Monthly Archives: July 2008

Parody Fail

The Republican National Committee has issued their “parody” of what they think an Obama-in-Berlin ad might look like. Ken Wheaton at AdAge responds: Perhaps the Republican National Committee needs to lay off the prescription drugs. It certainly should consider laying off web videos. Consider this monstrosity, which “provides a parody of what an Obama TV ad in Berlin, Germany might …

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Brent Rinehart = Loser

Oklahoma pol Brent Rhinehart, who made national news with his homophobic comic book, came in last in yesterday’s three-way primary. Which gives him plenty of free time to fight those felony corruption charges. After being denounced for mailing out a crude campaign comic book and trounced in his Republican primary, Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart now can move on to …

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Morning View – Sylvia Rivera Way

In 2005 the corner of Christopher and Hudson was renamed after Sylvia Rivera, the late transgender activist who helped found the Gay Liberation Front shortly after the Stonewall Riots. The following year Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson cofounded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, the world’s first transgender political organization. Rivera died from liver cancer in 2002.

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PG & E Gives $250K To Fight Prop 8

Pacific Gas & Electric, which provides Northern California with most of its electricity and natural gas, has donated $250K to the fight against Proposition 8. Giving a financial and public relations boost to gay marriage proponents, PG&E announced today that it is giving $250,000 to the No on Proposition 8 campaign. The utility also said it will spearhead the formation …

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5.8 Quake Rocks SoCal

A strong earthquake centered east of Los Angeles occurred today just before noon Pacific time, but early reports indicate only light damage. The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas. Preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino …

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Homophobe Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Indicted For Corruption

Squeeee! Sen. Ted “The Internet Is A Series Of Tubes” Stevens (R-AK), the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, has been charged with seven felony counts of corruption. A federal grand jury in Washington has handed up the indictment against Stevens — which the Justice Department is set to announce very shortly. Stevens, 84, faces seven counts of false statements involving …

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Bush’s Legacy: Worst Deficit Ever

Dubya’s done gone crazy with the nation’s credit card and we’ll be paying it off until gas comes free with bubble gum. President Bush’s budget chief blamed the faltering economy and the bipartisan stimulus package for the record $482 billion deficit the White House predicted for the 2009 budget year. The White House blames a faltering economy [JMG: Also his …

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McFail

Via FAILblog, here’s how the McDonald’s in Yass, Australia tells you it’s open for business. This will totally appear on Manhunt profiles in 3….2….1….

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Daily Show Rips Elaine Donnelly

Last night Jon Stewart ripped into the idiots testifying in support of continuing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Special fun was made of Elaine Donnelly of the Center For Military Readiness. Jon Stewart=win.

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MTA Alert

Don’t try to use your ATM card to buy a MetroCard today. Even though a “system-wide” outage means that none of the machines are producing cards, your account is still being charged every time you swipe. The MTA says your account will be credited in two business days, but I bet there’ll be a lot of people left busted after …

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The HIV Time Tunnel Returns

Ugh, an old idea has returned. Some Brooklyn outfit is selling a “safe sex license” so that players can “prove” that they don’t have HIV or other STDs. Via Thrillist. STF promotes responsible uglies-bumping via a Safe Sex License, a clinically backed, wallet-sized photo ID that says “I’m so clean, the condom should wear me”. How it works: sign up …

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UnCuil

Have you been reading the hype about Cuil (pronounced “cool”), the new search engine that supposedly tracks three times the number of web pages as Google? I just Cuil-ed myself and among the first ten results are my year-old post about the death of Jerry Falwell, a couple of years-old Daily Kos pages tagged with my name, and other ancient …

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Because The Truth Hurts

Opponents of gay marriage in California were quick to announce that they would sue to overturn last week’s rewording of Proposition 8, which makes it clear to voters that they would be overturning an existing right. The haters claim the Attorney General Jerry Brown had the proposition reworded in order to bolster his gubernatorial chances in 2010. Jennifer Kerns, spokeswoman …

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Critical Mess II

There was trouble during NYC’s Critical Mass this weekend too. Via Gawker, watch a cop totally bodyslam a rider to the ground as the ride passes through Times Square. The rider was initially charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer for “aiming” his bike at the cop. But we’re in the YouTube era and the video seems to tell …

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Unshocking: Church Shooter A Fan of Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly

Police searching the home of Tennessee church shooter Jim David Adkisson found the following books: “Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder” by radio talk show host Michael Savage, “Let Freedom Ring” by talk show host Sean Hannity, and “The O’Reilly Factor,” by television talk show host Bill O’Reilly. I’m sure those three’s chests are swelling with pride today. Seriously. I …

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BlueCross To Give Benefits To Married Gays

Another domino falls in New York. BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York will begin allowing spousal health care benefits to validly married gay and lesbian couples, the New York Civil Liberties Union announced today. The news comes less than three weeks after the NYCLU filed a lawsuit against the company on behalf of a Buffalo lesbian couple that said it …

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Congressman Richard Simmons

Last week after testifying before Congress on the the issues of childhood obesity and exercise, Richard Simmons mused about his interest in running for national office. “I want to have the respect of a Congressman, I want to talk like a Congressman, and maybe, someday, I’ll be a Congressman.” Then, answering about three minutes of follow-up questions, Simmons adopted a …

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Morning View – West Village Barbershop

My barbershop is a little three-chair place on Christopher between Hudson and Washington. As expensive as NYC is for most things, you can still get a decent inexpensive haircut. My barber used to work up the street at the barbershop across from Ty’s, but he opened his own place here about a year ago. I’d tell you to ask for …

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A Third Term For Bloomberg?

As Michael Bloomberg heads towards his final year as Gotham’s mayor, speculation is growing that that an effort to rescind mayoral term limits may be launched. According to the NY Post, major big business players are quietly supporting a movement for a third term for Bloomberg. The two-term limit can be lifted by a charter referendum, by state legislation, or …

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The Berlin Bounce

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