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  • Barking moonbat atheist explodes on youtube

    12/03/2010 11:39:51 AM PST · by mainestategop · 25 replies
    Mainestategop ^ | 12/1/10 | Mainestategop
    <p>YOUR **** RELIGION IS B****T AND YOUR GOD IS *%*&*% MAKE BELIEVE! I have exactly ZERO FEAR of what exists only in your rasist narrow simpleton mind. Your god is NOT AN OBJECTIVE REALITY and yet you keep pushing him on us. You are nothing but a bunch of stupid retarded bigots and hypicrites, PLEASE **$# OFF AND DIE. I am sick you your STUPID JEEEEEEESUS *%*&%* hijacking the legacy of the founding fathers to promote your controlling agenda. $&*^* YOUR STUPID &$&$* OF A GOD [long screed of swearing and curing and liberal slogans] ON YOUR IDIOT BI-BULL, IT BELONGETH IN DA TOILET! Are you so STUPID that you think quoting from theidiot BI-BULL will do anythimng besides make me LAUGH HYSTERICoLLY. The bi-BULL is a [more screaming and gibberish] that is good for nothing except wiping %&*^#. It is fiulled with STUPID, RIDICULOS errors and silly moronic fairy tales. It is the product of hateful rasist people. Its god is exclusive, racist, genocidal cunt of a monster whop loves only those who willingly ignore rational thought and become his sheeple. HE DOESN'T EXIST!</p>
  • Calstate Dems involuntarily commit the innocent and let homeless psycho killers run free

    11/27/2010 11:04:43 AM PST · by mainestategop · 6 replies
    Mainestategop blog ^ | Mainestategop
    Two days ago, An elderly woman was murdered in front of her sister and onlookers on LA's metro gold line station in Little Tokyo. The station, recently opened a year ago under the new gold line extension into east LA now has its first big incident. An insane drug addicted and mentally ill homeless woman is now in custody for committing the murder. The killer, a woman named Jackkqueline Pogue committed the offense has a long history of mental illness not to mention an even longer criminal history. She had been thrown out of just about every shelter and welfare...
  • Do mental health study findings demand disarming one in five Americans?

    11/19/2010 11:30:58 AM PST · by Neil E. Wright · 25 replies
    Gun Rights Examiner ^ | November 19, 2010 | David Codrea
    “More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year,” a CNBC-hosted Reuters story informs us, citing a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA."Too many Americans are not getting the help they need and opportunities to prevent and intervene early are being missed," SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. declares in a press release announcing the national survey. "The consequences for individuals, families and communities can be devastating. If left untreated mental illnesses can result in disability, substance abuse, suicides, lost productivity, and family discord....
  • Homeless Woman Charged in LA Train Track Death(pushes elderly woman on tracks)

    11/17/2010 10:46:27 AM PST · by mainestategop · 50 replies
    AolNews ^ | 11/16/2010 | Thomas Watkins
    LOS ANGELES (Nov. 16) -- Betty Sugiyama was rushing to catch a train for a shopping trip when authorities say the unthinkable happened: A homeless woman leapt from a bench and shoved her onto the tracks. Witnesses said the woman then calmly returned to her seat as Sugiyama writhed in pain on the tracks with a cracked skull. The 84-year-old Little Tokyo resident died soon after, and the suspect was arrested on murder charges. A sister of Sugiyama who witnessed the attack remained stunned Tuesday that anyone would want to kill her friendly younger sibling, a Japanese-American who had grown...
  • Man Threatens to Kill People at Walmart (2 Days After Woman Threatened to Bomb Same Store)

    10/15/2010 11:21:41 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    WTNH ^ | Thursday, 14 Oct 2010 | Rebecca Santillo
    Second incident at Old Saybrook store in 2 days A man is under arrest after police say he stood outside the Old Saybrook Walmart on Thursday and said he was "getting ready to start killing people." John Carlo, 28, of Pawcatuck, has been charged with breach of peace and threatening. Before police arrived, Carlo fled on foot. The area was cordoned off and a K-9 was called in to assist with the search. Carlo was finally found in a walk-in cooler at a nearby gas station. This is the second incident in as many days at this Walmart store. On...
  • Nearly One in Five Californians Report Need for Mental Health Services, Study Finds

