Posts made by raphjd

In the future, please use a more descriptive title.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/president-obamas-advisers-were-angry-biden-talking-gay-marriage031113

President Obama's advisers were angry with Biden for talking gay marriage

Vice President Joe Biden didn't think he made news when he said he supported gay marriage in 2012

03 NOVEMBER 2013 | BY JAMES WITHERS

According to a new book about the 2012 US presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden was in hot water after he announced he was for gay marriage.

Double Down, written by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, chronicles the most recent race for the White House.

In the spring of 2012, Biden went  on NBC's Meet the Press and expressed personal support for same-sex marriage.

Halperin and Heilemann, according to Huffington Post, have Obama adviser David Plouffe exploding after Biden's words became public.

'What the fuck? was his [Plouffe's] reaction when he took a look at the transcript. We were going to do this! In the next two weeks! As a fucking surprise! How can this have happened,' the authors write.

The White House plan was to have the president 'evolve' on the topic, mentioning his new stance next time he was asked.

Six days after Biden's Meet the Press appearance, Obama became the first US president to publicly come out for marriage equality.

The vice president did not understand why Obama's team was furious.

'I don't understand why everyone's so mad at me,' the book has Biden saying to a confidant.

However, the former senator from Delaware did apologize to Obama.

Double Down also suggests Obama's "evolve" mantra was political. In 2004, his former press secretary Robert Gibbs heard the then relatively unknown state senator mention he was for marriage rights.

We try to catch "bad" (see note below) pictures as much as we can, but sometimes we don't know if they are "bad" because the torrents are poorly named.

NOTE:  By "bad" pictures, I'm referring to unrelated, poor size, blurry, etc, etc.

I'm not going to go into your sexual preferences, but instead focus on your relationships.

You obviously have some deep seated issues, where you'll dump good guys for total assholes.  Like you said, the core is most likely some self loathing.

I don't see why you can't have a mutually loving relationship with someone regardless of/separate from your bedroom activities.

Diving and swimming are basically the same thing.

Welcome to our family.  :hug:

The guy getting fucked is Riu Melo from Brazil.

You IP address isn't getting banned.  It's a simple timing out.

I get this too.

I'm not sure, but I think it's related to the new protections against DOS attacks.

EDIT:  It seems it is related to our new DOS protection;  https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=21521.0

1st Place wins  8 GB of Upload Credit
2nd Place wins 5 GB of Upload Credit
3rd Place wins 2 GB of Upload Credit

Period ending:

Oct 27 - fartotu 1st prize

1st Place wins  8 GB of Upload Credit
2nd Place wins 5 GB of Upload Credit
3rd Place wins 2 GB of Upload Credit

Period ending:

Oct 27  - foxxling - 1st prize

On Monday 21 Oct 2013 (yesterday), the US state of New Jersey became the 14th state to have marriage equality after the conservative Governor dropped his appeal to the state's Supreme Court.

Oddly, the state Supreme Court let a lower court ruling that gay marriages must be allowed starting yesterday (see above) stand pending the appeal.  This, however, makes sense when you consider that the chief justice said that so far the Governor/Attorney General have not given a valid reason to deny gays marriage equality, but that the court would hold off until the hearing in Jan 2014 before making a final decision.

Maybe I'm jaded, but this kind of thing doesn't shock me anymore.

We've seen this kind of thing from black centric and muslim countries for a long time and the former Soviet countries are just joining in.

I don't know why you are so angry, you caused the problem.  You posted your pictures on 27 Sept, which is what i went by, the posting date.  I didn't look at thread titles to see if someone posted in one contest period trying to get credit for another contest period.

I'll give you the 1st place award, but after this, only the posting date counts.

All winners were awarded their prizes already.   I didn't have time to post lists for them.

Also, there weren't any winners in some SIGs because there were no qualifying posts.

Foxxling won all but 1 of the contests.  I can't remember who won the other.  No 2nd or 3rd prizes were granted because none met the minimum standard of pictures.  No one can win more than 1 prize per SIG per 2 week contest period. This is why Foxxling didn't win 2nd and 3rd place prizes in some of the SIGs.

NOTE:  Riddler is doing the competition for his own SIG "Bubble Butts".

All winners were awarded their prizes already.   I didn't have time to post lists for them.

Also, there weren't any winners in some SIGs because there were no qualifying posts.

Foxxling won all but 1 of the contests.  I can't remember who won the other.  No 2nd or 3rd prizes were granted because none met the minimum standard of pictures.  No one can win more than 1 prize per SIG per 2 week contest period. This is why Foxxling didn't win 2nd and 3rd place prizes in some of the SIGs.

