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发帖数: 4796 | 1 The last words spoken by former president George H.W. Bush came barely an
hour before he died, in a telephone conversation with his son, former
president George W. Bush. The 43rd president had expressed his love for his
father. “I love you, too,” the 41st president replied.
The president’s eldest son was on speaker phone, one of a series of final,
farewell conversations between the family patriarch and his children,
arranged Friday evening as it became clear that the hours were drawing short.
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发帖数: 1 | 2 President Donald Trump directed his longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie
to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, according
to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the
matter.
Trump also supported a plan, set up by Cohen, to visit Russia during the
presidential campaign, in order to personally meet President Vladimir Putin
and jump-start the tower negotiations. “Make it happen,” the sources said
Trump told Cohen.
And even as Trump told t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 3 Roger Stone said he will “testify honestly” when asked whether he would
consider cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III after he was
charged with lying, obstruction and witness tampering in the investigation
of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
“That’s a question that I’d have to determine after my attorneys have
some discussion,” the longtime Republican operative and friend of President
Trump told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “If there’s wrongdoing by
other people in th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 4 是不是疮破把丫扔到轮子底下的？
President Donald Trump lashed out at media again on Twitter after a longtime
ally’s indictment, saying that “Roger Stone didn’t even work for me
anywhere near the Election!”
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发帖数: 1 | 5 SpaceX completes 8th mission for longtime customer in first launch of 2019 |
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发帖数: 8600 | 6 莱特希泽在正在进行的听证会上说：中美贸易问题太严重了不能通过额外增加购买解决
问题，我们需要新的协议规则。
U.S. trade representative says issues with China are 'too serious'...
WASHINGTON — President Trump has signaled that he is moving toward peace
with China in a trade standoff that has rattled markets and businesses
globally. But as he backs off his threat to impose higher tariffs, the
president’s relationship with his own trade negotiator is now showing signs
of strain.
The situation has left Mr. Trump’s trade representative, Robert Lighthizer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 7 How a black man ‘outsmarted’ a neo-Nazi group — and became their new
leader
One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the United States appears
to have an unlikely new leader: James Stern, a black activist who has vowed
to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
By Katie Mettler March 2 at 10:03 AM
This story has been updated.
Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime
president of a legacy neo-Nazi group has signed over its control to a black
civil rights activist... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 8 Longtime Tesla executive JB Straubel is leaving his post as chief technology
officer after 15 years, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday evening.
Straubel will transition to a “senior advisor” role, according to Musk,
and is not fully leaving the company.
The news comes as Tesla announced a $408 million loss for the second quarter
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发帖数: 2469 | 9 不傻是坏
Trump just acknowledged that tariffs are paid by Americans, footwear trade
group CEO says
Reggie Wade
Reggie Wade
Yahoo FinanceAugust 13, 2019, 5:10 PM EDT
President Donald Trump arrives to speaks during a visit to the Pennsylvania
Shell ethylene cracker plant on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 in Monaca, Pa. (AP
Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump arrives to speaks during a visit to the Pennsylvania
Shell ethylene cracker plant on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 in Monaca, Pa. (AP
Photo/Susan Walsh)
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发帖数: 1 | 10 By Wayne Ma
Nov. 19, 2019 7:01 AM PST
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Georgetown address about free speech last
month drew skeptical commentary from many quarters. But for one group of
Facebook workers—its community of Chinese employees—his comments touched a
particularly sensitive nerve. Zuckerberg’s criticism of Chinese video app
TikTok and China’s censorship of the internet renewed long-standing
complaints that Facebook’s management is biased against China, according to
one employee who saw me... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2469 | 11 The Trump administration is dialing up efforts to 'build that wall,' records
show
By Bob Ortega, CNN Investigates
Updated 12:56 PM ET, Fri November 22, 2019
Private land can be seized to build wall
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Crucial 2020 battleground weighs in on impeachment
Jason Brown
DOJ says Chicago gang leader radicalized by ISIS
Sam Hunt arrested for DUI in Nashville
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Chairman of Burton Snowb... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4637 | 12 RaTG13和2019nCov在进化上分开至少25了。
跟据突变率估计，两者从共同祖先分开25-65年了。
每次出现新病毒性疾病，这种研究机构人造病毒泄露/或保存的天然病毒泄露的阴谋论
就会出现。
没什么新鲜的。
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/mining-coronavirus-genomes-clues-
outbreak-s-origins
Mining coronavirus genomes for clues to the outbreak’s origins
By Jon CohenJan. 31, 2020 , 6:20 PM
Earlier this week, Ebright questioned the accuracy of Bedford’s calculation
that there are at least 25 years of evolutionary distance between RaTG13—
the virus held in the Wuhan virology institute—and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 13 告诉你们了，肯定会爆发了，我能做的也就这么多了。
反正也已经警告过你们了，你也不能说我瞒报什么的
剩下的自求多福吧。
尼玛，民主国家就是这点好啊。全都撇清甩锅了。
Public health officials warn of ‘inevitable’ spread of coronavirus in U.S.
