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Dave Starsky

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78. Here's a link to Shire's whole poem. It's chilling.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #71)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 01:48 PM

Jun 2018

https://www.commondreams.org/further/2015/09/04/no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-mouth-shark

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Doctors/nurses allowed into three infant and toddler facilities in Texas described HUNDREDS OF BABIE [View all] Wwcd Jun 2018 OP

No. No. No. awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #1

Hundreds left alone in their cages. No human touch! Wwcd Jun 2018 #11

Agree. Well said. awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #17

This is absolutely evil malaise Jun 2018 #51

I hope someone was brave enough to document with video and pics RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2018 #81

I don't believe.... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #129

Ghastly is a very good word for it. calimary Jun 2018 #134

How long are supposely decent people going to tolerate this? olegramps Jun 2018 #75

Cruelty beyond measure. Do they even know who these babies are? brush Jun 2018 #130

I can only hope snowybirdie Jun 2018 #2

They're torturing these poor babies. Cha Jun 2018 #3

Staff "not allowed to touch them, hold them, pick them up, or comfort them" hedda_foil Jun 2018 #4

That actually has nothing to do with the administration. cab67 Jun 2018 #13

Are you actually saying that foster parents aren't allowed to touch the children they foster???? hedda_foil Jun 2018 #24

Under some circumstances, they are not. cab67 Jun 2018 #67

Other than children who have been abused so badly that they are triggered by anyone's touch, hedda_foil Jun 2018 #99

Like I said, it depends on circumstances. cab67 Jun 2018 #112

This message was self-deleted by its author Matt_R Jun 2018 #133

Then they need women caretakers. Duppers Jun 2018 #42

My wife worked at the Boys and Girls Club for many years. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2018 #48

It was quite different for my girls when they were at Boys & Girls Club here in CA, the staff iluvtennis Jun 2018 #55

policies exist like that because of lawyers Mosby Jun 2018 #100

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" comes to mind. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2018 #57

BS...BS....BS.... asiliveandbreathe Jun 2018 #58

Not BS cab67 Jun 2018 #66

Can you point us towards the specific policy LanternWaste Jun 2018 #74

I'm not a foster parent. cab67 Jun 2018 #87

your allegation is inaccurate LanternWaste Jun 2018 #73

Then TX policy differs from AZ policy. cab67 Jun 2018 #91

Wow. JanosMDK Jun 2018 #124

I heard that said by someone treestar Jun 2018 #41

As a former attendant in medical facilities in the 1970s skip fox Jun 2018 #94

Horrific. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #5

Children are going to die. forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #19

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #6

Where's the justice for these children and their families duforsure Jun 2018 #7

Yes. And minute by minute, hour by hour, days becomes a week and Wwcd Jun 2018 #20

Tears. Gut wrenching. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #8

I can't imagine the anguish if you were a parent of one of these babies & read this. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #9

Holy Mother of God. bronxiteforever Jun 2018 #10

Beyond 1984 doublespeak - "caring for tender aged children" babies in cages in concentration camps AnotherMother4Peace Jun 2018 #12

I want to know who coined the phrase "Tender Aged Children" Wwcd Jun 2018 #30

Little Stevie Goebbels would be a good guess. snort Jun 2018 #44

He even resembles his hero. More every day. Wwcd Jun 2018 #53

Gack! snort Jun 2018 #56

Hate has a way of morphing into human form Wwcd Jun 2018 #63

LOCK HIM UP Sugarcoated Jun 2018 #115

Creeper! He is a reincarnation of Goebbels Wwcd Jun 2018 #116

The resemblance is amazing. Even the ears. montana_hazeleyes Jun 2018 #123

it's disgusting: a really creepy pedo ring to it. n/t Locrian Jun 2018 #106

Yes! That's what I relate it to. With a creep factor of some Wwcd Jun 2018 #107

exactly - subconscious slip with these people - n/t Locrian Jun 2018 #108

Yup. They do send out cryptic slips when you listen to their words Wwcd Jun 2018 #111

no wonder Rachel broke down trying to read this. niyad Jun 2018 #14

This is a Hague-level international crime. cab67 Jun 2018 #15

Yes it is. I just wish they or someone would hurry up! Wwcd Jun 2018 #32

I've been thinking the same thing Bayard Jun 2018 #50

America, 2018 Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #16

Germany 1938... Javaman Jun 2018 #65

This is what happens in Russian orphanages! Chalco Jun 2018 #18

I believe it and was just posting about this horror and cruelty appalachiablue Jun 2018 #23

That early lack of response to cries destroys ability to communicate, interact is V IMPORTANT bobbieinok Jun 2018 #27

Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu Ilsa Jun 2018 #45

Rachel should do a segment on your post. She is very good with Wwcd Jun 2018 #68

Perhaps she should wait a bit. Ilsa Jun 2018 #80

True. The burden is a heavy one. Without justice for what he has done the stain will be on America's Wwcd Jun 2018 #84

Too bad we cannot "Ceauseşco" him. nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #88

"I'm still nervous," says soldier who shot Nicolae Ceausescu Wwcd Jun 2018 #93

Thanks, I'll check it out. NT Ilsa Jun 2018 #121

I have always thought that would be a fine idea. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #118

Romanian orphanages were famous for ignoring human contact for the babies and children keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #72

Yes maybe that nightmare in Romania gave Miller ideas lunasun Jun 2018 #127

Friends with a family who adopted a Russian boy. Duppers Jun 2018 #46

My first three years were as an orphan in a Maine orphanage OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #125

I'm heartbroken this happened to you. femmedem Jun 2018 #128

K&R What kind of nation & people commit deliberate cruelty like this? appalachiablue Jun 2018 #21

Can someone provide the actual source for this? Louis1895 Jun 2018 #22