GEORGIA ON MY MIND: ANOTHER OUT-OF-STATE DUMP

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Nebraska media reports this morning that a 12-year old boy was dropped off at Bryan LGH Medical Center East in Lincoln The boy’s mother told police she was “unable to discipline him.” So what else is new? Well, this kid is from Georgia! According to Nebraska HHS spokesperson Todd Landry the mother, who so far has no known connection to Nebraska, drove the boy there from Atlanta. He has been placed in a residential shelter pending investigation. No other details have been released yet. In case you’re wondering how much these dumps cost (remember, according to dump pushers, dumping your child is a free service of the state and won’t cost anybody a dime), Omaha’s WOW-TV reported earlier this month: So what is the law costing taxpayers? In a crude analysis of a 2007 Annual Report from The Nebraska Foster Care Review Board, Channel Six found on average, Nebraska spends about $2,200 a month per child in foster care. When you add the 17 Safe Haven Children and multiply that number by $2,200 the amount per month to provide care for those children so far is costing nearly $39,000 per month. It’s half the cost of a special session. (NOTE: Continue Reading →

ANNOUNCEMENT: HATE NOT WELCOME HERE

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The Daily Bastardette has always supported free speech and spirited discussion. The Daily Bastardette does not support hate, personal attacks, and libelous accusations. I have removed two comments posted within the last 24 hours by Improper Adoptee and am banning her posting here–ever. These types of comments are unacceptable in civil discussion, even heated civil discussion. They are harmful to individuals, bastard integrity, and the adoptee rights movement. This is my blog. IA has her own blog. She can articulate her opinions and toss out her insults there. As a precautionary measure, I also removed Kevan’s last comment, only because he quoted IA’s salacious remarks. Kevan is a friend and is always welcome here. I apologize for letting this go as far as it has. And I especially apologize to long-time friends who have been attacked here in the last day. Finally, several months ago I posted this warning at the top of the blog. Bastardette promotes and supports free speech and spirited discussion. Obscenity and spurious personal attacks on other posters, however, will not be tolerated. Offending comments will be removed. Posters who continue to post inappropriate messages will be banned. This is not meant to dissuade controversy or Continue Reading →

PETA GLOMS OFF NEBRASKA FIASCO AND ABANDONED CHILDREN

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Now, I’m really mad! PETA, the great media whore of moral equivalency, is building an ad campaign around child abandonment and the Nebraska Fiasco. From an October 20 PETA press release: In the wake of news that a Michigan mother drove more than 700 miles to abandon her 13-year-old son in Omaha in order to take advantage of Nebraska’s Safe Haven law, PETA has created a billboard stressing the importance of taking responsibility for all unwanted beings–dependent children and animals alike. The billboard features a child’s eyes superimposed over an animal’s face with the tagline “18 Kids, 25,000 Animals… The decision to add an animal companion to the family should not be taken lightly, just as the decision to raise a child should be a lifetime commitment,” says PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. “Dogs and cats can live 16 years or longer, almost the same amount of time that responsible parents invest in raising a child. Children and animals deserve better than to be dumped on a doorstep when they become inconvenient. Here is a preview of the billboard(s), PETA intends to put up in Omaha Is there nothing PETA won’t use to aggrandize itself? Abandoned children are notdogs catsgerbilsduckspeepsminksbunniesorlab Continue Reading →

MORE ON EMELYANTSEV CASE: THE SKY IS THE LIMIT OPPORTUNITIES

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From today’s Tooele Transcript, here’s an update on the recent conviction of Kimberly Emelyantsev for the murder of her adopted son Kolya Emelyantsev. I am adding new details of the case and some comments. Go to my other entries for a complete view. Sentencing clarification: K. Emelyantsev has been sentenced to 1-15 years less 214 days served while awaiting trial. The previous account reported “up to 15 years.” There is no estimate of how much time she is expected to serve. A couple months ago I felt Emelyantsev would pretty much walk away from this with probation, but I’m no longer convinced that she’ll be out soon. I’d look for 3-5 years. I think she wants punishment and wants to be in jail. Account of murder: K. Emelyantsev originally told police Kolya had fallen off a chair in the living room after she’d left to change the diaper of another child. During her plea hearing she told the court she dropped Kolya twice, once on a bag of diapers and once on a hard-surface floor. During her pre-sentence mental health evaluation she admitted she kicked Koyla twice, “sliding him across the floor.” Later in the day, “when frustration with the Continue Reading →

DESPERATE PARENTS DROP OFF G.W. BUSH AT NEBRASKA HOSPITAL: MORE POLITICIANS TO COME?

