l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 1 一个全球性的猫捉老鼠的游戏
1. 奥巴马是个超级猫, 但是, 大脑太慢, 不是个好猫;
2. 斯诺登 (Snowden)是一个超级老鼠, 大脑太快;
3. 美帝CIA 和大阴帝国007都在瞎盲, 乐坏了。
超级老鼠大胜超级猫
Link below:
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/snowden-run-040000305.html
Snowden on the Run
A global cat-and-mouse game involving the admitted leaker of National
Security Agency secrets exploded into a diplomatic scramble, as U.S.
authorities sought to catch Edward Snowden before he reached what supporters
say is his next goal: political asylum in Ecuador.
Mr. S... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 2 小布什因为把俘虏关在古巴基地的空调房里,还给大概2-3个基地组织的头目上了水刑,
被搞得声名狼藉,八马辞严义正谴责了无数回.
结果自己上来喜欢上用DRONE遥控处决,还干掉好几个美国公民号称境外杀不用经过法院.
无人机靠摄像头确定目标, 一颗导弹下去就一个大坑, 基本无法核实杀的谁, 无辜人在
边上倒霉炸死了连找谁论理都不知道.
这种人居然是诺贝尔和平奖获得者.
Drones have killed 4,700, U.S. senator says
By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News,Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Just how many people have America’s drones killed? Republican Sen. Lindsey
Graham has put the death toll at 4,700—the first time an American official
has publicly put a precise figure on the impact of strikes by unmanned
aeria... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10330 | 3 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/sexual-jihad-syria-tun
'Sexual Jihad' In Syria Cause Rise In Pregnancy Among Tunisian Women,
Lawmaker Says
A number of Tunisian women have traveled to Syria to have sex with rebel
fighters, a senior Tunisian politician said Thursday. The practice is known
as "sexual jihad."
The women "are swapped between 20, 30, 100 rebels," Interior Minister Lotfi
Bin Jeddo told an assembly of Tunisian lawmakers, according to Al Arabiya. "
We are doing nothing and standi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33185 | 4 Senate reaches deal to end shutdown, avoid default
[Breaking news update 12:20 p.m. ET]
Senate leaders announced on Wednesday that they have reached a deal to end
the government shutdown and avoid a possible U.S. default.
[Original story moved at 11:45 a.m. ET]
Senate leaders on Wednesday worked out a deal to reopen the government and
avoid a potential U.S. default as soon as midnight, sources told CNN's Dana
Bash and Ted Barrett.
Formal announcement of the agreement will come at 12 noon ET on t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9926 | 5 本文的网路版本在这里: http://nosca5.blogspot.com/2014/02/sca5.html
反对SCA-5具体有效的步骤, 请转发
从我做起, 从现在做起! 我们还来得及反对SCA5. 目前, 加州众议院的80席中, 有55席
民主党, 25席共和党. 对这个法案SCA5的支持是党派分票, 所以我们只需要保证 2个以
上民主党议员勇敢地站出来, 投票反对, 我们就可以让法案胎死腹中. 现在我们可以做
的是写信给代表我们选区的加州众议员, 去他们的网站给他们写.
Step 1: 下面网站里选Act Now有两个请愿投票, 有时间先去投票, 这样才能壮大声势.
这两个网站都需要注册, 但是Change.org和Whitehouse.gov是最常见的请愿网站, 将
来一定该还有用到的机会, 花点时间注册并不吃亏.
http://www.saynosca5.com/
美亚团结促进会的United Against SCA5 - Please click here to sign letter to
contact your elected representatives选项... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9926 | 6 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: catcher (Can I?), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Re: 大家看到今天WSJ关于SCA5的报道了吗？完全站在亚裔立场啊
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 14 19:49:33 2014, 美东)
还是转过来吧。
Asians vs. Racial Preferences
By
Jason L. Riley
March 14, 2014 3:08 p.m. ET
The Democratic-controlled state Legislature in California is trying to
restore racial preferences in college admissions, which have been banned
since voters approved Proposition 209 back in 1996. But Asian-American
lawmakers are pushing back and could defeat t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 851 | 7 老东西撒谎不打草稿吗？
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20121023/NEWS/210230311/Lawmak
“In the letter to Frank Kendall, DoD's undersecretary for acquisition,
technology and logistics, lawmakers said the Pentagon "has started
circumventing this policy by issuing cash allowances for soldiers to
purchase their own training shoes."
