When someone says they “broke” with George W. Bush over the Iraq War, you might be inclined to think that they did that sometime before 2006 or so, which is about when Bush strategist-turned-TV pundit Matthew Dowd is saying he left. … Read More
Matthew Shepard’s family responds to Jason Collins’ moving tribute
On Monday, Jason Collins made history as the first openly gay, active male athlete on a major sports team. In his coming out piece for Sports Illustrated, Collins acknowledged that he wore the number 98 while playing for the Boston Celtics as a tribute to Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old University of Wyoming student who was murdered for being gay in October 1998.In an interview with Fox Sports, Shepard’s parents, Dennis and Judy, revealed that they were moved to tears by the news of Collins’ tribute:“It made me cry,” Judy Shepard told FOXSports.com during an interview Monday afternoon. “It was really quite a tribute, and I was very honored. And I know Matt would be thrilled…” “I would really love to speak to him, because I know Judy and I would just like to thank him,” Dennis Shepard said. “Because, No. 1, he had the courage to come out, period, and No. 2 that he wore 98 in honor of Matt, the year that he died. “(Collins) couldn’t have been that old (when it happened), so it must have had a tremendous impact on him, the story behind Matt, for him to want to do that. And then to wear it all this time without telling people why until today, that’s incredible.”Continue Reading… … Read More
Former Bush aide shames Congress: More worried about airport delays than dead kids
President George W. Bush’s former chief strategist Matthew Dowd on Sunday lashed out at Congress for moving so quickly to fund air traffic controllers because lawmakers were personally “about to get delayed at the airports,” while they couldn’t pass background checks to protect…
Westboro Baptist Church says they’ll picket Boston Marathon victims’ funerals
The church — a Topeka, Kansas-based religious organization that has been labeled by many as a “hate group” — says God allowed the city of Boston to be attacked because Massachusetts was the first state in the US to legalize same-sex marriage.A tweet sent from one of the church’s accounts on Monday explained their reasoning and announced that the group plans to picket funeral services scheduled in the coming days. So far the bombing has claimed three lives and President Obama called the incident an “act of terror” during a Tuesday morning press briefing.“The federal government is classifying the bombs as a terrorist attack, but say it’s unclear if it’s of a domestic or foreign nature,” the church writes. “Here’s a hint — GOD SENT THE BOMBS! How many more terrifying ways will you have the LORD injure and kill your fellow countrymen because you insist on nation-dooming filthy fag marriage?!”“Christ Jesus said that same-sex marriage would prevail just before the time that He returns in power and glory, taking vengeance on the disobedient (Luke 17; 2 Thes. 1). Massachusetts invited this special wrath from God Almighty when it was the FIRST STATE to pass same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004. As a direct and immediate result of that first step down the slippery slope to nationwide fag marriage, God sent the devastating bombs to the Boston Marathon,” says the church.Previously the group has picketed a number of high-profile funerals while holding signs containing anti-gay messages. The group picketed the funeral of Matthew Sheppard — a homosexual man killed as a result of a hate crime in 1998 — and in recent months attempted to protest services for victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting and film critic Roger Ebert.On Tuesday, the group continued to credit the attacks as an act of God, not terrorism, and published photos of a new sign likely to appear at any demonstration in Boston — it reads “God Sent the Bombs.”The group also recorded a song in response to the event and began circulating it early Tuesday. The first verse of “Massachusetts” goes:“Your fall all began in Massachusetts Where the wedding fags first found a home Now God’s light has gone out in Massachusetts And the whole nation reaps just what you have sown.”A petition created on the White House’s We the People website back in December asking for the Westboro Baptist Church to be formally recognized as a hate group has so far garnered 354,502 signatures. Two other petitions combined have collected the names of roughly 150,000 people who are asking for the church’s tax-exempt status to be revoked.Upon news of their plan in Boston, a petition added to the site this week asking the church to be banned from picketing funeral services for the bombing victims has already received over 6,000 signatures.“It’s sickening to know that the WBC will be picketing the funerals of two innocent people, one of which is only an 8 year old child. We can’t let them get into Boston and do this,” writes the author of the latest plea. “This is a petition to stop the WBC from getting into Boston, or worse, picketing the funerals of two innocent people. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.”Less than 24 hours after two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, police say three people have been killed and more than 100 injured. … Read More
Rick Warren’s son killed himself with unregistered gun he bought online
Controversial megachurch pastor Rick Warren revealed via Twitter on Thursday that his 27-year-old son Matthew committed suicide with an unregistered weapon that he had purchased online. According to the Daily Mail, Warren, who has been tweeting regular updates about his grieving process, said that…
Ex-Goldman Sachs trader admits to massive fraud
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US decisive to stay guard of Gitmo prisoners’ rights – Nuland
During a daily press briefing, Nuland got into a heated exchange with Associated Press reporter Matthew Lee.Nuland reported that a Russian citizen incarcerated in Guantanamo for over a decade without trial has refused to meet a Russian delegation because he has that right. She also assured the US is going to observe that right for him in the future:Matthew Lee: So it’s okay to pluck someone off the battlefield and incarcerate them at Guantanamo with no trial, but they – you are certainly going to respect his right not to see the Russian delegation?Victoria Nuland: Well, I’m not going to comment on the first part of that, but…ML: Well…VN: …we do – we have been working…ML: It’s interesting which rights you’re going to defend.VN: We have been working hard, as you know, to meet international humanitarian law standards at Guantanamo, including the right to refuse visits by individuals incarcerated.After Nuland wound up, she immediately addressed ‘please’ to a next questioner.Russian citizen Ravil Mingazov, who was arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of collaborating with Al-Qaeda, has been kept at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since October 2002.“We do know that the government of Russia has requested access to Mr. Mingazov, who is detained at Guantanamo. We have confirmed back to the government of Russia that Mr. Mingazov has refused through his own legal counsel to meet with any Russian delegation. We have conveyed this back to the Russians,” Nuland explained.“So we’re not able to facilitate the interview that they requested because we have a long-lasting policy of not forcing such interviews if they are not voluntary,” she said, specifying that an invitation to a Russian delegation visit to Guantanamo to get a “broader understanding” of the US detention operations in the prison “remains open.”The Guantanamo detention facility has once again returned into the glare of world media after a number of prisoners went on hunger strike around February 6 this year. The action has lasted for nearly two months now.Our readers can learn more about the Gitmo hunger strike from RT’s ‘Gitmo hunger strike: Timeline’. … Read More
