b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 1 Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals
http://www.bestofbeck.com/wp/activism/saul-alinskys-12-rules-fo
* RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you
have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-
Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which
there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a
difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively
with economic arguments.)
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 2 "The two-party system is not Democrats versus Republicans. It’s government
versus the people. And the government is a fascist system controlled by the
corporations on behalf of the corporations. The people’s voting just
provides the system with a sense of legitimacy."
Are we witnessing another collapse of the party system?
by Bob Livingston
I know it’s still early, but it’s beginning to appear this election cycle
that conventional wisdom may not hold.
The pundit class and the establishment polit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9007 | 3 Foxnews:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/26/obama-authorizes-25-
President Obama on Tuesday authorized $25 million in non-lethal assistance
to the Libyan opposition -- the first direct U.S. aid to the rebels after
weeks of assessing their capabilities and intentions.
In a memo to the State Department and the Pentagon, Obama said he is using
his so-called "drawdown authority" to give the opposition, led by the
Transitional National Council in Benghazi, up to $25 million in surplus
America... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 4 A Tale of two Political System
Good morning. My name is Eric Li, and I was born here. But no, I wasn't born
there. This was where I was born: Shanghai, at the height of the Cultural
Revolution. My grandmother tells me that she heard the sound of gunfire
along with my first cries.
0:32
When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed
to know about humanity. It went like this. All human societies develop in
linear progression, beginning with primitive society, then slave ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 709 | 5 前戏做的够足的
U.S. to send warships into disputed sea
WASHINGTON - The United States has told nations in Southeast Asia it will
send naval vessels soon into what China claims as its territory in the
disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), diplomatic sources said
Sunday.
The United States is expected to sail warships within 12 nautical miles of
artificial islands that China has created in the Spratly Islands in defiance
of opposition from other claimants, such as the Philippines and Vietnam,
th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 6 The Paris attacks “show that it doesn’t matter if you’re for Assad or
against him,” said Lavrov, “ISIS is your enemy.”
Syrian Transition Plan Reached by U.S., Russia in Vienna
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-14/syrian-transi
Here are the main points:
1 Month, or, by Dec. 14: Diplomats will reconvene to review progress
Jan. 1: UN will seek to convene Syrian government and opposition in formal
negotiations
6 Months, or, by May 14, 2016: Cease-fire between Syrian government and
oppo... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 7 Poland’s new government raided NATO-affiliated counter-intelligence offices
in the middle of the night Antoni Macierewicz, the man behind the events. (
Reuters/Kacper Pempel)
WRITTEN BY
Hanna Kozlowska
December 18, 2015
Poland woke up today (Dec. 18) to news that officials from the country’s
new right-wing government tried to enter NATO-affiliated counter-
intelligence offices in Warsaw after midnight, using a copied key and
accompanied by military police, in order to replace the head of the off... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 8 共享军事情报
Seymour M. Hersh on US intelligence sharing in the Syrian war
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n01/seymour-m-hersh/military-to-milita
some elements within the US military began tacitly cooperating with Assad
two years ago after becoming concerned with Turkey and Saudi Arabia's
support for Sunni extremists.
