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Yeah I have no clue what it is, but it's annoying and gross. It's not like rampant, but right where the shaft meets the balls or where the base of the EXT sits.

Last night I got in 6 hours and 1 hour in the [words=http://www.phallosan.com/shop/catalog/default.php?z=eNortjIxtVKyL0pNszWxMFcrSSxKTy2JL0hMT7U1UisoykyxtbBQSy4tLsnPjS8uKcrMS7dVsgZcMMpbEbo%2C]ADS[/words].
 
Holy Crap I'm tired!

Must get in 6.5 hours in the [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words]...lol

NO jelqs tonight, but as you can see in my signature I'm really into this [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words]. I've also been able to wear the AutoADS by auto-extender for about 40 plus hours the last 2 weeks or so. I need to start researching a final paper though and if I don't get on it this weekend I'll be fucked. I'll look some shit up on the internet later TODAY...fuck I'm tired haha. Unemployed and almost broke...better be getting a bigger dick man.
 
lol...thanks pokey. I have no idea what it is either, but it is the follicles that are what's getting infected. It's not that bad anymore and like yesterday I had no time to do [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] work so I wore my [words=http://www.phallosan.com/shop/catalog/default.php?z=eNortjIxtVKyL0pNszWxMFcrSSxKTy2JL0hMT7U1UisoykyxtbBQSy4tLsnPjS8uKcrMS7dVsgZcMMpbEbo%2C]ADS[/words] all day in class and it went away. Now I can see it coming back after an hour of [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] use. I think maybe I need to clean the base of the [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] with some soap and water.

I'm measuring in December now as that will be 3 months total of [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] use.
 
Aiming for 6 to 6.5 hours today after having taken a day off. I hate that I took the day off, but I had to as it couldn't be avoided. Might turn out to be a good thing...dunno?
 
ok i'm struggling to get to 6 hours here...might stop after 6 on the dot. I need to do some jelqs too so I think I will. I mean shit 6 hours...6.5 hours...what's the difference at this point lol
 
Only got in 25 hours of [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] work last week, but I am going to update my signature right now to see where I am at.

I'm feeling good about the progress.
 
Won't be doing Penis Enlargement on Wednesday night or Thursday at all.

Started lifting weights again the last couple weeks. Starting to get some definition again. My arms have lost a bit of strength and I might need to do less reps or go down in weight. The bench press I am actually up to doing 9 reps a set. I was surprised I hadn't lost any strength. I can't be bothered to do any kind of real program to add muscle or strength or power or anything really. I just want to keep a steady 2 day a week workout to stay in the same shape before the summer.
 
I am not sure, but I measured a few days ago and again the next day and I measured 7 inches NBEL. I need to look at it again, but I have been kind of in a shock since that day. My girth I haven't measured in a few weeks, but I hadn't gained any in that category. I need to step it up in jelqs in the coming weeks. Well, I'm pleased about the measurements if they turn out to be accurate, which I will try to do again tonight. I'm hoping they are because that would mean the auto-extender works wonders if you use it every day. In another 3 months who knows what kind of gains I can acheive. When in a max stretched state I measure 8.25 in the [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words]. I tried out the 7 inch long rods the [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] comes with and it's too long and my penis slips out within a minute of being past that 8.25 measurement. I got to just over 8.25 probably close to 8.5 and it just slipped right off which is really not painful, but a bit uncomfortable and definitely not desireable. The only complaint I have with the autoextender is that it takes about 2 minutes to turn the dials, but I know there is a way to make it shorter albeit less comfortable. I just need to start with the dials higher up on the threaded rods. It's a great device if you have about 4 hours a day and use it 3 or four months every day. I got fired two months ago from my job and am a student so I have time needless to say so that's why I got in so many hours. This next quarter I am taking too many classes it seems, but hey whatever I needed to. I'm confident that 4 hours a day is all someone needs. The autoextender [words=http://www.phallosan.com/shop/catalog/default.php?z=eNortjIxtVKyL0pNszWxMFcrSSxKTy2JL0hMT7U1UisoykyxtbBQSy4tLsnPjS8uKcrMS7dVsgZcMMpbEbo%2C]ADS[/words] is something that is a must in my opinion though to fulfill your potential though.
 
