LGBT Rights Are Civil Rights!

Robin Tyler, left, with her partner, Diane Olson. Tyler views "Milk" as a galvanizing force in the fight over Proposition 8. (By Reed Saxon -- Associated Press)

EXPAND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT TO PROHIBIT LGBT DISCRIMINATION JOIN THE POWER!

On January 22nd, 2009, The Power launched a nationwide petition to expand the Civil Rights Act.

The Power is commited to continuing to engage in targeted grass roots actions advancing marriage equality in New York, and to pursuing the cause of LGBT equality nationwide.

THE POWER IS YOURS because you are THE POWER. JOIN THE POWER in holding political leaders accountable to support equality for LGBT people, not on some arbitrary and convenient schedule, but right now.

THE POWER works to unleash every individual’s power to engage in direct political action that creates change in the cause of LGBT civil rights. We operate under the premise that every individual can make a difference, given the tools and information to do so. By tailoring pointed actions that everyone can do even with the busiest of schedules, The Power mobilizes large numbers of people to apply sustained pressure on leaders to advance the cause of LGBT equality.

More than anything we believe Now Is Our Time.  – Jeffrey Campagna

Cut the Federal Deficit in half by 2013?

Obama Budget Aims to Cut Deficit in Half by End of Term

President Obama’s 2010 federal budget proposal relies on war spending cuts and taxing the rich to reduce the deficit

President Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Monday. (AP Photo)

Barack Obama wants to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, mostly by scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest and streamlining government, an administration official said Saturday as the president worked to finalize his first budget request.

Seven fitness don’ts

7 fitness don’ts for exercise newbies to athletes

Don’t lean on the machines

Why Do We Care Whether Iran Has Nuclear Weapons?

It’s official. Iran has enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. It has a long-range missile capable of delivering that bomb. Now all it needs is the blueprint, which is usually complicated, but not if you’re getting help from the Russians or Pakistan’s nuclear weapons’ dealer Dr. AQ Khan, newly released from house arrest.

Swat Ceasefire Agreed

‘Permanent Swat ceasefire agreed’

Taleban supporters are in plain sight in Mingora, in the Swat valley Taleban rebels in Pakistan’s Swat valley have agreed to a “permanent ceasefire”, a senior official has said. Syed Mohammad Javed, commissioner of Malakand, which includes Swat, revealed the deal but gave no details. There has been no confirmation from the Taleban. Swat, once one of Pakistan’s most popular holiday destinations, has been blighted by violence since 2007. Reports of the pact come a week after a 10-day ceasefire and a deal to implement Sharia law in parts of Swat.

‘Superguns’ of Elizabeth I’s navy

The English navy at around the time of the Armada was evolving revolutionary new tactics, according to new research.

Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest it carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard ammunition.

“This marked the beginning of a kind of mechanisation of war,” says naval historian Professor Eric Grove of Salford University.

“The ship is now a gun platform in a way that it wasn’t before.”