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June 29, 2008 in News & Opinion

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Mugabe Sworn In For Sixth Term After Sham Elections In Zimbabwe

June 29, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government
Tags: Africa, Elections, Harare, Mugabe, Politics & Government, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

International Herald Tribune: Robert Mugabe, the runaway winner in a one-horse race, was quickly inaugurated on Sunday as president of Zimbabwe after a runoff election on Friday. His opponent had already dropped out because state-sponsored enforcers were beating and murdering his followers.
“I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, do swear that I will truly serve in the office [...]

General Wesley Clark Attacks John McCain On Military Experience

June 29, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government
Tags: Barack Obama, Bob Schaeffer, CBS, Clark, Clinton, Hanoi, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, military, Obama, veep, Veepstakes, vice president, Vietnam, VP, Wes Clark, Wesley Clark

General Wesley Clark, a potential veep for Barack Obama, is pulling out the big guns in going after John McCain and his heavily touted military experience.
McCain frequently points out that he led “the largest squadron in the U.S. Navy,” but Clark said on CBS television that that was not enough to support a claim to [...]

HIV Is Older Than Originally Thought, According To Newest Findings

June 29, 2008 in International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology
Tags: AIDS, bisexual, Gay, GLBT, HIV, HIV/AIDS, lesbian, LGBT, science, study, transgender, virus

Science: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) responsible for most of the AIDS cases in the world infected people approximately 100 years ago, more than 20 years earlier than previously believed, according to findings presented here this week at the Evolution 2008 meeting. Its lesser known cousin, HIV-2, jumped into humans decades later, from a monkey [...]

Presbyterians Vote To End Gay-Clergy Ban

June 29, 2008 in International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion
Tags: ban, church, clergy, Gay, GLBT, lesbian, LGBT, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Religion, vote

Gay.com: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), bitterly divided over sexuality and the Bible, set up another confrontation Friday over its ban on ordaining noncelibate gay men and lesbians.
The denomination’s General Assembly, meeting in San Jose, Calif., voted 54 percent to 46 percent Friday to drop the requirement that would-be ministers, deacons and elders live in “fidelity [...]

Watchmen On The Walls: Yet Another Christian Wing-Nut Goes After The Gays

June 29, 2008 in LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Religion, Science & Technology, Video
Tags: Antioch, Christian, Christianity, Corporate America, corporations, Gay, GLBT, homosexuality, Ken Hutcherson, lesbian, LGBT, mega-church, Microsoft, Watchmen On The Walls

Professional football player turned mega-church pastor Ken Hutcherson is vowing to bring corporate America to its knees because of their increasing support for the LGBT community. And he intends to start, by going after Microsoft.Silly, Ken. Doesn’t he know the gays use Mac. They’d never use anything called Microsoft.

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Stonewall Democrats: John McCain’s Pride Message

June 29, 2008 in LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Religion, Video
Tags: ENDA, Gay, gay marriage, hate crimes, John McCain, legislation, McCain, same sex, Stonewall, Stonewall Democrats

I seriously don’t understand how any member of the LGBT community could support John McCain.

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Will Ferrell’s Step Brothers (2008) Trailer

June 29, 2008 in Humor, News & Opinion, Pop Culture, Video
Tags: funny, Humor, John C. Reilly, Step Brothers, trailer, Video, Will Ferrell

OMG. Just. OMG.

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Ex-Spy: Israel ‘Has One Year To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program’

June 29, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Religion, Science & Technology
Tags: Barack Obama, bomb, Bush, Iran, Israel, John McCain, McCain, Mossad, nuclear, Obama, Olmert, Shabtai Shavit, Shavit, U.S.

Oh, please, dear God. Let’s not…

Telegraph: A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.
Shabtai Shavit, an influential adviser to [...]