In addition, a recent news report highlighted an Air Force master sergeant
who was twice issued boots made in China, the letter said. "When he asked
how he could exchange them for A... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8775 | 8 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: JasonYang (Jason), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: SCA5 上雅虎新闻了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Apr 23 09:57:05 2014, 美东)
http://news.yahoo.com/california-bill-reignites-affirmative-act
刚才看到顺便转一下。似乎关注的人很少，而且很快就从主页上摘掉了。也许大家可以
顶一下。
California bill reignites affirmative action fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 20 years after California became the first
state to ban the use of race and ethnicity in college admissions, a
proposal to reinstate affirmative action has sparked a backlash... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22064 | 9 http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140718/c18yu/
Voting in China, a Distant Dream
By YU HUA July 18, 2014
余华 2014年07月18日
I am 54, but have never in my life seen an election ballot.
我今年54岁了，从来没有见过选票。
“Have you seen one?” I ask people, out of curiosity. Like me, most of them
have no idea what a ballot looks like and have only seen pictures on
television of people completely unknown to them clutching a ballot and
voting on their behalf. A few say they have seen a ballot, but a long time
ago, in their ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1793 | 10 Republic vs. Democracy
Rule by Law vs. Rule by Majority
Just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a
woman's inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created,
Benjamin Franklin said, "A Republic, if you can keep it."
A Republic is representative government ruled by law (the United States
Constitution). A Democracy is government ruled by the majority (mob rule). A
Republic recognizes the unalienable rights of individuals while Democracies
are only concerne... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12756 | 11
ALBANY, NEW YORK - ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York state lawmaker wants to block
the use of food stamps for "luxury" items like high-end steaks, lobster and
junk food.
Sen. Patty Ritchie, R-Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, introduced a bill
Wednesday that would further restrict the types of purchases that can be
made through the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly
referred to as the food stamp program.
Ritchie's bill would target what she calls "luxury food items," blocking
f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 13 Female lawmakers expressed outrage Tuesday over the sexual assault case at
Stanford University that resulted in what critics said was a light sentence
for the convicted attacker.
The attempted rape of an unconscious woman, which took place near a dumpster
behind a fraternity party, is the latest such incident on a college campus
to make headlines and yet another example, frustrated lawmakers said, of
what’s become a societal problem.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who used to prosecute sexual as... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3183 | 14 Trump's comments came after GOP House members voted behind closed doors
Monday to give lawmakers themselves ultimate control over the Office of
Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate
allegations of misconduct by lawmakers. The office was created after several
bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison.
最终是否会通过还不知道，但这绝对是TG价值观输出的表现。
早些的新闻还有几条实质内容，比如不调查2011年以前的事情。 |
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发帖数: 1 | 15 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38552889
China warns US on Taiwan leader's stopover
49 minutes ago
From the section Asia
Why Beijing is watching Tsai Ing-wen's US stopovers
Chinese state media has warned the US against deviating from the one-China
policy, hours after the Taiwanese leader stopped briefly in Houston.
Tsai Ing-wen met Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott during her
stopover en route to Central America.
