Saturday, January 14, 2012

Short takes: Santorum gets what he deserves; Huge oil platform to be parked off Keys; Apple 'fesses up; 2011 bumper grain crop not enough



Post-Steve Jobs, secretive Apple releases list of major suppliers for the first time

LightSquared slams federal officials who say its proposed national high-speed wireless broadband network would interfere with GPS signals. It said the expert panel has "deep ties with the same GPS manufacturers who have sold poorly designed equipment to America's farmers, public safety officials, military and government agencies... The devices selected as part of the most recent round of testing include numerous obsolete and off-market GPS receivers that nearly guaranteed failure." LightSquared urged the Federal Communications Commission to retake control of the testing.

Massive Italian oil platform contracted by Cuba may arrive off Florida Keys in two weeks

James Dobson's toxic son, Ryan, invited Jeff Wright of Summit Ministries on his show to misinform gullible listeners. Wright claims 6 in 10 gay males were abused as children, which would be news to the American Psychiatric Association were it true

Peter LaBarbera is grateful that Rick Santorum considers homosexuality in the military a serious issue. AKSARBENT thinks all those Barbie Girl lip-dubs made by crotch-grabbing hetero GIs faking the rainbow is a serious issue too, and demands that something be done about it

After round after round of budget cuts and layoffs, Focus On The Family is now offering financial planning counseling services. Seriously?

John Aravosis thinks Mormons whining about their image and being misunderstood should put a sock in it until they stop the gay bashing

Last year's bumper grain crop wasn't enough to rebuild world's stocks, which is good news if you're a midwest farmer, bad news if you're penniless and starving in the third world

Biblical Linguist who specializes in Biblical translation says Joel Osteen was cherry picking in respect of gay being intrinsically sinful during his appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show

The AP says Washington State is within three legislative votes of passing gay marriage

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