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Santorum & Catholic Sex

An interesting analysis from Linda Hirshman: Santorum’s sexual policy clock, however, does not stop turning back in 2003 when the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws or 1973 when the Supreme Court protected abortion. Santorum would turn it all the way back to 1964, when birth control was criminal in many states. Actually, Santorum’s sexual policy prescriptions start in the …

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Frothy: I Hardly Talk About The Gays

Although he’s known in the foreign press primarily by the “homohater” label, Rick Santorum says that he’s hardly been speaking about the gays. Igor Volsky has the quote at Think Progress: If you’ve been following me out on the trail, I haven’t been talking a lot about this. Although I strongly believe in it. What I’ve been talking about as …

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Kodak May Declare Bankruptcy

The stock market reacted strongly yesterday to a report that Kodak may be about to declare bankruptcy. The ailing photography pioneer’s shares fell to a new all-time low after the Wall Street Journal reported that Kodak is preparing for a bankruptcy filing “in the coming weeks” should it fail to sell a trove of 1,100 digital-imaging patents. Analysts have said …

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JAMAICA: Pro-Gay Candidate Portia Miller Simpson To Become Prime Minister

Phil Reese reports at Washington Blade: Portia Simpson Miller’s People’s National Party won a landslide victory in Parliament over the ruling Labor Party in Jamaica yesterday, giving her a second run at her previous role as first female Prime Minister of that Caribbean nation. [snip] In a nationally televised December debate between Holness and Simpson Miller, the People’s National Party …

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