‘Our policy of arming the opposition to Assad was unsuccessful and actually
having a negative impact,’ the former JCS adviser said. ‘The Joint Chiefs
believed that Assad should not be replaced ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8463 | 9 http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/Military/45010357.html
发信人: luke837 (abcdefg), 信区: Military
标 题: 大波波向背约开刀了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Dec 19 16:05:04 2015, 美东)
Poland’s new government raided NATO-affiliated counter-intelligence offices
in the middle of the night Antoni Macierewicz, the man behind the events. (
Reuters/Kacper Pempel)
WRITTEN BY
Hanna Kozlowska
December 18, 2015
Poland woke up today (Dec. 18) to news that officials from the country’s
new right-wing government tried to enter NATO-affilia... 阅读全帖 |
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h***1
发帖数: 2263 | 10 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: huhu1 (呼呼~), 信区: USANews
标 题: 说家家都有枪枪击案会增多的进来看
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 14 03:03:10 2016, 美东)
再访肯尼索(Kennesaw)作者：杰夫·诺克斯（Jeff Knox）
（2008年10月7日）在1981年，伊利诺伊州莫顿格罗夫(Morton Grove)，成为美国第一
个通过了禁止拥有手枪的法律的城镇。只有警察和现役军人履行公务时才能有手枪。作
为对此法律的响应，乔治亚州的肯尼索镇在1982年3月通过了自己的拥枪法律。肯尼索
的法律和莫顿格罗夫的法律几乎完全相反。肯尼索不但不禁止居民拥有手枪，反而规定
每个家庭保持至少一支枪械及弹药 - 只有那些其宗教或哲学反对持有或使用武器的居
民可以不遵守此法律。换句话说，拥有枪支是强制性的。
当莫顿格罗夫瞬间成了媒体的宠儿时，肯尼索则成为一个倍受羞辱和谴责的城市。媒体
的权威人士和“记者”嘲笑并大胆地预测这个亚特兰大北边几英里外的小镇的街道上很
快就会血流成河。很长时间里大家仍可以偶尔从某个深夜脱口... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4447 | 11 https://next.ft.com/content/e126f1aa-3f66-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0
Some opposition leaders privately say radical Islamist groups backed by
Turkey may be hardest hit by any shift. Turkey recently sacked its
intelligence official responsible for Syria, they say, in a sign it may move
away from hardliners who would refuse any deal with Mr Assad’s regime.
“I’m actually pleased about this,” said another secular opposition
commander. “Maybe we’ll have to keep Assad for a transition period
… ... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****u
发帖数: 15526 | 12 Trump says US may abandon automatic protections for Nato countries
Donald Trump has said that if he is elected president he may abandon a
guarantee of protection to fellow Nato countries.
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Trump said the US would only come to the
aid of allies if they have "fulfilled their obligations to us".
Members of Nato have all signed a treaty that says they will come to the aid
of any member that is attacked.
Mr Trump will speak on Thursday at the Republican National Conv... 阅读全帖 |
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a******o
发帖数: 16625 | 13 都是正常的事情，五毛没见过而已。朴槿惠更是无稽之谈，你看看韩国有多少人支持萨
德再说。
According to a survey conducted by local pollster Gallup Korea this week, 50
percent of the 1,004 respondents were in favor of the deployment of the U.S
. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). The portion of dissenters
stood at 32 percent.
Among the supporters of the ruling Saenuri Party, 74 percent of the
respondents approved the deployment.
In contrast, 50 percent of the followers of the main opposition Minjoo Party
of Korea expressed disconte... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2744 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: thighhigh (Thigh High), 信区: USANews
标 题: To me, the scariest part about this election is not the two candidates
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Sep 27 13:06:34 2016, 美东)
; it's the refusal of voters to accept reality.
Whether you're a Clinton supporter or Trump supporter, liberal or
conservative, one person was clearly prepared last night and one wasn't.
Mr. Trump was reactive often getting sidetracked: citing Sean Hannity,
bringing up Rosie O'Donnell, instead taking advantage ... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 15 这个是另外一个华奸写的，看起来很焦虑：怎么华人不再顺服听话了？怎么办啊！
http://supchina.com/2016/11/03/many-first-generation-chinese-immigrants-supporting-donald-trump/
SupChina
Donald Trump rally in Anaheim, California on May 25, 2016 (AP Photo/Jae C.
Hong)
FEATURED
Why are so many first-generation Chinese immigrants supporting Donald Trump?
3 hours agoBy Kaiser KuoKaiser Kuo
This is the first of a series of monthly columns by Sinica Podcast host
Kaiser Kuo in which he answers questions about all matters Chinese. Please
email qu... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 16 另一个华奸写的，很焦虑：华人不听话不顺服了，怎么办啊？
SupChina
Donald Trump rally in Anaheim, California on May 25, 2016 (AP Photo/Jae C.
