U.S. Air Force drops policy of bigotry for Gay Soldiers
U.S. Air Force Stops Enforcement Of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
TEARS of a CLOWN: GLEN BECK, The Tea Baggers and Mormonism
In one of his first appearances on Fox News, Glenn Beck sent a coded message to the nation’s six million Mormons — or at least those Mormons who believe in what the Latter-day Saints call “the White Horse Prophecy.” “We are at the place where the Constitution hangs in the balance,” Beck told Bill O’Reilly…
God may not be Brazilian: BUT,,,
GOD may not be Brazilian, as many of the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro proudly boast, but The Almighty seems to be swinging His or Her not inconsiderable influence towards the Cidade Maravilhosa, the Marvellous City on the South Atlantic ocean, as it pitches strongly for the chance of staging the 2016 Olympic Games. Its…
Gawker Media Empire and Its gossip syblings
The Demon Blogger of Fleet Street Nick Denton cast himself as a media outsider. That’s how he made it inside. By Michael Idov Published Sep 26, 2010 Painting by Nick Lepard Nick Denton has built a panopticon. From his living-room window, he can all but see his favorite table at Balthazar, and his favorite table…
Ahmadinejad: Blusters Of Hate
U.S. and many other nations at the U.N. General Assembly walk out in protest at Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s conspiracy theories over September 11 attacks
Asian imagination finds the best wine in the world
HONG KONG.- No other wine has captured the imagination of the Chinese wine connoisseur like Château Lafite-Rothschild. From the high-end restaurants that line Beijing’s Dongcheng District to Shanghai’s Three on the Bund Complex, Lafite is a name that inspires a hushed reverence. So it is fitting that on 29 October 2010, Sotheby’s Hong Kong is…
Facebooks Worst Enemies
Just days after the New Yorker published a profile of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the New York Post posted a lengthy, exclusive interview with Tyler Winklevoss, who, together with his twin brother Cameron, has been fighting Facebook in court. The Post describes the Harvard University graduates (both Olympic rowers) as “gorgeous, lantern-jawed hunks”…