http://www.statepress.com/2012/03/12/senate-judiciary-committee-endorses-controversial-contraceptive-bill/

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections.

 

Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.

 

“I believe we live in America. We don’t live in the  Soviet Union,” Lesko said. “So, government should not be telling the organizations or mom and pop employers to do something against their moral beliefs.”

 

Lesko said this bill responds to a contraceptive mandate in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law March 2010.

 

“My whole legislation is about our First Amendment rights and freedom of religion,” Lesko said. “All my bill does is that an employer can opt out of the mandate if they have any religious objections.”

Story#2

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rick-santorum-wants-ban-hardcore-pornography-222833811.html

Rick Santorum wants to put an end to the distribution of pornography in the United States.

 

"America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography," Santorum's official website reads. "Pornography is toxic to marriages and relationships. It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking."

 

The former Pennsylvania senator states that, "as a parent, I am concerned about the widespread distribution of illegal obscene pornography and its profound effects on our culture."

 

Santorum criticized the Obama administration for turning "a blind eye ... to the scourge of pornography" and for refusing to enforce obscenity laws.

 

"If elected President, I will appoint an Attorney General who will do so," Santorum writes. "While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Santorum Administration."

Starting now

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teams already chosen

Fatjim

Mohammed Karzai

Jalal Talabani

Margaret Thatcher deceased ya fucking dancer I should get double points for this fucking whore

The Queen

Ajja

George Beverly Shea

Ruby Muhammad

Dolores Hope

Luise Rainer

Nellie the don

Stephen Hawking

Rush Limbaugh

Denis Healy

Chuck Berry

The Lurker

Michael Winner deceased

Dolly Parton

Rupert Murdoch

Peter O Toole

TheChimp

Pete Doherty

Guy Roux

Jackie Stallone

Mickey Rooney

Drew Peacock

Dennis Norden

Robert Mugabe

Billy Graham

Robo

Jack Klugman deceased

Muhammed Al Fayed

Jimmy Hill

Superstar Tradesman

Kirk Douglas

Fidel Castro

Micheal Moore

Ronnie Biggs

Mizer

Nawaz Sharif

Barron Hilton

Ayad Alawi (Iraqi PM)

Magic Johnson

EPK

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Yitzhak Shamir

Ian Brady

Brownybrown

Jake Lamotta

Bashar Al Assad

Tenementfunster

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Henry Heimlich

Maureen O'Hara

Hebrew

Kate McCann

Kylie Minogue

Vladimir Romanov

Prince Philip

Cts

Sir Geoffrey Howe

Nicholas Parsons OBE

Jimmy Young

Christy O'Conner Snr

Monkey

Betty Ford

Harcus (2008 & 2009 Champion)

Nancy Reagan

Ariel Sharon

Bilbobaggins(2010, 2011 & 2012 sudden death Champion)

Anna Wing

Minijc

Eddie The Eagle

Maddie McCann

Bruce Forsythe (The cunt is dead to me so half a point)

Dandyjam

Michael Heseltine

Tony Benn

Gerry McNee

Penfold

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Keith Richards

Jerry Lewis

Al Molinaro

Slim

Terry Wogan

Trevor McDonald

Bill Tarney (Jack Duckworth)

El Padre

John Hartson

B B King

Chapman Pincher

Leith Red

David Rockefeller

Archie Macpherson

FW de Clerk (former SA President)

Frank Williams

Baldrick

Edwin Morgan

Russell Watson

Jagerdeen

Johnny Vegas

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Robbie Coltrane

Baggy89

Lester Piggott

Hulk Hogan

Britney Spears

Dave min

Brian Wilson

Charlie Allan

Ali Khamenei

Cowie

Pervez Musharraf

Ehud Olmert

Ramzan Kadyrov 

Kowalski

Eli Wallach

Danny Baker

Madbadteacher

Hugo Chavez

Percy Sledge

Vanderark14

Barbara Windsor

George Bush SNR

William Shatner

Ozzy Osbourne

boboisared

Hugh Heffner

Joanie Laurer

Matthew Pritchard

Pele

Snapper

Jimmy Carter

Stanley Baxter

Jerry Lewis

Tony Iommi

Peterheid Loon

Tommy Cannon

Bobby Ball

Terri Irwin (Steve's wife)

