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The Giants announced Tuesday they will become the first MLB team to incorporate Pride Month colors for the on-field hats and jerseys to honor the LGBTQ+ community. Pride Month hats and jerseys will be worn Saturday June 5 when the Giants play the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Giants' home jersey will feature a SF patch on the right sleeve that features the 11 colors of the new Pride logo. Their hats will have the same 11 colors -- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, brown, light blue, pink and white -- inside their SF logo.

Man do I get the hate mail when I bring up the subject of Barack Obama's birth certificate. Apparently White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is just as frustrated as I am about this 'birther' crowd. Yesterday he was asked what he thinks it will take to make the birthers go away. He says, "I almost hate to indulge in such an august setting as the White House -- and I mean this in seriousness -- the White House briefing room, discussing the made-up fictional nonsense of whether the president was born in this country ... If I had some...

The hardy longevity of the Obama birth-conspiracy story shouldn't surprise. This country has long cuddled conspiracies close to its heart. We are a nation that loves tinfoil hats. A few rules to follow in understanding this trend. The bigger the uproar, the more durable the conspiracy. Obama, the first black president and possessor of a funny name, is a natural fit. His boyhood in Indonesia, a Kenyan father, a birth certificate in palm-frond Hawaii, the White House at age 47. Can anyone take his past seriously? The "birthers" don't buy it and suggest you don't either. The week before there...