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I am not sure, but I measured a few days ago and again the next day and I measured 7 inches NBEL. I need to look at it again, but I have been kind of in a shock since that day.
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Congratulations! Great gains man. Truly incredible.
 
Ok, this past week has gone up and down with the holiday, but I managed to get in 30 hours and 45.5 hours last week. Not too much in the jelq department, but I've been keeping up with my kegles so that's going well. I got real hard last Thursday and I didn't think it was mine for a while.
 
thanks man. I'm still at this [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] work. I need to work more jelqs into my routine though. In about 4 months I'll have quite a few things to say about this form of Penis Enlargement. I plan on using this for an entire year at the moment.
 
I'm taking the next two days off at least to recover. I'm just not feeling up to Penis Enlargement right now. I need to focus on school, but in the meantime I will keep up my kegels and probably wear my auto [words=http://www.phallosan.com/shop/catalog/default.php?z=eNortjIxtVKyL0pNszWxMFcrSSxKTy2JL0hMT7U1UisoykyxtbBQSy4tLsnPjS8uKcrMS7dVsgZcMMpbEbo%2C]ADS[/words] when I'm out and about. I'm thinking of just stopping for a few weeks seeing as I've never done that in the 23 months I've done Penis Enlargement. I don't know if I'll make it, but I'll see. I need a hand pump though too so I can try out that BTC MaX-Vac hanger system. It looks real promising. I tried my LOT yesterday and holy shit if I'm not a 6 now. So obviously I will need to work on upper angles mostly, but I think a stronger force pulling on the internal structures would help me better. In the meantime I'll still do [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words] work when I am done hanging with the MaX-Vac, but that won't be until I shell out the money for the hand pump to get started.

If anyone knows of a cheap handpump (new) let me know guys. Thanks.
 
When I tried pumping I got a Kaplans. Only $50ish and comes with a gauge. The one I ordered was too big so I can't say how good it was really. Threw it out before I left college. Nobody on here wanted to buy it. I would have gave it to ya for shipping. Hindsight is 20/20 though isn't it. Goodluck.
 
lol, well thanks for the uh...form of consideration there. Yeah, I'm just going to bite the bullett here and buy a hand pump from BTC. I'm strapped for cash, but I can manage to shell out 70 bucks or so if I absolutely want it. I wonder how many guys have ordered one. But yes, 13 days to go until I Penis Enlargement again.
 
I ordered a handpump from BTC and I have a week left in my 2 week break. There is something to resting after all. I feel better not having to worry about getting in a session of Penis Enlargement for a change. I'm not sure what I want to do with Penis Enlargement when I start again. I'm thinking I'll use the MaX-Vac for 2 hours a day the first week with like 10lbs and 30 minutes sets. Then after I hang I'll do 4-5 hours in the [words=https://shop.mattersofsize.com/products/sizegenetics-penis-extender]extender[/words]. I will probably struggle to get into the cylinder at first and I hope I have as few problems as possible because I get frustrated fairly easily when it comes to such things.
 
Damn dudes, I am itching to get on with this Max-Vac. I need my hand-pump lol! I need it NOOOOOOW!!!!!!!! I'll be starting work full time in a few months so sheeeit I need to get a move on this hanging if I want to make any gains before the summer. I'd love to get to 7.25 NBP by this July.
 
All right, I was reading up on James Madison and I feel like an ass now. I mentioned it being ironic that I was saying something about racism in another thread and I had racist slave owners in my signature. Well, boy do I have shit on my face now. My apologies Mr. Madison. lol. He wanted badly to abolish slavery. Who knew? Apparently, me.

AS FOR Penis Enlargement I am going at it with 5 lbs for at least 1.5 hour sets and have worked up to 5 hours in one day *happened yesterday. Today I'm aiming for 4hours. Tomorrow hopefully, I can get in 5 hours again. I notice that I need at least 3 hours to reach fatigue no matter if I break the sessions down into halves no matter how long in between as long as it's continued the same day obviously. IT's nice feeling fatigued in the pubic bone region, which is something I rarely felt with the Bib without some measureable pain. The Bib gave me some length gains, but the base girth I got from it was just great. Thanks again Bib. Um, there just seems to be something to hanging as long as possible after fatigue period regardless of weight, which is Bib's main point I believe and BTC's Max-Vac lends itself as a means to achieving such a routine.
 