Trump administration health officials urged the public Tuesday to prepare
for the “inevitable” spread of the coronavirus within the United States,
escalating warnings about a growing threat from the virus to Americans’
everyday lives.
The urgent new tone from leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the National Institut... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 14 是个聪明人，是个心系美国人民，脱离了低级趣味的人。
A New England Patriots plane full of much-needed personal protective
equipment from China is to fly into Boston on Thursday afternoon, according
to a source familiar with the plans.
Gov. Charlie Baker will greet the National Football League team’s plane
when it arrives at Logan Airport with Patriots owner Bob Kraft and Lt. Gov.
Karyn Polito. From there, the state's National Guard will transport the
equipment to a strategic stockpile in Marlboro, Mass., according to the
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发帖数: 8422 | 15 利比亚反对派内战了，四人死
Rival rebel factions clash in Libya, 4 dead
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Clashes between rival factions of the Libyan rebels
killed four people Sunday in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi,
deepening the worst crisis so far for the movement after its chief military
commander was killed, possibly by fighters from his own side.
One group of rebels overran the base of another rogue faction suspected of
breaking fighters who support longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi out of
an opposit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 16 马斯克透露，将很快开始测试星际载人飞船系统， 推力是土星五的两倍！
Musk: Atmospheric tests of interplanetary spaceship could happen next year
March 13, 2018 Stephen Clark
Artist’s concept of the BFR spaceship deploying a satellite in orbit.
Credit: SpaceX
A team of SpaceX engineers is building a prototype of the spaceship Elon
Musk hopes will one day carry people and cargo deep into the solar system,
and it could begin low-altitude testing next year, kicking off a multi-step
test campaign before eventually going into space, the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1186 | 17 http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/media/books/Keyes-hamilton-the-secret-race.html
Outside Online
Friday, August 31, 2012
Lance Armstrong’s Secret Is Out
The news leaks about The Secret Race have vastly undersold its importance.
Tyler Hamilton’s book is a historic, definitive indictment of cycling’s
culture of doping during the Armstrong era.
By: Christopher Keyes
Hamilton in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California Prologue. Photographer:
Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious / Flickr
Yesterda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 2009年12月25日，Missouri的高速公路巡警Cpl. Dennis Engelhard（右）在执行公务
中殉职，其15年的同性伴侣Kelly Glossip无资格继承逝者的退休金。Glossip目前没钱
付账单，其与Engelhard共同拥有的房子也有随时被回收的危险。
Partner of Missouri Trooper Denied Benefits
By Neal Broverman
KELLY GLOSSIP DENNIS ENGLEHARD x390 (grab) | Advocate.com
The longtime partner of a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper killed on
Christmas Day is fighting for his spousal death benefits.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Highway Patrol told Fox2 St. Louis that
Kelly Glossip (pictured left), the partne |
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m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 19 http://www.365gay.com/news/lgbt-nursing-home-to-open-in-massachusetts/
he Elsie Frank House is named after openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney
Frank’s mother who passed away in 2005. The elder Frank was a longtime
supporter of LGBT issues.
The house is a Green House model, which “is an innovative model of nursing
care that provides skilled nursing and daily care services to residents in a
home environment,” according to a story in the Golden Rainbow Times.
“We have chosen to dedicate one of our |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 By Julie Bolcer
Ron Hollandx390 (Victory Fund) | Advocate.com
The small Colorado town of Dillon elected a gay man as mayor Tuesday. First-
term city council member Ron Holland defeated his opponent Don Parsons by a
vote of 90-72.
