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I also just posted a similar comment over at Americablog, but I thought I'd come back home to Kos and see what all y'all are thinking.
More on the flip
Hundreds of thousands of people--some of them even marching down 5th Avenue--came out to celebrate Pride on a truly gorgeous New York afternoon.
That's why when checking the media today to see how it was reported, I'm not so much surprised as enraged at our hometown "paper of record."
More on the flipside (heh).
This morning I wake up to find that Bloomberg was a guest speaker at the Human Rights Campaign dinner at the Waldorf Astoria last night. He also spoke at the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee's winter dance in Astoria last night.
He was heckled at both events.
More after the jump.
Update [2005-2-4 15:24:47 by DavidNYC]: [I should have made this clear at the outset: As someone in the comments pointed out, the New York State Supreme Court is actually the lowest - ie, trial-level - court in the state. This decision is appealable and I presume will be appealed. NY's highest court is called the Court of Appeals.]
There have been a couple of diaries about the historic (and beautifully written) decision from NY State Supreme Court in New York County (hey, that's Manhattan!). I thought I would add my two cents as a lawyer.
After reading the court's decision, I'm totally happy.
You can find Lambda Legal's press release here.
They held a press conference at 1:30, but I'm stuck in my cubicle and can't watch. Did anyone see it?
You can find a copy of the decision here (PDF).
More after the jump.
I know, I know. Suspend disbelief long enough to imagine that it must be all about the "values."
This CW provides all the ingredients for a successful Republican civil war. My evidence? Today's New York Times carries conflicting news and Op-Ed pieces that beautifully frame the battle.
In order to get re-elected, Rove and the evangelicals bit off more than the party can handle and are now trying to distance themselves from the "values" explanation. The problem is, I worry that the country won't survive the right-wing onslaught, either.
More below the fold.
"Only Republicans can be patriots."
Anybody want to listen along?
Link here to AirAmerica.
I'm so relieved that there is such a thing.
Some of you (yes you, Marisacat) have picked up on my frustration that, according to Randi Rhodes, there is no plan by Democratic Party to have a war room at the GOP convention. As you may already know, Kathryn Seelye did a fine report from inside the GOP war room in the NY Times yesterday.
What did I think?
"He was the voice of America in good times and in grief. When we lost the brave astronauts in the Challenger tragedy, he reminded us that, `Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue.'
"Now, his own journey has ended-a long and storied trip that spanned most of the American century-and shaped one of the greatest victories of freedom. Today in the face of new challenges, his example reminds us that we must move forward with optimism and resolve. He was our oldest president, but he made America young again.
"Our prayers are with his family, and the wife he loved in a way all the world could see. And to the end, she loved him with courage and complete devotion. She helped all of us better understand the cruel disease that took him away before it took his life, and what we must do to prevent and cure it.
"Teresa and I and our family extend our deepest sympathies to Nancy Reagan and the Reagan family. Today, from California to Maine - `from sea to shining sea' - Americans will bow their heads in prayer and gratitude that President Reagan left such an indelible stamp on the nation he loved."
I think this is just about the most eloquent thing one can say about a political opponent at the sad end of a tragic illness. I have many conflicting emotions about Reagan's death. For now, I'll let John Kerry's eloquence lead me and join in his sentiments.
This is the main news headline all across Europe, especially in Germany. HUGE. Here's der Spiegel (in German only).
I googled it and found the story in Newsday.
CNN doesn't seem to want to cover it, and judging by the amount of play the beheading is getting over in wingerville, the mainstream media won't. They too busy being outraged at the outrage. Sigh. So much horsesh8t to shovel.
Thank God for Newsday. Below a clip from the story:
According to today's New York Times,
Using Friday's stock price, Condoleezza Rice owns $276,383.80 of stock in Chevron/Texaco. If the stock price rose 33 percent in the last quarter, as the Times reports, she earned $92,127.93 during the last 3 months from this stock alone.
If we were wondering why she didn't appear to know anything about Al Quada during her testimony, or why she was smiling as she dissembled, this may be a clue.
Why oh why do we have a government that is built upon such conflicts of interest??
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared to rule out immediately sending more troops to Iraq despite the withdrawal of Spanish, Honduran and Dominican soldiers. ``The advice that we have now is that we have sufficient troops to do the job,'' he said.
It appears that U.S. forces will fill the void created by the withdrawal of the Spanish troops.
In this case, Drudge's mistake is far worse than anything done by thememoryhole.org because it's plain to see he's just making shit up.
WASHINGTON POST, REUTERS, CNN, AP RUN PHOTOS OF SPACE SHUTTLE COFFINS -- AS IRAQ WAR DEAD! ... AFTER INTERNET MIX-UP: Russ Kick of thememoryhole.org filed a Freedom of Information Act requesting 'all photographs showing caskets (or other devices) containing the remains of US military personnel at Dover AFB. This would include, but not be limited to, caskets arriving, caskets departing, and any funerary rites/rituals being performed. The timeframe for these photos is from 01 February 2003 to the present.'
But Kick appears to have assumed all the photos given to him were of the WAR ON TERROR/IRAQ dead!
On Thursday NASA claimed more than 70 photos featured in Kick's war dead -- were photos of Space Shuttle Columbia's crew! The shuttle blew up on 2/1/03....
This morning's screeching headline: Dude: Where's Your Website: Michael Moore Out-Sourcing Design, Server to Canada!
Gee, that's funny. A Republican who doesn't like out-sourcing. Imagine that!
Correction: A Republican who isn't smart enough to argue with Michael Moore on the facts doesn't like it when a Democrat is out-sourcing.
OK That's more like it. [/snark]
I know at least some of you are watching the Apprentice tonight. Anyone care to predict?
As for me, I'm really torn. If Kwame wins, it's going to be because he takes charge of the team. If Bill wins, I think it's going to be because he starts letting people help him.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Why, if our most experienced journalists believe this might have been scripted, would this not be included in the coverage? It would, obviously look bad for Bush. But it seemed to me that this wasn't the first time this had happened.
We already know she's not going to apologize. Duhh.
More importantly, I've witnessed how the giant Wurlitzer/SCLM echo chamber operates in real time for years at this point. I started to wonder how Condi's going to spin this one out.
It occurred to me, wouldn't it be so fun to start dissembling and spinning Condi's testimony for her NOW...before she starts trying to save her and her bosses asses jobs?
Let's play "Guess where this is going." It's easy and fun.
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