Lindsey Lohan

10menwent2mow

Peter O'Sullivan

Scotfree

Richard Attenborough

Bobby Charlton

Barry Humphreys

Roger Moore

Big Al

Alfredo Di Stefano

Pete Burns

Arnold Palmer

Aberdeen Ladette

Dick Cheney

Kenny Richey

Eileen Derbyshire

Stonefish

Cilla Black

Trisha Goddard

Oxford Don

Mikhail Gorbachev

Lawrie Reilly

John Hurt

Salman Rushdie

Bringbacklapirastache

Shane McGowan

Gary Kasparov

Boris Berezovsky

Tom Sizemore

Andrew

Shirley Bassey

One Bobby Clark

Dino de Laurentiis

Ray Bradbury

Robert Downey Jr

Sheep_Shagger

Graham Crowden

Michael Caine

Christopher Lee

Zander

Paul McCartney

John Greig

Octavion

James Martin

barry manilow

Clive Swift

Mentorred

Pope benedict

Sean Connery

Murdo Mcloed

Smooth

Courtney Love

John Goodman

zsa zsa gabor

Steve Tyler

ptayles

Brian Blessed

Patrick Stewart

Henry Winkler

Pete Townshend

RDU_64

Nelson Mandela

Chhouk Rin

Tyrant

John Virgo

David Attenborough

Donald Findlay QC

Neil Lennon

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CD Primera Liga Division 2013

Robo 1pt

The Lurker 1pt

Fatjim 1pt

Minijc 0.5pts

Everyone else 0pts

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CD Primera Liga Division 2010/11/12 (sudden death)

Bilbobaggins 3pts CHAMPION

Nellie the Don 2pts

RDU_64 2pts

snapper 2pts

Kowalski 2pts

Harcus 2pts

madbadteacher 2pts

Brownybrown 2pts

Minijc 1.5pts

Stonefish 1pt

Andrew 1pt

10menwent2mow 1pt

El Padre 1pt

Zander 1pt

Drew Peacock 1pt

One Bobby Clark 1pt

Monkey 1pt

Dandyjam 1pt

Mentorred 1pt

Aberdeen Ladette 1pt

Robo 1pt

Baggy89 1pt

Tenementfunster 1pt

everyone else 0pts

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CD Primera Liga Division 2009 finishing table

Harcus 3pts

Nellie The Don 2pt

Baldrick_sheep 2pt

Monkey 2pt

Swaddon 1pt

Slim 1 pt

Andrew 1pt

10menwent2mow 1pt

Smooth 1pt

Cowie 1pt

Mentorred 1pt

Penfold 1pt

Kowalski 1pt

MarkyMark 1pt

Stonefish 1pt

Ajja 1pt

Bilbobaggins 1pt

EPK 1pt

Octavion 1pt

Everybody else 0pts

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CD Primera Liga Division 2008 finishing table

Harcus 3pts

Ajja 2pts

Monkey 2pts

Sneckie 1pt

Penfold 1pt

Aberdeen Ladette 1pt

Sheep Shagger 1 pt

One Bobby Clark 1 pt

Leith Red 1pt

Nellie The Don 1pt

Caroline B 1pt

Dave_min 1pt

Everybody else 0pts

Total Wipeout - has anyone seen this?  I'd love a crack at it!

White Stripes - It's True that We Love One Another

The next person to post then posts a song that contains a word of the song above. Therefore the next song could be

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

and a possible next would be:

Michael Jackson - Off the wall

Lets start off with:

Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue

Big Laker fan, lived in LA when Shaq and Kobe dominated, and when it was Kobe and Pau. Not into American sports, football, hockey, baseball, even MLS, but the NBA can be pretty entertaining. 
lakers had real momentum but that kills losing Luca and Reeves, season over. They were keeping me enthused with the dons being shit.

wemby vs Shay should be an NBA finals match up, don’t like the east west format, although with Tatum back the Celtics are pretty decent, as are Detroit is Cade comes back healthy. 

http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/3370157/Hunting-Grounds/Product.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunting-Grounds-Gary-Sutherland/dp/1841585866/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198166624&sr=8-1

Its an excellent journey round all 42 Scottish fitba grounds in one season.  Detailing transport, pre-match venues for a pint, the quality of the pies at the ground, and a review of the performance of both the players and the fans.  He goes into some depth in his report for each ground.  Its rather witty too!