Hong)
FEATURED
Why are so many first-generation Chinese immigrants supporting Donald Trump?
3 hours agoBy Kaiser KuoKaiser Kuo
This is the first of a series of monthly columns by Sinica Podcast host
Kaiser Kuo in which he answers questions about all matters Chinese. Please
email questions for consideration to [email protected]/* */
My wife, Fanfan, dislikes politics. It’s an atti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 18 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40490946
Gay Chinese man wins legal battle over forced conversion therapy
4 July 2017
From the section Asia
GETTY IMAGES
Image caption
There is growing awareness of LGBT issues in China
A gay man in central China has won an apology and compensation from a mental
hospital over forced conversion therapy, reports say.
The man, identified only by his surname Yu, had been admitted by his wife
and relatives to the hospital in the town of Zhumadian in Henan province i... 阅读全帖 |
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e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 19 革命不是请客吃饭啊。
委内瑞拉总统因为没收美国烟草公司的闲置土地，被CIA推翻。换了这个人。
Upon taking power Castillo Armas, worried that he lacked popular support,
attempted to eliminate all opposition. He quickly arrested many thousands of
opposition leaders, branding them communists.[68] Detention camps were
built to hold the prisoners when the jails exceeded their capacity.[68]
Historians have estimated that more than 3,000 people were arrested
following the coup, and that approximately 1,000 agricultural workers were
killed by Castil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9770 | 20 http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001075171/ce
Mugabe resigns as president of Zimbabwe
93岁的穆加贝在强大压力之下终于提交辞呈。他统治国家37年，糟糕的经济政策最终迫
使津巴布韦放弃本币，只能依赖美元。
更新于2017年11月22日 07:11 英国《金融时报》 戴维•皮林 约瑟夫•科
特里尔 哈拉雷报道
Robert Mugabe finally bowed to pressure and stood down as president of
Zimbabwe yesterday, ending his 37-year rule that began with the optimism of
independence but took the country to the brink of economic collapse.
罗伯特•穆加贝(Robert Mugabe)昨日终于屈服于压力，卸任津巴布韦总统，结束
了他的37年统治，他主政的漫长时期最初弥漫着独立带来的... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3 | 21 Mexico puts U.S. ties under review as Trump stirs new tensions
Dave Graham
5 Min Read
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Monday it will review all forms of
cooperation with the United States, including efforts to combat powerful
drug cartels, in a sign of mounting frustration over President Donald Trump
’s antagonistic attitude toward the country.
FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Mexico's
President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20
sum... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 22 中国没有女数学家。你知道哈帕夏吗？
中国的男权社会维持太久了。完全赶不是西方。。。。
Hypatia[a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD)[1][5] was a Hellenistic
Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician,[6] who lived in
Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire.[7] She was the
head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria, where she taught philosophy
and astronomy.[8][9][10] She is the first female mathematician whose life is
reasonably well recorded.[11]
Hypatia was renowned in her own lifetime as a great teacher and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 Former Mexican president: Mexico and Canada, don’t cave to Trump
By Ernesto Zedillo May 7
Ernesto Zedillo, a professor in the field of international economics and
politics at Yale University, was president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He
is also a member of the Berggruen Institute’s 21st Century Council.
Representatives from the United States, Mexico and Canada are meeting in
Washington Monday for continued negotiations over the North American Free
Trade Agreement. A year ago, when Robert Lighth... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 24 Political Risk Analysis: What's Ahead For Mexico?
