Reality Bytes and Pieces

An Israeli rabbi has given the green light to women who feel their safety is in jeopardy to kill their would-be attackers at first strike.

“In either word or deed, fight him off. Yell out loud so that everyone can hear you. If he touches you, slap him,” declared Beit El Chief Rabbi Shlomo Aviner. “If he attempts to do worse, and there is no other choice, you can kill him…yes, kill him,” Ynetnews.com reports.

Females concerned about violating Israeli law need not worry, because Aviner claims the judicial system is on their side.

“A young man broke into a woman’s apartment and wanted to have his way with her. She killed him and the court ruled that in this instance she had the right to use reasonable force in order to defend herself, and that her actions were justified,” Aviner said reassuringly in support of his advice for women to take the law into their own hands.

Call me crazy, but placed in such an unfortuante situation, wouldn’t your first instinct be to lace up your Nikes and run really fast? Then, if a potential attacker or rapist catches you — kill him. I just don’t trust an Israeli court to always condone the murder of an “alleged” attacker or rapist because we all know how crafty criminal defense attorneys are, no matter where they practice law.

I totally support the right to defend yourself in your own home, but when confronted — or have the perception of being confronted — on the street , it’s hard to determine if the reaction was in response to an actual action or anticipated action. If you think someone’s going to attack you, I still say run first. Again, I just don’t trust a court of my so-called peers to deem my actions justifiable versus ruling in favor of the defendant with a slick attorney.

Catholic Seminary Tackles Drug and Porn Addictions - “As a member of the executive committee of the Religious Affiliation Against Pornography, Mr Nicolakis presented some fascinating and disturbing facts. One of the most scandalous was that when religious gatherings occur in hotels there is usually a marked increase in the amount of pornography ordered…”

I’ll have a “melon squeezer” - The residents of Dawson County, Neb. are steaming mad that a so-called “juice bar” wants to open shop in their town. What’s the big stink about? It’s gonna be a nude juice bar.

Georgia to scare kids skinny - “Georgia’s elementary school children will be weighed and measured twice a year by school officials under a bill that passed the Senate Friday. The legislation requires schools to track kids’ body mass index, a combination of height and weight used to determine whether the child is healthy…”

Court Leaves Gay Porn Stars Homeless - “The court sided with a local homeowner’s association on Thursday that sued to stop an X-rated Web cam business operating out of a house on the block…”

Hitler, Frankenstein, Romeo, Newton in Indian election race - “The run up to Monday’s elections in Meghalaya may have been lacklustre but there is no dearth of candidates with names like Hitler, Frankenstein, Hilarious, Romeo, Clever, Newton, Moonlight and Chamberlaine…”

Aussie Juvenile Delinquents Have More Fun - “Juvenile delinquents had a ’sex romp’ at a detention centre after staff accidentally left security doors unlocked. Boys were able to sneak into a girls’ dormitory at the Don Dale centre in Darwin after dark…”

Cops “Roast & Season” Old Man’s Nuts - “A 65-year-old man who witnesses said was walking naked through the back yards of their Sarasota neighborhood Saturday tried to fight with deputies and had to be subdued with pepper spray and a Taser, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said…”

Three-way on the Highway - How two girls and guy managed to stay on the road while engaged in three-way action is a feat in itself.

They’re not missing children, they’re just lesbians - Police in Kuala Lampur are guessing that some of the recent missing persons reports can be easily solved — the missing girls are probably lesbians who ran away from home. Imagine if Amber Alerts in the U.S. being broadcast to motorists on highways read, “Missing Girls - Possibly Lesbians - Last Seen Driving White Subaru Outback.” Man, there’d be alot of phone calls to the hotline!

Hadaka Matsuri (the Naked Men Festival) in Saidaiji, Japan - “The festival is bizarre. There is an erotic element (after all, Shintoism is a religion of fertility); thousands of men clad only in fundoshi (a type of loincloth) and sandals. One source describes it as ‘homoerotic.’ The festival is also brutal…”

Jumpers get naked for schizophrenia charity - “Nearly 200 people flocked to WildPlay at the Bungy Zone south of Nanaimo to take extreme sports to a raw new level during the weekend. The annual naked bungy jump, which raises money for the B.C. Schizophrenia Society, attracted men and women from as far as New York and Wisconsin…”

Giving judge photos of naked men not a crime, lawyer argues - “It was not a crime for James Michael Bomek to hand photos of naked young men to a provincial court judge, even though one of the men was involved in a case in the judge’s courtroom, says Bomek’s lawyer … Bomek became friends with (Judge) Bekolay through the Gay and Lesbian Health Services group in Prince Albert, following his release from jail for having sex with male clients while working the Cree court circuit in the North. Bekolay, who does not face charges in this case, resigned from the bench last year over news of his involvement, although details had not been made public until this week…”

