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"This is D-day", came the announcement over the British radio. The invasion has begun! According to the German news, British parachute troops have landed on the French coast. British landing craft are in battle with the German Navy, says the BBC. Great commotion in the 'Secret Annexe'! Would the long-awaited liberation that has been talked of so much but which still seems too wonderful, too much like a fairy-tale, ever come true? Could we be granted victory this year, 1944? We don't know yet, but hope is revived within us; it gives us fresh courage, and makes us strong again." --Anne Frank, Diary Entry, 6 June 1944.

Mitt Romney shoudn't have cut that kid's hair. That's just awful. Unthinkable. He should have left him in a submerged car to drown to death. Then Democrats would love him!

So, apparently, Mitt Romney was mean to a prissy, petite, hair-obsessed little panty-waist of a sissy boy who responded manfully by crying like a bitch. But enough about John Edwards.

Well, I have hardly been posting in recent months, because I've been writing for a living, full-time. And the last thing I do when I knock off work is blog! But in case anyone is still reading, I am happy to announce I am a contributor to MilitaryAuthority.com, concentrating on military topics. My stuff is now going up on a regular basis. So I'll be posting links there from time to time. They're not giving me a byline, for some reason. But if you liked my financial planning and related posts before, you'll find many more of them at MilitaryAuthority.com! Here are some new ones: Roth TSP Brings Tax Planning Opportunity to Deployed Service Members Military Foreclosure Victims May Receive $116,785 http://www.militaryauthority.com/benefits/insurance/life-insurance-and-your-children.html Long Term Care Insurance Considerations for Military Families What's Missing from your Thrift Savings Plan? Portable Careers for Military Spouses Mobilizing! Financial Tips for Military Families There's more on the site, of course, and I'll link to new content as it goes up, as well. And we'll see how things go! Meanwhile, weigh in below, by clicking "Click here to enter the net." Tell me what you want to read about! What is going to help you in your life? Splash, out, Jason

In case you missed it, the there was a great big blowup recently in the women’s health charity world. The big breast cancer and fundraising organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure – the marketing geniuses who came up with the pink ribbon idea for breast cancer awareness, and who engage in a lot of marketing and fundraising for causes related to breast cancer. Whatever they don’t need for operations and overhead, they dispense to hundreds of different breast-cancer related organizations, funding education and awareness activities, screenings, mammograms, and research toward preventing and curing the terrible disease.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure sparked a controversy when they announced they were pulling their $600,000 annual grant to Planned Parenthood, claiming that a new internal rule adopted by the Komen board stated they can’t fund organizations that are currently under a congressional investigation. Planned Parenthood was the only charity currently receiving funds that fell into that category, so they felt singled out and objected – claiming that the Komen foundation’s decision was politically motivated and that the real issue was – que’lle surprise! – abortion.

Hilarity ensued.

Planned Parenthood supporters furiously accused Susan G. Komen for the Cure of making a principled stand. Meanwhile, fueled by Facebook, Twitter, blogs, other social media, Komen’s fundraising more than doubled in the days following the announcement, in what the media described as a severe anti-Komen backlash.
At stake, of course, was more than 0.6 percent of Planned Parenthood’s budget for the year. Planned Parenthood executives announced that without this funding, either they would have to collect another $1.75 for every abortion performed, or women would be denied mammograms.
Naturally, they were leaning towards getting out of the mammogram business. Which – of course, it turned out they already were: A pro-life activist recently called up 30 different Planned Parenthood facilities around the country, recording the results. All 30 facilities informed her that Planned Parenthood didn’t do mammograms.

Not to worry: Planned Parenthood supporters rode to the rescue – led by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. As a billionaire himself, and founder of the Bloomberg media empire, Mayor Bloomberg – a ferocious 2nd amendment opponent and the man who thinks government should be free to dictate your choice in French fries, pledged to donate $250,000 to demonstrate his commitment to a woman’s right to choose.

For its part, Susan G. Komen for the Cure was stung by the allegation that its decision to withdraw funding from Planned Parenthood may have secretly been rooted in principle. So about 48 hours after making the announcement that they would no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood, the female-dominated leadership at Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that they had changed their mind.

The decision was reversed, and Komen announced its commitment to continuing their “treasured relationship” with Planned Parenthood. So Susan G. Komen donors, regardless of their feelings on abortion, will still send $600,000 per year to an organization that doesn’t even do mammograms.

Labels: Abortion, cancer, charities, finance, health care, Politics, women

From CNN:

According to the Pentagon, Atwater carries the rank of specialist first class and is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His service awards include the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal.

Specialist first class???

Labels: CNN, Columbia Journalism Review, Humor, Media