Holland, a former restaurateur and longtime HIV/AIDS activist, has lived in
Dillon for more than five years with his partner, according to the Gay and
Lesbian Victory Fund. Dillon, with a population of about 800 people, appeals
to skiers on their way to area resorts.
Ho |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 Trans Woman Weds Girlfriend in Texas
By Advocate.com Editors
Sabrina Hill and Therese Bur x390 (grab) | ADVOCATE.COM
A trans woman who was born male and her longtime girlfriend were legally
married Monday in San Antonio after previously being denied a marriage
license in El Paso, prompting the county attorney to ask Texas’s attorney
general for clarification on the state's marriage laws.
Sabrina J. Hill, 60, was born male and is listed as male on her birth
certificate, which allowed her to marry |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer Charles Babington,
Associated Press Writer – Wed Aug 25, 5:22 pm ET
WASHINGTON – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou
conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul
. And the Democrats hope to benefit.
The latest examples of conservative insurgents' clout came Tuesday at
opposite ends of the country. In Florida, political newcomer Rick Scott beat
longtime congressman and state Attorney General Bil |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 The march to equality has steps forward and steps backward. Yesterday we saw
some of each. Our fight for equality at the federal level was dealt a
serious setback – but there are paths forward for pro-equality bills and
amendments, and there are new opportunities for progress in states across
the country. If you know anything about HRC, it's that we're fighters. And
fighting tirelessly is exactly what we'll need to do over the next few years.
Since 2006, the U.S. House has been led by committed ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 24 Posted on Advocate.com November 05, 2010
Ill. Elects Gay-Friendly Gov.
Antigay Republican Bill Brady conceded defeat in the Illinois governor’s
race Friday, leaving gay-friendly incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn the victor.
Antigay Republican Bill Brady has finally conceded defeat in the Illinois
governor’s race.
Brady (pictured, left) conceded early Friday afternoon, the Chicago Tribune
reports, leaving gay-friendly incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn (pictured, right)
the victor.
With all the state’s prec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2202 | 25 Facebook's Chris Hughes and his partner Sean Eldridge have announced
that they are engaged. The two made the announcement at recent
reception in support of Freedom To Marry, the organization in which
Eldridge serves as political director.
The New York Post reports: "This is very timely for Chris and I to have
you here tonight to celebrate marriage and work on marriage," Eldridge
announced to guests. "We got engaged two weeks ago, so there is a real
sense of urgency." The two decided to make thei... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer – 19
mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama took a significant step toward
retooling his presidency with a challenge to lawmakers to rise above
partisan differences to tackle economic and budget problems "decades in the
making."
And while there remained stark differences in approach between the president
and the Republicans with whom he now shares power, Obama made some striking
concessions in the name of national unity... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 27 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/hawaii-samesex-civil-
Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to allow civil unions for same-
sex couples, marking an end to what the governor called an "emotional
process" for a longtime battleground in the gay rights movement.
Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie's office said he intends to sign the bill
into law within 10 business days. Civil unions would begin Jan. 1, 2012,
making the state the seventh in the nation to grant essentially the same
rights... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 28 Experts: Gay Judges Can Rule on Gay Cases
By Advocate.com Editors
JUDGE VAUGHN WALKER X390 (AP) | ADVOCATE.COM
A June 13 hearing will decide whether former federal judge Vaughn Walker,
who is gay and partnered, had a conflict of interest when he struck down
California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Proponents of Proposition 8 are trying to get the 2010 decision thrown out
on the basis that Walker was gay and settled down with a longtime partner (
Walker's decision is currently tied u... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 29 Cheers for Cuomo at NYC Gay Pride March
By Julie Bolcer
An estimated two million people converged on Manhattan Sunday for the New
York City gay Pride march, an annual event that took on an “extra special”
meaning, in the words of the day’s star attraction, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who
signed the marriage equality bill into law Friday. Same-sex couples from
anywhere will be able to marry in New York beginning on July 24.
The bill passed the Senate Friday by a vote of 33 to 29, including support
from fo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 Some Deportations Halted for Gay Immigrants
By Trudy Ring
panda girls
From left: Violeta and Sujey Pando StopTheDeporations.Blogspot.com
Some binational same-sex couples received good news about pending
deportation orders this week, thanks partly to the Obama administration’s
new policy making certain deportations low priority.