    08/11/2010 4:35:30 AM PDT · by fightinJAG · 34 replies
    Science Daily ^ | July 28, 2010 | Staff
    In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state -- about 4.9 million people -- said they needed help for a mental or emotional health problem. In addition, approximately one in 25, or more than 1 million, reported symptoms associated with serious psychological distress (SPD), which includes the most serious kinds of diagnosable mental health disorders
  • Medal of Honor Recipients Promote Mental-Health Support

    06/07/2010 7:39:35 PM PDT · by SandRat · 13+ views
    WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Twenty-eight Medal of Honor recipients recently launched the “Medal of Honor – Speak Out” campaign to encourage troops struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and other health problems to take advantage of services to help them. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients dating back to World War II echo a common theme in video messages for today’s returning combat veterans: Take advantage of the resources now available to treat the unseen scars of war. “Make use of them,” they encourage today’s troops. “Stay strong, and don’t let...
  • Sex assault a 'trade-off' in mental ward, administrator says

    05/09/2010 5:46:52 AM PDT · by chickadee · 43 replies · 1,129+ views
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | May 9, 2010 | Steve Schultze, Meg Kissinger
    Milwaukee County's top mental health administrator intentionally houses female patients with men known to be dangerous "because the presence of women reduces the likelihood of the men being violent," according to a county supervisor's letter obtained by the Journal Sentinel. John Chianelli, administrator of the county's Behavioral Health Division, told county supervisors during a closed-door session last month that segregating men and women would result in more violence. "It's a trade-off," he said. "Putting 24 aggressive male patients into a male-only unit would increase the level of violence in the unit." Chianelli's remarks came during a County Board committee called...
  • Hidden toll of US wars: 18 veterans commit suicide daily

    04/28/2010 4:05:35 AM PDT · by ResistorSister · 50 replies · 972+ views
    World Socialist Web Site ^ | April 28, 2010 | Bill Van Auken
    An average of 18 US military veterans are taking their lives every day as the Obama administration and the Pentagon grow increasingly defensive about the epidemic of suicides driven by Washington’s wars of aggression. The stunning figure was reported last week by the Army Times, citing officials in the US Veterans Affairs Department. The department estimates that there are 950 suicide attempts every month by veterans who are receiving treatment from the department. Of these, 7 percent succeed in taking their own lives, while 11 percent try to kill themselves again within nine months. The greatest growth in suicides has...
  • 'Solastalgia' the Next Liberal Buzzword

    04/26/2010 8:23:23 AM PDT · by BobMcCartyWrites · 16 replies · 672+ views
    Bob McCarty Writes ^ | 4-26-10 | Bob McCarty
    Just in time for heated debate over proposed cap and trade legislation, solastalgia will become the next liberal buzzword to enter the American vocabulary.
  • Governor Tim Pawlenty Draws Cheers, Jeers for Declaring April Abortion Recovery Month

    04/13/2010 11:22:42 AM PDT · by rhema · 15 replies · 394+ views
    LifeNews.com ^ | April 12, 2010 | Steven Ertelt
    Tim Pawlenty, the pro-life Minnesota governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, is drawing cheers and jeers from pro-life and pro-abortion groups for declaring April as a month to help women negatively affected by their abortions. As LifeNews.com first reported two weeks ago, Pawlenty and Texas Gov. Rick Perry both declared April as Abortion Recovery/Awareness Month. Lisa Dudley, Director of Operation Outcry, a group that helps women who regret their abortions speak out, told LifeNews.com at the time that Pawlenty's move showed he has an "understanding of the consequences of abortion" and a " willingness to protect women and the...
  • Health Care and Mental Health

    04/12/2010 5:57:16 AM PDT · by Patriot1259 · 4 replies · 141+ views
    TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 04/11/2010 | Mark Roberts
    Political correctness is on everyone's mind these days. We over emphasize the need to not offend anyone based on race, religion, gender, and a host of other reasons. We never wish to make fun of anyone related to appearance or behavior, and to be socially bereft of feelings will make you an outcast quicker than a snowball's chance of survival in summer. But have you ever been called "crazy" or "nuts" or "insane" even in jest? However, there are plenty of people that truly are.
  • Army Suicides Grow, but This Soldier Was Saved

