SHOCK JOCKS on radio, no matter the country, will do anything to get attention, which was proved in an interview with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard this past week. Howard Stettler verbally assaulted Julia Gillard with questions about whether her live-in partner was gay, because he’s a hairdresser. This sorry audio spectacle came at the [...]
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A Brit’s View: Snowden Not Welcome in Britain
No prizes for guessing which side of the fence the UK falls on when it comes to Edward Snowden. He is not welcome. But then he probably knew that already, especially if he cared to look at the hullabaloo surrounding the Embassy of Ecuador and Julian Assange (odds are still available on the Australian leaving [...]
Australia’s David Morrison Shames McCaskill and Levin
“I will be ruthless in ridding the Army of people who cannot live up to its values.” – Australia’s Chief of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison [h/t Gawker] CARL LEVIN should be forced to watch Australia’s David Morrison. Senator Levin is not fit to wash his boots, and neither is Senator Claire McCaskill, who voted [...]
Australia’s PM Julia Gillard Inspires Dictionary Rewrite of “Misogyny” [Video]
LOG THIS UNDER news many missed. So, as news organizations take delight in showing the Austrailian PM’s fall in India, Gillard’s impassioned speech of last week calling out misogy has rocked the word geeks. From the Guardian on Wednesday: While the Oxford English Dictionary reworded its definition a decade ago, staff at the Macquarie had [...]
Obama Team Challenges Mitt Romney on ‘One Long Photo Op’ Foreign Policy Trip
TEAM OBAMA CONDUCTED a foreign policy conference call earlier today with Robert Gibbs, Senior Advisor, Obama for America; Michele Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Colin Kahl, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. On the call, it was clear the Obama campaign was challenging Mitt Romney to give [...]
Queer Talk: “It’s Time,” 3 Million Plus
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. So much has been written and said about “marriage equality,” “same-sex marriage,” “marriage between same-sex couples,” “gay marriage,” etc. But a video has come along, about this much discussed subject, that’s been viewed over three million times. Get Up! Action for Australia is “An independent [...]
Not Disappointed in Pres. Obama
**Postscript added** President Obama is now neck and neck with a generic Republican challenger in the latest Real Clear Politics 2012 General Election Average (43.8%-43.%). Meanwhile, voters disapprove of the president’s performance 49%-41% in the most recent Gallup survey, and 63% of voters disapprove of his handling of the economy, according to the most recent [...]
As Gulf Dies, Obama Pushing to Lift Whaling Ban
“…There will be oil out there for months to come. This will be well into the fall. This is a siege across the entire Gulf. – Com. Thad Allen Looking at Pres. Obama against BP’s marauding, incompetent corporate malfeasance, the decision for the Administration to lift the moratorium on whaling comes into full view. Just [...]
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