Monthly Archives: August 2009

Texas: 75 Years For Gay Bashing

A man in Dallas just got 75 years for a gay bashing that took place in 2008. Bobby Singleton, 30, was convicted of aggravated robbery earlier this week, according to The Dallas Morning News. He was found guilty of assaulting and robbing Jimmy Dean (pictured) at gunpoint in the Oak Lawn section of Dallas. Singleton said he and his friend …

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Maddow: RNC Chairman Gives “Fact Free” Health Care Statement

RNC chairman Michael Steele doesn’t want a government-run health care program. He wants to protect Medicare. Which is a….anyone?

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Morning View – Third & 60th

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UT Gov. Gary Herbert: It Should Be Perfectly Legal To Discriminate Against Gays

I should have blogged about it at the time, but there was a lot of concern a few weeks ago when President Obama appointed Utah’s gay-friendly Gov. Jon Huntsman to be his ambassador to China. It turns out that fears about Huntsman’s successor were well founded. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that discriminating against gay people shouldn’t be illegal, …

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80’s Flashback

Fred Schneider & The Shake Society, Monster, 1984. Fred’s only solo hit, Monster includes B-girl Kate Pierson on vocals and P-Funk legend Bernie Worrell on keyboards. Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club member Tina Weymouth and artist Keith Haring both do cameo appearances in this clip. (Can anybody ID the drag queen?) The rest of this album wasn’t so great, other than …

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Teabagger: I’m A Proud Right Wing Terrorist! GOP Rep: God Bless You!!

GOP Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) is going to have some explaining to do after praising a man who bragged that he was a “proud right-wing terrorist.” Herger: “Amen. God bless you. There’s a great American!” Democrats are demanding that Herger apologize for endorsing terrorism. (Via – Americablog)

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Christian Athletic Group: Keep Trans People Out Of Competitive Sports

Well, you knew the Christian right just had to weigh on the situation faced by South African sprinter Caster Semenya. Some Jeebus-based track and field organization named 4 WINDS bleats: The liberal San Francisco-based National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) says the IAAF should “stay out of Caster Semenya’s pants”. “Your efforts to make champion Caster Semenya ‘prove’ she is a …

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Friendly Voices – Linda Ronstadt

“I had moved back to Tucson with my kids because I just thought it was quieter, and my family was there. But Tucson has turned out to be a very conservative place, and I didn’t want my kids coming home from school saying things like ‘That’s so gay.’ So we moved back to San Francisco, and I sent my kids …

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Who’s Paying To Kill Health Reform?

Embiggen the chart to follow the money. (Via – Slog)

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Pastor Steven Anderson: All Gays Are Predators And Molesters

Pastor Steven Anderson gets his head handed to him by radio host Alan Colmes in this clip, but the good reverend clearly thinks he won, because he just posted this to his own YouTube channel. It looks like Anderson is turning into the latest Fred Phelps, doesn’t it? (Via – Good As You)

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Bash Back “Queer Anarchist” Busted For Smashing Denver Democratic Offices

This a confusing story that I’ve been following for a couple of days, but it looks like a transgender activist from Bash Back, who once canvassed for the Democratic party, has been busted for smashing the windows of the Denver offices for the Dems. Initially a Democratic spokesman blamed GOP sympathizers for the vandalism. This story is all over Free …

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Unions Join Whole Foods Boycott

Two employee unions representing six million workers have joined in the call to boycott Whole Foods. Change To Win Investment Group and United Food And Commercial Workers Union — both a part of the Change To Win federation of unions representing six million workers — have put out statements criticizing Mackey and encouraging a boycott of the store. CtW called …

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No Veto Override In Anchorage

Last week the mayor of Anchorage vetoed a gay rights bill that had passed the city’s assembly by one vote. And now it looks like there will be no attempt to override his veto. The Anchorage Assembly has less than two weeks left to override the mayor’s veto of the gay rights ordinance. But the ordinance’s author says it likely …

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Anti-Gay Nutjob Peter LaBarbera Sues Hotel Over Canceled Event

Peter LaBarbera has filed a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a Chicago-area Holiday Inn because they canceled a 2007 event for the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality over fears of bad publicity. Porno Pete didn’t have a contract with the hotel, but he’s suing. The Carol Stream-based group alleges its Oct. 6, 2007 fundraiser was canceled by the hotel six …

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Hot Pocket

She’s no longer a tiny scrawny shelter kitty, but she still squeezes into the little bed that came home with her two years ago.

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Straight Guy Goes “Ex-Gay” Undercover

Ted Cox, a straight formerly Mormon reporter, thought it would an interesting story to go undercover at Journey Into Manhood, a “recovery from homosexuality” event in Salt Lake City. But Cox was unable to publish his story because the event’s organizer convinced his employer that to do so would violate the confidentiality agreement he’d signed. But he can talk about …

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Arizona Assault Rifle Guy Is A Parisioner Of Baptist Rev. Steven Anderson

OK, now this is getting scary. It turns out that the loon who showed up at President Obama’s speech with a machine gun is a parishioner of Rev. Steven L. Anderson, the nutjob who made national news for saying he prays every night for the death of the president. We better hope the Secret Service has these guys under 24/7 …

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Daily Grumble

Seriously, Lincoln Center? Preservationists who have voiced concern over the changes being made to Lincoln Center in its redevelopment may be alarmed to learn about one in particular: The centerpiece of the performing arts complex, its plaza fountain, is not only being replaced, but its water effects are now being “choreographed” as well. The firm doing it is also responsible …

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Limbaugh & Beck: Obama Plans To Seize Control Of The Media

Glenn Beck: “If you watch MSNBC, I contend that you will see the future because they are laying the ground for a horrible event … anything from the right, there’s some awful event and I fear this government, this administration has so much framework already prepared, that they will seize power overnight before anybody even gives it a second thought.”

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Morning View – 1-2-3 Platform

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