Porn Nation to be staged at East Carolina University - “Porn is now the norm in our culture, and no one understands that better than today’s college students…”

Canine Sport Fighting for Fun and Profit - “With our system, your dog only needs to win a few fights per year to carry his own weight in the house and put a little cash in your pocket even after vet bills. It’s a win/win situation for everyone…”

Don’t believe the media hype about birth defects - “This must be the season to scare parents-to-be about birth defects. Two major reports offering reassuring news about birth defects in newborns and cancer mortalities in children have been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The public would never know it, though, as the media has been busily reporting the opposite of the actual data…”

Mormons Used to Smoke Alot of Dope - Back in 1910, Mormons used to travel to Mexico for the “sticky-icky” and bring it back to smoke in Utah. Who said these people aren’t any fun?

“Former” Porn Star Releases Comic Book - “From the mind of Jenna Jameson, NY Times Bestselling author and iconic entertainer and written by Christina Z (WITCHBLADE) comes a dark tale of one woman’s struggle with forces beyond ordinary perception…”

Is Romney Pushing Harvard to Plug Mormonism? - Maybe it’s just a coincidence that Harvard is located in Massachusetts and Romney is the state’s former Governor. Or, maybe Romney’s taking a page from Tom Cruise and using his fame and influence to convert young, impressionable students to his “cult.”

Raelian “Alien” Cult to Open World’s First “Pleasure Hospital” - If your clitoris has been removed by fellow tribal members, fear not, the Raelians want to reconstruct your pleasure palace.

Evangelicals Find Value in Tom Cruise’s Scientology Recruitment Strategy - “Celebrities’ religious beliefs, no matter how strange or convoluted, can be a springboard for spiritual conversations about the true message of God’s grace and forgiveness as revealed in the Bible. Step up and take the opportunity to turn the conversation toward Jesus and share what He’s done in your life…”

Know Thy Neighbor - I live within a few blocks of a pedophile, a rapist and a stalker! How’s your neighborhood looking?

Ride ‘Em, Cowgirl! - As of yesterday, Texans can now legally purchase and use sex toys.

Gaybonics Conference in D.C. - Apparently, sounding gay and talking gay are two different things, and the brilliant educators at American University in Washington, D.C. are putting on a conference this weekend to prove it.

LesbHO Rappers - I’m just not seeing the homeboys rolling down the street in their Escalades with the windows wide open and blasting the latest “hardcore” melody from lesbian rap duo, KIN.  (I wonder if Imus listens to these girls?)

Feminist Karate Union - Next time you’re tempted to say, “Woman, make me a steak,” you better be prepared to either make it yourself or meet your maker. These ladies ain’t taking your orders and will make you their bitch quicker than you can beg for forgiveness.

Fight or flight? - What do you do if you’ve just pissed-off a blind guy with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do? If you run, he won’t be able to chase you, but you’ll look like a big wuss. If you stay and fight him, you’ll be accused of assaulting a handicapped person. Chances are, with this guy, he’ll drop you in a heartbeat. There’s really no safe option that preserves your dignity and pearly whites. The moral of the story is to be kind to blind people.

Beastiality to Carry Tougher Penalty than Mudering Animals in Florida - ”If the bill becomes law, having sex with an animal would result in a harsher penalty than committing an act to animal that results in that animal’s ‘cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering.’” Let me remind you that the beastiality bill was pitched to a Florida state senator by a regional animal rights organization after a pregnant goat was raped and killed by some sicko. Again, if you kill or torture an animal in Florida, you’ll receive a less severe penalty than having sex with one if this bill passes.

A new bill has been introduced into the Mississippi State House that would make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers.

“Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor,” states House Bill No. 282. “The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.”

Further, the bill would allow state health inspectors to strip restaurants of their permits if found to be ”repeatedly” serving customers who don’t meet the state’s so-called obesity ”criteria.”

If enacted, it sure sounds like Mississippi restaurants would start looking like highway weigh stations for trucks as customers line-up to weigh-in before being seated. Note that almost two-thirds of the state’s citizens are considered obese by federal standards, so seating should be plentiful for skinny folks.

Looking back at the days of Prohibition, the drinkers and drunks went to underground bars and brewed their own swill.  Imagine how creative the chunksters in Mississippi would be if they were denied entry to restaurants … They’d probably hire skinny people to go to drive-thru windows and fast food joints while establishing some of the tastiest “backroom” eateries on the planet.