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  • Texas confirms 1st monkeypox death; could be 1st in US

    08/30/2022 10:46:21 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 65 replies
    KTLA ^ | Updated: Aug 30, 2022 / 10:34 AM PDT | by: Jaclyn Ramkissoon, Nexstar Media Wire
    State health leaders confirmed Tuesday the first death in Texas of a person who was diagnosed with monkeypox, and it could be the first in the United States. The Texas Department of State Health Services said the person — an adult from Harris County — was “severely immunocompromised.” The death is being investigated to learn what role monkeypox played. State health leaders explained that for most people, monkeypox is painful but not life-threatening. “Monkeypox is a serious disease, particularly for those with weakened immune systems,” Dr. John Hellerstedt, DSHS commissioner, said in a news release. “We continue to urge people...
  • [New Orleans] Free outdoor concert during Southern Decadence called off because of monkeypox fears

    08/19/2022 9:45:46 AM PDT · by Ebenezer · 41 replies
    Nola.com ^ | August 17, 2022 | Keith Spera
    The producer of the Bourbon Street Extravaganza, one of Southern Decadence’s signature events, has canceled the free outdoor concert over concerns about the monkeypox virus. Thousands of revelers were expected to gather Sept. 3 at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets outside the gay bar Napoleon’s Itch to hear dance music diva Jeanie Tracy and other singers. This was to have been the Bourbon Street Extravaganza’s celebratory return after two years of cancellations prompted by the COVID pandemic.
  • Monkeypox Case Suspected in Israel, the 12th Country to Be Affected

    05/20/2022 2:55:02 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 86 replies
    MSN ^ | 5-20-22 | Fatma Khaled
    Israel reported on Friday its first suspected case of the monkeypox virus at Tel Aviv hospital where a man who reportedly came back from a trip to Western Europe was hospitalized. Ichilov Hospital said that the man showed symptoms of the disease, but his condition is currently not life threatening, and he is being monitored while quarantining, Haaretz reported. Those infected with monkeypox usually experience fever, chills, a rash and lesions on the face and other parts of the body. The Israeli Health Ministry said on Thursday that it is taking measures to protect against a potential outbreak across Israel...
  • Fires and Explosions Destroy 20+ Food Processing Plants Moments After Biden Warns of Food Shortages

    04/21/2022 8:54:53 PM PDT · by bitt · 44 replies
    weloverump ^ | 4/21/2022 | daniel
    What are the odds? Just after Joe Biden warned the nation of “very real” food shortages, multiple food processing plants and food companies were destroyed or damaged. Multiple fires and explosions have been reported at these plants across the nation. But here’s the thing: fires and explosions are rare at food companies. Trending: Secret Audio Recording Catches MSM In A New Huge Lie About Trump! Sure, it happens occasionally. That’s what you call an emergency. But what are the odds of multiple “emergencies” happening just as Biden warns of food shortages? In fact, over 20 food processing plants were shut...
  • Meet the queer vanguard of country music

    03/05/2022 11:42:26 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 109 replies
    CNN ^ | Scottie Andrew
    […]Singing gay love songs once killed the careers of artists like Patrick Haggerty, whose band Lavender Country in 1973 released what's widely considered the first country album recorded by an out gay performer. Even artists who came out decades later, like k.d. lang and Chely Wright, said their careers stalled after they made their sexuality public.Now, out queer people are some of the most celebrated country stars. Brandi Carlile and Lil Nas X are Grammy winners. T.J. Osborne, one half of the Brothers Osbourne, came out last year, the first out gay artist signed to a major country label. Trixie...
  • Homophobia Bill Sparks Protests in Italy

    07/20/2020 6:30:29 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 3 replies
    Church Militant ^ | 7/17/20 | Jules Gomes
    Salvini shows up, bishops stay awayROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Thousands of protestors across Italy are demonstrating against a draconian "homotransphobia" bill which threatens to criminalize the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality and transgenderism. Prominent parliamentarians Matteo Salvini and Vito Comencini from the Lega party joined hundreds of Catholics and evangelicals in the Rome protest at Piazza Montecitorio Thursday, but the bishops were conspicuous by their absence. "The danger of the bill getting through parliament is very serious," Comencini told Church Militant at the protest. "The majority of the government is ideologically freighted, there is a strong LGBT lobby, and [former Prime...
  • Buttigieg's attempts to rally religious voters may not sway evangelicals