Nathaniel Parish Flannery , Contributor
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
Mexican presidential candidate for the MORENA party, Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador (R) greets supporters.(Photo: ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images)
As tense trade talks continue with the US and Canada, and the future of
cross-border trade within North America remains uncertain, Mexico is heading
towards a potentially transformational presidential election... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 25 By Vanessa Gera | AP
January 13 at 5:33 PM
WARSAW, Poland — The mayor of a city in Poland was in very serious
condition after he was stabbed on stage Sunday during the finale of a large
charity event, and Polish media reported details that gave the attack a
political element.
Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz was attacked with a knife while he stood on
stage, held his belly and collapsed during the “Lights to Heaven”
fundraiser organized by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, Poland... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 26 It's not really a Canadian problem other than looking out for Canadian
economic interests which can be rather quickly assessed via current
bilateral trade and aggressive US tactics to maintain the status quo. That
puts Canadian officials between a rock and a hard place. Being tied to the
US in far too many ways and allowing creeping erosion of our sovereignty
greatly restricts what our officials think they can do. Our adversarial
political system adds to the problem particularly with Conservat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 27 Naval History and Heritage Command
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 28 就因为辩论时YANG说了一句话：The opposite of Predisent Trump is an Asian who
knows math。
这么句话，按说人畜无害啊，结果就把这些午夜commedians们给刺激到了。纷纷挤兑讽
刺杨。STEPHEN COLBERT是这么说得：Really? I thought the opposite of Predisent
Trump is a Black woman who has spellcheck。
尼玛，犯得着对YANG的这么一句话这么过敏么！ |
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z****g
发帖数: 3509 | 29 看到一篇文章，说的虽然和土鳖国毫无关系，而是说的我帝的公司，但是如果知道土鳖
国情况的，对比一下，妈的太吓人了。这人有才。小黄人就没有人能写这样的文章，就
算是王沪宁你拿枪指着他，他也写不出来。哀叹买提为什么没有highlight功能。这里
面至少一半的句子值得highlight后再细细品味。
Fascism
The dual opposite of a republic would be a society where the governed must
compete, merely to survive. Meanwhile, the powerful are immune to challenge
from below. There is only one political party and it will always be that way
. Those with power have no responsibilities to those below them, because
power is subject to no appeal but itself.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 30 Dem-Controlled School District Adopts SJW-Backed Busing Plan Despite
Widespread Opposition
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dem-controlled-school-district-forces-
imposes-sjw-backed-busing-plan-over-near-unanimous
Of the community members who oppose the plan - dozens showed up at the
Thursday-night school board meeting to protest the vote - several
individuals hailing from the former Soviet Union and mainland China said in
a Facebook group that the board members' bullying tactics reminded the... 阅读全帖 |
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v**e
发帖数: 8422 | 31 利比亚叛军首领被干掉了!
送交者: 走肖圼昱 2011年07月28日
http://www.cnn.com/
Libyan rebel commander Abdel Fattah Younes assassinated in Benghazi, the
National Transitional Council says.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/28/501364/main20085027.s
Libyan rebels' military chief shot dead
A May 2011 file photo of General Abdel-Fattah Younis, the senior military
officer leading rebel forces against Muammar Qaddafi. A former interior
minister and head of Special Forces, Younis was considered a key supporter
of Qaddafi ... 阅读全帖 |
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v**e
发帖数: 8422 | 32 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: 8422 | 33 这张简直是一幅油画，那几个人的姿势堪称经典
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送交者: x-file 2011年08月13日
Police spray demonstrators from the India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) with water canons as the demonstrators try to climb past
barricades during an anti-government protest in New Delhi August 9, 2011.
Thousands of opposition activists marched on the Indian parliament on
Tuesday demanding the resignation of a prominent ruling Congress politician
over c... 阅读全帖 |
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w****s
发帖数: 4430 | 34 WTF, 阿金拉德沃 is MIDDLE BLOCKER, NOT 接应(OPPOSITE), and is one of the
best in the world.
