Tin Foil Soldier

Eventually she returned to their hiding place and found Anne’s diary, its pages scattered over the floor.
She intended to return it to its author, knowing how important the diary had been to her, and locked it away without reading a word. Nearly a year later, [...]

Daily Rotten: Weird News
Dec 25 272First official public celebration of Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, a pagan Roman holiday that was later co-opted by Christians to celebrate the birth of their favorite Jew. Turning the holiday into “Christmas” in 336 AD was part of a pattern of the church stealing various pagan festivals and feast days.

“It’s not a mixed message. You can’t be intoxicated in a public place. It’s an offence.”
– Insp. Charlie Green, Durham Regional Police
That argument may be a tough sell.
Especially considering that two people charged with public intoxication — and they are not alone in this roust — were standing on the corner, hand-in-hand, waiting for the [...]

Sheriff’s deputies tell a different story. When interviewed on Dec. 3, 2009, Livingston Parish spokesman Perry Rushing says investigators still believe inhaling air freshener caused Alex’s death and that the incident was an accident.
“We had locks on every single one of our cabinets, even locks on the ice box, freezer, deep freezer, washers and dryers, [...]

- Sen. Adams: “I have never been more nervous than I am today.” Read off names of states that sold Blacks into slavery: “Because a numerical majority is in one place. It does not mean they are in the right place.” … “You don’t have to be gay to respect the rights of those who [...]

This is how an American soldier is made.
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.
via Captured Photo Collection [...]

A FEMALE driver who killed two motorists at the same intersection seven years apart has been criticised as incompetent by a coroner.Mother of two Michelle Thiele caused the two fatal crashes by failing to look to her left when entering the intersection, South Australia’s deputy coroner has found.Thiele told deputy coroner Anthony Schapel she believed [...]

The Senate today passed a historic expansion of federal hate crimes statutes to include sexual orientation. The chamber voted to approve the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act also known as the Matthew Shepard Act by a vote of 68-29, sending the first civil rights legislation protecting gays and lesbians to President Obama for [...]

FRANKLIN — The city of Franklin is set to pay out what’s likely the largest employee settlement in the state to end the saga of an employee fired after accusations he was viewing pornographic images on city computers.
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Joe Williams, Franklin’s former city solid waste director, was fired by aldermen on Jan. 24, 2008, after his [...]

Last week a PA State Senator had this to say
LEACH: How would he [Eichelberger] want to encourage stability in gay couples?
EICHELBERGER: I wouldn’t. I mean they can practice whatever sexual activity they like to practice, but there’s no reason to give them special consideration. We don’t give them special consideration in Pennsylvania for any reason. [...]

June 25th, 2009
Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television’s campy “Charlie’s Angels” and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation’s favorite pinup, died Thursday. She was 62.
via Pop culture icon Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 – Los Angeles [...]

Chefs at a top Paris restaurant were upset when US President Barack Obama sent his personal food taster into the kitchen to test his meal.
via President Barack Obama’s food taster upsets chefs – Yahoo News UK.
The President still has a food taster?  Have they not been paying attention?  Since when does a poison have to [...]

Two prominent attorneys who argued on opposite sides of Bush vs. Gore, the legal battle over the 2000 presidential election, announced Tuesday that they will challenge Proposition 8 in federal court and seek to restore gay marriage until the case is decided.
via Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court | L.A. Now [...]

YouTube – ACLU Responds to Prop 8 Loss.

via JMG and Towleroad.
The only way to win this fight is through education (and also, waiting for all the bigots to die, but that takes longer) and Empire State Pride Agenda has a new video calling for equal treatment for all families featuring more real live gay people [...]

FBI director Robert Mueller says marijuana should not be legalized while admitting no adult has been killed by the drug.
Milk: The Gateway Drug – Boing Boing.
Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen states the obvious, that drinking milk leads to drinking beer and bourbon, because nearly everyone who gets drunk on started out with milk.  If you are [...]