    08/25/2019 10:43:03 AM PDT · by Monrose72 · 73 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 08-25-19 | Jeffrey Cimmino
    South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg may have an uphill battle drawing some Iowa voters to his blend of progressive politics and religion. Buttigieg "comes off as a great guy," said Bob Vander Plaats, president of conservative Iowa Christian organization The Family Leader, but "his policies don't align with where we believe Scripture is and where we believe the faith is at and what's in the best interest of our country." "If the policies don’t line up, I think Iowans — and more than that Americans who are evangelical — are wise enough to see through that," Vander Plaats told...
  • Manhattan renters close on getaway (log) cabin in West Milford

    11/11/2015 11:53:01 AM PST · by Coleus · 20 replies
    northjersey.com ^ | October 4, 2015 | DONNA ROLANDO
      Jim Alcorn/Special to The Record   When "Something Rotten!" actor Aaron Kaburick and stage manager Patrick Wetzel aren't at Broadway's St. James Theatre or their Manhattan residence, chances are they're enjoying their log cabin on West Milford's Pinecliff Lake. From the neon lights of Broadway and their work on the new musical "Something Rotten!" to the serenity of West Milford's Pinecliff Lake, where the only illumination comes from the stars, two Manhattan renters couldn't come up with a more different setting for their first home.  But that is what Aaron Kaburick and Patrick Wetzel wanted in a getaway home. ...
  • Angie’s List Revenue Grows Less Than Expected ("paid membership fell 27%")

    07/22/2015 5:40:51 AM PDT · by 11th_VA · 33 replies
    WSJ ^ | July 22, 2015 7:34 a.m. ET | Angela Chen
    Consumer-services marketplace books a loss of $8.3 million Angie’s List Inc. said Wednesday its revenue grew 11%, but it was less than analysts had expected as gross paid membership additions fell 27% for the services marketplace and consumer-review company....
  • Poll to FReep:Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriages?

    06/26/2015 3:20:20 PM PDT · by AZ .44 MAG · 41 replies
    Tucson News Now (TV 13) ^ | 6-26-2015 | Tucson News Now (TV 13)
    Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriages? Yes No
  • Poll to FReep: Do you agree with the Supreme Court's ruling that declared gay marriage < snip >

    06/26/2015 2:52:39 PM PDT · by AZ .44 MAG · 39 replies
    News 4 Tucson ^ | 6-26-2015 | News 4 Tucson
    Poll Question: Do you agree with the Supreme Court's ruling that declared gay marriage bans nationwide unconstitutional?
  • CDC Official: We’re Seeing ‘Epidemic of Syphilis’ Among Gay Men

    04/25/2015 11:38:15 AM PDT · by xzins · 141 replies
    CNS ^ | April 23, 2015 | Penny Starr
    A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official cited an “epidemic” of syphilis among homosexual men during an event Thursday by a lobbying group pushing for an increase in federal funding for sexually transmitted disease prevention from $157 million to $212 million. “We’re also seeing what we are calling pretty much an epidemic of syphilis among men who have sex with men – that really started in the early – 2000, 2002, but we’ve seen a dramatic increase since 2008,” Dr. Gail Bolan, director of CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, said at a briefing by the National Coalition of STD...
  • Combat troops to get gay sensitivity training

    02/24/2011 9:39:57 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 92 replies
    Washington Times ^ | Feb. 24, 2011 | Rowan Scarborough
    American combat troops will get sensitivity training directly on the battlefield about the military’s new policy on gays instead of waiting until they return to home base in the United States, the senior enlisted man in Afghanistan said Thursday. The Pentagon is launching an extensive force-wide program to ease the process of integrating open homosexuals into the ranks, including into close-knit fighting units. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, the top enlisted man in Afghanistan where 100,000 U.S. troops are deployed, said that the sessions on respecting gays’ rights will go right down to the forward operating bases, where troops...
  • LPGA in Lockstep Caves to Radical Homosexual Agenda

