Good As You points out the latest bit of bile from the American Family Association: The same people who are so thrilled about this change are also the same ones who preach to us all about how our nation and military should be less offensive to these nations who are our enemies. These same people apologize for American ideals and …
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie To Birthers: STFU, I Was There When Obama Was Born
Newly elected Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) says that now that he’s in charge, he’s going to institute changes that allow his state to release birth documentation on President Obama without violating medical confidentiality laws. Abercrombie is quite certain the birth took place in his state because he was friends with Obama’s parents before the future president was born. “It’s …
Read More »Did Usher Rip Off Homer Simpson?
Some folks are saying that Usher’s blockbuster smash single OMG sounds suspiciously like a Christmas song made up by Homer Simpson.
Read More »Coney Island Polar Bears Swim
In a blizzard, no less.
Read More »Tom Tom Club To Play Irving Plaza
Talking Heads offshoot Tom Tom Club will play NYC’s Irving Plaza on January 12th. I’m rather excited about this as I’ve never seen them live. It’s OK, I’ve overstood! Here’s a great acoustic mini-concert the band did for NPR this fall.
Read More »The Bizarre World Of The Bisexual
WTF? OMG, LOL
The CIA has launched a new task force to investigate WikiLeaks. The group will scour the released documents to survey damage caused by the disclosures. One of the most embarrassing revelations was that the US state department had drawn up a list of information it would like on key UN figures – it later emerged the CIA had asked for …
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GERMANY: 2010 Pop Music Mashup
While we await DJ Earworm’s annual pop mashup, here’s a similar entry (and DJ Earworm tribute) out of Germany. And thanks to a week of listening to pop radio in Key West, I’m now actually familiar with most the songs here.
Read More »Morning View – Upper East Side
I think I was on one of the last planes allowed to land at JFK yesterday during the blizzard. Travel tip: You really don’t want to be on flights that end with applause for the pilot. Anyway, this morning I sent my relief cat-sitter Edward out into the mess for a few photos. At this writing, everything on my block …
Read More »Jimmy Carter: Best Former President Ever
Jimmy Carter’s two-decade battle against a global pest in approaching victory. This fight against the guinea worm is a battle former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has waged for more than two decades in some of the poorest countries on earth. It is a battle he’s almost won. In the 1950s the 3-foot-long guinea worm ravaged the bodies of an estimated …
Read More »Wingnut Headline Of The Day
This morning the above headline screeches across the top of World Net Daily. The true story is something else, of course.
Read More »CNN On The Death Of Teena Marie
Catholic Church Punts On DADT
The Catholic Church now says it will not advocate against the implementation of the repeal of DADT. Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl says the Roman Catholic church has no position on whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military. On Fox News Sunday, Wuerl was asked if he opposed Congress’s repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Richard Chamberlain
“There’s still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture. It’s regrettable, it’s stupid, it’s heartless, and it’s immoral, but there it is. For an actor to be working is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren’t, so it’s just silly for a working actor to say, ‘Oh, I don’t care if anybody knows I’m gay’ — especially if …
Read More »The Venn Diagram Of Junk Touchers
Teena Marie Dies At Age 54
According to the manager of 80’s R&B/dance star Teena Marie, the four-time Grammy nominee died in her sleep last night at the age of 54. No cause of death has been revealed. The protege of the late Rick James, Teena Marie was arguably the most successful white female performer of R&B. In 1982 her landmark lawsuit against Motown Records established …
Read More »This Week In Holy Crimes
Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Earl Post arrested for stalking a teenage girl.New York: Rabbi Victor Koltun pleads not guilty to ordering the murders of two men. Koltun was previously sentenced to five years for mail fraud.Connecticut: Pastor David Pomales and his children arrested in church brawl.Bangladesh: Imam Afsar Ali arrested in connection with the death of a …
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