NOTE:  Riddler is doing the competition for his own SIG "Bubble Butts".

When cleaning out the "play room",  never ever use soap.  Only use warm water.

1. There's probably a lot of extensions in IE and that's what's causing it.  Also, IE doesn't like to let go of it's history and bogs down the system with outdated webpages and whatnot until you restart it.

2. I have the same thing happen.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russia-gay-propaganda-law-may-fall-after-historic-court-ruling021013

Russia ‘gay propaganda’ law may fall after historic court ruling

A Russian judiciary court has agreed with an international ruling, a sign they could be forced to in years to come to repeal the federal law

02 OCTOBER 2013 | BY JOE MORGAN

A historic ruling in Russia could be the key to finding an end to the ‘gay propaganda’ laws.

Back in March 2009, gay activist Irina Fet protested against the regional homophobic law in Ryazan.

She held a placard saying ‘Homosexuality is normal’ and ‘I am proud of my homosexuality’ outside schools and libraries.

Arrested, charged and fined 1,500 rubles ($46, €34), Fet was found guilty of informing minors about homosexuality.

While her group Moscow Pride appealed the charge, they lost at a local court.

After that, the case was sent to the UN Human Rights Committee to challenge the arrest.

On 31 October 2012, the UN committee ruled in their favor, describing the law as ‘discriminatory’ and ‘arbitrary’.

They agreed the law went against the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by violating Fet’s right to freedom of expression and protection from discrimination.

Ryazan regional court today (2 October) has now agreed with the international ruling, and cancelled all prior charges and verdicts.

Moscow Pride is now entering into a separate process with the Finance Minister to compensate Fet for moral damages, which could take up to two years.

Nikolai Alekseev, a lawyer and one of Russia’s foremost gay rights activists, has described it as a ‘severe blow’ to the country’s gay propaganda laws.

Speaking to Gay Star News, he said: ‘Full justice is restored. It is written now in a Russian court. It is a decision that is extremely important.

‘The Russian judiciary is moving forward with the international courts, and agreeing with their view of the legal aspects of sexual orientation.’

While the law being discussed is the regional gay propaganda ban in Ryazan, and not the federal nationwide ban, one ruling could affect the other.

But because one ruling against a regional law has effectively repealed the ban, Russian courts do not rule using precedents.

‘We will see this federal law repealed at some point because the international community is already legally pressuring the Russian courts,’ Alekseev said.

Denied three times to hold a public event in the context of the ‘propaganda’ law, the gay rights activist sees this could be the key to Russia being forced to repeal.

He added: ‘There’s a lot of talk and discussion, boycotts and stuff like that, with all this discussion you don’t see all the real legal work that has been done in the last year.

‘This is what really has an effect.’

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/putin-nominated-nobel-peace-prize021013#sthash.Eh1PY98s.gbpl

Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Anti-gay Russian President Vladimir Putin is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize despite his human rights abuses and being named ‘czar of homophobia’

02 OCTOBER 2013 | BY TRIS REID-SMITH

He’s been dubbed the ‘czar of homophobia’ and criticized as a human rights abuser and warmonger, but Vladimir Putin has now been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

He has been put forward by a Russian advocacy group, citing his efforts to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile and stop a US missile strike on the country.

Russia’s International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation of Peoples of the World justifies its nomination by saying he is more deserving than 2009 winner Barack Obama.

Backing the nomination, Iosif Kobzon, a popular Russian singer and a member of the Duma parliament, said: ‘Barack Obama has the title of Nobel Prize winner – the man who initiated and approved such aggressive actions on the part of the United States of America as in Iraq, Afghanistan, some others, and now is preparing for invasion of Syria.

‘I think our president, who is trying to stop the bloodshed, who is trying to help to resolve this conflict situation through a political dialogue, through diplomatic language, deserves this title more.’

That’s according to the New York Times, who however, included a counter argument in their report, saying: ‘He is credited with commanding a war to crush separatism in Chechnya, approving a full-scale attack on Georgia over a minor border dispute and complaining when NATO led an air war in Libya to stop Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi from killing thousands of Libyans.

‘And he is still selling weapons to the murderous government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.’

Putin may not be able to win until 2014 however, as all nominations for the 2013 winner had to be in by February this year, unless the nominee is put forward by a member of the voting committee.

This year’s winner will be announced on 11 October in Oslo.

I don't really know much about it other than that they enjoy it.  The topic came up while watching an episode of House MD that featured it.

They take turns on who's the aggressor and who's the "victim".