    12/07/2010 6:10:09 AM PST · by scottfactor · 24 replies
    scottfactor.com ^ | 12/07/2010 | Gina Miller
    The world is wickedly insane, and America is not far behind. I have watched for years as inch by inch our country has marched steadily toward immorality that would shock the Americans of only 60 years ago. Things that would never have been accepted in the mainstream then are ho-hum routine today, and the rallying cry of the immoral left is, “We must move into the 21st century like the rest of the world!” I’ll never buy that tripe, because I know that the foundation of truth and morality will never change, no matter what all the forces of hell...
  • Patriots, time to demand apology from Mayor Bloomberg

    Bloomberg implies NYC Bomber an Obamacare protester, NBC reports man of Pakistani descent arrested. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bloomberg+couric&aq=f Imagine my friends Bloomberg coming in Monday with papers on the floor from their fax machines. Don't worry if you don't have a fax machine, I have the info on the bottom telling you how to send a fax without the fax machine. It is time that Tea Party people get respect from these progressives. Also lets flood him with emails and phone calls. All I ask is that you be civil in correspondence with the mayor, no strong language and no threats of violence....
  • 7 Protesters Ousted From Fort Worth City Council Meeting

    07/15/2009 5:21:18 AM PDT · by fwdude · 27 replies · 1,843+ views
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | July 14, 2009 | Deanna Boyd
    7 protesters ousted from Fort Worth City Council meeting By DEANNA BOYD dboyd@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- Seven protesters were removed from Tuesday night's City Council meeting after they repeatedly demanded to be moved up on the agenda to speak about last month's police raid at the Rainbow Lounge. "Hear us now! Hear us now!" five men chanted in a hallway outside City Council chambers. The men, believed to be members of Queer LiberAction, a Dallas-based gay rights group, were led out of the building by city marshals. Inside the meeting, the group's founder, Blake Wilkinson, repeatedly interrupted Mayor Mike Moncrief....
  • H.I.V. Found in 22 Actors in Sex Films Since 2004

    06/14/2009 6:14:51 AM PDT · by Zakeet · 36 replies · 2,001+ views
    New York Times ^ | June 12, 2009 | Gardiner Harris
    Health officials in Los Angeles said Friday that 22 actors in adult sex movies had contracted H.I.V. since 2004, when a previous outbreak led to efforts to protect pornography industry employees. The officials accused an industry-supported health clinic of failing to cooperate with state investigations and of failing to protect not only industry workers but their sexual partners as well. “We have an industry that is exposing workers to life-threatening diseases as part of their employment,” said Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health for Los Angeles County. “That is outrageous and anachronistic. These infections are virtually entirely preventable.” The...
  • Obama team denies it will delay ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal

    11/25/2008 12:44:04 PM PST · by pissant · 39 replies · 930+ views
    Southern Voice ^ | 11/25/08 | staff
    A member of Barack Obama’s transition team is denying media reports that the president-elect has decided to delay efforts to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” until 2010. An Obama transition team spokesperson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the decision on how to approach repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which prohibits gays from serving openly in the military, would be made after more experts have joined the Obama administration. “These decisions will not be made before the full national security team is in place,” the spokesperson said. The Washington Times reported last week that two people who have...
  • In California, 'Gay Rights' Now Superior to Everyone Else's Rights

    10/06/2008 4:31:43 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 28 replies · 1,040+ views
    Christian Newswire ^ | 10/6/08 | Campaign for Children and Families
     Contact: Agency Contact, 877-405-4005, Campaign for Children and Families   SACRAMENTO, California, October 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed three bills squashing moral values and religious freedom. By elevating the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda above the rights of everyone else, Schwarzenegger has confirmed his legacy is being the most anti-family Republican governor in California history.   "There is no gay gene, but religious freedom is a God-given right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. So it's wrong and unfair to create new laws which make homosexual-bisexual-transsexual 'rights' superior to everyone else's rights," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children...
  • AdWatch: Pro-Prop. 8 pitch starts with Newsom comments

    10/06/2008 1:04:52 PM PDT · by SmithL · 11 replies · 814+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 10/6/8 | Aurelio Rojas
    Supporters of Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage in California, are running their first television ad.The commercial features San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom making a celebratory speech. The state Supreme Court had just invalidated a law overwhelmingly passed by voters in 2000 that declared "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Following is a text of the ad and an analysis by Aurelio Rojas of The Bee's Capitol Bureau: The ad Newsom: This door's wide open now. It's going to happen whether you like it or not.Narrator: Four judges ignored 4 million...