But a spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump said on Satur... 阅读全帖 |
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D**s
发帖数: 6361 | 16 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: USANews
标 题: 加州：参与建墙的公司都要受到惩罚
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Mar 20 16:11:44 2017, 美东)
California shouldn't invest in companies that build President Trump's border
wall, lawmakers say
Three state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require California’
s pension funds to divest from any company involved in building President
Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Assembly Bill 946 from Assemblymen Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) and E... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1598 | 17 BY TINA AMIRTHA8 MINUTE READ
This story contains interviews with Christian Kästner, assistant
professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Amy Hirotaka, state policy and
advocacy manager at Code.org; and Janet Siegmund, researcher at the
University of Passau.
In order to expose more students to computer science, 17 states have passed
legislation to create basic math and science requirements in the curriculum,
rather than count them as electives. But lawmakers in Texas have made
computer program... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 18 Trump expected to end "Dreamers" program
1693 Comment Share Tweet Stumble Email
Last Updated Sep 1, 2017 3:59 PM EDT
President Trump is expected to announce Tuesday that he has decided to end
the 2012 program implemented by President Obama that has deferred
deportations for people who came to the U.S. undocumented as children, CBS
News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett reports.
Earlier Friday, during the signing of a proclamation for a day of prayer for
victims of Hurricane H... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 19 Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) once pinned former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
against a wall and held a knife to his throat during a heated debate about
earmarks.
John Boehner told Politico about the incident in a new profile published
Sunday. The former speaker described his difficulties in banning earmarks,
or measures that funded projects in lawmaker’s home districts.
Boehner said that Young once pinned him against a wall in the House during
an argument over earmarks, and that Young held a 10-in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4453 | 20 这是昨天华盛顿邮报国际局势评论的专栏文章。太有趣了，说中国很有能耐，李克强很
是牛逼！
原文转贴但不翻译，五毛看不懂就没有办法了。
How China got a U.S. senator to do its political bidding
By Josh Rogin
December 17, 2017 at 7:57 PM
A congressional delegation led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) presents
frozen steaks to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on April 10 in Beijing. The gift
was meant to underscore the importance of opening Chinese markets to U.S.
beef imports.
A congressional delegation led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) presents
frozen steaks to Chinese Pr... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 21 这个是叫朴什么？负责峰西里核试验场的。
North Korea Executes Official in Charge of Nuclear Test Site: Report
News of Park's alleged execution follows reports that North Korea's
second most powerful official after leader Kim Jong Un has been punished.
December 19, 2017
North Korea has dismissed the official responsible for the Punggye-ri
nuclear test site and executed him, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun
reported, citing unconfirmed reports from an unidentified North Korean
defector.
Park In Young—the name's spelli... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1660 | 22 The 12 lawmakers, in a letter this week to the nominating committee in Oslo,
said they were naming Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow and the "
Umbrella Movement" for the prize in recognition of their "peaceful efforts
to bring political reform and self-determination to Hong Kong."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/china-slams-us-lawmakers-
for-nominating-activists-for-prize/2018/02/02/84fb85ba-0802-11e8-aa61-
f3391373867e_story.html?utm_term=.595834653ef1 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 How states are changing teacher pension plans
By Katie Lobosco April 4, 2018: 10:26 AM ET
Starting next year, new teachers hired in Kentucky probably won't get a
traditional pension.
Neither will new teachers in Pennsylvania. Pensions are already a thing of
the past for teachers in Michigan, Rhode Island and Tennessee.
In most cases these teachers are offered what's called a hybrid plan, which
combines elements of a traditional pension and a 401(k)-style account.
Generally, they shift more of th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 24 下游抱怨竞争不过国外的competitors了， 工作要流失了
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/12/business-execs-voice-worries-about-the-
impact-of-tariffs.html
An array of business executives are expressing alarm to federal lawmakers
Thursday about the impact that tariffs will have on their business.
Kevin Kennedy, president of a steel fabrication business in Texas, says
tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have led U.S. steel producers to raise
their prices by 40 percent. He says that's shifting work to competitors
outside th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 25 Probes起因和中兴有很大关系， 已经probe了一年
”Internal ZTE documents posted on the Commerce Department website cited a
rival, referred to only as “F7,” as also violating U.S. export controls in
sales of equipment to Iran.