I've been hanging 5 lbs still for at least 3 hours a day. I tried 8 lbs for 3 hrs yesterday and the day before I got in about that with 8lbs. I probably need new sheaths again though because the suction is not there as much as it was with 8 lbs the first two days. I couldn't get a seal period today with 8lbs. I'm hanging 5 lbs right now going on 2 hours. I will aim for 4.5 hours of hanging at 5lbs. I hope to get 5 to 6 but I probably won't. I haven't measured, but the whole first week of using the Max-Vac hanger I rarely even got a hard-on. I finally masterbated though the other day in the shower...went out with some chicks and just got too drunk to even make a move when the time would have been perfect, and so in the shower at about 5 am I blew the biggest load I've had in a long time. I don't think I was as hard as I could have been but I know even if I had been I'd not have gaiend anything. It's only been a short while since I started hanging again. Gains will be nice to see though if this whole hanging for as long as possible with a lesser weight load works.
 
I got in 6.5 hours of hanging yesterday at 5lbs. Man my dick was sore and fat. lol.

I stroked it for a little while in between sets and I had like about .25 inch of fluid buildup around the glans and I was like damn that'd be nice to have all the way around minus the appearance of course. I'm going for 5 hours today.
 
Man, I've hanged for 7 hours today. My junk is going to be hanging low tomorrow, but wait it will be hanging for at least 5 hours tomorrow too so it won't have time. HAHAHA. lol man my flaccid has been pretty long lately for me anyway.
 
On some days I can go 3 hours plus in one set for hanging, but today and yesterday I couldn't go 2 plus hours. I only use 5 lbs right now even though I got up to 8 lbs for a few days, but that proved to be too much as far as the seal is concerned. I reach fatigue every day within an hour and a half. My flaccid is great lately. Now if only my balls hanged lower I'd be set.
 
My friend emailed me some adult entertainment and I got it and opened it while I was hanging. Needless to say...well after about an hour of hanging with a hard-on, which went away after I stopped hanging I noticed my erection was just long as I can remember it. Maybe it was just me being super horny and anticipating whacking it once I finished my day's hanging work or what, but this made me wonder about something. The Max-Vac really grips the internal structures and because it uses vacuum inside a cylinder it basically does not cut off circulation, which obviously is a draw back to the vice grip hangers. I know for sure someone here tried out ERECT HANGING and later said they would not advise it after they tried it out. I have to say I might try this out in the next few weeks and see what happens. It doesn't hurt either as I'm not really able to get hard per say in the tube, but outside it I can see that it's pulling on it pretty good. Who knows?
 
Well I've done this a few times now as far as hanging with an erection is concerned. I did it a few days ago for about 45 minutes at the end of my daily session. I hanged 8 lbs yesterday for an hour and a half and today for an hour and a half and then finished up with 4 more hours at 5 lbs. I really feel that less is more for me. I can never do too much weight. It just isn't comfortable at all for me and plus I can reach fatigue pretty fast after about 1.5 hours with 5lbs. Really though the Max Vac pulls internally more than any hanger I've used. Auto-Extender has one that is coming out soon and I've been helping them out testing it out as well. I have to say that it is brilliant in its simplicity. There's no fluid buildup which can be a problem at times and is too bothersome for some hangers to try a vacuum hanger. This one is a vacuumless hanger which uses suction and is pretty practical. I recommend it. I need to try to hang more weight with it though as I've only tried 5 lbs so far on it.
 
I took a day off from Penis Enlargement yesterday due to the SUNSHINE!!! And then...it stormed last night and today...fuckin Ohio. Spring here is like a hot ass cock tease 18 year old chick. She flirts with you until you believe you are going to get some and then it's like cold shoulder until you realize it's been nearly 2 months since you first met and you haven't gotten shit out of it. Then it's summer...but before summer...it probably will snow at some point here during the spring months. I was looking long last night on my solo joust session but a bit skinny. I mean I am only about 5 inches MS anyway but I have 5.5 inches in base girth. Still, looked a bit skinny. Once I get to 7.5 NBP I will seek some heavy girth work in perhaps phase 2 and/or 3.
 
