Anti-gay bigots in Uganda rallied today in support of the country’s draconic anti-gay laws (which punish “sodomy” with life imprisonment), carrying signs saying charming things like “Arrest all homos.”
They also howled for the firing of a reporter who dared to write an objective story about the experiences of gay people in Uganda, calling her a […]
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Uganda Burning: Anti-Gay Bigots Rally to Keep Hatred Alive
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
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Roundup: Ronald Reagan Memorial Bridge Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 9th, 2007 at 9:17 am
This is brilliant. Peter Smith at the Huffington Post has a proposal for renaming the new I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that will replace the one that collapsed: “For a while there, back when the Republicans held the White House and both houses of Congress, they were naming things after Ronald Reagan everywhere. Airports. Aircraft carriers. […]
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Roundup: Tiny Four-Eyed Turtle Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 18th, 2007 at 10:21 am
POLITICS: In “Hillary’s Labor Problem,” Joe Conason points out that Hillary Clinton’s top political strategist, Mark Penn, is the CEO of a union-busting law firm. “Having started in a tiny, two-man polling operation in a New York City mayoral campaign, he is now the CEO of Burson-Marsteller Inc., one of the planet’s largest P.R. shops, […]
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Roundup: Carrot Whittling Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 15th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
White light, green heat: LEDS aren’t just for clock radios any more. In fact, LED lightbulbs may turn out to be the bulb of the future instead of compact fluorescents. Thanks to a breakthrough in the 90s, modern LEDs can emit white light instead of just red or green. They last up to five times […]
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