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There Was No Cross In The Dirt
I suppose it must have been my junior year in high school when a classmate in my English class tried to pass off a poem belonging to a lesser-known poet as his own.  The teacher listened as the student read "his" poem in front of the class.  She said nothing, and all of the other students were completely star-struck by his poem.
 
HEALTH NEWS
Toxic Plastics: Bisphenol A Linked To Metabolic Syndrome In Human Tissue
Science Daily
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of risk factors that include lower responsiveness to insulin and higher blood levels of sugar and lipids.
Earning Less And Dying Younger: How The Growing Strain On America's Middle Class Is Pummeling Our Health
Maggie Mahar
Last year was a weak financial time for working families, and a new report shows it reflected in our health.
The Real Numbers On HIV
NY Times
A recent report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the number of people newly infected each year with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, is 40 percent higher than previously estimated.
If We Want Good Health Care From Obama, We Better Push Him To Change His Plan
Chris Hedges
Barack Obama's health care plan coddles the corporations that profit from the misery and illnesses of tens of millions of Americans.
 

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Busted: Rove Morris And O'Reilly Flip-Flop On Gender Bias

TruthDig

As Jon Stewart points out, the same people do the cutting without seeming to remember just a few short weeks later.

"Milk" Trailer: Sean Penn Plays Gay Official In '70s San Francisco

Huffington Post

Here is the first video look at Gus Van Sant's "Milk." The film tells the story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk.

"L Word" Spinoff To Star Leisha Hailey

Sarah Warn

Hailey’s popularity with lesbians - and the cross-over appeal of her music makes her a natural choice for the spinoff.

Beware Of Live Microphones

Steve Benen

It was a rather unremarkable MSNBC segment outside the Republican National Convention, between Chuck Todd, Mike Murphy, and Peggy Noonan. But once the trio broke for a commercial break, they kept talking, and live microphones picked up their conversation.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Report: French Gay Groups Under Surveillance Ahead Of Papal Visit
Europe News
French police, eager to avoid a repeat of the condom shower that greeted the Pope in Sydney, Australia, in July, certain gay activist groups such as Act Up are being closely watched in the run-up to the visit.
Muslims Demand End To Bosnia Pride
JoeMyGod
Bosnian Muslims are demanding that this month's first-ever gay pride events be canceled because they occur during Ramadan.
Lesbian Couple Jailed For Kissing On Public Beach In Dubai
Daily Mail
The Dubai Court of Appeal has found a lesbian couple guilty of kissing on a public beach. The Appeal Court upheld the one-month jail sentence for the women who both pleaded not guilty.
Senegal Arrests Married Gays
Queerty
Senegal has jailed a Belgian retiree and his male Senegalese domestic helper for two years for "homosexual marriage and acts against nature," their lawyer said Thursday.

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Margaret Cho On The "Gay Bomb"
Bilerico Project
Not a joke... A 7.5 million dollar investment by the U.S. Air Force to develop a gay bomb that would transform soldiers - our enemies' soldiers - into lustful homosexuals. Only Margaret can give this story the exposure it deserves... Watch out America!
 
Killing Ourselves With Hate
Victoria Brownworth
LGBT teens are considering suicide at an alarming rate, attempting it more often than their heterosexual peers and are succeeding in those attempts more and more often
 
McCain Slyly Refers To Gays
The Advocate
His running mate had a "news flash" for the media Wednesday night, and John McCain had one for LGBT Americans on Thursday: "Education is the civil-rights issue of this century." It was the second thinly veiled dig at gays and lesbians the Arizona senator made as he accepted the GOP's nomination for president.
 
High School Student To McCain: You're No Leader
Pam's House Blend
William Sleaster, a student at Concord High School rose to ask McCain a question about gay rights and, ultimately dissatisfied by the answer he received from McCain, told the Republican presidential contender that he'd come looking to see a leader and didn't.
 
The Chickens Are Voting For Colonel Sanders
Joan Garry
I thought the Log Cabin Republicans would withhold their endorsement of John McCain. Maybe I just hoped they would. After all, they withheld their endorsement of President Bush in 2004. So I thought it was possible.
 
I'm John McCain And I Approved This Anti-Gay Message
Michael Crawford
Despite the spin being put on John McCain's anti-gay record by Log Cabin Republicans, there is ample evidence that McCain is no "maverick" on LGBT equality.
 
