Monthly Archives: June 2005
DSM Won’t Quit
Whoa. I’ve taken my eye off the progress of the Downing Street Memo story, and now that I turn back to it, I find out that 52 House members (including Rep. Conyers) have filed a Freedom of Information Act request … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, War on Terror
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Fristed: Second Opinion
The Schiavo story has truly become one that will not die. The latest chapter has Bill Frist in the hot seat, as the Tennesee Department of Health launches an investigation into his video diagnosis of Terri Schiavo. The Tennessee Department … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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Zach-cast Published
The Podcast report on Zach’s blogswarm has been published, and be heard/downloaded at this link. It’s about towards the end of the full program. It isn’t available yet on PlanetOut’s radio page, but it should be soon. If you just … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Podcasts, Web/Tech
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Transparent Society…
Or hi-tech mob? I saw this story in three different places now. It began in a subway train with a girl whose dog made a mess on the train floor. When nearby elders told her to clean up the mess, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crazy Stuff, Web/Tech
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Gay Marriage in Spain
As WaveFlux points out, it’s been a good week for human rights in various spots on the globe. In fact, it’s been a great week to be gay, provided your somewhere besides the U.S. It’s particularly good if you’re in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights
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Domestic (Partner) Bliss?
It’s a good day to be gay in California. Sure, it’d be a great day if you could marry your same sex partner in California (thanks for trying, Mayor Newsome). But if you’ve established a domestic partnership in California, it’s … Continue reading
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Marriage, a Casualty of War
As I was exiting the metro station on my way to work this morning, a headline in the D.C. Examiner caught my eye: “Growing Casualty of War: Marriages.” I didn’t stop to pick up a copy of the paper, because … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, War on Terror
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Explain the Silence?
The buzz following Bush’s Tuesday night speech is getting so interesting I’m beginning to wish I’d tuned in. Since several bloggers, myself included though I didn’t post about it, figured the president was delivering his speech in front of soldiers … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Television
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Theme Shuffling
Just a bit of housekeeping. I got rid of three themes that I was less than pleased with. I also added a new theme that looked interesting to me. You’ll find it on the right. May add one more if … Continue reading
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Why I Blog
If anyone ever asks me again, my answer will go something like this. …(had the Internet not been invented) I probably would have been standing on a street corner with a megaphone, haranguing passers-by. Pretty much. Hat-tip to Ara.
Posted in Humor, Weblogs
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The Absent Audience
Here’s a little bit of info I’m betting that W’s keepers and handlers left out of his briefing this morning. Ya know that little speech he gave last night? The one that I didn’t watch? Turns out I wasn’t alone. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Television, War on Terror
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Pop-Up Recruitment
So, I was just loading the CNN site in my browser. I use Firefox, so I normally block pop-ups, but I’d already allowed pop-ups for CNN.Com in order to view their video. That’s why I got the following pop-up in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, War on Terror, Web/Tech
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The “Oh Really?” Factor
As long as we’re on the subject of marriage, here’s something that I came across via the Project for the Old American Century. I’ve written before about conservatives citing discredited, pseudo-scientific studies, but now they’re apparently making them up whole … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Politics, Television
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Looking Northward
Yet another country steps out ahead of the United States in the area of equality under the law for all of its citizens. The more it happens, the more I regret being an American citizen. This time the Canadians went … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Politics
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The Zach File
Posts about the end of the Love In Action Investigation have popped up on Famous and Nonfamous Strangers, The Disenchanted Forest, Pandagon, The All Spin Zone, Tennessee Guerilla Women, among others. At this point, no one know just how the … Continue reading
Posted in Gay Rights, Religion, Weblogs
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