A group of Republican lawmakers pushed the Trump administration last April
to investigate and identify F7, citing news reports that have highlighted
the similarities between the company described in the documents and Huawei.
The FBI and OFAC investigations into Huawei have been going on since ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 149 | 26 House committee rebukes Trump on ZTE
BY NIV ELISTWEET SHARE EMAIL
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously accepted an amendment to an
appropriations bill on Thursday that reinforces sanctions against Chinese
telecommunications company ZTE, a rebuke to President Trump, who
earlier this week tweeted support for the company.
"This amendment would prevent the Commerce Department from renegotiation
of the sanctions it just enacted last month on ZTE," sa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3833 | 27 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: atxt (文本一), 信区: USANews
标 题: Geogia共和党议员Jason Spencer侮辱中国留学生
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 25 02:02:21 2018, 美东)
Jason Spencer, a Georgia state lawmake 共和党议员侮辱中国留学生. In a show,
Spencer
imitated a Chinese accent in an exercise that had him pretending to be a
Chinese tourist in an attempt to take a photo under a person's burqa. 模仿中
国留学生偷拍女性裙底走光, 已经宣布辞职. For more details , see CNN: Georgia
lawmaker who came under fire after yelling 'n-word' on 'Who Is America?'
says he'll ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: atxt (文本一), 信区: USANews
标 题: Geogia共和党议员Jason Spencer侮辱中国留学生
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 25 02:02:21 2018, 美东)
Jason Spencer, a Georgia state lawmake 共和党议员侮辱中国留学生. In a show,
Spencer
imitated a Chinese accent in an exercise that had him pretending to be a
Chinese tourist in an attempt to take a photo under a person's burqa. 模仿中
国留学生偷拍女性裙底走光, 已经宣布辞职. For more details , see CNN: Georgia
lawmaker who came under fire after yelling 'n-word' on 'Who Is America?'
says he'll ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5093 | 29 [ 据侨报纽约网报道/消息 ] 华人聚居的布碌仑宾臣墟区5日惊现侮辱华人的种族歧视
涂鸦，这些涂鸦均出现在华人店铺与住所墙上，且内容一模一样，咒骂“华人的下体像
鱼一样臭”(Chinese Cunts Stink Like Fish)。案发后，众多民选官员纷纷对这一仇
恨犯罪行径表示震惊和谴责，并要求警方尽快将作案者抓捕归案。
5日本来是一个美好的周日，但布碌仑宾臣墟区却被出现在4个地点的辱华涂鸦所震惊。
这些种族歧视涂鸦使用了在英语里十分忌讳且带有强烈侮辱的“Cunts”字，并分别出
现在位于布碌仑83街交19大道的一家华人住所院墙上，85街交新卓越大道(New Utrecht
Ave)的一栋建筑上，位于86街2041号一间已停业的华人99店大门上，以及位于86街
2028号的一间同样歇业的华人超市墙上。
4个地点均有发现
这些歧视华人的涂鸦“Chinese Cunts Stink Like Fish”，很明显是作案者提前
制作了专业模板，然后喷涂在上述4个地点。记者在85街交新卓越大道碰到的华裔青年
王先生对在宾臣墟区发生如此恶劣事件表示愤慨，并说区内的大多数人都很友好，相信
该事... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 30 president privately called Sessions a “traitor,” saying: “This guy is
mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner . . . He couldn’t
even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”
南方红脖子突然发现自己的偶像纽约人疮破私底下认为南方人是智障，草。。。。
Southern Republican senators defended Jeff Sessions after an explosive new
book by Bob Woodward recounted how President Trump called his attorney
general a “dumb Southerner” and mocked his accent.
