The Church of England has forfeited right to speak on assisted dying – because it has just committed suicide, assisted by #synod — Ruth Gledhill(@RuthieGledhill) November 20, 2012 OH. SWEET. Jesus. Another patriarchal slap in the face, where the elite establishment rules over the majority, by acquiescing to individual parishes who want women to [...]
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Top Story — U.N. Report Declares Contraception an International Human Rights Issue
Additional Investments in Family Planning Would Save Developing Countries More Than $11 Billion a Year — Access to family planning is an essential human right that unlocks unprecedented rewards for economic development, says new UNFPA report. – UNFPA REPORT TAKE A BOW Secretary Clinton, who began this push in 1995 as first lady when she [...]
Journeys: A Letter To Senator McCain From Hanoi
TM NOTE: This is a new feature called “Journeys.” My dear friend James will be offering his ruminations from his travels as he takes this most personal of journeys, which he calls “Floating. The Journey” at his blog. Along with Peter Daou, James helped with the launch of The Huffington Post, which is now part [...]
News Desk: After Continued Killings, Coalition Sharply Reduces Joint Operations with Afghans
IT TOOK too long and the ultimate message still hasn’t been received, but at least there is a decision that acknowledges reality. From the New York Times: After years of tightly intertwining its forces with Afghan troops, the American-led military coalition has sharply curtailed ground-level operations with the Afghan Army and police forces, potentially undercutting [...]
Obama on Egypt: Not an Ally, Not an Enemy [UPDATE from White House]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally. But we don’t consider them an enemy.” – President Barack Obama PRESIDENT OBAMA made some news late on Wednesday, in a Telemundo interview teased by Rachel Maddow, which will air tomorrow and on [...]
Anti-Muslim Film the Tip, al-Zawahiri the Spear that Killed Four Americans in Benghazi
Libyan officials said Wednesday that Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy employees were killed during the mob violence, but U.S. officials now say they are investigating whether the assault was a planned terrorist strike linked to Tuesday’s 11-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. [AP] THE MAN behind the virulently anti-Muslim film that set [...]
Top Story: U.S. Consulates Stormed in Egypt and Libya, One Dead, White House Disavows Embassy Apology
**UPDATED** “One American official was killed and another injured in the hand. The other staff members were evacuated and are safe and sound,” Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharif told AFP. The identity of the US official killed is not yet known. The consular worker was reported to have been shot. [BBC] AS AMERICA commemorated [...]
Pamela Geller’s Dangerous Anti-Muslim Ad Rejected
The Freedom From Religion Foundation ran a full page ad in the New York Times last Friday, which was been mimicked by notorious anti-Muslim crusader Pamela Geller. Here’s part of what the anti-Catholic ad said: It’s your moment of truth. Will it be reproductive freedom, or back to the Dark Ages? Do you choose women [...]
Culture Quakes: Turkey’s Soap, Historic Daytime Gay Kiss, Ellen & JC Penny
“Here are the values that I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for. Oh, also I believe in dance.” – Ellen DeGeneres Here it is yet again, the [...]
Fanatical U.S. Preacher Inspires Murder in Afghanistan
This is not the beginning of the end for the international community in Afghanistan. This is the end. Terry Jones and others will continue to pull anti-Islam stunts and opportunistic extremists here will use those actions to incite attacks against foreigners. Unless we, the internationals, want our guards to fire on unarmed protestors from now [...]
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