Robert Oscar Lopez: Growing up with two moms Quite simply, growing up with gay parents was very difficult, and not because of prejudice from neighbors. People in our community didn’t really know what was going on in the house. To most outside observers, I was a well-raised, high-achieving child, finishing high school with straight A’s. Inside, however, I was confused. When your home life is so drastically different from everyone
August 5, 2012
August 5, 2012
“Many gays don’t realize what a blessing it was to be reared in a traditional home.” [Darleen Click]
August 5, 2012
Shooting at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin [Darleen Click]
Still evolving situation – from CNN A shooting at Sikh temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, left at least three people wounded and one gunman killed by a police officer, authorities said. The officer was wounded but “returned fire, and that shooter was put down,” said Bradley Wentlandt, the police chief in nearby Greenfield, who briefed reporters. Wentlandt called it “an ongoing and very fluid
August 5, 2012
How will the US Army fight you?
Big brother is watching. And he’ll be damned if you upstart revolutionaries pull a “fuck you, King George” on him: A key and understudied aspect of full spectrum operations is how to conduct these operations within American borders. If we face a period of persistent global conflict as outlined in successive National Security Strategy documents, then Army officers are professionally obligated to consider the conduct of operations on U.S. soil.
August 5, 2012
Margin Call
Let me slip this clip up before the day’s posting. If you haven’t seen this film, do so. It is remarkable. Then extrapolate. #OccupyStealItBack? No; this is not that. Never once in history or in forecast has reform been stolen back from theft. But reform? As necessary, and as difficult, as curing cancer. UPDATE: RUSH: You know, there’s a movie you ought to go see. I like this movie so