links for 2006-10-14

In speeches, statements and news conferences this year, the president has repeatedly declared a range of problems “unacceptable,” including rising health costs, immigrants who live outside the law, North Korea’s claimed nuclear test, genocide in Sudan and

His ability to yammer about himself as if he’s a hero of legend survives intact. A quiz — who said it, hitchens or Shrute?

And of course when you’ve got a queer-unfriendly cause like that, it’s a given that all of the “pro-family” all-stars are gonna come out for the thinly veiled game of smear the queer

Condoleezza Rice warmly acknowledged the family members of Mark Dybul, whom she was swearing in as the nation’s new global AIDS coordinator. As first lady Laura Bush looked on, Rice singled out his partner, Jason Claire, and Claire’s mother. Rice referred

Reporters could have relieved the disgraced lawmaker’s repressed sexuality by revealing his orientation and hypocrisy years ago. – By Michelangelo Signorile

Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey

Foley wrote to jeb Bush on Sept. 29, 2004: “Have I done something to offend the White House … I am always getting the shaft … they came to ft pierce a few weeks ago and said I was not allowed to attend … yet joe negron is there …

What would happen to the earth if people disappeared? A timeline of how long it would take for man-made things to disappear.

Oh, my. The young…

That is funny. I’m gonna use Comic Sans on something, just to be contrary. Okay, no, I can’t bring myself to do that.