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Ohio river valley for myself. Sure has been stormy. Set of storms just passed through. I never saw so much red on a radar. lol

Good ol' warm weather though. Girls are starting to take it off. :D
 
against_odds21 said:
Ohio river valley for myself. Sure has been stormy. Set of storms just passed through. I never saw so much red on a radar. lol

Good ol' warm weather though. Girls are starting to take it off. :D
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Yeah? I thought you had that good MW nature about ya. The girl's certainly are taking it off lately although I haven't seen much cleavage as legs. Perhaps it's the style that's in right now for the season or some shit. Damn j crew/hot topic bastards lol.
 
I'm getting a good soreness today after just 4 hours of hanging. I am going for 4.5 hours today. I usually break it up when I go to my classes. So I can get in usually 2 to 2.5 hours per session and some days 3 hours at a time or more. Yesterday I onnly got in 2 hours but I was tired as shit and when I got home from my last class I felt like my body was going to collapse. It's fucking hot up in this room now that it's spring and been a bit humid.

By July I want to be sporting a 7.5 inch NBP cock by 5.5 MS girth. Realistically that will be not enough time so I'm hoping for that by July, but I am expecting that by the end of August. MAN that would be SWEET! I need to add weight and get up to 8lbs. I can't get a great seal after 8lbs. I get to 10lbs and my penis slides down a bit to the point where my shaft is not inside the cylinder. I might need to use 4 sheaths instead of 3. I don't know yet.
 
Here's a link to the site. http://mynewsize.com/

The maker of these is BTCKiller if you want to PM him about more info as he would be the horse in this case.

The comfort of this device far exceeds anything else from traditional hangers.
I can wear the hanger for about 2 hours at a time now easily without any discomfort. When it comes to discomfort for this thing it will be from fluid buildup especially initially. I had hanging experience prior to using a vacuum hanger so for me it took about a week to get comfortable enough to go longer than 45 minutes at a time. When you consider the vice grip type hangers of the past you could get expect to reach 20 minutes tops realistically and anything longer would be asking for injury. This device grips the internal structures better and really allows for longer durations once fatigue has been reached.
 
I've been off and on with the hanging lately in terms of intensity. I'm still able to fatigue my penis with 5lbs after about an hour of hanging. After 3 hours is when it gets really difficult to keep hanging for me, however when I go past 3hours I usually feel great the next day and the hang is pretty nice. I know that 3 hours plus is key for me if I'm going to make a gain here. I wish I could focus on girth for a bit, but it feels like I'm on the verge of gaining a little bit in length. It just feels like in another month I'll be looking down there and really be satisfied with my efforts for the year. I want to gain a lot this summer too. I'll be working full time and going to school so I'll be taking it easy until the weekends to go out. Right now I'm looking for 3-5 hours a day still of hanging 5 lbs. At times I will go up to 8lbs (I've tried 10lbs but I can't get very long sets in with that weight right now and I'd like to see how long I can use just the 5lbs) and then an hour later I'll drop to 5lbs for another 2 hours. If I have time then I'll go for another 2 hours later at night after class. One thing I'll add here is right now it feels like 2.5 hours will be enough for me for the afternoon. Damn. It feels sore right now.

I've been off and on with doing squeezes after hanging. I'll get an erection and then work myself into edging and then squeeze and occasionally I'll squeeze and then jelq up the shaft to below the head while sort of twisting my shaft sideways one way and then the next time I do this I twist it slightly the other way. After 3 or 4 sets I get tired and my erection is like waning, but it stays pumped longer. I don't know when I'll get into girth again. It seems like forever since I have, but I'll be doing these once I do.
 
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The past two days I've had 12 hours worth of hanging with the MV. On Friday I had a 5 hour long session and then later that night had a one hour session. I had a four hour and a two hour session yesterday. Today I am all ready at fatigue after 1 hour with just five pounds. I will try to get in 3 hours total here today maybe more, but I don't think I can make it longer than another 2 hours for this one session.
 
