Monthly Archives: December 2009

JibJab’s Year In Review

Play ’em off, Keyboard Cat.

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PhoboQuotable – Linda Harvey

“Get all pro-homosexual and pro-promiscuity programs, literature, teachers, and counselors out of every school now. Remove “gay” clubs, Planned Parenthood at health fairs, and GLSEN- PFLAG- SIECUS activists. Cease all condom demonstrations, abortion referrals, on-site birth control dispensing, sexual orientation affirmation, and messing with children’s hearts, minds and bodies. Demand that schools uphold the traditional value of heterosexual identities, teach …

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Ladyfingers Musto On The Aughties

For his decade-end roundup, Village Voice gossip maven Michael Musto drags it up as Miss Ladyfingers USA, Susan Boyle, Lady Gaga, and Michael Jackson. From his column: The Naughty Aughties are over, and I’m LMFAO. It will be remembered, if at all, as the decade of the TMI generation. The 15-second fame gang. The micromanaging maniacs. The attention-whoring-for-lunch bunch. The …

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The Gay State Of The World

(Via – World Focus, tipped by JMG reader Alex)

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Clock Running Out For NJ Marriage

As the January 19th inauguration of Governor-elect Chris Christie grows nearer, the odds of marriage equality in New Jersey are dimming. Earlier this month, the state Senate canceled a vote on the issue when it became clear there was not enough support to pass it. The issue was handed over to the state Assembly, which has not scheduled a hearing …

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Yale Drops “Sissy” Shirts

To stoke up student fervor for their annual football game with arch rival Harvard, Yale students voted to sell a t-shirt using a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald: “I think of all Harvard men as sissies.” On the back, the students added: “WE AGREE.” But after complaints from a campus LGBT group, the shirt has been dropped. The LGBT Co-op …

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Prop 8 Backers Fight Plan To Televise The Olson/Boies Trial

The backers of Proposition 8 say that the proposed plan to televise next month’s trial will scare off the people they have scheduled to testify. Television coverage could expose witnesses and other trial participants to harassment and intimidation, backers of Proposition 8 said in a court filing Monday. They said some of their witnesses “have indicated that they would not …

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Advocate Writer Don Belton Stabbed To Death In Indiana Home

Indiana University professor and occasional Advocate contributor Don Belton, 53, was found stabbed to death in his Indiana home on Monday. A 25 year-old man has confessed to the slaying, claiming that Belton had expressed no remorse for sexually assaulting him. Michael J. Griffin, 25, of Bloomington told police he visited Don Belton on Sunday to confront the 53-year-old assistant …

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NY Senate Lays Groundwork To Expel Sen. Hiram “Slasher” Monserrate

Yesterday a New York Senate committee report indicated that the expulsion of Sen. Hiram Monserrate may finally be in the works. Senator Hiram Monserrate behaved recklessly and callously after his companion was hurt during an argument at his Queens home, failing to call 911, dragging her violently through a hallway and taking her to a hospital miles away, according to …

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Tavern On The Green Closing

Central Park’s Tavern On The Green, the nation’s highest grossing and arguably most famous restaurant, will close tomorrow after 75 years in business. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year’s Eve, when it will serve its last meal. Just three years ago, it was …

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Photo Of The Day – Megan Phelps-Roper

Fierce! (Via – Oh No They Didn’t)

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British Columbia Government Reverses Pledge To Support 2011 Outgames

The British Columbia provincial government is reneging on verbal pledges to support the 2011 Outgames in Vancouver. When planning the games in 2007 and 2008, Outgames chair John Boychuk says representatives from “ministries associated with sport” initially made a verbal promise to contribute $400,000 to the event. Eventually that verbal commitment was reduced to $150,000 to $200,000. “A year later …

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Chart Of The Day

(Via – New York Times)

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Glenn Beck: Why Weren’t The Teabaggers TIME’s People Of The Year?

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SCOTUS May Hear R-71 Appeal On Release Of Petition Names

On January 15th the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if it will hear the appeal of Protect Marriage Washington over the decision to force the release of the names of those who signed Referendum 71. The court likely will announce later that day or the following Monday if it will take the R-71 petition case. If the court declines to …

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Marriage Protection Act Signature Drive

From the hilarious folks behind the faux drive to ban divorce in California.

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We Don’t Pump Our Gas,
We Pump Our Fists

You really don’t pump your own gas in Jersey, ya know.

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“Ex-Gay” Lesbian Goes Into Hiding With Child After Losing Custody Battle

It’s a complicated story, but let’s see if I can break down the major points correctly. 1. In 2000, Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins get civil unioned in Vermont. 2. In 2002, Miller has a baby girl via artificial insemination. 3. In 2003, the couple breaks up when Miller “renounces” homosexuality, becomes an evangelical Christian, and moves to Virginia, taking …

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Top Ten Wingnut Lies Of 2009

The wingnuts came up with some doozies this year. Huffington Post counts down the ten biggest lies. 1. The census will result in internment camps.2. Health care reform = death panels.3. Obama was born in Kenya.4. Obama cedes U.S. sovereignty by bowing.5. Obama indoctrinates school kids with speech.6. Bill Ayers really wrote Obama’s autobiography.7. Dems are turning the country to …

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e-Books Outselling Print

For the first time, e-books outsold printed books at Amazon over the holidays. eBooks, some of them free eBooks, outsold print books this Christmas. On December 26, Amazon announced that, for the first time ever, they had sold more eBooks than physical books on Christmas day. In an interview Jeff Bezos was also quoted as saying that he believes that …

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