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Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
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This is unbelievable. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) wants to rename the the current AIDS relief bill after Jesse Helms . SA 5074. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and for other purposes; which was ordered...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms. Helms, of course, was a strident foe of HIV/AIDS prevention, research and treatment. The blog Joe.My.God recalls some of Helms' notable moments in AIDS relief: Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as "so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up." Jesse...
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Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Dolly Parton, Allison Janney, Megan Hilty and Stephanie J. Block were all on hand at the New 42nd Street Studios in NYC yesterday for a press conference to announce the opening date and theater home of 9 to 5: The Musical. Here are a few pics from yesterday’s event and some information on the [...]
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ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Wow. Senators on the Judiciary Committee posed questions on a lot of issues to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, but there is very little to be happy about. Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) chose to start his questioning by talking about the politicization of the Department of Justice. He starts with the obvious. He asks Mukasey, when you arrived at the DOJ, was it politicized? Mukasey says when he arrived,...
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Capitol Briefing (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
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Ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) made a dramatic return to the Senate today, interrupting his cancer treatments to travel to Washington and cast the decisive vote in favor of proceeding to final passage on a Medicare bill. Kennedy's return was a closely-guarded secret up until the moment he walked up to the chamber's doors surrounded by security. His arrival and vote prompted his colleagues to...
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filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
As the poster child for the Hollywood Ten during the Anti-Communist hysteria of the late '40s/early '50s, one of the darkest and most unsavory moments in recent American history, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, , A Guy Named Joe) was a passionate, cranky, ill-tempered force of nature, the perfect foil for the mealy and mercenary denizens of the House Un-American Activities Committee....
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Just An Online Minute (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
When I received the invitation to Thrillist's JetVegas launch party of debauchery, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to give Vegas another chance. Low/no cost can convince even the most stubborn hater to revisit a less than fond first impression location. Upon arrival to JFK, I flip flopped into Gate 6 to the sound of Frank Sinatra's doppelganger and two sparkly showgirls. Ok, this was going...
