Oh, this is just delicious. As we've noted on previous occasions, the Obama administration is no enemy of executive orders and fancy ways to execute power plays. The White House has made clear it's just fine using signing statements to bypass laws, passed by Congress, that it deems, by way of the Constitution, too limiting [...]
As the battle over televising the federal Prop 8 trial continues (five cities will get a live feed), one of Perry v. Schwarzenegger's defendants/intervenors, Hak-Shing William Tam, is asking the court of the eve of the trial's start to from the lawsuit. How come? Well, he fears you gay rights supporters are going to hunt [...]
A new State Department directive, sent via cable to U.S. embassies araround the world instructing them to follow Obama's June orders and ask host countries to issue visas to the same-sex partners of foreign service officers (FSOs) unless that would cause a shit fit, reads in part: "EXCEPTION TO ACTION REQUEST: Posts that are of [...]
Fresno Stonewall Democrats will meet on Wednesday, January 13, 2009 at Carrow’s Restaurant, 4280 N. Blackstone at Ashlan in Fresno. Dinner and social 6 P.M. Meeting 7 P.M. We will be discussing the current policies of the Obama administration in Afghanistan as well as participation in local activities. Fresno Stonewall Democrats represents the interests of the [...]
What could be more inherently Fresno-ish then changing the name of something while keeping everything else exactly the same. Restaurants, bars and businesses do it all the time in this damn city. Coincidentally this is what a local businessman, Case Lawrence, suggests Fresno do to itself in an op-ed in the Fresno Bee. To wit: Fresno [...]
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