Federal judge orders early same sex marriage license for dying Illinois woman
A federal judge ruled on Monday that a terminally ill woman will be allowed to marry her lesbian partner before Illinois same sex marriage law goes into effect on June 1 next year. Under U.S. District...
View ArticleShopping mall Santa accused of pinching 18-year-old elf’s bottom
A shopping mall Santa from Massachusetts is accused of inappropriately touching one of the elves. Police said 62-year-old Herbert G. Jones, of Assonet, pinched the 18-year-old woman’s buttocks while...
View ArticleVirginia lawmaker: Negligent mental health provider is ‘responsible’ for...
In an email interview with his local newspaper, Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) said that he specifically holds the Rockbridge Community Service Board (CSB) — a local mental health agency —...
View ArticleGOP official runs for Virginia Senate after telling anti-Jewish joke at...
A Republican official who called attention to himself earlier this year for telling an anti-Semtic joke at a campaign event for former gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli announced this week that he...
View ArticleBill Ayers: Right-wing media convinced leftists that Obama was a secret leftist
Leftists in the United States were mistaken to view President Barack Obama as one of their own, according to education activist and former revolutionary Bill Ayers. During an appearance last Friday at...
View ArticleTexas woman will plead guilty to sending ricin letters to Obama and Bloomberg
The Texas woman who allegedly tried to frame her husband by sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said through her attorney that she intends to...
View ArticleLebanon cannabis trade thriving in the shadow of Syrian war
Bekaa (Lebanon) (AFP) – Lebanese marijuana grower Abu Sami is practically rubbing his hands together with glee: the Syrian conflict has paralysed authorities at home and left the nearby border...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald: Groups who question his ties to CAIR are helping government...
Glenn Greenwald, the civil rights attorney and journalist who helped reveal evidence that the U.S. was spying on its citizens and allies, said it’s crucial to safeguard the civil liberties of American...
View ArticleBill Donohue calls to fire Maher over Dan Savage’s rant on ‘kiddie-f*cking...
Catholic League President Bill Donohue on Monday demanded that HBO cancel Real Time with Bill Maher after the late night comedian invited on a gay guest who blasted priests who sexually abuse children....
View ArticlePope Francis rips capitalism and trickle-down economics to shreds in new...
In case there was any doubt left, Pope Francis made it clear that he shares little in common with U.S. conservatives. The pontiff released his Evangelii Gadium, or Joy of the Gospel, attacking...
View ArticleRare whooping cranes in U.S. face enemies large and small
Jane Chandler raises the rarest cranes in the world. For them to have a chance at surviving in the wild, the young birds must never see her face, hear her speak, or know her to be a human being. If...
View ArticleFormer Pennsylvania GOP official charged for drugging and raping woman...
A former chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Committee in Pennsylvania who resigned last week after being accused of sexual assault was arrested on Tuesday on 19 counts, including rape and...
View ArticleRight-wing plan to overturn California transgender student rights bill will...
A California coalition of anti-LGBT groups is seeing its hopes dashed in the fight to repeal a rights bill for transgender students. According to the Washington Blade, the so-called Privacy for All...
View ArticleAnthony Kennedy to decide whether you get your slut pills or not
The US Supreme Court, also known as John Roberts & Associates LLC, has agreed to look into the case of the persecuted Christians (are there any other kind?) at Hobby Lobby which is a chain of...
View ArticlePope Francis calls for female inclusion but rejects ‘progressive’ reforms to...
Pope Francis believes that women have been marginalized in the Catholic Church, but remains opposed to the ordination of women and reforms to the Church’s teachings on abortion. In his Evangelii...
View ArticleObama holds fundraiser at Magic Johnson’s home in Los Angeles
President Barack Obama was in Los Angeles Monday for private fundraisers, including one at basketball star Magic Johnson’s home, rubbing elbows with Hollywood stars like Diane Keaton and Tom Hanks. The...
View ArticleU.S. flies B-52 bombers over disputed ‘air defense zone’ in China
Two US B-52 bombers flew over a disputed area of the East China Sea without notifying Beijing, despite China’s bid to create an expanded “air defense zone,” US officials said Tuesday. The unarmed...
View ArticleWhy the stealthy seahorse wins by a head
Close examination of the seahorse has shown that the delicate little fish is a master of stealth, using streamlined features in its head to sneak up on its prey, scientists reported on Tuesday. At...
View ArticleReport: Alec Baldwin fired by MSNBC
Alec Baldwin will no longer be hosting his own show at MSNBC after accusations that he hurled antigay slurs at a paparazzo outside his New York City Home. According to PageSix.com, sources at the...
View ArticleThe Hobby Lobby Lawsuit Is A Trojan Horse
You have to hand to right wing pundits. They kick ass at the bait-and-switch, particularly with their own people. They knew that throwing a major fit over the contraception mandate, no matter how much...
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