    03/16/2010 10:47:08 PM PDT · by Daffynition · 28 replies · 648+ views
    PoliticsDaily.com ^ | 03/12/10 | David Wood
    On a dusty afternoon in a squalid U.S. Army base in eastern Baghdad, the world seemed to cave in on Spec. Joe Sanders. On daily patrols, soldiers around him were being killed and grievously wounded by improvised roadside bombs. The sweltering August heat and stink of Baghdad were oppressive. He was thousands of miles from home. And he had just learned that his wife -- his lifeline to the sane, normal world -- wanted a divorce. Alone in his barracks room at Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah, Sanders, a soft-spoken young man with a pleasant demeanor, seized his M-4 carbine,...
  • Man, guns held by police spur controversy

    03/12/2010 2:52:56 PM PST · by Uncle Miltie · 13 replies · 924+ views
    The Medford Mail Tribune ^ | 03/12/2010 | Anita Burke
    A phone call from a police negotiator that jolted David J. Pyles awake in the predawn hours of Monday continues to jangle the nerves of observers monitoring the way authorities took the Medford man into protective custody and seized his firearms. Pyles ...reclaimed his legally purchased weapons... he has contacted the Oregon Firearms Federation for possible legal assistance...the incident that landed Pyles in the hospital for a mental health evaluation and resulted in five of his guns being held by police for "safekeeping." "It's chilling, I don't know if this is just a gun case," Starrett said. "It's about whether...
  • Treatment For Bipolar Symptom Patterns

    02/21/2010 6:06:27 AM PST · by j_marie · 34 replies · 881+ views
    Articlesbase ^ | February 15, 2010 | Richard Jarzynka
    I finally wrote a plan to keep myself out of the nuthouse. Here are some steps that you can use to write your own plan to Stop a Downward Bipolar Spiral. 1. Identify your pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that ends in a bipolar episode.
  • Even when treated, depression costs employers

    02/09/2010 5:06:55 PM PST · by decimon · 8 replies · 380+ views
    Reuters ^ | Feb 9, 2010 | Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Jackie Frank
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers with depression stay home sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday. The report, commissioned by drug maker Sanofi Aventis, suggests that employers would benefit from better treatments of their workers for depression. Depression is the leading cause of disability among Americans aged 15 to 44, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. "Even when depressed patients are treated with antidepressants, there are substantial productivity losses. Therapies that can better manage depression may provide opportunities for savings to employers," the Thomson Reuters...
  • Internet 'addiction' linked to depression

    02/03/2010 1:44:35 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 35 replies · 522+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | February 3, 2010 | Rosemary Black
    The longer you spend surfing the Web, the more unhappy you’re likely to be, says a new study from Great Britain that shows that Internet “addicts” are more likely to be depressed. Researchers analyzed Internet use and depression levels in more than 1,000 British residents between the ages of 16 and 51. Some 1.2% were labeled “Internet addicted” by researchers at Leeds University.
  • Sick Days for Bad Moods? Bipolar and the Americans with Disabilities Act

    01/30/2010 11:41:53 AM PST · by j_marie · 55 replies · 998+ views
    Articlesbase ^ | January 27, 2010 | Richard Jarzynka
    Given the protections of the ADA and the FMLA, there is no need to hesitate to disclose your bipolar condition to your employer. Federal Law gives you a legal right to request reasonable changes in your workplace that will enable you to perform your job duties and to request time off when you are actively suffering the symptoms of bipolar. Does this mean that you have the right to call off sick with a bad mood?
  • Christ and Cutting Somebody Out of Your Life

    01/05/2010 9:46:40 AM PST · by YaZhynka · 20 replies · 1,036+ views
    Bipolar Richard's Almanac ^ | January 5, 2010 | Richard Jarzynka
    Is there a time for you, as a Christian, to tell somebody that you will no longer have anything to do with them? And, if so, how do you do that in a Christlike manner?
  • Bipolar Loved Ones: Encouraging Them to Seek Treatment

    01/02/2010 10:00:22 AM PST · by YaZhynka · 29 replies · 1,048+ views
    Article Alley ^ | December 16, 2009 | Richard Jarzynka
    During a recent talk regarding my book, “Blessed with Bipolar,” I was stumped by the question, “How does a person get to where you are now from where you were in the psych ward?” I actually have a 380 page answer to that question. What stumped me was the question behind the question: “How do I get my bipolar daughter into treatment?”