Image by erjkprunczyk via FlickrSource: PinkNews.co.uk - Feb 8
Human rights groups have called on the British government to intervene in an asylum case which could see openly gay Alvin Gahimbaze deported to Burundi.
Refugee charity, ‘Everyone Group’ told Pinknews.co.uk:
“We have just received news that Alvin Gahimbaze, has been removed from his home by the British authorities and taken to a London detention centre to await deportation back to Burundi after the Border Immigration Agency turned down his application for asylum.”
Last year the government of Burundi criminalised homosexuality, punishing offenders with up to two years in prison.
“His life will ...
Murtha was the first hawk to stand up and say that we needed to bring our troops home.
From TPM:
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) has died at the age of 77, after serving in Congress for 36 years.
Murtha had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit last week due to complications following a gall bladder surgery.
Murtha’s office released the following statement this afternoon:
Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family.Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.
First elected to ...
Elizabeth Warren
I love this woman.
From HuffPost:
Bailout watchdog and Middle Class advocate Elizabeth Warren has accused Wall Street CEOs of abusing consumer trust and challenged them to step up and support financial reform — for the nation’s benefit as well as their own.
In an opinion piece to be published in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, Warren writes:
For years, Wall Street CEOs have thrown away customer trust like so much worthless trash.
Banks and brokers have sold deceptive mortgages for more than a decade. Financial wizards made billions by packaging and repackaging those loans into securities. And federal regulators played the role ...
Dang! One of you varmits is a rattler.The above cartoon is the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #228. Let me know if you come up with any captions too. Click on the link above to enter. ...
I ended yesterday with some lo-def desiring of GALEN GERING. So, what better way to start this morning than with some higher resolution glorification of the obviously ogle-worthy olive-skinned soap hunk. While a full chest of hair is ideal, I get a charge over the little wisps of hair on his nips and that hairy forearm makes me drool. ...
Want to keep your Super Bowl XLIV fever going? Then check out Mechadude's continuing coverage of the hot meat of the championship winners, the New Orleans Saints. ...
Young Vic is a captivating performance-art editorial by Ram Shergill in the current issue #3 of Drama magazine.
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