Gay money. How will President Obama’s support for gay marriage affect the upcoming election? Follow the money, honey.
Politician adulterer par excellence. Bill Clinton set many precedents as president. Not the least of which, it turns out, are legal strategies for politicians dealing with extra-marital affairs. Or at least this is what John Edwards’ lawyers think.
Greek coalition? Greece’s politicians are struggling to create a coalition government after citizens shot down austerity measures in the recent elections.
Speaking of countries whose economic dire straits could bring down the European Union…
Occupy Madrid! At least 100,000 protested in Spain to mark the first anniversary of Occupy Madrid.
Militants one; Diplomacy zero. A member of the Afghan peace coalition was <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/world/asia/arsala-rahmani-is-assassinated-in-kabul.html?hp
“>assassinated earlier today. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the killing.
Facebook gears up for its public offering. Not even a little bad news seems to be dissuading investors, who are said to be over-subscribing to the stock.
And for those that haven’t been paying attention…
Student debt is really high right now. Here’s the story, and check out this awesome graphic.
In local news…
A Beaverton woman is in custody, following her six-hour standoff with police.
Anti-foreclosure program failure. The Oregon Homeownership Initiative, meant to help beleaguered homeowners avoid foreclosure, has been having a few problems of its own.
Needles and pills. In case you missed it, here is an excellent article about how the rise in heroin use among Oregonians is tied to prescription opiates.
And has all this Earth news got you down? Then <a href=”http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669702/explore-the-galaxy-using-the-actual-minority-report-interface
“>find your new home in the stars!
Exo: A Visualization of Kepler’s Exoplanet Candidates from blprnt on Vimeo.
In other news, an ex-England cricket captain is a cage fighter.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/…
Such a dullard day so far but soon a couple of friends and I will be toasting to the beautiful weather with mimosas and barbequed tofurky kabobs in hand. Watching the sexy neighbor wash his car in the driveway. The kids need to go back inside.
@1, OMG. Had you bothered to listen to the hilarious interview with Willard Steven Humphrey, you’d know they covered that story during the broadcast.
Cup, I never listen to recordings of Humphrey, as I prefer to think of him as a fictional character. (Slashfic is fine, though, anybody got anything featuring WSH and Kristian Foden-Vencil?)
@Todd…looks like a cricket player. Also, it would be funnier if they let him bring the bat into the octagon
Holy molé! If Oregon would just give me $20,000, I could finally afford the down payment on a house.