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28 Jun 2009 12:07

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Sports: Aww. Chicago Cubs coach Lou Pinella apologizes to Milton Bradley

  • Pinella says Bradley’s shenanigans need to stop, though. On Friday, Milton Bradley got booted from a game and told to go home after he caused an unnecessary scene. On Saturday, the manager that booted him from the game, Lou Pinella (who’s been called soft lately), backed off a little and apologized, but did expect change from the top-tier Cubs acquisition. “But I also told him that just can’t continue,” Pinella said, “to have shenanigans that we’ve put up with. I told him he’s going to hurt somebody, he’s going to hurt himself.” Bradley and Pinella had a long chat and now they’re cool again. Yay. source
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28 Jun 2009 11:58

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Culture: Grown-up kids of gay parents say they’re normal, well-adjusted

  • You can imagine what my parents thought when I was 13 and listening to Rush Limbaugh everyday. But my family had strong family values. I was raised in a loving, caring household that let me be a free thinker.
  • Republican activist Jesse Levey • Who grew up in a household with two lesbian mothers, but ended up becoming a perfectly normal heterosexual male. Despite his party’s overarching stance, he thinks his parents should be able to marry. Levey, of course, is not alone – lots of children of gay parents grew up to be perfectly normal. By the way, in this article, a guy who admits to having no experience with gay families, Dale O’Leary, is quoted as an expert. He’s shilling his book, “One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage.” Here’s our question to you: Is this balance, or just a hilariously misguided attempt to get the other side of the argument? • source
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28 Jun 2009 11:52

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World: Iran’s attempts to graft outside influence on the protests continue

  • u.s. Yesterday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered a scathing rebuke of U.S. President Barack Obama for giving support to protesters. The Iranian president played like Obama was meddling; the GOP wishes Obama would a little more.
  • u.k. And today, the British government’s escalating tensions with the country hit a head when Iran arrested nine embassy employees in Tehran. Foreign Secretary David Miliband was not very happy with this at all.
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28 Jun 2009 11:38

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World: Wanna make some quick cash? Bring Baitullah Mehsud to justice

  • $615,000 if you nab the Taliban leader source
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28 Jun 2009 11:30

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World: Just this morning, Jose Manuel Zelaya didn’t see a coup coming

  • Everything was in place for the coup and if the U.S. embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not … I’m only still here in office thanks to the United States.
  • (Uh, former) Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya • Quoted this morning in Spain’s El Pais as saying he would not in fact, be couped. Way to speak too soon. Zelaya tried to put in a referendum which the country’s Supreme Court decided was unconstitutional. He said he was going to do it anyway. He had completely noble reasons for the non-binding referendum, he said, which would have encouraged a constitutional referendum at the same time as the 2010 elections to allow for future presidents to be re-elected. Instead, he’s been put into exile. • source
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28 Jun 2009 11:20

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World: Honduras’ president, Jose Manuel Zelaya, just got couped today

He tried to put a referendum on a second referendum to allow for re-election of presidents. Instead, he got arrested by the military. source
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28 Jun 2009 03:48

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World: In case you forgot, Iran’s protests are still going on. Here’s a live update

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