Monthly Archives: December 2015

Guinness World Records Recognizes World’s Oldest Performing Drag Queen, Michelle DuBarry, Age 84

Guinness World Records has made it official. Toronto’s Michelle DuBarry, 84, is the world’s oldest performing drag queen. The Toronto Star reports: As she twirls around a stage belting out Doris Day lyrics, you’d never think Michelle DuBarry is 84. But along with her birthday this week came the title of World’s Oldest Performing Drag Queen. Russell Alldread — Michelle …

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IRELAND: Approved Bill Protects LGBT Teachers

Big news for LGBT teachers in Ireland, where the Catholic Church runs most public schools. From the Irish Journal: The Dail has passed a Bill that will make it illegal for religious-run schools to discriminate against LGBT teachers over their sexuality. The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 amends the provisions of Section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act. It has …

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Trump Celebrates: Mass Murder Helps Me In The Polls

Via the Washington Post: Donald Trump’s retweeting habits leave something to be desired. His retweets have managed to insult Iowans, pass along bogus statistics that suggest blacks kill whites at an alarming clip and have featured an image of Jeb Bush with a swastika. Early Thursday morning, Trump did it again. This time, he retweeted a supporter who pretty clearly …

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Ted Cruz: As President I’ll Stack The Supreme Court With “Rock-Ribbed” Hardcore Conservatives

In an interview published yesterday by Bloomberg, Ted Cruz vowed that upon election he’ll begin the work of stacking the US Supreme Court with right-wing appointees who have a “long paper trail” of conservative values. From the interview: While the stark divisions between the types of justices preferred by modern Democratic and Republican presidents are well-known, Cruz argued that within …

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Ted Cruz: I’ll Have Trump Build My Wall

Ted Cruz yesterday told a right wing radio station that upon election he’ll “absolutely” hire Donald Trump to build that wall on the Mexican border. Mediaite has the quote: “If you’re elected president of the United States, will you do what Donald Trump has pledged to do? Would a President Cruz build a wall along the entire southern border?” Kuhner …

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A Little Trump Music [VIDEO]

“A classical take on the campaign of Donald Trump, with apologies to Mozart.”

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SAN BERNARDINO: Cops ID Dead Shooter As Syed Farook, County Health Department Staffer

The Los Angeles Times reports: Two law enforcement sources identified one of the deceased suspects as Syed Farook, an American citizen. Public records show a person named Syed R. Farook was employed by the San Bernardino County Health department as an environmental health specialist, but it was not clear if that was the same person involved in the shooting. The …

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New York Daily News Rips GOP Leaders For “Meaningless Platitudes” In Wake Of Mass Shooting

Over the last few years the New York Daily News has devoted countless screaming headlines which denounced the NRA, its head Wayne LaPierre, and many other gun control opponents. Above is tomorrow morning’s front page reaction to the avalanche of pointless “thoughts and prayers” tweets issued today by GOP leaders.

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SAN BERNARDINO: Cops Report Two Dead Suspects, One Male, One Female, Both In “Assault Clothing”

NBC News reports: At least 14 people were killed and two suspects were dead Wednesday after up to three people on a mission that authorities described as “possibly terrorism” barged into a holiday party in a California conference room and unleashed a bloodbath. The shooter or shooters fled in a black SUV after the shooting about at 11 a.m. (2 …

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cardinal Calls Gay US Ambassador A “Wife”, Tells Him To Go Do Housework

Dominican Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, whose archdiocese has been wracked by a pedophilia scandal, yesterday called married gay US Ambassador Wally Brewster a “wife” and said he should focus on housework. The Associated Press reports: A Dominican cardinal upset over comments that the U.S. ambassador made about corruption in his country has said the openly gay diplomat should …

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Flip Benham: Homosexuals Are The Most Violent Community And They Want Christians Dead [VIDEO]

“HGTV is Homosexual Garbage Television. You’ve got to know that that’s trash. I mean, the homosexual community came after them with a vengeance. You see, the homosexual community doesn’t want to just get you fired or something like that, they want to destroy you! They want to destroy everything because inside of them, their heart is raging against the Lord …

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GOP Gun Control Opponents End Future Mass Shootings Through The Power Of Prayer And Thoughts

All of the major GOP figures rushed to Twitter this afternoon to make sure everybody knows they are definitely praying for the people murdered in today’s mass shooting. They’re also thinking about them! Which totally helps! And tomorrow they will return to blocking all attempts at gun control in America.

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Erick Erickson: Today’s Mass Murder Is Obama’s Fault

Yesterday Erick Erickson declared that Planned Parenthood should just be thankful that more Christians aren’t murdering them. He may have topped his record of assholery with this tweet. Maybe. After all, it’s a very long record.

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BREAKING: Mass Shooting In San Bernardino, 12 People Reported Dead, “Three Active Shooters”

Here we go AGAIN. KTLA reports: There were reports of at least 20 victims down amid an active shooter incident in San Bernardino late Wednesday morning, according to a San Bernardino Police Department official. San Bernardino Fire Department initially tweeted that they were responding to a report of a “20-victim shooting.” The call came in around 11 a.m. in the …

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Insane Conspiracy Nutjob Alex Jones To Trump: You Are The George Washington Of Our Time [VIDEO]

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: It is really difficult to know where to begin when cataloging all of the truly insane statements and conspiracy theories levied by radio host Alex Jones, who has talked about everything from how 9/11 and Oklahoma City were false flag operations to how juice turns kids gay and space lizards are running the …

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ALABAMA: NAACP Sues State Over Voter ID Law Following Mass Closures Of DMV Offices

We knew THIS was coming: Alabama now faces a federal lawsuit over its voter ID law after closing 30 or so driver’s licenses offices, many of them in areas with high African-American populations. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is bringing the suit on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Alabama NAACP. It was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court …

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NOM Loses AGAIN: Court Smacks Down Legal Fees

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today smacked down NOM once again, rejecting their demand for nearly $700,000 in legal fees from their losing battle with the IRS. Because NOM had been awarded $50K for the accidental release of their tax returns, they claimed themselves to be the victors even though they lost every other contention made in their suit. …

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DJ Earworm – United State Of Pop 2015 [VIDEO]

DJ Earworm’s hotly anticipated annual mashup of the year’s biggest-selling pop singles is out today. Billboard reports: Each year since 2007, DJ Earworm (real name Jordan Roseman) has taken the biggest tunes of the year and combined them into one ultra-catchy, viral-ready mash-up called “The United State of Pop.” This year, the challenge got even more involved: Instead of the …

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ARKANSAS: Man Applies To Place “Gay Pride Festivus Pole” On Grounds Of State Capitol Building [VIDEO]

Arkansas Matters reports: A Florida man applied on Monday afternoon to place a “Gay Pride Festivus Pole” at the state Capitol grounds in Little Rock. Executive Director for the Humanity Fund Chaz Stevens said he sent in an Arkansas Secretary of State Temporary Display application around 1 p.m. on Monday. Stevens said that he erected his first Festivus pole in …

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REPORT: Christian Terrorist Robert Dear Vandalized Planned Parenthood Clinic In The Past

NBC News reports: The man charged with killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has targeted the agency before, his ex-wife said Tuesday. Dear appears to have been opposed to the reproductive health agency for decades. Barbara Mescher Michaux, who was married to Dear from 1985 to 1993, said Tuesday that Dear once put glue …

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