Monthly Archives: February 2015

Seen At CPAC 2015

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Senate Panel Approves Nomination Of Loretta Lynch As Attorney General

Via the New York Times: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be the next attorney general, sending her nomination to the full Senate for what is likely to be a contentious vote. The panel voted 12 to 8 to advance Ms. Lynch, President Obama’s pick to replace Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as the …

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Ayn Rand Fans Have A CPAC Booth

The Ayn Rand Institute argues that Social Security is “legalized theft.” At the end of her life, Rand was collecting both Social Security and Medicare benefits, but that was only fair, they say, because that money had already been stolen from her.

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TRAILER: Love & Mercy

Stereogum recaps: Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson is one of the most legendary figures in music, a guy who wrote and produced dozens of classic songs and helped shape the album as music’s preeminent artistic statement. He’s also a bit of an oddball, which makes him an ideal subject for a Hollywood biopic. Just such a movie is coming to …

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KANSAS: Military Court Reverses HIV Assault Conviction For Swinger Airman

Via the Associated Press: The highest U.S. military court’s reversal of a Kansas airman’s aggravated assault conviction for exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties in Wichita will effectively end such prosecutions in the armed forces, his attorney said. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces unanimously ruled Monday that prosecutors failed to prove that any …

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Inside An “Ex-Gay” Torture Camp

Vice reports: Regardless of a nationwide battle toward the acceptance of same­-sex marriage and equal rights for gay people, conversion therapy is still a problem, and it’s being practiced every single day in the United States and throughout the world. In this special report, VICE gets exclusive access to one of the hundreds of gay-conversion-therapy organizations, groups, and sessions in …

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DC Legal Pot Law Goes Into Effect, GOP Threatens To Have Mayor Arrested

Via USA Today: Despite warnings from congressional Republicans, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed D.C.’s marijuana legalization law to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, told Bowser that if she continued with her plan to implement marijuana legalization she would face “very serious consequences,” The Washington Post reported. “You can go …

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Crowdfund Launched For Anti-Gay Florist

It’s not clear who is behind this GoFundMe money beg, but here it is. (Tipped by JMG reader Christopher)

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LIVE: GOP Leaders Speak At CPAC

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Scott Lively: Obama Started The Ukraine Conflict To Punish Russia On LGBT Rights

“Regardless of where one stands on Ukraine or Vladimir Putin, just for a moment consider where the pro-family movement would be if it hadn’t been for the Ukraine coup. Russia would still be (relatively speaking) a respected member of the international community offering an alternative, genuinely pro-family model for social policy. There would likely be at least a half-dozen nations …

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Martyr Tour: Florist Goes To Fox News

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More CPAC Trolling By Bloomberg Politics

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Headline Of The Day

From the Washington Post: This time, Donald J. Trump says, he really means it. The billionaire real-estate mogul, who has long amounted to a one-man sideshow in GOP presidential politics, said in an interview Wednesday that he is “more serious” than ever about pursuing a run for the White House in 2016. In recent days, Trump said, he has hired …

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Harlem Hate Pastor: Christian Preachers Need To Call Gay People “Faggots”

More unhinged than usual. If that’s at all possible.

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Open Thread Thursday

What was the first record you ever bought? Mine is above.

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Donny Osmond Slams NPH: “No Class”

Osmond’s Wikipedia page notes that he performed in a loincloth for over 2000 performances of Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat. But that was classy!  RELATED: In 2008 Osmond wrote about same-sex marriage in a now-deleted response (check the URL) to a fan on his personal website. An excerpt: “There are many gay individuals that are members of our church. I …

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Madonna Falls Off Stairs At Brit Awards

The BBC reports: Pop star Madonna has fallen off the stage during her performance at the 2015 Brit Awards. The singer tumbled down a set of stairs and landed awkwardly, apparently after a dancer tried to remove a cape she was wearing at the start of her routine. However, she recovered and returned to the stage to finish her song, …

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CPAC 2015: We’re All About That Base

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Madonna Vents On Ageism

“It’s still the one area where you can totally discriminate against somebody. and talk shit. Because of their age. Only females, though. Not males. So in that respect we still live in a very sexist society. No one would dare to say a degrading remark about being black or dare to say a degrading remark on Instagram about someone being …

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Sarah Palin, Voice Of The Tower Erectors

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