Read These Now or the Gay-Straight Sex Will Destroy You

World biodiversity drops more than a quarter. (Natural History Museum)

"Eleven elderly people accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in the west of Kenya, police say." (BBC)

Irmo, SC high school principal Eddie Walker will quit his job because he was asked to create a Gay-Straight Alliance Club. (WIS) His words:

The formation of this club conflicts with my professional beliefs in that we do not have other clubs at Irmo High school based on sexual orientation, sexual preference, or sexual activity. In fact our sex education curriculum is abstinence based. I feel the formation of a Gay/Straight Alliance Club at Irmo High school implies that students joining the club will have chosen to or will choose to engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, opposite sex, or members of both sexes.

Congress finally overrides a Bush veto and they screw it up. (AP) Congress will try again. And people call Bush an idiot.

Bush did sign The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

"The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal." (AP)

Our ever-so-stylish Secretary of State said, "if Iran will not make the right choice, then it will face consequences." Bush got the ball rolling AGAIN and the US needs to hold firm with our no. 97 status as a "peaceful" nation.

General Petreaus will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In the written quiz beforehand, he wrote that military action should be a "last resort" and that the (US) "should make every effort to engage by use of the whole of government, developing further leverage rather than simply targeting discrete threats."

Germans want more exorcisms. (Telegraph)

Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi clamps down on Gypsies.

"Single women and lesbian couples won landmark parental rights last night as MPs voted to remove the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child’s need for a father." (Times Online)

Early Life Exposure To Cats May Reduce Risk Of Childhood Allergies And Asthma Symptoms.

Debate Over Origin Of Frogs And Salamanders Settled With Discovery Of Missing Link. (Science Daily)

Astronomers watch a supernova explosion as it occurs. (Nature)

Callercomplaints.com allows users to search all the pesky telemarketing calls WE still receive. Do not call my ass!

Christian Bale is to play rebel leader John Connor in three sequels to the Terminator franchise. (BBC)

NSFW- Tom Ford's new ad: "it makes you wonder if they had a penis stylist on set to make sure his balls were lying just so." (OMG)

John McCain appeared on Ellen Degeneres' talk show. McCain said that they have a "respectful disagreement" on gay marriage. Ellen replied, "We are all the same people, all of us. You're no different than I am. Our love is the same. When someone says, 'You can have a contract, and you'll still have insurance, and you'll get all that,' it sounds to me like saying, 'Well, you can sit there, you just can't sit there' . It feels like we are not, you know, we aren't owed the same things and the same wording." I haven't seen the video, but that sounds a little more than "needling" as the AP describes it.