Denver immigration judge Mimi Tsankov Friday halted the deportation of Sujey
Pando and scheduled a new hearing in January based on her marriage to U.S.
citizen Violeta Pa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 31 osted on Advocate.com August 27, 2011 04:05:00 PM ET
Will Anderson Cooper Discuss His Personal Life on New Show?
By Jeremy Kinser
ANDERSON COOPER 201001 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Anderson Cooper says it's possible he will discuss his significant other on
his upcoming daytime talk show Anderson, according to a new profile in
Entertainment Weekly.
"My job has been reporting for so long," Cooper tells EW when asked if he'll
discuss his personal life on the new talk show. "I have a nightly newscas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 32 http://www.gay.net/celebrities/2011/11/06/ricky-martin-planning
RICKY MARTIN PLANNING GAY WEDDING TO PARTNER?
BY: BRODIE SCOTT
11.6.2011
Newspapers in Ricky Martin’s homeland are speculating the gay father
and performer will wed his longtime partner, Carlos Gonzalez.
Martin has been with Gonzalez for four years and the singer recently
received Spanish citizenship and now Spanish paper El Pias reports Martin
applied for a Spanish passport in order to be able to legally marry under
t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 33 Posted on Advocate.com January 11, 2012 03:31:57 PM ET
Another Washington Republican Supports Marriage Bill
By Michelle Garcia
Cheryl Pflug x390 (fair) | ADVOCATE.COM
Sen. Cheryl Pflug
Two Republican state senators from Washington have voiced their support for
legalizing marriage equality in the Evergreen State.
Sen. Cheryl Pflug previously voted to enact domestic partnerships, which are
currently legal in Washington. Her most recent announcement was natural
because she has "been a longtime supp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 34 http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/19/politics/virginia-personhood-bill
Richmond, Virginia (CNN) -- In the Virginia House of Delegates, Republican
Robert Marshall is a longtime abortion opponent who has tried repeatedly to
pass legislation in his state that would give rights to the unborn.
This year, on his third try, Marshall just might get his wish, and that has
advocates for women's reproductive rights concerned.
The House of Delegates passed a so-called "personhood" bill Tuesday
sponsored by Marshal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 35 AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny 'proud'
By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press – 16 hours ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama,
the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his
transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her
brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets.
Evie, who was born a man but believes she is really a woman, has endured a
lifetime of taunts and beatin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 36 NEW YORK - There was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case,
but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent
are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of justice?
The gist of the verdict: Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was
convicted Friday of anti-gay intimidation for using a webcam to spy on his
gay roommate's love life. The roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, threw
himself to his death off a bridge not long after reali... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 37 Elton John: Baby Number Two on the Way for Singer and Husband (REPORT)
Posted on Mar 29th 2012 10:20AM by Sarah Chazan
Comments
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Elton John baby ZacharyLarry Busacca, Getty Images
Elton John and his husband David Furnish have always been vocal about
wanting a larger family -- and now it looks like their dream is coming true.
According to a source, the longtime couple will welcome a second child into
their brood very soon! "The wheels are in motion," an insider tells the
Daily Mirror. "Davi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passed away at the age of 61,
leaving behind her longtime female partner.
Ride, who suffered from pancreatic cancer, died peacefully Monday. Born in
Los Angeles in 1951, Ride obtained degrees in physics and English before
signing up to become a NASA astronaut in 1977; it was the first time NASA
allowed women in space. Ride apparently wasn’t out then — it's unlikely an
openly gay person would be allowed to become an astronaut at the time, as
the gove... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 703 | 39 NEW ORLEANS (RNS) For nearly a decade, hundreds of local Boy Scouts have
learned the virtues of the Ten Commandments on an annual Thanksgiving
holiday hike to churches, synagogues and mosques, where clergy and scholars
explained their faiths' take on the ancient code.
But this year, Touro Synagogue, a major Reform congregation and a longtime
partner, has told the organization it's no longer willing to take part
because the Scouts deny membership to gay troop leaders and gay Scouts.
For Rabbi Ale... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 40 Longtime social conservative Newt Gingrich has made a surprising admission,
saying he accepts marriage equality as inevitable and he’s OK with it.
