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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Famed American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday at age 78
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From The Times obit:
As a young man, Mr. Cliburn was briefly linked romantically with a soprano classmate from Juilliard. But even then he was living a discreet homosexual life. His discreetness was relaxed considerably in 1966 when, at 32, he met Thomas E. Zaremba, who was 19.The Times then reports how in 1995 Zaremba sued Cliburn for millions of dollars in palimony. The suit was dismissed because the former couple had nothing in writing to support their domestic partnership, according to
The Times.
The Associated Press obituary doesn't mention Cliburn's sexual orientation or his partners:
BY ANGELA K. BROWN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status, died Wednesday after a fight with bone cancer. He was 78.
Cliburn died at his home in Fort Worth surrounded by loved ones, said his publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone.
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PUERTO RICO NEWS: 2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto R...
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"...В России еще не было ни одного уголовного дела, в котором был признан факт совершения преступления в отношении ЛГБТ по мотиву ненависти. Уголовные дела... прекращаются, а потерпевшему дается разъяснение, что... необходимо обратиться в мировой суд", из доклада Ассоциации "Агора". 58 случаев насилия в отношении...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto Rico | Russian cultural centers - spying centers - GS
Russian cultural center opens in Puerto Rico
Feb 26, 2013 11:01 Moscow Time
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A ceremony in honor of the opening of a Russian cultural center in Puerto Rico took place in San Juan on Tuesday.
The gem of the newly opened center is its rich library which has thousands of books, including textbooks, reference books and works by Russian literary classics.
The center’s cinema house offers a wide collection of films about Russia while its computer rooms provide visitors with comprehensive information about the Russian history and culture and the country’s political and social life.
Speakers at the opening ceremony said that the center should provide Russian children adopted by Puerto Ricans with an opportunity to learn more about Russia and maintain connection with their homeland.
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2.21.13: Swaying the Opinions of the Russian Diaspora - Heritage.org | Арсенал средств традиционный — перекупить алчных, запугать боязливых, изолировать упрямых." - Подрабинек Александр | В России каждый год умирает до 300 усыновленных детей, однако к ответственности в связи с их гибелью практически никто не привлекается - Grani.Ru | Павел Астахов поменял показания // В Техасе не спешат делать выводы о причинах смерти Максима Кузьмина | U.S. Policy on Russia for Obama’s Second Term - By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. | Russia Goes Back To The Future - Strategy Page - Mike Nova's starred items
Swaying the Opinions of the Russian Diaspora - Heritage.org
June 21, 2012
For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian diaspora is no longer viewed as necessarily anti-Communist or hostile to the Kremlin. Moscow now actively seeks to curry favor with its emigrants and make them its emissaries. Using its embassies, government websites, and a network of establishments that promote Russian language and culture, its efforts to use public diplomacy to bring the Russian diaspora back into the Russian world are growing. Intelligence experts indicate, however, that since the days of the USSR, such efforts have been closely linked to Russia’s intelligence activities, including talent-spotting, recruitment, and operations of human intelligence (HUMINT) assets.
Russia is also monitoring and manipulating its domestic social media. The government leadership understands that social networking is one of the freest modes of exchange between Russians and the outside world, and it does not want to lose control of the message that Russia is a great power.
Organizations that track global Internet freedom have documented growing intimidation from Moscow of those who are critical of the Kremlin online.[51]
Without a strategy to counteract this increasingly aggressive campaign to win hearts and minds, the United States will continue to find its own messages poorly received by Russians and its interests undermined.
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"...В России еще не было ни одного уголовного дела, в котором был признан факт совершения преступления в отношении ЛГБТ по мотиву ненависти. Уголовные дела... прекращаются, а потерпевшему дается разъяснение, что... необходимо обратиться в мировой суд", из доклада Ассоциации "Агора". 58 случаев насилия в отношении...
"Being gay is not an invention of Western society, it is a human reality "- Hillary Clinton
Mike Nova shared GAY PARAGUAY's photo.
Gays are born and live in all societies of the world. They are people of all ages, races and creeds. They are doctors, teachers, farmers, bakers, soldiers and athletes. And no matter whether we know it or not, are part of our family, our friends and neighbors. Being gay is not an invention of Western society, it is a human reality "- Hillary Clinton
Pope Benedict XVI: There have been times when 'it seemed like the Lord was sleeping' during my papacy
Pope Benedict XVI: There have been times when 'it seemed like the Lord was sleeping' during my papacy: 
In his outgoing address in front of 150,000 people in St
Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI today said there had been times when “it seemed
like the Lord was sleeping” during his crisis-hit papacy.
Mike Nova comments:
He was not "sleeping", he was simply ignoring you, because both you and your Church became absolutely irrelevant to Him and to the people: His gift of spirituality was lost in your message behind the empty, meaningless and deadening rituals and traditions. Apparently, God was also angry at your attitude toward gay people, because He loves them, just like He loves everybody.
In his outgoing address in front of 150,000 people in St
Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI today said there had been times when “it seemed
like the Lord was sleeping” during his crisis-hit papacy.
Mike Nova comments:
He was not "sleeping", he was simply ignoring you, because both you and your Church became absolutely irrelevant to Him and to the people: His gift of spirituality was lost in your message behind the empty, meaningless and deadening rituals and traditions. Apparently, God was also angry at your attitude toward gay people, because He loves them, just like He loves everybody.