USA's OPPOSITE is Kelly Murphy and Karsta Lowe. |
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w****s
发帖数: 4430 | 35 嘿嘿，差不多，不完全是。
发球时候是必须固定，然后可以随便跑，但你如果应该在后排的，你跑到前排可以，但
不能进攻和拦网。 其他可以。
轮换就是６ 个人顺时针转。站位也是固定的，两个主攻对角，两个副攻对角，二传和
接应对角，所以英文里面接应是OPPOSITE，二传的OPPOSITE. |
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a****t
发帖数: 7049 | 36 I actually think it's the complete opposite: you have the sympathy of the
public (if you make the right appeals), but you squander it on these
ridiculous legal challenges that bring more opposition in the form of more
and more watertight laws. You think you have a winning case? Oh boy...
It's the incredibly naive attitude about having "rights" that were never
there and the repugnant accusations against people "taking away" your rights
that turn people off. You can claim these as technicalities i |
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m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 37 爱白网
2010-12-01
11月30日，美国国防部正式公布了关于废除“不问不说”政策的调查报告，将被呈
交给国会和总统的这份报告指出，如果废除“不问不说”政策，即允许公开性倾向的同
性恋者在美国军队中服役，只是在短期内可能对军队产生某些有限的、零散的轻微影响
。本次调查还显示，70%的美国军人认为废除“不问不说”政策将不会对军队造成不利。
国防部的此次调查是为废除“不问不说”政策所作准备工作的一部分。已实行17年
的“不问不说”政策是基于国会通过的有关法案，该政策禁止公开性倾向的同性恋者在
美军中服役，军方不得询问军人的性倾向，军人也不得在部队中公开自己是同性恋者。
自从“不问不说”政策实行以来，已有数以万计的男、女军人因违反规定而遭到军队开
除。
总统奥巴马和国防部都支持废除“不问不说”政策，国会众议院也已经通过废除这
一政策的法案，但在美国军方仍有部分人对此存有疑虑和反对意见，国会中的一些共和
党议员也强烈反对废除“不问不说”，国防部就废除“不问不说”政策在整个军队中所
作的大规模调查正是在这一情况下实施。
由国防部首席法律顾问和驻欧洲的美军司令主持撰写的调查报告作出结论说，虽... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 38 Illinois Civil Unions Bill Passes Senate, Gov. Quinn Will Sign Into Law
First Posted: 12- 1-10 03:23 PM | Updated: 12- 1-10 04:03 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/illinois-civil-unions-bil_2_n_790595.html
Less than 24 hours after it was passed by the Illinois House of
Representatives, the state Senate voted to approve a measure that would
allow gay couples to enter into civil unions.
Governor Pat Quinn has already pledged to sign SB1716, the "Illinois
Religious Freedom Protection ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 39 Posted on Advocate.com March 08, 2011
Colo. Advances Civil Unions Bill
By Sunnivie Brydum
GUTIERREZ STEADMAN X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee vice-chair senator Lucía Guzmán (left)
and senator Pat Steadman
In a bipartisan vote of 6-3, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee on
Monday approved a civil unions bill, more than 18 years after state voters
passed an amendment barring antidiscrimination protections for gays and
lesbians — one that was overturned four years later... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 40 Posted on Advocate.com March 18, 2011
Colorado Civil Unions Move Forward
By Sunnivie Brydum
PAT STEADMAN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Colorado state senate appropriations committee Friday approved a civil
unions bill by a party-line vote of 6-4.
SB-172, sponsored by gay Democratic senator Pat Steadman of Denver, now
moves to the full senate, where it is expected to pass. All 20 Democratic
senators — a majority of the chamber's 35 senators — have signed on as
bill cosponsors.
The bill will the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 41 NEW YORK – Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York
state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize
gay marriage, saying that's what democracy's all about. But as expected, the
president stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage himself, instead
asking gay and lesbian donors for patience.