I have to order some more sheaths from BTC, but I've been using the autoextender's pumpless vacuum hanger and it's really good. I had used a few times beforehand, but really this thing is extremely comfortable.
 
lol, good to see ya Cockolution.

I sure hope I can get huge some day. I just keep thinking of that one day when I look down and can say GOD DAMN IT I have a fuckin' huge cock. lol
 
been really inconsistent with hanging lately. I feel like a big piece of nothing nowadays. I can't wait for school which is nothing like me. that's been the biggest obstacle for me my whole life is being disciplined and staying motivated. i really ought to start writing again...it's been probably almost 6 months since i've even tried to write anything on my own time and lately i've had a head full of ideas. i think i'll lie down and read now that the day is almost over lol...so tired too lately. working in this heat sucks...got to make money though.
 
Haven't heard from you in a while. Keep with it man and remember the gains you have made so far. There are many guys who would kill for the gains you've made. Keep it all in perspective and keep at it.
 
Was chillin' in DLD's neck of da woods a short while ago. (well, Boston anyway) I gotta say driving there blows. But, I want to get into Penis Enlargement again and I have the last three days or so.

I have hanged about an hour to 1.5 hours all OTS. I have never hanged at the upper angles before and I feel pretty good about this so far. It feels different for sure and once I start into heavier weights I think I might have a revival of sorts. I lost a bit of girth though guys and had been working at it before I left, but I haven't found time to get at it since I got back. I'm going to gain some girth before Christmas though if it kills me.
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801276_2.html

War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution

By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 9, 2006; A01



The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of the amendments.

Officials say the amendments would alter a U.S. law passed in the mid-1990s that criminalized violations of the Geneva Conventions, a set of international treaties governing military conduct in wartime. The conventions generally bar the cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment of wartime prisoners without spelling out what all those terms mean.

The draft U.S. amendments to the War Crimes Act would narrow the scope of potential criminal prosecutions to 10 specific categories of illegal acts against detainees during a war, including torture, murder, rape and hostage-taking.

Left off the list would be what the Geneva Conventions refer to as "outrages upon [the] personal dignity" of a prisoner and deliberately humiliating acts -- such as the forced nakedness, use of dog leashes and wearing of women's underwear seen at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq -- that fall short of torture.

"People have gotten worried, thinking that it's quite likely they might be under a microscope," said a U.S. official. Foreigners are using accusations of unlawful U.S. behavior as a way to rein in American power, the official said, and the amendments are partly meant to fend this off.

The plan has provoked concern at the International Committee of the Red Cross, the entity responsible for safeguarding the Geneva Conventions. A U.S official confirmed that the group's lawyers visited the Pentagon and the State Department last week to discuss the issue but left without any expectation that their objections would be heeded.

The administration has not officially released the draft amendments. Although they are part of broader legislation on military courts still being discussed within the government, their substance has already been embraced by key officials and will not change, two government sources said.

No criminal prosecutions have been brought under the War Crimes Act, which Congress passed in 1996 and expanded in 1997. But 10 experts on the laws of war, who reviewed a draft of the amendments at the request of The Washington Post, said the changes could affect how those involved in detainee matters act and how other nations view Washington's respect for its treaty obligations.

"This removal of [any] reference to humiliating and degrading treatment will be perceived by experts and probably allies as 'rewriting' " the Geneva Conventions, said retired Army Lt. Col. Geoffrey S. Corn, who was recently chief of the war law branch of the Army's Office of the Judge Advocate General. Others said the changes could affect how foreigners treat U.S. soldiers.

The amendments would narrow the reach of the War Crimes Act, which now states in general terms that Americans can be prosecuted in federal criminal courts for violations of "Common Article 3" of the Geneva Conventions, which the United States ratified in 1949.

U.S. officials have long interpreted the War Crimes Act as applying to civilians, including CIA officers, and former U.S. military personnel. Misconduct by serving military personnel is handled by military courts, which enforce a prohibition on cruelty and mistreatment. The Army Field Manual, which is being revised, separately bars cruel and degrading treatment, corporal punisHydromaxent, assault, and sensory deprivation.

