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Readers React To Photo Of Two Men Kissing
News Opinion - Xiphias - 36 Comments
Tags: Gay Marriage, Washington Post, homophobia, men kissing, Washington D.C.
03/10/10 -  -  - (Link)
Powerful photographs can have lasting impact, and a Post photo of two men kissing is an image that many readers can neither forget nor accept.
The photo, which ran on the newspaper's front page and online last week, captured Jeremy Ames and Taka Ariga kissing outside D.C. Superior Court on the day that the District began accepting license applications for same-sex marriages.
Almost immediately, I began hearing from upset readers.
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After a Disruptive Airport Kiss, Facing the Consequences
Crime Stupid - Lurchi - 2 Comments
Tags: TSA, community service, Newark, airport evacuation, unauthorized kiss
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
Theirs was a whirlwind New York City Christmas, but while true love is timeless, vacations are not. Sadly, it came time for one of the lovebirds to fly home to California, and the other, Haisong Jiang — love-struck as if Cupid hit him not with an arrow, but with a two-by-four to the head — saw his beloved to the security line at Newark Liberty International Airport.
One thing led to another, and they kissed, and whatever else that kiss sealed, it certainly included his fate: to ladle out meals at some soup kitchen to be determined as a way toward working off 100 hours of community service for his crime that afternoon in January.
Massa flirts with the right, but Beck isn't tickled
Government Politics - digitalsanpedro - 9 Comments
Tags: ethics, glen beck, Eric Massa, political extremists, tickle fights
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
Just seven minutes into Glenn Beck's hour-long interview of Eric Massa on Tuesday evening, things had already gone very wrong.
Conservatives had hopes that the now-former Democratic congressman from Upstate New York, who resigned abruptly under an ethics cloud, would deliver the goods about corruption and strong-arm tactics in the Obama White House and Congress. But instead, Massa served up an icky new confession.
Catholic School Boots Student With Gay Parents
Living Education - Sweater Undulations - 12 Comments
Tags: Lesbians, Catholic Church, Colorado, preschooler, WWJD
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the child's parents are lesbians.
The child will not be allowed to re-enroll next year at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School. The Denver Archdiocese posted a statement Friday that the parents are "living in open discord with Catholic teaching."
Original Story:
Vatican hit by gay sex scandal
"Caulk" Butt Enhancements Hospitalize 6
Living Health - enki don't - 13 Comments
Tags: New Jersey, silicone, bathtub caulk, butt enhancement, DIY plastic surgery
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
Six women in New Jersey are recovering after they received buttocks-enhancement injections containing silicone used to caulk bathtubs.
80s Teen Idol Corey Haim is Dead
Death - Footslave - 7 Comments
Tags: 1980s, celebrocalypse 2010, Corey Haim, The Lost Boys, Core Haim Not Corey Feldman
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
Actor and former teen idol Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed to KTLA.
Convicted serial killer won on 'Dating Game'
Crime Violent - enki don't - 16 Comments
Tags: Serial Killer, California, Rodney Alcala, The Dating Game, Bachelor No. 1
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
Before he was a convicted serial killer, Rodney Alcala was a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game.
Oh yeah, I remember it quite clearly," said Jed Mills, the game-show contestant who sat next to Alcala in 1978. "He was creepy. Definitely creepy."
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Story includes his "before" picture as a 1978 contestant on The Dating Game.
Bar patron fired police gun left behind in bathroom by Grand Rapids officer
Crime - Name Brand Aspirin - 6 Comments
Tags: Bar, Bathroom, Cop, oops!, service weapon
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
It was employees at Brewstir's who alerted Grand Rapids Police Officer John Guerrero -- a regular at the Allendale Township bar -- that he'd forgotten his service weapon inside a bathroom stall, and that a woman who'd entered the men's room had shot the weapon, sources said.
Man who clobbered Chisholm gunman with a chair is hailed as hero
Crime - Name Brand Aspirin - 1 Comment
Tags: gunman, Hero, Minnesota, bar shooting, ex-wife
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
The man who stopped a bar shooting incident by hitting the suspected gunman with a chair was hailed as a hero on Monday.