PUERTO RICO NEWS: 2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto R...
PUERTO RICO NEWS: 2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto R...: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto Rico Tags: Society , News , World , Puerto Rico Feb 26, 2013 11:01 Moscow Time © P...
2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto Rico | Russian cultural centers - spying centers - GS
2.27.13: Russian cultural center opens in Puerto Rico | Russian cultural centers - spying centers - GS
Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage - Reuters | Hagel swears in as defense chief after bruising confirmation battle
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Republicans Take Stand On Gay Marriage
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At least 75 top Republicans have signed a legal brief to be submitted to the Supreme Court this week, arguing that gay marriage is a constitutional right, according to The New York Times, which got a copy of the document.
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Some companies to back gay marriage in coming Supreme Court cases - Yahoo! News (blog)
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Some companies to back gay marriage in coming Supreme Court cases
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. business interests …
Some companies to back gay marriage in coming Supreme Court cases - Yahoo! News (blog)
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Some companies to back gay marriage in coming Supreme Court cases
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. business interests …
Some companies to back gay marriage in coming Supreme Court cases - Yahoo! News (blog)
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Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage - Reuters
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Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage
Reuters
Separately, lawyers representing another group of employers, including some of the same companies, had said …
Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chuck Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, swore in as the defense secretary at a small, closed-door ceremony on Wednesday, after a bruising confirmation battle in the Senate. Hagel will address Pentagon employees at 10:30 a.m. EST. He was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday in the closest vote ever for a defense secretary, with just four Republicans voting for him. (Reporting by Phil Stewart)
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Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage
Reuters
Separately, lawyers representing another group of employers, including some of the same companies, had said …
Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage - Reuters
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BY MARK SHERMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- Prominent Republicans, retired military leaders and U.S. businesses are among the factions ready to ask the Supreme Court to support marriage equality in two cases up for argument next month.
The effort is being coordinated by gay rights groups and is designed to show the justices the rapid and widespread evolution of views about same-sex marriage, now legal in nine states and the District of Columbia. Religious leaders, labor groups and gay people who live in states that prohibit them from marrying are also weighing in.
The justices will hear the dispute over California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on March 26, followed a day later by a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act provision that denies legally married gay couples a range of federal benefits available to heterosexual married couples.
Mary Bonauto, the director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders who is coordinating legal briefs that are due at the court later this week, said that the military, business, labor and other filings will have a "truth-telling function" about the reality of life for gays and lesbians, and they will share a common theme. "Gay and lesbian families and their children are here to stay," Bonauto said.
Businesses who already have signed onto the brief in the California case include Apple, eBay, Facebook, Intel, Morgan Stanley, Nike and Xerox. "We file this brief to add more voices to the growing chorus that Proposition 8, and similar laws barring equal access to marriage for same-sex couples, are unconstitutional and should be invalidated," the companies say, according to a draft of the brief provided by the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe law firm. California is among 30 states with constitutional provisions that prohibit same-sex marriage, Roughly 10 others do so by statute.
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The effort is being coordinated by gay rights groups and is designed to show the justices the rapid and widespread evolution of views about same-sex marriage, now legal in nine states and the District of Columbia. Religious leaders, labor groups and gay people who live in states that prohibit them from marrying are also weighing in.
The justices will hear the dispute over California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on March 26, followed a day later by a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act provision that denies legally married gay couples a range of federal benefits available to heterosexual married couples.
Mary Bonauto, the director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders who is coordinating legal briefs that are due at the court later this week, said that the military, business, labor and other filings will have a "truth-telling function" about the reality of life for gays and lesbians, and they will share a common theme. "Gay and lesbian families and their children are here to stay," Bonauto said.
Businesses who already have signed onto the brief in the California case include Apple, eBay, Facebook, Intel, Morgan Stanley, Nike and Xerox. "We file this brief to add more voices to the growing chorus that Proposition 8, and similar laws barring equal access to marriage for same-sex couples, are unconstitutional and should be invalidated," the companies say, according to a draft of the brief provided by the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe law firm. California is among 30 states with constitutional provisions that prohibit same-sex marriage, Roughly 10 others do so by statute.
Click here to read more.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chuck Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, swore in as the defense secretary at a small, closed-door ceremony on Wednesday, after a bruising confirmation battle in the Senate. Hagel will address Pentagon employees at 10:30 a.m. EST. He was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday in the closest vote ever for a defense secretary, with just four Republicans voting for him. (Reporting by Phil Stewart)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
RUSSIA and THE WEST - РОССИЯ и ЗАПАД: 2.26.13 - Гей-Новости
RUSSIA and THE WEST - РОССИЯ и ЗАПАД: 2.26.13 - Гей-Новости: Mike Nova's starred items Путинизм как недоразвитая форма сталинизма. via Алекс on 2/13/13 Для http://patrio...
RUSSIA and THE WEST - РОССИЯ и ЗАПАД: 2.26.13: Russia's foreign minister defends anti-ga...
RUSSIA and THE WEST - РОССИЯ и ЗАПАД: 2.26.13: Russia's foreign minister defends anti-ga...: Russia's foreign minister defends anti-gay bill Originally published: February 26, 2013 3:32 AM Updated: February 26, 2013 5:00 AM...
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