Common Article 3 is considered the universal minimum standard of treatment for civilian detainees in wartime. It requires that they be treated humanely and bars "violence to life and person," including murder, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture. It further prohibits "outrages upon personal dignity" such as "humiliating and degrading treatment." And it prohibits sentencing or execution by courts that fail to provide "all the judicial guarantees . . . recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."

The risk of possible prosecution of officials, CIA officers and former service personnel over alleged rough treatment of prisoners arises because the Bush administration, from January 2002 until June, maintained that the Geneva Conventions' protections did not apply to prisoners captured in Afghanistan.

As a result, the government authorized interrogations using methods that U.S. military lawyers have testified were in violation of Common Article 3; it also created a system of military courts not specifically authorized by Congress, which denied defendants many routine due process rights.

The Supreme Court decided in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld on June 29, however, that the administration's policy of not honoring the Geneva Conventions was illegal, and that prisoners in the fight against al-Qaeda are entitled to such protections. [emphasis added because this should still be getting coverage and being discussed on the cable news networks at least]

U.S. officials have since responded in three ways: They have asked Congress to pass legislation blocking the prisoners' right to sue for the enforcement of those protections. They have drafted legislation allowing the consideration of intelligence-gathering needs during interrogations, in place of an absolute human rights standard.

They also formulated the War Crimes Act amendments spelling out some serious crimes and omitting altogether some that U.S. officials describe as less serious. For example, two acts considered under international law as constituting "outrages" -- rape and sexual abuse -- are listed as prosecutable.

But humiliations, degrading treatment and other acts specifically deemed as "outrages" by the international tribunal prosecuting war crimes in the former Yugoslavia -- such as placing prisoners in "inappropriate conditions of confinement," forcing them to urinate or defecate in their clothes, and merely threatening prisoners with "physical, mental, or sexual violence" -- would not be among the listed U.S. crimes, officials said.

"It's plain that this proposal would abrogate portions of Common Article 3," said Derek P. Jinks, a University of Texas assistant professor of law and author of a forthcoming book on the Geneva Conventions. The "entire family of techniques" that military interrogators used to deliberately degrade and humiliate, and thus coerce, detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at Abu Ghraib "is not addressed in any way, shape or form" in the new language authorizing prosecutions, he said.

At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last Wednesday, however, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales complained repeatedly about the ambiguity and broad reach of the phrase "outrages upon personal dignity." He said that, "if left undefined, this provision will create an unacceptable degree of uncertainty for those who fight to defend us from terrorist attack."

Lawmakers from both parties expressed skepticism at the hearing. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said the military's top uniformed lawyers had told him they are training to comply with Common Article 3 and that complying would not impede operations.

If the underlying treaty provision is too vague, asked Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), then how could the Defense Department instruct its personnel in a July 7 memorandum to certify their compliance with it? Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, who had signed the memo, responded at the hearing that he was concerned that "degrading" and "humiliating" are relative terms.

"I mean, what is degrading in one society may not be degrading in another, or may be degrading in one religion, not in another religion," England said. "And since it does have an international interpretation, which is generally, frankly, different than our own, it becomes very, very relevant" to define the meaning in new legislation.

This viewpoint appears to have won over the top uniformed military lawyers, who have criticized other aspects of the administration's detainee policy but said that they support the thrust of these amendments. Maj. Gen. Scott C. Black, the Army's judge advocate general, said in testimony that the changes can "elevate" the War Crimes Act "from an aspiration to an instrument" by defining offenses that can be prosecuted instead of endorsing "the ideals of the laws of war."

Lawyer David Rivkin, formerly on the staff of the Justice Department and the White House counsel's office, said "it's not a question of being stingy but coming up with a well-defined statutory scheme that would withstand constitutional challenges and would lead to successful prosecutions." Former Justice Department lawyer John C. Yoo similarly said that U.S. soldiers and agents should "not be beholden to the definition of vague words by international or foreign courts, who often pursue nakedly political agendas at odds with the United States."