The Saturday night shootings at Jim's Sports Club Bar and Grill left one man dead, another critically wounded and a third with a less serious wound. Authorities said the suspect, Jason Musburger, 47, a former Chisholm police officer, had gone to the bar to confront his ex-wife.
FHP: Driver lacked razor-sharp focus
Living Weird - Temple - 1 Comment
Tags: florida, Car Accident, bikini area, shaving, suspended license
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don't try to shave your privates, either.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.
Deputy Beats Man In Squad Car
Crime Violent - Sweater Undulations - 8 Comments
Tags: ptsd, deputy, Milwaukee, handcuffed, police violence
03/10/10 - - - (Link)
A former deputy will spend a year and a half behind bars, for beating a man in the back of a squad car.
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Krause gave the handcuffed Ray Calderone a warning.
Ohio inmate ODs on pills hours before execution
Death - Harry - 15 Comments
Tags: Ohio, death row, drug overdose, humane killing, one-drug system
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.
Obama administration pushes broader version of 'Volcker Rule'
Government Laws - Keefu - 1 Comment
Tags: treasury department, banks, Obama administration, financial reform, Volcker Rule
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
The Obama administration asked Congress on Wednesday to consider a broader version of the "Volcker Rule" that would impose limits not just on the investment activities of banks but also on the largest non-bank financial companies.
Original Story:
Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from Geithner
Calif state senator says he's gay after DUI arrest
Followup - Harry - 31 Comments
Tags: gay, DUI, Republican, tea party, Sen. Roy Ashburn
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is gay, ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of driving under the influence.
Ashburn, who consistently voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in the state Legislature, came out in an interview with KERN radio in Bakersfield, the area he represents.
Original Story:
Anti-Gay Lawmaker Reportedly at Gay Club Before DUI Arrest
Most 'tea party' followers are baby boomers reliving the 60's
Polls - pentheus - 7 Comments
Tags: CNN, tea party, boomers, wealthy dorks with more time than sense, 60s protest paradigm
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
Oceans of ink, terabytes of blog space and an eternity of television time have been devoted to the latest object of media fascination, the "tea party" movement. Now (finally!), a poll conducted by CNN gives us some hard data on the Tea Party Nation.
Terrorists, make sure you register with the state
Government Laws - WootFuxor - 2 Comments
Tags: terrorism, South Carolina, stupidity, repeal, subversives
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
As usual, the bloggers have got it wrong. Some of them are saying South Carolina legislators passed a law last year requiring all subversive agents and terrorists to register with the Secretary of State.
That's not true.
They did that 50 years ago.
Strong earthquake strikes off Sumatra coast
Living Nature - Charon - 1 Comment
Tags: Indonesia, Tsunami, Earthquake, Sumatra, Tectonipocalypse 2010
03/09/10 - - - (Link)
A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.5 struck Friday night in the ocean southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Machete attacks on Christian villages kill 500-plus in Nigeria
Crime Violent - Harry - 26 Comments
Tags: Nigeria, Christians, brutal attacks, Muslim Fulani, hacked to death
03/08/10 - - - (Link)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group.
Oscars snub as Farrah Fawcett left out of in memoriam tribute
Entertainment - Harry - 14 Comments
Tags: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, celebrocalypse 2009, Logans Run, Oscar snub
03/08/10 - - - (Link)
Farrah Fawcett was left out of the'in memoriam' segment of the Oscars ceremony, prompting a flurry of complaints.
The former Charlie's Angels star died of cancer in June last year, aged 62
Utah women may face murder charges after miscarriages
Government Laws - iscutcheon - 12 Comments
Tags: abortion, Utah, Miscarriage, womens rights, Murder charges
03/08/10 - - - (Link)
A proposed Utah law that would open women who suffer a miscarriage to possible criminal prosecution and life imprisonment has enraged feminists and civil rights activists across the United States.
Adopted overwhelmingly by both sides of the state legislature in Salt Lake City earlier this month, the draft bill is now awaiting the signature of the state's Republican Governor, Gary Herbert. It is not clear if the growing national controversy surrounding the proposed law will slow or even stay his pen.
Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer
Crime - Sweater Undulations - 12 Comments
Tags: Assault, Inmate, Police Officer, breast milk, intoxication
03/08/10 - - - (Link)
A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her.
Chupacabra legend lives on with new sighting
Living Nature - Sweater Undulations - 0 Comments
Tags: Oklahoma, chupacabra, hairless creature, racoon, captured alive
03/08/10 - - - (Link)
Come on, admit it, you are at least a little bit curious about this sighting. There have been numerous mysterious sightings in South Texas. And, now, another bizarre, hairless creature spotted in Oklahoma.
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Leviathans may battle in remote depths
Science - Mobile Suit Goddamn - 27 Comments
Tags: great white shark, giant squid, horrors of the deep, migration, marine smack-down
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.
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Even the Spineless Feel Pain
Science - enki don't - 4 Comments
Tags: pain, Memory, electric shock, invertebrates, hermit crabs
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Can invertebrates feel pain?
"No" is the scientific consensus thus far on all but octopuses — but that may just reflect an ingrained human bias against "simple" animals.
Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'
Government - Chet - 25 Comments
Tags: iran, 9/11, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fake as the holocaust, big lie
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad's comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. They show that Iran has no intention of toning itself down even with tighter sanctions looming because of its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
Stranded U.S. sailor detained after rescue from B.C. coast
Living - Chet - 7 Comments
Tags: canada, sailor, border crossing, Cement Boat, Fishy Story
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
An American who was shipwrecked on the coast of Vancouver Island and nearly died after sailing his boat from Anacortes has now been taken into custody by Canadian border officials.
Sex with identical twin subject of assault case
Crime - vissarion - 237 Comments
Tags: Twins, ontario, sexual assault, consent, he said-she said
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
The bedroom was dark and she thought it was her occasional lover who slipped into bed.
But the sex felt different. When she turned on the bedroom light, it wasn't her lover but his identical twin.
Break-dancer charged with ruining hardwood floors
Crime - aka_mouse - 8 Comments
Tags: felony, criminal mischief, break-dancing, diamond belt buckle, house party
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
A large diamond belt buckle worn by an 18-year-old Cheektowaga man while break-dancing at a party caused $3,000 worth of gouging damage on some hardwood floors -- and left him charged with felony criminal mischief.
A Game of Tag Breaks Out Between London's Graffiti Elite
Living Art - Redlof - 68 Comments
Tags: London, tag, Banksy, graffiti, Robbo
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
In the predawn hours of Christmas morning, a 40-year-old shoe repairman who goes by the name Robbo squeezed his 6-foot-8-inch frame into a wet suit, tossed some spray cans into a plastic bag, and crossed Regent's Canal on a red-and-blue air mattress.
Robbo, one of the lost pioneers of London's 1980s graffiti scene, was emerging from a long retirement. He had a mission: to settle a score with the world-famous street artist Banksy, who, Robbo believes, had attacked his legacy.
Baby Survives Shooting in Parents' Suicide Pact
Death - enki don't - 0 Comments
Tags: Survivor, Global Warming, babies, Argentina, suicide pact
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
In Argentina, a baby girl miraculously remained alive for three days with a bullet in her chest after surviving her parents' suicide pact.
The 7-month-old was found, covered in blood, bedside the bodies of her parents and her two year-old brother. The baby was discovered by paramedics and rushed to the hospital after police received calls from neighbors who noticed the smell of the bodies coming from the house three days after the massacre occurred.
Parents Trade Girl For Car Payments
Crime - Sawyerslim - 0 Comments
Tags: Child Abuse, Georgia, minivan, trade, Dodge County
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Authorities in central Georgia have arrested a couple they say traded sex with their 14-year-old daughter for payments on their minivan.
Dodge County sheriff's Capt. Tony Winborn said the parents were arrested Monday and are in jail awaiting a bond hearing. They face child molestation and pandering charges.
"We are sickened to hear about this case against this girl," Winborn said.
Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution
Living Education - Sweater Undulations - 27 Comments
Tags: Textbooks, evolution, charles darwin, christian, home-schooling
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.
