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Archive for June, 2010

Tennessee Church Bars Woman From Softball League Because She’s Gay

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses

This is just stupid:
Jana Jacobson said she was banned from a local church softball league for being gay, reports The Commercial Appeal in Memphis.
Jacobson says the Bellevue Baptist Church disqualified her team from competing in their adult women’s softball league because of what they called her “deviant” lifestyle.
The coach registered, paid the league’s entry fee [...]

North Korean Communists Admit Communism Doesn’t Work

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Foreign Affairs, North Korea, Outside The Beltway

Details at Outside The Beltway

Nikki Haley Targeted By Despicable Religious Bigotry

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Dumbasses, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Religion, Republicans

I noted before the South Carolina primary that one Republican had called her a “raghead” because of her Sikh heritage. Now that she’s in a runoff, Nikki Haley is the target of an even more insidious smear:
The chairman of the Pickens County Republican Party circulated an e-mail to GOP activists and party elite Friday suggesting [...]

Corey Stewart Calls For Arizona-Like Immigration Law In Virginia

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Prince William County, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Prince William County’s Corey Stewart wants Virginia to follow Arizona’s example on education:
The chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors is calling on Virginia legislators to pass a law cracking down on illegal immigration similar to a controversial Arizona measure.
Board Chairman Corey A. Stewart (R-At Large) said he will spend the rest of [...]

The First Amendment And Education

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Education, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Outside The Beltway

Over at Outside The Beltway, I take a look at the case of two Massachusetts high school teachers disciplined for an anti-war protest at a school assembly.

Judge Napolitano On The Oil Spill And Obama

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Andrew Napolitano filled in for Glenn Beck yesterday and, as always, he was much more interesting.
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Chart Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Filed under Humor, In The News

Yankee Stadium Bans Vuvuzelas

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 17th, 2010. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

You won’t have to worry about hearing the annoying vuvuzela at Yankee Stadium:
Those vuvuzela horns may be all the rage at the World Cup in South Africa, but the Yankees won’t let fans toot, toot, toot for the home team.
When “bleacher creature” Anthony Zachariadis wailed on one of the plastic horns at Tuesday night’s game, [...]

Photo Of The Day: Damn It Feels Good To Be Governor Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 17th, 2010. Filed under Blogging, In The News

H/T: Top Of The Ticket

Hitler And The Vuvuzela

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 17th, 2010. Filed under Humor

Hitler’s enjoyment of the World Cup is interrupted by an annoying horn:

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