'Inclusive' Or Divisive?
Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate, strongly opposes domestic partner benefits for Alaska’s state employees, even though she vetoed a bill to block same-sex partners from receiving the benefits.
 
Tongue-In-Cheek Ad To Gays: Be Good Hosts To Your Republican Visitors
PageOneQ
 
The GOP Convention Turns Ugly
Wayne Besen
Last night, the GOP took off the gloves and tried to rip the heart out of the Democrats. It was a vintage Republican affair, with the speakers viciously skewering Obama. The headliner of the nearly all-white event was the unqualified Sarah Palin, who showed that what she lacks in stature, she makes up in striking ability - like a cobra.
 
De-Dyking Rachel Maddow
JoeMyGod
There's a rumor that the powers that be at MSNBC are unhappy with new anchor Rachel Maddow's mannish appearance.
 
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I Took Your Civil Rights Away

 
Sun to the tune of Sinatra's "My Way"
 
And now dear world, the end is near;
And we all face the final curtain.
My friends, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
 
I've lived a life that's full (of shit).
but God told me that it was okay.
He said 'don't worry who gets pissed,
There's only black and white; and there is no gray.'
 
Regrets, I'll leave that to you
But then again, I should mention.
I only did just what They said to do
I gave Them war and tax exemptions.
 
They always said, just stay the course;
never caring who else had to pay.
But more, much more than this,
I took your civil rights away.
 
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But I never cared if there was doubt,
The Christian Right would bail me out.
I faced it all and I stood tall
and took your civil rights away.
 
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
made Them a pile while you were losing.
And now, as all your fears arise,
I find it all so damned amusing.
 
You see my friends, I won't take the fall
for Katrina, Plame, Iraq and all.
Our money's gone, our gas his high.
because of me you're all gonna die.
 
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
Your internet and cell phone calls
I hear your thoughts as well as what you say
You didn't watch, you didn't care
So I took your civil rights away.
 
So what's a Bush, what has he got?
but to blame someone else when he gets caught.
To say the things I truly feel;
and never care about what is real.
The polls may show that my approval's low
But I won anyway!
 
And so I say, God bless you all.
You'd better kneel and start to pray.
Korean nukes, Iran wants them too
They're scared of me and what I might do.
Your country's gone, what can I say?
You let me take your civil rights away!
 
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A Major War: Not Just Rumors
Srdja Trifkovic
Any attempt by a single power to keep its military strength beyond challenge
is inherently destabilizing, and results—sooner or later—in the emergence of an effective counter-coalition.
 

LEGAL NEWS

 

New York Court Rejects Challenge To Governor's Marriage Recognition Directive

Leonard Link
Bronx Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings has rejected a legal challenge to Governor Paterson’s directive that state agencies recognize same-sex marriages that were contracted outside of New York State.  Read more New York LGBT news.
 

New Prop. 8 Language Bodes Well For Measure's Defeat

365Gay.com
While Sarah Palin and Hurricane Gustav dominated talk on the abbreviated opening day of the RNC, a prominent Republican pollster confirmed that the recent change of language describing Proposition 8 was a positive one. Read more California LGBT news.
 

Florida Anti-Gay Amendment Faces Trouble

365Gay.com
A proposed amendment to Florida's constitution that would limit marriage to people of the opposite-sex could be in for a rough ride at the polls. Read more Florida LGBT news.
 

Simply Claiming Privilege Don't Make It So

Steven Reynolds
The Bush Administration is trying to keep its people from testifying by invoking Executive privilege. Judge Bates rebuked them on this score in July, and now he’s saying they have no leg to stand on in an appeal.

 
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POLITICIANS
 
Palin Pick Is GOP Hypocrisy At It's Best
Laura Flanders
Will the media test her on substance or let her play "Ms. Congeniality?" It is up to the public to see through the fact-free diet we're being fed.
 
Gloria Steinem: Palin: Wrong Woman, Wrong Message
Gloria Steinem
McCain is following the Bush administration habit, as in the Justice Department, of putting a job candidate's views on "God, guns and gays" ahead of competence. The difference is that McCain is filling a job one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
 
Red Fish, Blue Fish - Old Fish, New Fish
Maryscott O'Connor
The same group of indistinguishable sweaty white people who gathered in New York in 2004 -- and plastered purple bandaids on themselves to mock the military service of John Kerry and the wounds that merited his three Purple Heart medals - have spent their time in St. Paul at their 2008 convention alternately worshipping their own war hero