Amy Goodman And Canada’s Olympic Paranoia
The Canadian government has leveled public housing, stifled civil liberties and harassed local activists. The last thing they want is someone like Amy Goodman telling the world. via Dave Zirin: Amy Goodman And Canada’s Olympic Paranoia.

NASA is the reason we can’t feed people
If you rightly figured out this is COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT, kudos to you! People who think that science funding is the problem should start getting educated about the truth so that they can get to the heart of the issue. Here are some facts to get started with: 1. NASA’s proposed 2010 budget is 0.00129% of the US’s annual military spending. That’s $18 billion v. $1.14 trillion. 2. In 2009, the Military’s budget contained $9.4 billion for weapons alone. That same amount could end world hunger according to former US UN Ambassador, George McGovern. Based on these facts alo

Young Gay Man Leads the Way for Hockey
Can a gay man advance in professional hockey? He can if he works for the Toronto Maple Leafs! Or for Miami University Hockey. God bless Rico Blasi! And I am certain these two organizations are not alone here. I wish this burden would fall on someone else’s shoulders, not Brendan’s. Pioneers are often misunderstood and mistrusted. But since he wishes to blaze this trail, I stand beside him with an axe! I simply could not be more proud of Brendan than I am, and I love him as much as I admire him.” — Brian Burke Jo

Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja | Guardian UK
Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja | World news | guardian.co.uk.

Pink Mennonites!
For people who have been feeling depressed by the Catholic Church’s recent incredibly anti-lgbt visibility, take heart! The Pink Menno campaign is doing the good work of changing hearts and minds in the Mennonite Church of the USA: Welcome! Thank you for visiting our site.  Pink Menno started with a very simple vision that a brother and sister shared during Christmas of 2008.  Wondering what they could do to make the Mennonite Church an open and welcoming place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer people, they envisioned a sea of people dressed in pink as a sign of support singing hymns together in the middle of the upcom