Daily Archives: October 24, 2011
Wingnut Radio Host: Gay Doctors Will Spread the Gay to Your Kids
A right-wing radio host told her listeners to make sure they keep their children away from gay doctors and nurses, lest the children become gay too. Wait. I thought that being gay was a choice. Now it’s contagious, too? Linda … Continue reading
Filed under Sick Sad World, Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Man Finds His Fiancee Buried in Earthquake Rubble
A fiance’s love saved twenty-five-year-old teacher Gul Karacoban from dying under the rubble of a restaurant where she was eating when an earthquake struck eastern Turkey. After eighteen hours under a mound of concrete and masonry, she was moved into … Continue reading
Filed under World
Mitt Romney Criticizes the Flat Tax. No, Wait, Now He Loves It.
As several Republican presidential candidates embrace a flat tax, one contender stands out in not doing so: Mitt Romney, who has a long record of criticizing such plans and famously derided Steve Forbes’s 1996 proposal as a “tax cut for … Continue reading
Filed under National, Politics, Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Steve Jobs Biographer Reveals Jobs Met His Father But Didn’t Know It
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Steve Jobs‘ biographer Walter Isaacson revealed that Mr. Jobs met his biological father face-to-face once, though neither man realized it. Mr. Jobs sought out his biological mother and sister in the mid 1980s. He … Continue reading
Filed under Notable Passings, Strange But True, Technology
Social Worker Hurt Protecting Clients in Tornado Denied Workers’ Compensation
Mark Lindquist is a hero. The social worker nearly gave his life trying to save three developmentally disabled adults from the Joplin tornado. Both houses of the Missouri legislature honored him, the Senate calling him “a true hero and inspiration … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Sick Sad World