Mule's precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has been studying tarantulas since she was 5. But she watched Elizabeth's excitement turn to confusion when they reached the evolution section of the book from Apologia Educational Ministries, which disputed Charles Darwin's theory.
Tampa City Council, atheists fight over Pledge of Allegiance
Government Politics - MaulLove - 0 Comments
Tags: Pledge of Allegiance, Tampa, atheists, city council, under God
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
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The controversy about injecting religion into City Council meetings flared up again Thursday, this time in a conflict about the Pledge of Allegiance.
Each time the atheist group has attended meetings, they have noticeably dropped the "under God" phrase while reciting the pledge.
Transcript reveals anger of AIG employees toward politicians, public
Business - busy monster - 0 Comments
Tags: financial crisis, AIG, Bonuses, bailout, victimhood
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
During the national furor that erupted last year after American International Group paid more than $165 million in bonuses, the voices of those vilified for receiving the payments remained silent, at least in public.
But behind closed doors, employees at AIG's Financial Products division -- the very unit whose trading had hastened the insurance giant's collapse -- were defiant, saying they were merely getting what they were due, recoiling at public accusations that they were behind their capitalizing on the company's massive taxpayer bailout.
Betting on the Blind Side
Books News - pentheus - 0 Comments
Tags: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, subprime mortgages, Michael Lewis, glass eye
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Michael Burry always saw the world differently—due, he believed, to the childhood loss of one eye. So when the 32-year-old investor spotted the huge bubble in the subprime-mortgage bond market, in 2004, then created a way to bet against it, he wasn’t surprised that no one understood what he was doing. In an excerpt from his new book, The Big Short, [Michael Lewis] charts Burry’s oddball maneuvers, his almost comical dealings with Goldman Sachs and other banks as the market collapsed, and the true reason for his visionary obsession.
America, the fragile empire
News Opinion - The Naz - 83 Comments
Tags: History, breakdown, American Empire, global economy, complex systems
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
Here today, gone tomorrow -- could the United States fall that fast?
For centuries, historians, political theorists, anthropologists and the public have tended to think about the political process in seasonal, cyclical terms. From Polybius to Paul Kennedy, from ancient Rome to imperial Britain, we discern a rhythm to history. Great powers, like great men, are born, rise, reign and then gradually wane. No matter whether civilizations decline culturally, economically or ecologically, their downfalls are protracted.
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
Living - Tameriaen - 51 Comments
Tags: recession, America, unemployment, innovation, economic crisis
03/07/10 - - - (Link)
The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults. It will leave an indelible imprint on many blue-collar men. It could cripple marriage as an institution in many communities. It may already be plunging many inner cities into a despair not seen for decades. Ultimately, it is likely to warp our politics, our culture, and the character of our society for years to come.
Original Story:
Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs
Starbucks asks not to be center of gun debate
Business - smarmylittlegit - 70 Comments
Tags: Starbucks, Second Amendment, extra shot, gun-control debate, open-carry
03/06/10 - - - (Link)
Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate.
The company's statement, issued Wednesday, stems from recent campaign by some gun owners, who have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested.
Vatican hit by gay sex scandal
Living Religion - B. Weed - 7 Comments
Tags: homosexuality, vatican, sex scandal, pimpin, Gentleman of His Holiness
03/06/10 - - - (Link)
The Vatican was today rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict's household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.
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Anti-Gay Lawmaker Reportedly at Gay Club Before DUI Arrest
Government Corruption - Chet - 1 Comment
Tags: gay, DUI, Republican, tea party, Sen. Roy Ashburn
03/06/10 - - - (Link)
A California state senator who reportedly has voted against every gay rights measure since he took office eight years ago was charged with driving under the influence on Wednesday, reportedly after leaving a gay nightclub in Sacramento.
Sen. Roy Ashburn, a Republican from Bakersfield, was spotted driving erratically at about 2 a.m. Wednesday in downtown Sacramento, officials said. He was arrested after taking a sobriety test, and he was taken to Sacramento County Jail, where he was administered a blood-alcohol test prior to being booked and released.
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