Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Links: Stimulus $ to Gay Cop Ban to Liberty College & More!

recovery.GOV vs recovery.ORG


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Peru has announced that it will ban homosexuals from the police force for damaging the image of the institution.


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A May 28 press release from Housing Works alerted the media that as many as 60 Canadians had been turned away from the U.S. border in spite of "stated U.S. policy that foreigners living with HIV would no longer be barred from entering the country."


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A survey of dozens of women who fled violence in Darfur found that a third of them reported or showed signs of rape, and revealed a widespread fear of sexual violence in their refugee camp in Chad, a human rights group reported Sunday.


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Taking a semester off to travel and focus on writing isn't that unusual for a student at Brown University. But instead of studying comparative literature in Europe, Kevin Roose decided to go to Lynchburg, Va., and enroll at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.


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General Motors’ bondholders finished voting Saturday on the company’s plan to exchange their debt for an ownership stake as high as 25 percent in G.M., the final obstacle to an orderly bankruptcy for the ailing carmaker.


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Tony Awards: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre. My Dolly is nominated!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

AIDS.gov

I am excited and pleased about the new administration launching AIDS.gov. The website has information ranging from treatment & care to research to prevention & education to funding opportunities to finding a testing center. Yes, the site has it all.

After eight years of Bush I forgot an administation can actually work to help the people of this fab country. Thank you, Obama!

Become a fan of AIDS.gov on Facebook!


Quick Links from AIDS.gov
Recent Funding Announcements
Treatment and Care Programs
Clinical Trials

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

2 Things I Hate

I hate that the government taxes domestic partner insurance.

I hate that the government doesn't allow a person to use his/her flex spending money on his/her domestic partner.