He obviously visits Pittodrie (2-2 cup game with Hibs last season), and also a Falkirk v Aberdeen SPL game where the away fans are praised.

Be interesting to see how things pan out in Scotland but presumably given it is STV there won't be any councils where a party has overall control.  Apparently heading for the lowest turnout in years up here but then you'd hardly know there was an election on where I stay.  No posters or billboards and I only got one leaflet through my door which was Tory, which is bizarre given in my ward I'd imagine they'd do well to get even 4th on 1st preference never mind get anywhere near a seat.

Don't suppose it means much so far away from a GE but already had Tory MPs demanding Callmedave is more right wing after UKIP success in the south and comedy figure Lebit Opik demanding Nick Clegg resigns as leader of the Lib Dems (but seemingly stay on as Deputy PM).

Also glad to see that so far nobody has voted in favour of Mayors in various English cities. Total waste of time and money and nothing more than a celebrity driven ego trip (see B. Johnston and K. Livingston)

Just wondering if there's some ways we can make it a bit busier here though? I've noticed a few regular posters go quiet recently too (although it is pre-season).

Personally, I'd say merge the Aberdeen & football sub-forums into one. Don't think they need to be separate. People would then see more active threads when they're browsing the forum.

Also, could whoever holds the Twitter keys maybe make a post advertising the forum that the rest of us could retweet? Garner a bit of interest?

Does not have to be football based. It can be Music, comedy, books, travel etc, etc, etc.....

I've been having a look myself, but what a lot of shite you have to go through before you find a decent one.

Cheers. 

MP3s available from http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2007/11/mp3s-spiritualized-live-in-boston.htm

We have always known that Balmedie was a white elephant and his claim that it would be the greatest course in the world was always completely laffable. It's not even the best course within 5 miles of there and there are numerous better in the NE let alone Scotland let alone the UK let alone Europe let alone the world. What he didn't factor in and we all knew was that you can't sell tickets for a minimum of 5 months out of 12. The haar comes in during peak times, July & August to wipe out some days and it's way too cold for tourists in the winter. Plus the price was so ridiculous he was never going to get locals to play it more than once, or occasionally twice or more if a freebie.

While I agree with all of the rest, plus you missed out that he didn't bargain for how long a course takes to be ready for play from new build in our climate, I take issue with how good the course is.

Let's forget Trump being a total erse, that's a given. And we'll move past best course in the world because again, that's a helluva tall order, and will always be subjective anyway, and obviously it isn't.

I honestly don't think even Royal Snoberdeen can beat it, far less anywhere else in the north east, he truly has built an astonishing layout.

What are your issues with the course?

Anyone been/going to the cinema to see anything in particular?

I've been to see Inception and Toy Story 3 recently. Both were fantastic. Saw Toy Story in 3D but I'm not overly sure that it was necessary, but that doesn't detract from the fact that it was a great film. Fitting way to end the trilogy

Cheers in advance

Sports Mixtures

Football Chums

Fruit Salads/Black Jacks

Bar Six 

Aztec Bar

Spangles

Texan Bar

Sure there must be many others. What favourite of yours is no longer with us 

A few places are out of diesel around me so looks like this could perhaps be worse than the shortages when the tanker drivers went on strike, which is the last one I remember.

Anyone else struggling to fill up?  Electric vehicle owners need not reply

  The sketch he did about fighting an invisble animal was hilarious.  The perfect volunteer being the Giant Panda so you can give him/her a second black eye to go with the one they already have! 

Take Care!

Seebass

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/05/tory-child-sex-ring-claim

I was given a tip on friday that one off the senior tories mentioned here is in fact Michael Forsyth and that Thatcher protected him

Currently living in Toronto, I was an original DonsTalker from the Stand Free days.

My first trip to Pittodrie was January 2/03 1-1 Draw with the Tims.

I still play this crazy game and now coach my 8 year old daughter's team.

I hope to be returning "home" in the near future.

Film of the year was E.T and it set me thinking that I can honestly say that I have never watched this film.

Putting that aside, I thought what other films that fall into the iconic category have I not seen and suddenly thought about Top Gun.

Sure there must be others and that will spring to mind in the coming days, but what about everyone else  what supposed iconic  films have you still to watch guys ?