But Corn, the Army's former legal expert, said that Common Article 3 was, according to its written history, "left deliberately vague because efforts to define it would invariably lead to wrongdoers identifying 'exceptions,' and because the meaning was plain -- treat people like humans and not animals or objects." Eugene R. Fidell, president of the nonprofit National Institute of Military Justice, said that laws governing military conduct are filled with broadly described prohibitions that are nonetheless enforceable, including "dereliction of duty," "maltreatment" and "conduct unbecoming an officer." [emphasis added]

Retired Rear Adm. John D. Hutson, the Navy's top uniformed lawyer from 1997 to 2000 and now dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, said his view is "don't trust the motives of any lawyer who changes a statutory provision that is short, clear, and to the point and replaces it with something that is much longer, more complicated, and includes exceptions within exceptions."

© 2006 The Washington Post Company


So the Administration wants to do away with current language of the War Crimes Act and "replace it with clearer and more defined language." Initially, the company line was we do not torture period. Then it was we do not need to worry about international law because those detainees do not qualify for human rights under the Geneva Covention. Then it was up to Gonzales and Yoo to make sure everything that could be done to get around the definition of torture was done. After it was confirmed that there was obvious abuse occurring it was that the abuse was no biggie and had to do with only a few bad apples. None of "it" had anything to do with the chain of command flowing UP, but it was those serving at the lower levels.

With this War Crimes Act change it is clear that what is happening is a case of not just covering ass, but also making sure nothing more is reported that will make any noise whatsoever over here in the U.S. Hey, why would something like the Abu Ghraib story be even mentioned in the U.S. press if this law was changed? I swear the journalism over here for the most part amounts to asking a single source whether or not he or she violated the law. "Ummm...did I break the law? No, of course not. Why would I ever break the law?" (especially when I can change the law...) Fact checking at it's finest people...and for the double check that will validate and verify the whole scoop..."Are you sure you didn't break the law sir?" "I'm positive." "All right, thank you so much for proving the veracity of your answer and thus your innocence by reaffirming your own sentiments good sir."

I posted my feelings and opinions on the U.S. being involved in torture and other vile methods utilized during detainment. I still stand by those comments and I still feel that the best way to deal with terrorism is by using police work, intelligence, and special task forces. For one it'd be more humane and two it'd actually yield results. For the sake of argument though let's suppose these methods are working despite study after study report after report indicating by all means that the War on Terror is actually breeding terrorism and yielding the opposite of desired results. Should we also change the fact that almost all cases where confessions of intel was gathered through means of torture or these "lesser out-dated and greyish methods of "abuse" will not consider the intel reliable enough in the first place? Do we need to do something about that as well?


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/washington/04terror.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Meanwhile according to a study conducted by a private research group at Sryacuse University 91% of the cases against suspected terrorists brought by the Justice Department have been turned down for prosecution this year mainly due to weak evidence and methods of obtaining testimony. Since 2001 the study showed that..."federal prosecutors have declined to prosecute two out of every three international terrorism cases brought to them by the [FBI] and other agencies since 2001."

MORE ON THE ARTICLE ITSELF- Of course the Justice Department disagreed with the way the study was conducted , but of course did not want to get into what it disagreed about specifically. The Administrations pre-emptive philosophy obviously would make it difficult to prosecute cases of alleged terrorism to the point where many cases are not even brought to court because of a lack of evidence. According to the study the number of such cases that are dropped each year have increased considerably since 2002 when these type cases were at their peak. One in five defendants of the 6,500 cases have been convicted with the vast majority of them serving little to no jail time (20-28 days purportedly) mainly over "immigration violations or fraud." However depsite the required massive hands needed to catch all of these alleged terrorists the Justice Department claims it has convicted or gotten guitly pleas at much higher success rate than the study suggests.



I don't believe that the success rate of nabbing actual terrorists/terrorist plotters rests in a "pre-emptive" style or any other philosophy for that matter. The money trail is always where to start. The FBI was never allowed to get close to terrorist groups thanks to Clinton and his appeasement to the Saudis and then with Bush all Saudi related investigations were completely halted. The next thing to do is to make sure you have enough manpower to complete investigations even those cases of the smaller variety. With something as important as thwarting terrorism I don't think we're going to have very much success if we aren't allocating enough funds for such investigations for one and two we failing with our immigration policy so long as it stands the way it is, which is basically nothing more than rhetoric/B.S. and politicians wetting a finger on their tongues and holding it out in the wind.

