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Cuomos and the Homos

> Hoping to boost his support in the gay community, attorney-general hopeful Andrew Cuomo picked up the endorsement of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. > "We could do no better in the lesbian and gay community than having Andrew Cuomo in this job," Quinn said during a

Caligula?

> The Spanish Prime Minister, JosÃ© Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been compared to the Roman Emperor Caligula by a leading Catholic Bishop over Spain's legalisation of same-sex marriage. > In a vicious personal attack on the Prime Minister, Bishop Antonio Algora told Spanish newspapers, "If Zapatero

Danish Pastries

We can snicker too much, afterÂ ridiculously trying to renameÂ fries "freedom fries":Â > Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."Bakeries across the capital were

Where Were the Rocks and Fires?

Back in July 2001 (pre 9/11), South Park portrayed Muhammad in its cartoon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Best_Friends]. Why no hubbub back then? South Park was surely much more widely broadcast that those Danish cartoons. What's going on? Were Muslims in the Middle East

Grease

Find the worst example, then make a lawsuit out of it, hoping to establish precedent. That's the ACLU's way. Find the worst example, then make a feature story out of it, hoping to establish the ridiculousness of the other side. That's the New York

New CNBC

> News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said he plans to launch a rival to business news channel CNBC by the end of 2006, according to an article in the February 13 issue of Newsweek magazine [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060205/bs_nm/media_newscorp_murdoch_dc]. The Left&

Democrats Courting Catholics

"Please join the party of licentious sexual activity and efforts to protect it [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/31/democrats_courting_catholics/] ."

Must Admit Taliban

From London Times: > A university Christian Union has been suspended and had its bank account frozen after refusing to open its membership to people of all religions [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2008732,00.html].

Cuomo Not a Homo

I guess I was still recovering from my outing at the drinking club Tuesday night. I missed this hilarious NYC dispute: > Former Mayor Ed Koch slammed Andrew Cuomo last night, contending the attorney general hopeful misled Manhattan gay activists by denying that his father's 1977 mayoral campaign

Commentary on Canadian Election

The brilliant David Warren [http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?artID=562]. Excerpt: > [T]he Conservatives did not win a single seat in Montreal, Toronto, or Vancouver -- our three largest cities. Let me enlarge on remarks I have made in many previous columns, applying the famous Red State/Blue