In the forthcoming chronicle of Trump’s White House, “Fear,” Woodwa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1337 | 31 U.S. Hits Chinese Unit in New Phase of Sanctions on Russia -- Update
Today 3:40 PM ET (Dow Jones)Print
By Ian Talley
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration imposed sanctions against one of
China's central military-research units for two Russian arms deals, widening
its target list as it launches a new phase of Washington's escalating
sanctions campaign against Moscow.
The U.S. Treasury and State Departments, using a new sanctions power
mandated by Congress last year to target Moscow's intelligen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2555 | 32 ANKARA, Turkey -- The Turkish president presented no new evidence on Tuesday
from his country's investigation into the killing of Saudi writer Jamal
Khashoggi, as skepticism intensified about Saudi Arabia's account that he
died accidentally in its consulate in Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan had said he would "go into detail" about the case that has shocked
the world and raised suspicions that a Saudi hit squad planned Khashoggi's
killing after he walked into the consulate on Oct. 2, an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1926 | 34 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-25/trump-muses-privately-
about-ending-postwar-japan-defense-pact
President Donald Trump has recently mused to confidants about withdrawing
from a longstanding defense treaty with Japan that he thinks treats the U.S.
unfairly, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Trump regards the accord as too one-sided because it promises U.S aid if
Japan is ever attacked but doesn’t oblige Japan’s military to come to
America’s defense, the people ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 35 弹劾案的关键证人无视疮聚聚的阻止今天去国会作证。 国会将不公布其他作证官员名
单以免庞培鸥出面阻拦。
Ambassador Sondland will testify next week over the State Department’s
objections, his lawyer says.
Gordon D. Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, has
agreed to comply with a House subpoena and testify next week, despite the
State Department’s instruction to him not to appear before lawmakers, Mr.
Sondland’s lawyer said Friday. He was prepared to testify on Tuesday, but
the Trump administration directed him not to in the 11th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10330 | 36 Boeing manager tried to halt 737 Max production before fatal crashes,
lawmaker says
OCT. 29, 2019 4:59 PM
A Boeing Co. manager sought to halt production of the 737 Max over safety
concerns before the first of two fatal crashes that led to the jet’s
worldwide grounding, a top House lawmaker charged Tuesday.
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), the chairman of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee, included the new allegations in a prepared
statement for a hearing Wednesday at which Boeing... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 37 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: 10345 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 GunsAndGears 讨论区 】
发信人: Commissar (柯密同志), 信区: GunsAndGears
标 题: 记住这些是自由的敌人
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 16 22:21:36 2014, 美东)
New movie will make NRA ‘wish they weren’t alive,’ says Obama backer
Weinstein
Famed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is no stranger to controversy. But
Weinstein says he’s turned his sights on his biggest target yet: the
National Rifle Association.
“I shouldn’t say this. I’m going to make a movie with Meryl Streep, and
we’re going to take this issue head on and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 39 Iowa Lawmakers Fail to Push Marriage Ban
By Ryan Holman
test marriage in Iowa x 390
The Chicago Tribune reports that Republican lawmakers failed on Tuesday to
garner enough support to bring a constitutional amendment to ban gay
marriage to the floor of the Iowa legislature, both houses of which are
controlled by Democrats. The failure of a procedural move to force the
measure out of committee means that voters will likely not confront the
issue until 2014.
Senate minority leader Paul McKinley im |
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发帖数: 19713 | 40 大家还记得本版和老俱乐部介绍过的犹他州那个女同性恋议员吗？我们曾经介绍过两条
关于她的新闻：1。她正在为一对男同伴侣做代孕母亲；2。她在不久前的一次州议会例
会上以一段女同性恋诗人的作品代替传统的经文作为开场白。她现在宣布不再竞选下一
届州议员席位了，可惜啊。
Utah Lawmaker Not Running for Reelection
By Michelle Garcia
Gay Utah lawmaker Christine Johnson announced that she will not seek
reelection this year.
