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January Jones: My Son’s Father Is Not The Public’s Business

http://celebritybabyscoop.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:28 +0000

January Jones has remained mum on the identity of her sons father and she intends to continue doing so.

Thats my sons business, January told The New York Times of 1-year-old Xanders father. Its not the publics business.

And she says a Hollywood legend advised her to remain private.

Jack Nicholson once told me: You should never give your personal life away, otherwise people will pick you apart. Theyll never believe in your character, the Mad Men actress said.

Women should have lots of secrets, January added. Its our right to have secrets. Otherwise, what would we write in our memoirs?

The blonde beauty went on to talk fashion. Most of my choices are my ultramodern and very thought-out, she said.But the red carpet, meanwhile, I want to do things that are shocking, she said.

In many... [View Full Article]

DISGUSTING! 24 Moore Oklahoma Children Dead But Dem Senator Whitehouse Uses Tragedy To Bash GOP

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:53:00 +0000

[Source - YID With LID]

What a disgusting individual. There is no other way for it to describe him. As I watch the unimaginable devastation in Moore Oklahoma, where 51 people have been reported dead so far, where 24 young children drowned in the basement of an elementary school-- one disgusting individual Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is using the tragedy in an attempt to score political points.

Whitehouse blamed the tornadoes on Global Warming and on the GOP for not believing in the global warming hoax.

So, you may have a question for me, Whitehouse said. Why do you care? Why do you, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, care if we Republicans run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings and disgrace ourselves? Ill tell you why. Were stuck in this together. We are

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WATCH: “Glee’s” Unique Brings Down The House For NYC AIDS Walk

http://queerty.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:05 +0000

[Source - Queerty - Free of an agenda. Except that gay one - The gay blog]

Alex Newell, better known as Unique from Glee, got New York Citys AIDS Walk off to a rousing start on Sunday with a stirring rendition of I Know Where Ive Been that stirred legendary vocal powerhouse Martha Wash seen taking notes in the right hand corner out of her seat.

Gay Man Shot To Death In NYC Hate Crime

http://boxturtlebulletin.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:25:49 +0000

[Source - Box Turtle Bulletin]

Mark Carson

Shortly after midnight Friday night, Mark Carson, 32, was gunned down in New Yorks WestVillage by an assailant shouting anti-gay epithets. Police identified the shooter as Elliot Morales, 33. Morales and two other men were apparently looking for a fight in Greenwich Village:

Sources said Carson and his 31-year-old friend were dressed in tank tops and cut-off shorts with boots.Look at these fs, one of cts creatcts creat the paat the pair. What are you, gay wrestlers?

The two groups exchanged words, but Carson and his pal decided it was walk awa walk away.But as they turned the corner, the suspect and one of his cohorts confronted the pair again and taunted them by shouting f-t and queer, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

One of the bigots got nervous and ran away as... [View Full Article]

White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553 — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:48 +0000

[Source - Politics - Political News & Updates- msnbc.com]
The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative groups in late April, though the top administration spokesman maintained on Monday that President Barack Obama was not notified of the emerging controversy at that time.White House press secretary Jay Carney, in a bid to further the administration's public response to revelations that the IR...

Russian Sociology Under Assault

http://globalvoicesonline.org — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:01 +0000

[Source - Global Voices Online]

Science isnt safe in Russia today. That, anyway, was Lev Gudkovs message this morning in a public statement published[ru] to the website of the Levada Center, one of Russias oldest and best-respected sociological research organizations. The institute is also home to scholars with attitudes widely critical of the Putin regime. Gudkov, who leads the Center, announced that prosecutors in Moscow contacted him five days ago, on May 15, to issue an official warning that his outfit is operating in violation of a recently minted federal law requiring politically-active NGOs receiving funds from abroad to register with the government as foreign agents.

Gudkov posted to slideshare.netscans[ru] of the Moscow prosecutors official warning, as well as his own public appeal in defense of the Levada... [View Full Article]

One In Every Five U.S. Kids Has A Mental Health Disorder, But Most Of Them Aren’t Getting Treatment

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:43 +0000

[Source - Wonk Room » Home Page]

(Credit: Fox News)

Mental health issues affect approximately 20 percent of the kids in the United States, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC, which partnered with several other federal agencies to study data on childhood mental illness between 2005 and 2011, say they expect that rate to increase even further in the coming years.

The mental health issues that affect children include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, mood and anxiety disorders, behavioral disorders, substance abuse, and Tourette Syndrome. The CDC found that ADHD was the most commonly reported mental disorder, affecting about 4.2 million children between the ages of 3 and 17. About 1.2 million children in that age group are battling depression,... [View Full Article]

Deputy speaker's offices searched by police investigating rape claims

http://guardian.co.uk/politics — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:10 +0000

[Source - Politics | guardian.co.uk]

Lancashire police search rooms in parliament occupied by Nigel Evans MP

Detectives investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault against the deputy speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans have searched his parliamentary offices, it has emerged.

Lancashire police officers entered parliament on Sunday to examine rooms occupied by Evans, 55, and his staff. He was arrested on 4 May after claims that he raped one man and sexually assaulted another between 2009 and 2013 accusations he said were "completely false". A third man has come forward alleging another sexual assault, it was reported this weekend.

John Bercow, the Speaker, told MPs at the start of parliamentary business that a warrant had been issued at Preston crown court on 16 May. "I considered the warrant personally and was... [View Full Article]

As Koch Industries Ramps Up Attack On ‘Left-Leaning’ Media, WNET Dumps David Koch From Board

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:17:37 +0000

[Source - Wonk Room » Home Page]

by Brad Johnson, campaign manager of Forecast the Facts

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, New York Citys flagship public television station, WNET, has dropped the richest man in New York, carbon pollution billionaire David Koch, from its board of trustees. Days before the monthly board meeting on May 16, Kochs name was removed from the WNET website. Koch had been a board member since 2006. Koch has been funding WNET since 1986.

The severance of Kochs longstanding relationship with WNET which not only serves the New York City area but also produces national programs such as Charlie Rose, Nature, and Great Performances comes at a time of increasing tension between Kochs anti-regulatory, climate-polluting industrial empire and the educational mission of public television.

The inherent... [View Full Article]

The Left’s Cold War Revenge in Guatemala

http://babalublog.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:25 +0000

[Source - Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator]

Mary Anastasia O'Grady in the Wall Street Journal:

The Left's Cold War Revenge in Guatemala

The history behind an absurd court ruling that Gen. Rios Montt is guilty of genocide.

By now even casual readers of Latin American news know that a Guatemalan court has ruled Gen. Efran Ros Montt guilty of genocide against the Ixil Indians during the 16 months from March 1982 to August 1983 that he was the country's head of state. More difficult to learn from ubiquitous press reports is how far the narrative used to convict the 86-year-old Mr. Ros Montt departs from reality.

The 36-year war between communist guerrillas and the Guatemalan state that ended with peace agreements in 1996 was bloody and torturous. Both sides committed atrocities. Thousands died. Indians and mixed-race Guatemalans living... [View Full Article]