AS FOR ACTUAL TERRORISM NAMELY OSAMA AND AL-QAEDA- Osama got what he wanted (he didn't exactly like the infidels on the arab peninsula near all those oil fields and the Saudis keeping the price of crude down for the West now did he? Well, the U.S. bases there have been closed since '03 and a barrel of crude is now about 70 bucks) but Osama still has a bunch of wriled up desperate people looking for a place to direct their anger and fears that the people of the world have to deal with. With Osama it was all about oil and money as it is with all billionaires and it's all about oil and money with our billionaire leaders in this Fatwa er I mean War on Terror too. The Iraq War was about opening up that economy and selling off its assets to international corporations. The neo-cons have been chompin' at the bit to test out the Free Market philosophy in the Middle East. It's all about economics and privatization with this Administration. A tax-cut and corporate give-a-ways should do the trick for the donor class right? And if a few of our bravest finest men and women have to go to war to ensure that billions can be obtained then why not as they are serving any way. Plus, there are reasons to rally around almost any war depending on what side you stand/where your morality is vs your better judgement. What was it that PNAC outlined essentially other than for the U.S. to be unchallenged in its title as the world's LONE Super Economic and Military Power in the world? It was no surprise to me when Wolfowitz wound up with the World Bank. His basic premise for going to war with Iraq was to obtain control of those Iraqi oil fields. But I digress about this with a big "Find OSAMA DEAD OR ALIVE, HE'S PROBABLY IN PAKISTAN." And also why does our situation with Musharraf seem disgustingly similar to that with Saddam 1979-90?
 
Okay, I've been busy. I'm only going to get busier here with school and other obligations, but I am still at it with the MV. I am hanging 15 lbs for the first time OTS and have worked my way up to this from 10 lbs. I am getting the hang of it as it were so I'll update in a few weeks again if I've gained anything. I have lost like 15 lbs in about 3 months and I'm a little concerned. I have not changed anything in my diet or my eating habits so I don't know. I was thin to begin with. I need to eat more I guess??? If it persists I'll check with a doctor and maybe a dietician or something. Later
 
I have moved up to 20 lbs in the last 2 weeks and I had about 3 sessions of 2 hours with that weight OTS. I had to stop for water blisters that popped and scabbed up. Started again today. Going for 2 hours once more. I have been using a cottonball in the end to help with blistering, but it helps only a bit.

My flaccid hang has increased in length. My girth overall both flaccid and erect has been floating around 4.9 to 5, which is still a loss of girth that I hate to think about, but the base girth is the same at just over 5.5 inches. I think as long as I hang that won't change. I know I'm growing because of what I call the shrinkage factor and that is when your shrinkage size is noticeably larger than your old flaccid size used to be.

Could anyone out there help me out with a question I have? Does it matter if you hang OTS to the right or left or what? I can't really tell much of a difference if I hang to one side OTS or the other. I try to do one side one day and another the next lately. I used to do both sides each session, but now only do once as I have increased the weight.
 
It's almost impossible to do more than 2 days in a row with a vacuum style hanger doing heavy weights because of the water blisters that usually form from it. I'm starting to lift weights again, but I'm really looking to get some weight on for real this time. I've lost so much weight over the last 2.5 years or so...like 45 lbs I'm talking. I've gained about 5 lbs these last 6 weeks though and trust me that is an improvement for me as I had not been able to gain anything for the longest time. I've been taking protein shakes twice a day. I can't take the weight gainers at GNC though. They are usually FULL of sugars somewhat understandably, but there has to be a better way without having so much of that crap. Sugar is just plain evil for many of us. The shits in everything in some form or another. I stick to fruit for my sweet tooth and I HAVE A HUGE ASS SWEET TOOTH DUDE!

OH! Anyone going to demonstrate this January in D.C. or NYC for UFPJ's anti-war event? It'll be fun.
 
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