Well it's a good thing that Bristol Palin does not live in Illinois.

Courtesy of Bipartisan Report: 

Republican representatives John D Cavaletto and Keith Wheeler sponsored the bill that would amend the state’s Vital Records Act. Here is the bill’s draconian thrust: 

‘…provides that if the unmarried mother cannot or refuses to name the child’s father, either a father must be conclusively established by DNA evidence or, within 30 days after birth, another family member who will financially provide for the child must be named, in court, on the birth certificate.’ 

‘Provides that absent DNA evidence or a family member’s name, a birth certificate will not be issued and the mother will be ineligible for financial aid from the State for support of the child.’

This the kind of thing that might actually keep Bristol from throwing her panties at every Tom, Joey, and Dakota.

However on the serious side this is an extremely punitive bill that would place a victim of rape, or incest, in a terrible situation.

 And there is NO reason to punish a child for a situation that is clearly no fault of their own.

Just another bill written by men to punish women, and their children, while letting the man get off scott free, if he makes his escape quickly enough that is.

Bristol Palin claims that DNA test proves that Dakota Meyer is the father!

Courtesy of the Daily Mail: 

Bristol Palin has conceded that her ex-fiance Dakota Meyer the father of Sailor Grace, Daily Mail Online has learned exclusively. 

Meyer was forced to take a paternity test in what was gearing up to be an increasingly bitter custody battle over her new baby. 

Court documents seen by Daily Mail Online reveal that Bristol admits that she was engaged to Meyer and that paternity was established via DNA testing at 99.9957 percent certainty. 

Meyer's bid for joint custody in a suit filed in Kentucky and Alaska was stalled pending the results of the paternity test. 

But Bristol contends that because Meyer lives in Kentucky and she lives in Alaska, shared physical custody may not be 'practicable and agrees to a 'decree of shared legal custody except that, due to geographic distance, in the event of a dispute, Palin shall have final say.' 

Bristol is also demanding that Meyer pay interim and permanent child support, and that he pay for Sailor's delivery costs and medical expenses.

And this is only a taste of what the Palins have planned for Dakota if this test stands up in court.

Right now I cannot imagine how the Palins could have messed with the DNA results, but if Dakota has real doubts he better get his lawyer to demand a second one now!

Dakota Meyer decides to learn from Levi Johnston's mistake and get the child support portion of his custody case taken care of up front.

Courtesy of TMZ:  

Bristol Palin's newest baby daddy is one smart cookie, because he just beat her to the punch by telling the family law judge exactly how much he can afford in the child support department. 

Dakota Meyer -- the father of Bristol's 2-month-old daughter Sailor -- claims in new legal docs he makes $100,000 a year working construction, and gets another $37k in disability from the Marine Corp. 

Under Alaska law, Dakota's income would entitle Bristol to $1,754 a month in child support. 

The article goes onto suggest that Meyer is taking these steps because of what he learned by watching what Bristol put Levi through in THEIR child support case.

However rather than giving Dakota any credit for intelligence, I would suggest that he has a smarter attorney.

Unlike others I don't actually think this proves that the DNA tests have come back and proven Dakota is the father. I instead think that his lawyer is getting all of their ducks in a row in preparation for all contingencies. 

Somebody asked earlier why Levi had not provided up to date financial information when asked, but that is not accurate as it pertains to recent court filings.

However that is true back when Rex Butler was handling his case, and the reasons why Rex provided Levi with bad legal advice is open for interpretation.

I know why the Johnstons think he sold Levi out.

The politicians of Wasilla, Alaska, making people around the world happy they don't have to live there.

I found this quote the other day from an Alaska state senator who hails from Wasilla, over at Crooks and Liars who posted it under the headline "What In The Hell Is In Wasilla Water, Anyway?"

Sen. Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, offered what he called a “completely seat of the pants” observation at a Senate State Affairs Committee meeting during the introduction of a criminal justice reform bill. 

“With some degree of confidence, I think that by the time particularly young men, but maybe young men and women, are in middle school, we can already predict the ones we need to get their DNA samples,” Huggins told a room that included the state’s corrections commissioner, Ron Taylor. “Because they’re going to go see Mr. Taylor in a few years. That’s unfortunate but it’s all too true.” 

