Someone apparently got into Fox News' Twitter account and made a fake posting about Bill O'Reilly being gay. If you were going to hack into Fox News, would you go over the top like that, or would you want to do something more believable like "Dick Chaney indicted"?

John Gruber speculates on what we might see from Apple at MacWorld SF, but I'm not expecting to see much new at MacWorld this year. Last year there were relatively few announcements, the MacBook Air and iPhone 3G being very big announcements and understandably where they kept most the attention focussed. Apple TV 2.0 and video rentals were also announced, both more evolutionary updates than anything.

Adding to a small stack of rumors about a supposed iPhone nano, case-maker Vaja today quietly added the category to its website. Frankly, we're not sure what to think.

Doesn't it seem obvious? No matter how unlikely it might be Apple would give details of a new product to a leather accessory maker, rumor mongers still look to anyone even remotely tied to Apple clues in the lead up to MacWord. The most likely scenario is because they have such a vested interest, the folks at Vaja reading the same rumors of a new phone created a placeholder page (it's been removed) just in case it is true.

Because phone cases and not rumors are their bread and butter, they have everything to gain and nothing to loose by getting potential customers to visit their site. They do have some nice looking cases.

"Speaking of Jews, Warren has publicly stated his belief that they will burn in hell, presumably along with everyone else who hasn't accepted his particular brand of Christianity (i.e., the vast majority of people in the world). And forget about evolution -- the existence of homosexuals, he's argued, disproves Darwin. And while we may not know how old the Earth is, the Saddleback website assures us that dinosaurs and humans coexisted."

I wonder if Obama will reconsider his choice now.

President-Elect Obama has named openly lesbian Wisconsin Representative Tammy Baldwin to a ceremonial position on his inauguration committee, it's likely an attempt to make amends for inviting Prop 8 supporter and homophobe Rick Warren to give a ceremonial blessing at the inauguration ceremony.

"If Rick Warren had been a preacher who suggested that blacks not be allowed to intermarry with whites, or not allowed to vote, or not allowed to own property, he would not even be in the running for invocation giver. But somehow discrimination against gays is different."

"Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves 'gays and straights.'"

Calling me a pedophile and taking away my rights is a funny way to show his love.

"California Attorney General Jerry Brown has changed his position with respect to the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.

"Brown filed a brief Friday saying the measure, which amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman, is itself unconstitutional because it deprives gay couples of a fundamental right."

In these times of economic woe, San Francisco took a step in the right direction in creating upwards of 28,000 new jobs repairing and upgrading the Hetch Hetchy water system.

"This isn't about the issue gay rights, this is about individual respect for humanity and human decency and Reverend Waren's comments disqualify him from that. He uses faith to preach fear."

Commenter Robert Zimmerman on what it means for Barack Obama to kick off his presidency with the prayers of a man who campaigns against equal rights and equates gay marriage with incenst and pedophelia.

"And the hurt that this choice has caused is not a function of an alienated base, it seems to me, so much as salt on the wound of Proposition 8. I understand why Obama did this. I just wonder if he understands how deeply hurtful it is to be asked to pray with someone who has compared my marriage with the sexual abuse of children, incest and polygamy."

Andrew Sullivan comments on the offensiveness of Barack Obama buddying up to Rick Warren, then passing it off as "inclusive".

Business at the El Coyote restaurant is off 30% after manager Margie Christoffersen was outed as donor to the Prop 8 campaign, which successfully stripped gay Californians of the right to marry. It may be a pretty extreme backlash for a small donation, but I can't feel any sympathy for someone who helped take away our right to marry and still expects them to eat at her restaurant.

On December 9, 1968, Stanford Research Institute's Douglas Engelbart gave a groundbreaking demo of what the computer could be. Much of the ideas were decades ahead of their time.

"The invention featured rudimentary windows and hyperlinks that allowed jumping from one document to another, as well as the ability to edit text and add graphics on a video monitor. The presentation also offered a peek at future computer networks that would become the Internet."

I hope they are trying to get this on the ballot, I'd love to see this ad on tv.

"This proposition would keep the very meaning of marriage from being transformed into nothing more than a contractual relationship between two adults. Prohibiting divorce between heterosexual married couples will keep the interests of children and families intact."

With the election over, we seem to be getting a sense of how the president-elect thinks on a much wider range of issues. That he and Michelle Obama plan to give their kids chores around the White House says a lot to me about their work ethic and their values. He also touched on everyone needing to do their part in the climate crisis and the example he wants to set,

"The president-elect said he plans to sit down with the chief usher for the presidential mansion and do an evaluation of its energy efficiency. 'Part of what I want to do is to show the American people that it's not that hard,' Obama said."

Speaking of the first family's house, the History Channel premiered a good White House documentary tonight.

Tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Then president of the Board of Supervisors, Diane Feinstein spoke in an interview about it.

"The founding principle is that basic rights -- such as the freedoms of speech, religion, and association -- are not subject to majority approval and can't be taken away by a simple popular vote. So the question now before the judges is whether the right to marry, which the court ruled had been unconstitutionally withheld from same-sex couples, is among those core rights."

"Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the state's arguments that there is 'a supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children.'"

The plaintiff in this case was seeking to adopt two brothers, ages 4 and 8, he's raised since 2004. In her ruling, the judge wrote, "A child in need of love, safety and stability does not first consider the sexual orientation of his parent. The exclusion causes some children to be deprived of a permanent placement with a family that is best suited to their needs."