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...Internet can be a pretty mean place. Yeah, totally. I get it. You don't have to touch anything or get touched. You can say anything. And that's what is cool about it. So go for it. But I'm not talking about a false impression. I definitely gave that impression because I was not comfortable. Straight up. Now that I am more comfortable with what I am doing, I'm having a better time with...
...sure what you mean by hold out. I got more votes on Election Day. The decision was made after a legal battle in which the other side had more absentee ballots counted than we did. They [the Franken campaign] chose a strategy that allowed them to get more of their votes counted. We had a strategy based on equal protection. There were literally thousand of votes in Republican areas that still have not been counted. I have no regrets about fighting hard to get somebody’s vote counted...
...activity should be swept under the rug, but only to say that an unwillingness to utter the words “I’m gay” doesn’t evidence a lack of self-acceptance, or a desire to deceive. It can, and often does, simply mean that one doesn’t care to cater to the biases of a society that assumes heterosexuality to be the default and believes that one’s otherness must be declared in one fell swoop, lest a queer be mistaken for a straight...
...think we’ve had a great relationship. I mean we’ve had lots of conversations. We’ve talked a lot. We listened to their ideas,” Hammonds said. We provided support when we could. I think they were great to work for and I think they were great advocates for the students...
...keep unemployment around 8%, does not necessarily have a smooth road to recovery, says Stefano Scarpetta, who heads the employment-policy office for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. German policies that encourage reducing hours for permanent employees and trimming payrolls of temporary, so-called precarious workers mean that the relatively modest job losses registered officially may just mask a deeper vulnerability. "If the crisis lasts and the economy is slow to recover, German companies will have to begin major layoffs," says Scarpetta. "Every crisis is a moment of major restructuring, from one sector and skill set to another...