It appeared that he thought DNA samples from the suspect middle school students should be taken so that they can be compared later with samples taken at crime scenes or from crime victims.

Yeah nothing like rounding up a bunch of Middle School kids and taking a sample of their DNA, without permission from their parents, and stomping all over their constitution rights in order to save a little legwork if they someday become a suspect in a crime, right?

Of course this is not at all surprising for those of us familiar with the people of Wasilla. After all Sarah Palin is certainly not the only moron to emerge from that batshit crazy environment.

I particalry like the title of this article as it reminds of something that Dennis Zaki used to say when he lived with his son out in that area.

Dennis was convinced that there was something in the water that was making people stupid and decided to uproot his family and leave before his son, who tests at the genius level, became too dumbed down to tie his own shoes.

Looks like he might have been on to something. 

In what could be the biggest news story of the day new DNA testing may have revealed the true identity of Jack the Ripper. Oh boy, twelve year old me has never been this excited!

Courtesy of The Daily Mail:

It is the greatest murder mystery of all time, a puzzle that has perplexed criminologists for more than a century and spawned books, films and myriad theories ranging from the plausible to the utterly bizarre. 

But now, thanks to modern forensic science, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer responsible for at least five grisly murders in Whitechapel in East London during the autumn of 1888. 

DNA evidence has now shown beyond reasonable doubt which one of six key suspects commonly cited in connection with the Ripper’s reign of terror was the actual killer – and we reveal his identity. 

A shawl found by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper’s victims, has been analysed and found to contain DNA from her blood as well as DNA from the killer. 

The landmark discovery was made after businessman Russell Edwards, 48, bought the shawl at auction and enlisted the help of Dr Jari Louhelainen, a world-renowned expert in analysing genetic evidence from historical crime scenes. 

Using cutting-edge techniques, Dr Louhelainen was able to extract 126-year-old DNA from the material and compare it to DNA from descendants of Eddowes and the suspect, with both proving a perfect match. 
The revelation puts an end to the fevered speculation over the Ripper’s identity which has lasted since his murderous rampage in the most impoverished and dangerous streets of London.

Okay no joke sports fans but when I was prepubescent blogger to be I love me some unsolved mysteries.

And the gran daddy of unsolved mysteries was the identity of the White chapel murderer, aka Jack the Ripper, aka could be just about anybody.

Personally I always hoped it would be Prince Albert Victor, mostly because I liked the idea of Scotland Yard possibly keeping the identity secret in order to protect the Royal Family.

Though part of me kind of wishes that the identity would always remain a secret, the part of me that places its faith in science is thrilled to be confronted with yet another incredible breakthrough that can be attributed to DNA testing, which I think we all recognize is the direct result of the research by one Charles Darwin.

See how I did that?

Attorneys for George Zimmerman release bloody nose photo.

Here is what Jonathon Capehart had to say about this latest bit of evidence:

Once again, we are confronted with a visual reminder of the confrontation, the struggle and the killing that took place on that rainy evening on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla. This the latest in a series of photos showing Zimmerman's injuries that will surely renew questions about what happened that night. No doubt his supporters will say they prove him innocent of the second-degree murder charge against him. 

But today's bloody photo doesn't solve the mystery of Trayvon's hands. There were "No DNA results foreign to Trayvon Benjamin Martin" found on them. Also, in a written statement, during a jailhouse interview and a reenactment the next day, Zimmerman said that he pulled the dead teen's arms away from his body after killing him. Yet, the police officer who arrived on the scene noted in his report, "The black male had his hands underneath his body." Until that question -- among many -- is answered, Zimmerman's dubious claim of self-defense will remain suspect.

I don't think that this picture does anything to help prove that Zimmerman did NOT follow that innocent young man and kill him in cold blood.

He supposedly was in  fight for his life and has a bloody nose AND wounds on the back of his head, yet NO DNA evidence on Trayvon Martin's hands?

 Unless the boy had rubber gloves which mysteriously disappeared how does that happen? Because I am sure that their are plenty of potential thieves and murderers out their who would LOVE to learn Trayvon's secret for beating a man bloody and coming away with his hands completely clean of any incriminating DNA evidence. That is quite a feat.

This case has ALWAYS stunk to high heaven, and this picture does nothing to minimize the stench.