Rape victim’s attacker gets joint child custody

Rape victim’s attacker gets joint child custody
"A Sanilac County Circuit judge has granted parenting time and joint legal custody of an 8-year-old boy to a convicted sex offender who allegedly raped the child’s mother nine years ago.
Christopher Mirasolo, 27, of Brown City was awarded joint legal custody by Judge Gregory S. Ross after DNA testing established paternity of the child, according to the victim’s attorney, Rebecca Kiessling, who is seeking protection under the federal Rape Survivor Child Custody Act. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 25.
...Ross disclosed the rape victim’s address to Mirasolo and ordered Mirasolo’s name to be added to the child’s birth certificate — all without the victim’s consent or a hearing, according to Kiessling.
...According to Kiessling, Mirasolo forcibly raped and threatened to kill her client, now 21, nine years ago when the woman was 12. 
Mirasolo was 18 when the incident occurred in September 2008.
“She, her 13-year-old sister and a friend all slipped out of their house one night to meet a boy and the boy’s older friend, Mirasolo, showed up and asked if they wanted to go for a ride,” said Kiessling. “They thought they were going to McDonald’s or somewhere.
“Instead, he tossed their cellphones away, drove to Detroit where he stole gas from a station and then drove back to Sanilac County, where he kept them captive for two days in a vacant house near a relative, finally releasing the older sister in a park.
He threatened to kill them if they told anyone what happened.”
...While the assault potentially carried a penalty of life or any term of years but not less than 25 years, Mirasolo was given a plea deal by the Sanilac County Prosecutor’s Office for attempted third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Mirasolo was sentenced to one year in the county jail but only served six and a half months before early release so he could care for his sick mother, Kiessling said.
“She (client) and her family was told first-time sex offenders weren’t sent to prison because people come out worse after they go there,” said Kiessling.
In March 2010, Mirasolo committed (ANOTHER!!) a sex assault on a victim between the ages of 13 and 15 years old. 
He served only four years for that second offense, Kiessling said..."
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Who Would You Save — Your Dog Or A Stranger? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Who Would You Save — Your Dog Or A Stranger? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
"A while ago a human-interest story from South Africa was reported internationally.
As described in The Wall Street Journal:
"On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while yachting off the coast of South Africa, hit a reef, capsizing their boat.
As the boat threatened to sink and they scrambled to get off, Sheryl's safety line snagged on something, trapping her there.
Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their Jack Russell terrier. (One media account reported that Sheryl had insisted that the dog go first).
With Rosie safe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl.
All are doing fine."
Since the 1970s, I have asked students if they would first try to save their drowning dog or a drowning stranger.
And for 40 years I have received the same results: One third vote for their dog, one third for the stranger, and one third don't know what they would do..."
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EXCLUSIVE- Sen. Durbin Spills the Beans on Amnesty: Admits 'DREAM Act' a Ploy for Open-Ended Amnesty - Breitbart

EXCLUSIVE- Sen. Durbin Spills the Beans on Amnesty: Admits 'DREAM Act' a Ploy for Open-Ended Amnesty - Breitbart:

"Durbin’s admission that the Dream Act is open-ended raise the stakes for the Republican Party because the vast majority of likely beneficiaries lean Democratic — and because subsequent chain migration could deliver millions of lower-skilled, government-dependent legal immigrants to the polling booths in 2028 and 2032."

Scam alert!-----Michigan seniors learn they CAN lose their home on a reverse mortgage | Bridge Magazine

Michigan seniors learn they CAN lose their home on a reverse mortgage | Bridge Magazine
"Sifting through a stack of letters on her kitchen table from a reverse mortgage company, Linda Pryczynski recalled how the nightmare began.
“My husband saw it on one of those TV commercials that’s on all the time,” the Muskegon resident said.
“He thought it would be a good idea.”
In 2007, her husband Warren took out a reverse mortgage on their modest duplex to pay off the remainder of an old debt of $100,000, a loan for a truck and for household expenses.
Her husband died in 2016 at age 94, leaving behind tax and mortgage debt Pryczynski said she couldn’t possibly pay off.
Facing foreclosure, Pryczynski filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and fears the prospect she could lose her home.
That’s because she was not named in the reverse mortgage – a home loan available, and marketed to, older Americans – leaving her no protection at the time of his death..."
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Left Loses its Mind Over Jeff Sessions Memo That Brazenly Restates Existing Law - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Left Loses its Mind Over Jeff Sessions Memo That Brazenly Restates Existing Law - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is angrily condemning a memo released today by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that it describes as "an all-out assault on LGBTQ people" creating "a sweeping 'license to discriminate'" in furtherance of President Donald Trump's "cynical and hateful agenda."
...They should be comforted, then, by the revelation that virtually everything in the document is merely a restating of existing law and Supreme Court precedent.
...The principle that Americans don't forfeit their rights when they enter into the public square was recently upheld in 2014's Hobby Lobby ruling, while the principle that government can't dictate a church's hiring practices (at least when it comes to "ministerial" positions) was unanimously reaffirmed in 2012's Hosanna-Tabor..."
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QB Colin Kaepernick Now Says He'll Stand For The National Anthem If He's Signed To A Team | Daily Wire

QB Colin Kaepernick Now Says He'll Stand For The National Anthem If He's Signed To A Team | Daily Wire:

"UPDATE: Both Kaepernick and the CBS reporter who conducted his interview now claim Kaepernick never said he'd end his protest if he received a lucrative offer to play professional football.

Reporter Jason La Canfora says that he and Kaepernick "never discussed" the issue of standing for the anthem during future games - hard to believe given that Kaepernick is famous almost exclusively for his national anthem protests."

'Diversity Educators' Suffer From B | The Daily Caller

'Diversity Educators' Suffer From B | The Daily Caller:
"So-called “Diversity Educators” are suffering from burnout due to the “emotional weight” of their jobs, according to a recent academic journal article published this week in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
The study, written by University of North Carolina-Charlotte professor Ryan Miller and six colleagues from the University of North Texas, interviewed seven interviewed diversity educators from a “predominantly white research institution” who claim that they suffer from “compassion fatigue,” “burnout,” and “racial battle fatigue” in their efforts to combat microaggressions on campus..."

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