(Yeah I know, long time no blogging. I’ve had good reasons.) * Just a real quick post tonight urging readers to head on over and read Bastardette’s James Dobson Cries Me a River. She’s done a great job of picking apart some of the intentional conflations. Healthy White Infants (HWIs) being lumped in linguistically with […]
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Uncategorized on August 23rd, 2008
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Some of us in the Bastard community have had concerns for years about the way kids available for adoption are being marketed via photolistings. The way children, particularly young children are being required to forfeit their own privacy in hopes of gaining a family raises many ethical issues. Unfortunately, photolistings of children have now become […]
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Uncategorized on July 31st, 2008
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"anyone can adopt",
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top dollar adoptions,
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The verdict in the Miles Harrison trial has been handed down since this article was originally written. Please see my later post entitled No, no justice for Dmitry for more up to date information concerning the verdict. The article below appears as it was originally posted. *** Перевести на русский *** (For new readers, please […]
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Uncategorized on July 17th, 2008
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,
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adoption agency,
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Bastardette,
Chase Harrison,
child abuse,
Cradle of Hope Adoption Center,
damage control,
Dima Yakolev,
Dmitry Yakolev,
European Adoption Consultants,
failire to inform Russia of an adoptee's death,
Family and Children’s Agency,
foster parents,
intercountry adoption,
International Adoption,
investigation,
Laura Higgenbotham,
Logan Higgenbotham,
manslaughter,
Margaret Cole,
Memoriam to Russian Adoptees Murdered by their Forever,
Miles H. Harrison,
NIKTO NE ZABYT — NICHTO NE ZABYTO,
Nobody is forgotten. Nothing is forgotten,
Ohio,
orphanage,
PAPs,
Pechora City Children’s Home,
Pound Pup Legacy,
probe,
prospective adoptive parents,
Russia,
Russian Education and Science Ministry,
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Russian-American dialogue,
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The verdict in the Miles Harrison trial has been handed down since this article was originally written. Please see my later post entitled No, no justice for Dmitry for more up to date information concerning the verdict. The article below appears as it was originally posted. *** Перевести на русский *** This is one of […]
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Uncategorized on July 15th, 2008
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Boris Altshuler,
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Carol Harrison,
Chase Harrison,
child abuse,
CPR,
Cradle of Hope Adoption Center,
Dima Yakolev,
Dmitry Yakolev,
European Adoption Consultants,
failire to inform Russia of an adoptee's death,
Family and Children’s Agency,
foster parents,
intercountry adoption,
International Adoption,
investigation,
involuntary manslaughter,
manslaughter,
Margaret Cole,
Memoriam to Russian Adoptees Murdered by their Forever,
mentally disabled,
Miles H. Harrison,
Nadejda Kulgavova,
Natalya Vishnevskaya,
NIKTO NE ZABYT — NICHTO NE ZABYTO,
Nobody is forgotten. Nothing is forgotten,
orphanage,
PAPs,
Parentless Children’s Database,
Pechora City Children’s Home,
probe,
relinquish,
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Russian Education and Science Ministry,
Russian Emabassy,
Russian law,
Russian-American dialogue,
scandals,
special bilateral adoption agreement,
statement,
supervision period,
The Right of the Child group,
tighter controls,
Valentina Chernova,
vehicle-heat realted death,
Virginia,
Vladimir Kabanov2 Comments »
The verdict in the Miles Harrison trial has been handed down since this article was originally written. Please see my later post entitled No, no justice for Dmitry for more up to date information concerning the verdict. The article below appears as it was originally posted. *** Перевести на русский *** This piece has been […]
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Uncategorized on July 14th, 2008
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accreditation,
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banned agencies,
Bastardette,
Carol Harrison,
Chase Harrison,
Christine Hessinger,
citizenship,
consequences,
CPR,
Dennis Merryman,
Dennis Uritsky,
Dmitry Yakolev,
E. Case,
European Adoption Consultants,
failire to inform Russia of an adoptee's death,
follow up,
homestudies,
intercountry adoption,
International Adoption,
involuntary manslaughter,
Laura Higgenbotham,
Logan Higgenbotham,
manslaughter,
Memoriam to Russian Adoptees Murdered by their Forever,
Miles H. Harrison,
NIKTO NE ZABYT — NICHTO NE ZABYTO,
Nina Hilt,
Nobody is forgotten. Nothing is forgotten,
Ohio,
PAPs,
Pechora City Children’s Home,
Peggy Sue Hilt,
Pound Pup Legacy,
prospective adoptive parents,
Ray Morrogh,
religious affiliation,
Russia,
Russian Education and Science Ministry,
Russian Emabassy,
Russian law,
Samuel and Donna Merryman,
scandals,
supervision period,
tighter controls,
vehicle-heat realted death,
Vermont,
Viktoria Bazhenova,
Virginia,
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I first made mention of Claar and Novak in my May 7th entry, News- Adoption agencies under fire (Colorado) without going into much detail. By way of introduction, I’ll quote the article I was blogging at the time: (Speaking of the few CO agencies that actually bothered to report employee salaries to the state audit,) […]
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Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
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Caveat Emptor,
Claar Foundation,
CO State Audit,
Colorado,
Guatemala,
Jaspal Singh,
Judge Enichen,
Lance Goff,
Lisa Novak,
Marty Claar,
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Yesterday’s Denver Post carried a warning (in the consumer protection model) about Colorado adoption agencies entitled “Adoption agencies under fire.” Nearly half the international adoption agencies in Colorado are losing money, five are at risk due to debt and one has generated so many complaints that state officials warned potential clients that they might want […]
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Uncategorized on May 7th, 2008
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agencies,
Charitable St. Philomena,
Claar Foundation,
Colorado,
liability insurance,
Lisa Novak,
National Council for Adoption,
NCFA,
News,
PAPs,
salariesNo Comments »
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