this week in "DUH"

[tleilaxu]

Report: Sosa tested positive for steroids in 2003

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Sammy Sosa, whose memorable home run race with Mark McGwire in 1998 is credited with helping revive baseball after the 1994 players' strike, tested positive for steroids in 2003, according to the New York Times. The Times cited "lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/06/16/sosa.steroids/index.html?cnn=yes

[PWD]

Wow, never saw that coming. :rolleyes:

[Northcott]

And here comes another round of politicans shooting off their mouths about something they're clueless about, along with parading out their pet "medical experts" -- who aren't actually experts in the field they're being questioned on.

I'm starting to hate politicians and the media. Not just that "roll my eyes and wonder what they'll fuck up next" sort of antipathy, but a genuine and lingering bias fuelled by raw contempt.

[tleilaxu]

D.C.'s Marion Barry arrested again

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former D.C. mayor, now Washington councilman, Marion Barry has been arrested again.

On July 4, the U.S. Park Police arrested Barry and charged him with misdemeanor stalking.

About 8:45 p.m. in Anacostia Park, a Washington woman flagged down a Park Police officer on patrol and pointed to Barry, who was in another car. The woman said Barry was stalking her, Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said.

Barry was taken into custody, processed and released, but he must make a court appearance for the charge. A court date has not been set.

Barry's other run-ins with the law have included a federal sting operation in 1990, when he was mayor. Surveillance cameras caught him smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room.

Despite his fall from grace, he was re-elected in 1994 to a four-year term as mayor. In his latest political comeback in 2004, Barry won a seat on the D.C. Council, on which he continues to serve.

Barry was arrested in 2002 when traces of marijuana and cocaine were found in his car after he was stopped in the Buzzard Point area of Southwest D.C. No charges were filed, and Barry claimed that the drugs were planted.

And in 2006, Park Police officers stopped him for driving too slowly, prompting him to accuse authorities of targeting him. Barry had been on probation since 2005 for not filing or paying income taxes for several years.

Last year he again failed to file a tax return, and his probation was extended to May 2011, according to the Washington City Paper

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/05/marion.barry.arrested/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

for stalking :)

[tleilaxu]

Programs to change gays to straights don't work, report says

The American Psychological Association concluded Wednesday that there is little evidence that efforts to change a person's sexual orientation from gay or lesbian to heterosexual are effective.

In addition, the 138-page report -- covering 87 peer-reviewed studies -- said that such efforts may cause harm.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/05/gay.to.straight/index.html

[Trainz]

"Duh" indeed.

You can't cure the gayness. And why would you? More chicks for the other dudes.

Win-win.

[Lady_Acoma]

How do I get multiple copies of this study so I can wallpaper my older brother's house?

[Kyle Voltti]

How do I get multiple copies of this study so I can wallpaper my older brother's house?

do't forget to border with reports about animals displaying homosexual behavior in nature...