Johnson, a two-term state representative, said that she saw hypocrisy among
her colleagues in the state house chambers, according to The Salt Lake
Tribune.
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 N.J. Lawmakers Oppose Gay Marriage
By Kenneth Harvey
NJ MARRIAGE FAILS X390 (SCOTT MCPHERSON) | ADVOCATE.COM
Three Republican lawmakers filed a motion Monday to intervene and oppose a
New Jersey lawsuit to secure same-sex marriage.
Senators Anthony R. Bucco and Gerald Cardinale, with Assemblyman Michael
Patrick Carroll, are being represented by Alliance Defense Fund, the
Christian-based group that helped file the suit.
“There's more to marriage than just any two people in a committed
relationshi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 42 Ohio Lesbian Could Be First Out State Lawmaker
By Julie Bolcer
OHIO STATE HOUSE X390 (.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
Lakewood city councilwoman Nickie Antonio won the Democratic primary for
District 13 in the Ohio state house Tuesday. The openly lesbian legislator
is poised to become the first out state lawmaker in Ohio after the general
election this fall.
District 13 incorporates Lakewood and parts of Cleveland. In November,
Antonio is expected to defeat independent candidate Jeremy Caldwell, who
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 In realpolitik the flip side of punishment is reward, where the same
substantial resources that defeated incumbents who vote against marriage
equality can also be allocated to protect lawmakers who support the bill.
The lesson could prove critical in courting Republicans, as at least four
and possibly as many as eight GOP senators are believed to be willing to
support the bill under the right conditions, which their camp argues failed
to materialize last year.
“There were at least four Republica... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 44 By TERRY TANG and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Terry Tang And Amanda
Lee Myers, Associated Press – 10 mins ago
TUCSON, Ariz. – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head
Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a
meeting with constituents, killing a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and
wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
Giffords was among at least 10 people wounded, and the hospital said her
outlook was "optimistic"... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 Posted on Advocate.com January 13, 2011
Civil Union Talks Resume in Hawaii
By Michelle Garcia
BLAKE OSHIRO X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Under the leadership of a new governor who supports gays and lesbians,
Hawaiian lawmakers are looking to resubmit a bill to legalize civil unions
after the legislature reconvenes in Honolulu next week.
Rep. Blake Oshiro (pictured), who is gay, told KITV that he wants to push
the bill through early in the legislative term so that lawmakers can focus
more time on "the eco... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted on Advocate.com January 21, 2011
Marriage in Maryland by April?
By Julie Bolcer
Maryland advocates and a leading lawmaker projected confidence that a
marriage equality bill could pass the state general assembly by early April,
while they also predicted success for a gender identity antidiscrimination
measure.
“We’re in a really great position to be advancing a marriage bill and an
anti-discrimination bill,” said Cameron Tolle, online organizer for Freedom
to Marry, which cohosted a confer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 47 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 | 48 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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发帖数: 4174 | 49 Posted on Advocate.com March 31, 2011
Shumlin Pushes for Marriage Equality in R.I.
By Julie Bolcer
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin spoke about his state’s journey toward
marriage equality in Rhode Island, where he urged lawmakers to put aside any
fears and vote on the right side of history.
Shumlin visited Thursday afternoon at the invitation of Marriage Equality
Rhode Island, which organized a news conference in Providence with Rhode
Island governor Lincoln Chafee. The Vermont governor also met ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 50 退而求其次改CU了，真是可惜啊！
R.I.: Civil Unions Bill Introduced
By Advocate.com Editors
RALLY Statehouse Providence, R.I., May 3, 2011 X390 (AP) ADVOCATE.COM
Legislation to establish civil unions for same-sex couples was introduced in
Rhode Island Tuesday, as marriage equality advocates rallying at the state
capitol denounced the move as a watered-down compromise.
Leaders of the state house of representatives decided to support civil
unions legislation after concluding there were not enough votes to pass a
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