Rather than discussing US-Taiwan relations with King Pu-tsung, their representative to the US, Taiwanese lawmakers were more interested in asking him questions about rumors that he's gay and having an affair with President Ma Ying-jeou: "King said it was 'unfair' that people have claimed that his political
progress has been spurred along through sexual relationships, adding
that the insinuation was also insulting to homosexuals."
is blaming GOP House Speaker John Boehner of running the House like a "dictatorship" and intentionally obstructing fiscal cliff negotiations. "Everyone knows that if they had brought up the Senate-passed bill, it
would pass overwhelmingly. But the speaker says, no we can't do that,"
Reid said today. "It's [the House] being
operated by a dictatorship of the speaker."
by being the first Republican member of Congress from New England to
sign on to an effort that would allow the federal government to
recognize same-sex marriage."
advocates alike — that a blogger named Christopher Fountain took it upon
himself to dig up and organize the names, addresses, and phone numbers
of the Journal-News staff, starting with editor Cyndee Royle."