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This just in! Citing Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law to take in unruly children, The Former President and First Lady, dropped off the current President, George W., hoping the action would finally give the nation some peace during the declining days of his Presidency… “Signing those final abandonment papers was really hard,” W’s Mom said, “but we were at our wits end. His infantile, incorrigible behavior for the past 7 plus years almost broke his father’s heart. Thank God for Nebraska!. It will really serve as “the last safe haven for the Country!” continued hereOK. As opposed as I am to any “safe haven” law, I’ll make an exception in this case. Mr. Bush’s parents have obviously done the right thing for themselves and the country. Now if only Roberta McCain could come to the same conclusion. If it saves just one……

COLUMBUS LIFE CHAIN: THE MOST BORING ABORTION PROTEST OF THE YEAR

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I’m working on more Nebraska material, but in the meantime, here’s something I posted last week on my Theoconia blog regarding the Columbus Life Chain event last week. It’s adoption related.****** I just returned from the the 2008 edition of the Most Boring Abortion Protest in Columbus: Life Chain. (October 7). Life Chain is a yearly October event held throughout the country. It’s billed as “a peaceful, prayerful public witness of pro-life Americans standing for one hour praying for our nation and for an end to abortion.” It attracts mostly middle class retirees and SAHM-types who wouldn’t dream of showing up in front of CapCare or Founders or shutting down City Hall for a week. In Columbus this means that “respectable” anti-aborts and their kids too young to object to being tricked out, come out to flank the Statehouse, carrying unobtrusive signs that remind the public “abortion hurts women” and “adoption is a loving option.” Never mind that many natural mothers, forced to send their de-parented bastard babies to the adoption mill, would disagree with them. Whatever. Life Chain locally is bereft of Meansies in Blue Beanies, aggressive Bible bangers, traipsing chanting prayer warriors, blown-up lurid baybee blender bits poster Continue Reading →

NEBRASKA: ANOTHER OUT-OF-STATE DUMPSTER DIVE

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This just in. The Detroit News reports that early this morning a 13-year old boy from Michigan was abandoned at a Nebraska hospital. The boy and his parent flew to Omaha for the drop-off. No details have been released other than the boy has been placed in an emergency shelter. In the meantime, Arnie Struthman the sponsor of the state’s safe haven law says he opposes the call for a special session of the legislature to revisit the law. According to him, Boys Town and the Untied Way can address issues so parents don’t have to abandon children. Later today I will post on this entry an updated list of dumpees, attempted dumpees, and any updates on this breaking story.

KIMBERLY EMELYANTSEV SENTENCED: HUSBAND PRESSURED HER TO ADOPT

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Yesterday, Kimberly Emelyantsev, 34, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for the March 2008 beating death of her adopted son Kolya. In August she was convicted of second degree child abuse homicide. At the request of the prosecutor, Emelyantsev was ordered to undergo a pre-sentencing psychiatric evaluation. Kolya was a “special needs” adoptee, with Down Syndrome and had lived with Emelyantsev and her husband Fyodor, a Russian national, for less than a month. The couple was also rearing K. Emelyantsev’s 10-year old DS daughter and two biological daughters without disabilities. Two months before Kolya’s placement they adopted a DS Russian baby, Luka. That such a situation might prove “stressful” to the Emelyantsevs, especially stay-at-home Kimberly, was apparently overlooked or dismissed by their adoption agency About A Child, Reece’s Rainbow who listed him, and the home study hack, probably out of LDS Social Services, who passed the couple for adoption. (The Es are LDS). After all, Fyodor had a MA in genetics, was trained in handling disabled children, and worked as an RN. The couple took out a second mortgage to pay for Kolya. Who could say no to that package? In August, the prosector promised that more Continue Reading →

RADIO BASTARDETTE: "SPEAKING OF ADOPTION," OCTOBER 14, 2008

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E Case and I will appear on Speaking of Adoption on Tuesday October 14. Here’s the official announcement: On “Speaking of Adoption”Listen on the internet at www.onworldwide.com October 14th: Marley Greiner of Bastard Nation,andactivist Elizabeth Case. The topic:Why Are So Many Russian adoptees dying? To listen live: Go to www.onworldwide.com and click on ON AT WORK.To listen to the archived programs: go to www.onworldwide.com and click onON DEMAND, then on the show name.

INSANITY CONTINUES: IOWA TEEN DUMPED AT NEBRASKA HOSPITAL

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Just when we thought it can’t get any worse, it does! This just in from the Associated Press: 14-year old Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law.” Yes, folks, that’s right. Now, they’re hauling their unwanted kids in from out-of-state. According to the wire, the unfortunate girl is from Council Bluffs,Iowa, just across the state line from Omaha. She was abandoned–oh, excuse me–“safe havened”–at Creighton University Medical Center (where the 9 Statons were dumped last month) by her mother. No details have been released yet, but Nebraska DFS spokesperson Todd Landry says Nebraska law may not apply, since the girl and her mother are from out-of-state. But why wouldn’t it apply? There is nothing in the law that says no outsiders need apply. Again, for late comers, here is the ENTIRE text of the law: Section 1. No person shall be prosecuted for any crime based solely upon the act of leaving a child in the custody of an employee on duty at a hospital licensed by the State of Nebraska. The hospital shall promptly contact appropriate authorities to take custody of the child. Parents are home free. No blame. No shame, No name. Oops! Scratch that last one! All of Continue Reading →