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No touching!!!
Boy Scouts: Firing of Gay troop leader continues a fine history of discrimination
DADT: Yesterday, if you were openly Gay or Lesbian you could enlist in the U.S. military. Not today, however.
Nancy Pelosi: The SPeaker of the House spent two years taming the House of Representatives and passing anything she wanted. And some fellow Democrats aren't happy about that.
Islamaphopia: Fox News "liberal" Juan Williams fears Muslims, gets fired by NPR.
Afghanistan: We're killing Talibaners while terror attacks are "imminent."
Toyota: Another 1.5 million recalls.
Selling Out: The U.S. sells $60 billion worth of F-15s and more to the Saudis. No way this could backfire in the future.
Constitutional Experts?: The Tea Party talks Constitution but doesn't really understand it.
Funny Can Be Hazardous: The Jon Stewarts of the world walk a fine line.
Horse Racing: The media continues to tout Republicans:
MLB Playoffs: Yankees & Giants get wins as race to World Series winds down.
Out of the Penthouse: If the world seems less creepy today, it's because Bob Guccione died.
Corrente: Where's the outrage?
Flavius: We get so soon old and so late smart.
Alicublog: Won't someone think of the bankers?
The Sideshow: What do you do with a problem like Obama?
Ian Welsh: No the rich aren’t like you.
Of course, sometimes it's good to score.
--WKW
Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles
Prompted by Peggy Noonan's claim in The Wall Street Journal that "we are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate," Andrew Sullivan steps forward to defend Pres. Obama's honor. "Can she actually believe this?," he asks incredulously.
By Julian Pecquet, The Hill, May 18, 2013
Congress is ramping up a new round of sanctions against Iran, ignoring the Obama administration's request to let diplomacy run its course.
In back-to-back hearings this week, lawmakers on key House and Senate panels put the State and Treasury departments on notice that their patience is wearing thin after the latest round of talks last month failed to produce a deal. Both chambers have legislative efforts in the works – the House foreign affairs panel will vote next week – but the administration is warning against any moves that could undermine international support for the existing sanctions against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program [....]
By Carl Zimmer, New York Times/Science, May 16/17, 2013
An article that summarizes the recent work of Ya-Ping Zhang, a geneticist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who has led an international network of scientists who have compared pieces of DNA from different canines which is pointing to the theory that dogs domesticated themselves.
But the article's message is not just what it first appears to be. When you get to the concluding paragraphs there are some real though provokers:
[....] SLC6A4 may have played a crucial part in this change, because serotonin influences aggression.
To test these ideas,...
By Neha Paliwal, Passport @ ForeignPolicy.com, May 17, 2013
On Friday, chaotic clashes broke out in Georgia as an angry mob -- comprised mainly of young men but also including robed priests and some women -- descended on a gay rights rally commemorating International Day Against Homophobia. A day earlier, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church had demanded that authorities stop the rally, calling it a "violation of the majority's right."
According to EurasiaNet, the mob, which numbered...
By Miriam Elder in Moscow, The Guardian, May 17, 2013
Federal Security Service spokesman breaches protocol as he accuses US agency of crossing 'red line' in its recruitment efforts
Drum roll please! RE: Keeping your Hands to yourself....
That isn't what you said to your wife last night.