"I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other
couple in this country," the president said at a Manhattan fundraiser, his
first geared... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 42 摘要： 我理解是最高法院会废除DOMA SECTION 3，但不会强迫所有州承认同性婚姻。他们会找借口不接PROP 8的案子。
Andrew Koppelman Guest
Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 8:44 am
Why the Supreme Court will strike down DOMA
Northwestern Law School’s Andrew Koppelman argues that the Supreme Court
will probably declare the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium is written by
Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and Professor of
Political Science at Northwestern Univers... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1963 | 43 In one of the more interesting posts of the symposium on same-sex marriage
over at SCOTUSBlog, former Rep. Bob Barr wrote last week about the Perry
case and the Windsor v. USA case. He starts by pontificating on marriage as
an institution, then gets into it below (including his support for repealing
DOMA):
Perry v. Schwarzenegger
This time last year, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California, struck down
Proposition 8, a referendum... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 44 Calif. Gov Signs Equal Benefits Law
By Trudy Ring
Christine Kehoe x390 (her site) | ADVOCATE.COM
California governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a bill requiring
businesses that have large contracts with the state to provide equal spousal
benefits for all employees, gay and straight.
The legislation, authored by lesbian state senator Christine Kehoe (pictured
) and backed by LGBT rights group Equality California, prohibits the state
from entering into a contract of more than $100,000 with ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/07/asias-gay-friendliest-
By Doug Hendrie, The Diplomat
‘I sometimes wish I was gay,’ says Mark, my taxi driver, risking a quick
glance as he navigates one of Manila’s extraordinary traffic tangles. ‘
Gays are very hard workers. They do well in business, in school. They are
more successful. Often, they are the breadwinners for an entire family.’ He
shrugs a little. ‘I admire them, actually. They—what is the word for
doing very well? Excel?’ Yes, I say. He sm... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted on Advocate.com December 02, 2011 10:12:30 AM ET
Australian Labor Party Expected to Endorse Gay Marriage Rights
By Andrew Harmon
AUSTRALIA MAP X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Australian Labor Party is poised to adopt marriage equality as part of
its platform, despite Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s stated opposition to
marriage rights for same-sex couples.
In a saving-face maneuver, however, Labor MPs will be allowed to take a
conscience vote on the issue during the party’s national confer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 47 Romney Stance On Gay Rights? It's Complicated
by TOVIA SMITH
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/12/143590615/romney-stance-on-gay-ri
issues-its-complicated
December 12, 2011
Mitt Romney's position on gay rights doesn't quite lend itself to a
bumper
sticker. Depending on whom you ask, it is either too thoughtful and
nuanced,
or too inconsistent and politically expedient. Either way, it's
definitely
got the GOP presidential candidate on the defensive.
There was a reminder of that Monday when Mitt Romney w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 不顾奥巴马的反对，美军继续禁止鸡奸和兽交
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 16 09:21:32 2011, 美东)
Despite Plea from Obama Administration, Conference Committee Restores
Military Ban on Sodomy, Bestiality
By Pete Winn
December 15, 2011
(CNSNews.com) - Despite a plea from the Obama administration that the
military ban on sodomy and bestiality be repealed, a House-Senate conference
committee has restored the ban to the final version of the National Defense
Authorization... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 49 Will someone explain to me again what makes anti-gay-marriage laws so very
different from anti-miscegenation laws? Read...
I am constantly astounded by the lengths to which same-sex marriage
opponents go to draw distinctions between their cause and the long-
discredited cause of anti-miscegenation activists, when any clearheaded
examination will show how similar they are.
I don't doubt that these people genuinely believe their cause is unlike anti
-miscegenation. They believe that, while opposit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 50 By Ian Simpson
A joint panel of the Maryland legislature approved on Valentines's Day a
bill to legalize same-sex marriage, adding to national momentum for gay
nuptials following advances in California, New Jersey and Washington state
over the last week.
Committee approval of Governor Martin O'Malley's bill on Tuesday moves
Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize gay marriage.
The House of Delegates' Judiciary Committee and the Health and Government
Operations Committee approved... 阅读全帖 |
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