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You have to read what Fox News had to say about the London bombings…
0 Comments Published by grey July 9th, 2005 in postsfrom Guardian Unlimited:
Fox News slammed over ‘callous’ line
Julian Borger in Washington
Saturday July 9, 2005
The GuardianRupert Murdoch’s Fox News channel was under fire yesterday for comments by some of its leading journalists in response to the London bombs.
Speaking about the reaction of the financial markets, Brit Hume, the channel’s Washington managing editor, said: “Just on a personal basis … I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought ‘hmm, time to buy’.”
The host of a Fox News programme, Brian Kilmeade, said the attacks had the effect of putting terrorism back on the top of the G8’s agenda, in place of global warming and African aid. “I think that works to our advantage, in the western world’s advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.”
Another Fox News host, John Gibson, said before the blasts that the International Olympic Committee “missed a golden opportunity” by not awarding the 2012 games to France. “If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn’t worry about terrorism. They’d blow up Paris, and who cares?” He added: “This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics - let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while.”
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from Guardian Unlimited:
Canada approves gay marriage
Associated Press
Wednesday June 29, 2005Canada last night became the third country in the world to approve gay marriages when MPs passed a historic bill granting same-sex couples equal rights to those in traditional marriages.
The bill was passed by the Canadian House of Commons despite strong opposition from religious leaders and conservative MPs.
Gay marriage is already legal in seven provinces in Canada, but the new legislation grants same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples nationwide. The Netherlands and Belgium are the only other countries to allow gay marriages.
‘Queer Eye’ Is an Eye-Opener for Students, Study Shows
0 Comments Published by grey April 18th, 2005 in postsfrom IMDb.com’s Studio Briefing:
University of Minnesota researchers have concluded that TV shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Will & Grace, and Six Feet Under have had the effect of reducing prejudice against homosexuals among viewers. Some 150 students participated in the study, conducted by communications professors Edward Schiappa and Dean Hewes and graduate student Peter Gregg. “If they find gay characters attractive, physically or socially, this can contribute to them reducing their levels of prejudice,” Schiappa told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “We’re not talking about changing bigots into saints here. We’re talking about an overall scale of 10 to 20 percent of subjects whose attitudes changed.” However, several religious groups maintain that such programs are designed to promote a gay agenda. Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota Family Council, told the newspaper that if they “are trying to condone the lifestyle, that’s what I would object to.”
The world, I mean. Why is the world this way? Is hunting and building that important?
“If we do nothing … as many as one-quarter of all today’s primates will be dead within 20 years,”
So, I ask this. How can we do nothing??
Read this article from MSNBC.com:
Calif. judge strikes down gay marriage ban
Ruling says there is ‘no rational purpose’ for limiting unions
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:39 p.m. ET March 14, 2005SAN FRANCISCO - A judge ruled Monday that California can no longer justify limiting marriage to a man and a woman, a legal milestone that if upheld on appeal would pave the way for the nation’s most populous state to follow Massachusetts in allowing same-sex couples to wed.
This might be two Monday nights in a row without rain. I haven’t gone out there yet, though, so I could be wrong. It did rain this morning, however.
A couple things: 1. Ocean’s Twelve has a website and a teaser trailer (if you can call it that). The teaser has a pretty awesome look to it, but don’t think you’re gonna learn anything about the movie. Or even see a single frame of film. Nevertheless, I cannot wait.
2. thedigitalbits.com is reporting a September 28 street date for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Also, it’s listed at a $29.98 SRP. Considering that it’s a Universal title you can expect that to mean that it’ll be a two-disc deal.
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Three quick bits of info:
1. A day after I picked him up for the ‘Bugs, Anaheim relief pitcher Francisco Rodríguez gave up more runs (3) than he had the entire season to date (2) while blowing both the hold and the save and earning the loss against the Indians tonight. Incredible.
2. Have you guys seen the new cover art for Kill Bill Volume 2? Well, here’s the old art:
So, here it is, the new site, much stripped down, much simplified. The ‘photography’ and ‘downloads’ pages will be up shortly. The old site is still online for now, if you want to look at it for some strange reason.
Now, this is a good article from The New York Times:
Michael Moore’s Candid Camera
by FRANK RICH
Published: May 23, 2004“But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s, it’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? And watch him suffer.”
— Barbara Bush on “Good Morning America,”
March 18, 2003
If I ever start to think that maybe I should’ve registered as a Democrat all I need to do is look to the fact that Kerry might ask McCain to be his running mate. Right. So, I want to vote for a guy who’s pro-life and anti-affirmative action. I want to be responsible for that guy being president in the event that Senator Catsup is killed playing hockey. The thought is that that ticket would be invincible. But see, I don’t understand why a single Democrat would vote for a ticket with McCain on it. It never ceases to surprise me to what lengths Democrats will go to appear Republican. Amazing. Ralph Nader, here I come.