Voters’ legalization of same-sex marriage in three states in November’s
election changed the debate over the issue, and conservatives have to come
to terms with it, the former House speaker and Republican presidential
aspirant told The Huffington Post. “It is in every family,” he said. “It
is in every community. The momentum is clearly now in the dire... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 Germany’s highest court strengthens adoption rights for gay couples in
civil partnerships
By Associated Press, Published: February 19
BERLIN — Germany’s highest court strengthened gay couples’ adoption
rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country’s justice minister greeted as
“a historic step.”
The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that one member of a civil
partnership should be able to adopt the partner’s stepchild or adopted
child. Until now, they could only adopt a partner’s biological child... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 85 | 42 Japan's attitude is quite depressing.
What is China going to do about it?
What can we do about it?
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The New York Times
March 2, 2007
Abe Rejects Japan’s Files on War Sex
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
TOKYO, March 1 — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied Thursday that Japan’s
military had forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II,
contradicting the Japanese government’s longtime official position.
Mr. Abe’s statement was the clearest so far that the governm |
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发帖数: 3365 | 43 支持Gingrich
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/perry-to-end-bid-
11:45 a.m. | Updated NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas
dropped out of the Republican presidential race here on Thursday and
announced his endorsement for the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, a man he
called a “conservative visionary.”
In South Carolina
Reporting on the candidates and voters in the Palmetto State.
“I’ve never believed that the cause of conservatism is embodied by one
individual,” Mr. Perry said ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3205 | 44 PBS's Koch Problem: How a Major Right-Wing Funder Undercut Key Films
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174426/pbss-koch-problem-how-majo
Don’t miss Jane Mayer’s feature at The New Yorker, just posted online, on
little-known story of how PBS’s WNET in New York reacted in showing Alex
Gibney doc Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. The film did
air, but see what surrounded it.
Problem: It partly focused on the Koch Brothers, and David Koch is a major,
longtime WNET funder. So WNET bent ov... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3150 | 45 Japan Frets over U.S. Support in China Dispute
Read more: http://nation.time.com/2012/09/14/84857/#ixzz26UVVYm5R
When the U.S. Defense Secretary arrives in Asia this weekend, his biggest
challenge may not be convincing China that America will give its full
support to longtime ally Japan in the escalating dispute over islands in the
East China Sea. His biggest challenge may be convincing Japan.
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发帖数: 17544 | 46 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington
Post and other newspapers for $250 million.
The longtime publisher, The Washington Post Co., announced the deal Monday.
Bezos is buying the paper as an individual. Amazon.com Inc. is not involved.
Washington Post chairman and CEO Donald Graham called Bezos a "uniquely good
new owner." He said the decision was made after years of newspaper industry
challenges. The company, which owns the Kaplan education business and
severa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1365 | 47 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120545277093135111.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today
Obama and the Minister
By RONALD KESSLER
March 14, 2008; Page A19
In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime minister
, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training
professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that
would never elect a black candidate president.
The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Mr. Obama's Trinity United Church
of Chr |
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发帖数: 714 | 48 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/obama-elaborates-on-rezko-relationship/
Senator Barack Obama disclosed today that Antoin Rezko was a more
substantial fund-raiser for his previous campaigns than originally
established.
In an interview with The Chicago Tribune today, Mr. Obama said that Mr.
Rezko raised up to $250,000 for his past three political bids, about $100,
000 more than initially believed.
Mr. Rezko, currently undergoing trial for fraud, is a longtime Illinois
Democratic oper |
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发帖数: 462 | 49 By BRIAN ROSS and AVNI PATEL
March 19, 2008
Buried in his eloquent, highly praised speech on America's racial divide, Se
n. Barack Obama contradicted more than a year of denials and spin from him a
nd his staff about his knowledge of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial ser
mons.
Video
Is Obama's Pastor a Liability?
Similarly, Obama also has only recently given a much fuller accounting of hi
s relationship with indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a longtime
friend, who his campaign onc |
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发帖数: 462 | 50 Obama knows his way around a ballot
Some say his ability to play political hardball goes back to his first campa
ign
By David Jackson and Ray Long | Tribune staff reporters
6:48 PM CDT, April 3, 2007
The day after New Year's 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barr
en hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures o
n the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progress
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