the Podcast

Can a woman in skinny jeans be raped?

GM Cows die from unnatural causes

ACLU tells Obama The Entire World is NOT a War Zone

Oklahoma Senate overrides Gov. vetoes

No more labels for GM/GE foods in the US

Democrats propose National biometric ID cards for immigration reform

The story of Cheyenne Williams and the hate ‘prank’ that nearly took her life