In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York City has greatly expanded the boundaries of the mandatory hurricane evacuation zones. Gothamist reports: The mayor’s office says that the new “zones are based on coastal flood risk resulting from storm surge – the ‘dome’ of ocean water propelled by the winds and low barometric pressure of a hurricane; the geography of …
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HPV Vaccine Cuts Infections By Half
Great early news about the HPV vaccine: The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus — the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and a principal cause of cervical cancer — has dropped by half among teenage girls in recent years, a striking measure of success for a vaccine against the virus that was introduced only …
Read More »FAA To Ease Rules On Electronics
The FAA is expected to relax its rules about using electronic devices on flights. For fliers, the new rules would likely mean an end to familiar admonitions to turn off and stow all electronic devices. Cellphone calls are expected to remain off limits, however. The draft doesn’t make any recommendations regarding phone use because the FAA didn’t authorize the panel …
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NOM Has A Pinterest Page
If you’re having a hard time finding anti-gay graphics, NOM has created a Pinterest page.
Read More »OMM Vs ABC’s The Mistresses
“Dear Joe, Keep up the great work! Almost every single sponsor that One Million Moms contacted in our previous campaign decided to no longer sponsor “Mistresses.” Olive Garden, Chili’s, Geico, Applebee’s and Jergens have pulled their ads from this provocative ABC program. Their ads were not present in the last two episodes. Lexus and Taco Bell (YUM Brands) are the …
Read More »Tweet Of The Day – Alex Jones
Even the wingnuts at Twitchy are mocking him. Of course, some of those folks also claimed that President Obama killed Andrew Breitbart with a subsonic death ray fired fired from a low-orbit satellite, so….
Read More »BULGARIA: Sofia Pride Canceled Due To Fears Of Anti-Gay Violence
Tomorrow’s gay pride event in Sofia, Bulgaria has been canceled due to fears of anti-gay violence. Gay Star News reports: Organizers of Sofia Pride that was scheduled for tomorrow (22 June) say the event has been canceled due to the insistence of city’s municipality and the Interior Ministry. Since peaceful protests against the appointment of a controversial media mogul as …
Read More »Exodus International Head Alan Chambers Apologizes To Ex-Gay Survivors
From last night’s Oprah Winfrey Network special, which was taped before yesterday’s announcement that Exodus would be shutting down.
Read More »Christian & Anti-Gay Groups Issue Joint Statement Vowing To Defy Supreme Court On Same-Sex Marriage Rulings
In anticipation of the coming Supreme Court rulings, a coalition of Christianist and anti-gay hate groups have jointly issued yet another blah blah fucking blah blah declaration that they will never bow to Obama’s police state and obey laws regarding same-sex marriage. An excerpt: Experience and history have shown us that if the government redefines marriage to grant a legal …
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