“I’m going to discuss the issue of the abortion clinic doctors being shot in my speech. The current score is, what, about fifty million to seven in terms of the number of people their side has killed and the number of people our side has killed. But I’ll give you a brief preview, which is when you take democracy away …
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Santorum Is Robo-Calling Democrats
I’ve mentioned recently that progressive activists are encouraging Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum in open primaries in order to further fracture the GOP nomination process. Santorum is actually capitalizing on that plan and has robocalled Michigan voters asking for the same thing.
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On The Origins Of HIV
The Washington Post has published a fascinating history of the origins of HIV, based on the fairly widely-accepted theory that the virus sprang from chimp to human during the tumultuous colonial days of western Africa, possibly beginning in the 1880s. Most of this colonial world didn’t have enough potential victims for such a fragile virus to start a major epidemic. …
Read More »Los Angeles Times Announces Paywall
Paid daily physical circulation is down 200,000 in the last five years. The New York Times made a similar move last year.
Read More »Earworm Hell
The below jingle for Carmel Car Service runs on NYC television about every ten minutes. Maddeningly annoying and catchy, as the vanishing art of jingles are meant to be. This one is only slightly less painful than its cringe-worthy “Oooh, gurl” predecessor.
Read More »BRITAIN: Government To Offer Free HIV Treatment And Meds For Foreigners
The British government will grant free HIV treatment to non-citizens. Lisa Power, Policy Director for Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “We strongly support this move by the Government to bring HIV in line with all the other sexually transmitted infections which are free from charge on public health grounds. “It makes no sense to deny people medication that dramatically reduces the …
Read More »INDIA: Gov’t Accepts Gay Sex Ruling
As India’s Supreme Court reconsiders a 2009 ruling that decriminalized gay sex, today the government told the Court that it accepts and will not challenge that earlier ruling. A lawyer told the Supreme Court that the government would not challenge a 2009 order by the Delhi High Court striking down a colonial-era law that made gay sex a crime. The …
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BROOKLYN: NOM Places Anti-Gay Ad In Orthodox Jewish Publication
Politicker reports: The National Organization for Marriage has taken its anti-gay marriage efforts down to a local level, purchasing advertisements in the special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger. A reader found one of these ads in the Orthodox Jewish publication Country Yossi Magazine. “We Need A Senator Who Supports Torah Values,” the ad’s headline reads, before going …
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