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Clearlake, CA  95422

January 18, 2010 (3rd Monday) 

 

The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

The Associated Press

 

By Jessica Geen, Pink News UK

The Vatican has been hit by a gay sex scandal after allegations that a chorister had procured male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.

The chorister, 29-year-old Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, was sacked after police heard him talking on a wiretap to Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness.

Papal gentlemen-in-waiting are called upon to act as ushers at the Vatican for major occasions.
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4/10

 

Author: Dawn Olsen 

State Senator Roy Ashburn

California State Senator Roy Ashburn was arrested for a DUI after leaving a gay nightclub in Sacramento. To make things extra gay (in a happy way of course) Ashburn had an unidentified male passenger with him during the arrest, a friend I am sure.

Ashburn, like all hypocritical GOP closeted-gays, was an ardent opponent of gay marriage in California, and supported the controversial Proposition 8 bill.

Ashburn is married and has four children. He was held at the Sacramento County Jail until he posted the $1400 bail. His family must be so proud.
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4/10

 

By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk

A leading researcher has claimed that testing billions of people could eradicate HIV/AIDS within 40 years.

Dr Brian Williams of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis said that focus needed to shift to stopping transmission.

He told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "The problem is we're now using HIV drugs to save people's lives; we're not using them to stop transmission.

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3/26 

 

This week the President is hosting a bipartisan gab-fest at the White House to try to tease out some Republican votes for health care. It’s a total waste of time. If Obama thinks he’s going to get a single Republican vote at this stage of the game, he’s fooling himself (or the American people). Many months ago, you may recall, the White House and Democratic leaders in the Senate threatened to pass health care with 51 votes – using a process called “reconciliation” that allows tax and spending bills to be enacted without filibuster – unless Republicans came on board. It’s time to pull the trigger.

Why haven’t the President and Senate Dems pulled the reconciliation trigger before now? I haven’t spoken directly with the President or with Harry Reid but I’ve spent the last several weeks sounding out contacts on the Hill and in the White House to find an answer. Here are the theories. None of them justifies waiting any longer.

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3/26