Crooner Pat Boone wants Kevin Jennings gassed
Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government. Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says
the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government. Amongst Boone’s list of “political voracious varmints” is Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, who was appointed by Obama as assistant deputy secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools within the U.S. Department of Education.
It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey
I used gay slurs more times than I'd like to admit. Six months after I left my last professional locker room, I felt a twinge of regret, followed by a full-out, stomach punch of regret. And by the time I finished the first draft of this column, I was disgusted with myself. At the time, it seemed harmless. After all – when you think about the NHL, AHL, ECHL and more, can you call to memory a single open homosexual among them?
There was nobody in my team's dressing room to offend, right? The lack of a homosexual presence in hockey must mean one of two things: either homosexual men don't play the game or they don't feel comfortable admitting it — in which case I, and my brethren, were offending some teammates with our close-mindedness, and furthering what must have been unsettled feelings of fear and general exclusion.
Mickey heading for China: Disneyland approved for Shanghai
The Chinese government has approved plans for the Walt Disney Company to build a theme park in Shanghai, its first in mainland China. Officials in Shanghai will now be able to proceed with detailed discussions with Disney on how to take the project forward.
The deal represents a significant milestone for Disney in its efforts to get the park built. Disney has been working on this for more than a decade. The company had agreed the framework for the deal to build the theme park in Shanghai with the local government here, but it needed Beijing's approval. This was the biggest hurdle the company had to clear, so the fact that they have achieved it means the park is all but certain to be built. A final agreement will not be far off. Disney hopes to open the new Shanghai Disneyland by 2014.
Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy
An esteemed professor rightly takes AIDS denialists to task, but his valuable history of the movement is at times a caustic read.
On the first page of the preface to his book, Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy, Seth Kalichman describes his initial encounter with an academic colleague who had written a Web-published screed against the 'AIDS myth'. "I mean I was really angry," he writes, with a sense of frustrated dismay that permeates the book. The dismay is understandable; Denying AIDS is not merely a history of the movement skeptical to widely accepted mainstream science about the disease, but also a detailed account of the author's personal journey, via lecture halls and message boards, into this world.
African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making
In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was
the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial. Now, scientists from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the Ethiopian rift are nearly identical to those at the bottom of the world's oceans, and the rift is indeed likely the beginning of a new sea.
Oklahoma state agency rejects "I'm Gay" license plate
An Oklahoma agency has rejected the request of a gay man who wanted to purchase a vanity plate for his car declaring "I'm Gay."
"I always thought vanity license plates were to express something about yourself," said Keith Kimmel, the man who requested the plate. "Me being gay is one of my leading traits, so I thought, Hey, why not?" However, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, which regulates license plates, said Kimmel's plate would violate its policy of banning offensive language. Kimmel countered that "favoring certain viewpoints is not allowed" under the U.S. Constitution, according to KOKH News.
Lord Byron's tantalizing letters fetch $470,000
Revealing letters in which Lord Byron boasts of his infamous love affairs and shares his views on everything from poetry to politics have sold at auction for more than $470,000.
An anonymous bidder purchased the set of 15 letters and other writings by the roguish English Romantic poet for £277,250 (about $472,500 Cdn), auction house Sotheby's announced last Thursday. The sale of the so-called Rosebery Letters soared past the pre-sale estimate of £150,000 to £180,000. Lord Byron penned the missives to his close friend and University of Cambridge schoolmate Francis Hodgson, who was a Victorian clergyman. The set comprises 71 handwritten pages of previously unpublished letters and other documents in which Byron detailed his notorious relationships with a variety of women, his travels and pursuits, as well as his thoughts on a host of matters.
South Africa welcomes gay tourists while homophobic violence persists
Travel companies inviting gay and lesbian travellers to "paint the town pink" and
claiming that South Africa has some of the most enlightened human rights policies in the world aren't technically wrong — but the push to attract gays from abroad stands in sharp contrast to the violence suffered by homos in that country. In reality South Africa is divided into two different worlds, separated by ethnicity, money and geography, with one of the highest HIV-infection rates in the world.
Rihanna: Brown's assault, aftermath 'humiliating'
Rihanna says dealing with the media attention after being assaulted in February by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was humiliating. But she now hopes to speak for young women who are afraid to talk openly about domestic violence.
The 21-year-old pop star told Glamour magazine in an interview posted online Tuesday that the police photo of her bruised face that was leaked to reporters added insult to injury. Rihanna said she felt disappointed and taken advantage of, especially when she heard that the two officers under investigation for leaking her photo were women. "I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it's my life," she said. Rihanna said she didn't realize how much her decisions affected people she didn't know, like her many fans. She feels stronger, wiser and more aware now, she added. "Domestic violence is a big secret," Rihanna said. "The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn't heard. Now I can help speak for those women."
Danish club fires footballer for 'I hate gays' comment
Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. The player's book, titled F**king Polack, was released yesterday. In it, he detailed his hate of homosexuality.
Onyszko wrote: "I hate gays, I really do. I think it’s f**king disgusting to hear them talk to each other as if they are girls. I can’t be in the same room as someone who’s gay. Look at them kissing each other – it’s sickening." He also likened gays to "vomit" and attacked female sports reporters.
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