Monthly Archives: September 2008

NYC Muslims Want Holiday Equality

Undeterred by Mayor Bloomberg’s repeatedly stated opposition to adding more holidays to NYC’s school schedule, Muslim activists are using Rosh Hashanah today to again push for the addition of Muslim holidays. Estimates of the number of Muslims in New York City range from 600,000 to 850,000. Their children comprise about 10-12 percent of the more than 1 million students in …

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House Votes Down Bailout Bill,
Stock Market Currently Down 500

The House of Representatives just voted down the bailout bill by a vote of 226-207. Democratic: Yes – 141 No – 94 Republican: Yes – 66 No – 132 Totals: Yes – 207 No – 226 Supporters of the bill are working the House floor attempting to turn some of the No votes to Yes, so those totals will likely …

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Shelley, Warrior Princess

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Bristol & Levi’s (Fake) Wedding Registry

Bristol & Levi would like a meat grinder, Precious Moments figurines, and a camouflage diaper bag.

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I Can See Sarah From My House!

“As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska.” – Sarah Palin. (Image via Boing Boing via – Andrew Sullivan)

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Sashay, Chante!

Several times this weekend I tried to post this clip of Sarah Palin working the pageant runway in 1984, but the Republicflacks kept getting the clip pulled. I guess they’ve given up since so many folks are reposting it on their own. The Alaskan guy who posted this portion has promised to also post her flute solo talent segment. What …

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Glossolalia, Part 2

Since this cartoon first appeared in the online edition of the Washington Post three weeks ago, over 750 emails of complaint have poured in from people who think speaking in tongues is nothing to laugh at. Oh, wait…I’m ’bout to get caught up in the spirit! Obama Obama bo bama, bonana fanna fo fama, fee fi mo mamah, Obama! Whew!

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Married Gays Speak Out On Prop 8

Read more on Stop8.org.

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Yes On 8 Launches TV Campaign

The Yes On 8 group Protect Marriage has launched their first TV ad. Jeremy at Good As You has pulled the clip off their site, go check it out. Jeremy thinks the clip is an “ineffective snoozefest.” The ad ridiculously claims that Prop 8 would cause churches to lose their tax-exempt status and flashes a completely unrelated headline from the …

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Matthew Shepard Memorial Opens

Via AP: The nation — and the city of Laramie — has become more accepting of gays and lesbians in the 10 years since a gay University of Wyoming student was beaten, lashed to a lonely fence and left to die, his mother said Saturday. “We’ve learned a lot, we’ve talked a lot; we do it in public forums now,” …

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Nuke Detectors For Everybody!

Scientists at Purdue University are lobbying Congress to require that radiation detectors be installed in cell phones, allowing the government to instantly triangulate the location of a potential dirty bomb. “We have to fight this American knee-jerk toward the highest tech,” says Andrew Longman, a project leader. The Purdue team is designing a detection system that’s so small it could …

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Top Ten Bank Failures Of All Time

Via Get Listy:1. Washington Mutual, Seattle (2008)Total assets: $307 billion 2. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust, Chicago (1984)Total assets: $40.0 billion 3. First Republic Bank, Dallas (1988)Total assets: $32.5 billion 4. IndyMac Bank, Pasadena, Calif. (2008)Total assets: $32 billion 5. American S&LA, Stockton, Calif. (1988)Total assets: $30.2 billion 6. Bank of New England, Boston (1991)Total assets: $21.7 billion 7. …

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You Deserve Hell! And Pizza!

Pam Spaulding came across this pizza box-wielding baby fundie at North Carolina Pride this weekend. Go check out Pam’s videos and slideshow for a cavalcade of crazy Christers, as well as some of the good people working on your behalf. By the way, the kid’s t-shirt says “Virginity Rocks!”

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The Case Against Mark Buse

Over at BlogActive, one of Mike Roger’s readers has laid out the case for exposing John McCain’s hypocrisy in employing chief of staff Mark Buse.

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Rudy Giuliani: Wall Street Vulture

Former New York mayor and full-time opportunist Rudy Giuliani is rubbing his hands with glee over the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Rudy Giuliani is positioning his law firm to cash in on Wall Street’s train wreck – a move that has become a gift to political enemies of his pal John McCain. Even as the nation’s $700 billion, taxpayer-funded …

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Palin Falls 27% In “Favorables”

She’s now at -10 (meaning 40% view her favorably, 50% unfavorably). Two weeks ago she was at +17. (Via – Daily Kos)

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Macho, Macho Yanks

The Yankees held their annual hazing of the rookies this weekend, forcing the newbies to dress as the Village People and parade around Boston. I watched it on the news, wondering if there might be a faint hint of homophobia in making the players dress as the most famous gay group of all time, but everybody seemed to be having …

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Morning View – Midtown Tunnel

This is the Queens entrance to the Midtown Tunnel, which opened in 1940. Every March, the tunnel is closed for one night for the Ringling Brothers / Barnum & Bailey Circus to walk their elephants to Madison Square Garden. The toll for cars is $5 each way, elephants are free.

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Screw The Economy, What This Campaign Needs Is A Shotgun Wedding

Is the McCain campaign planning an October surprise? In an election campaign notable for its surprises, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, may be about to spring a new one — the wedding of her pregnant teenage daughter to her ice-hockey-playing fiancé before the November 4 election. Inside John McCain’s campaign the expectation is growing that there will be …

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No Lifeline For Sarah Palin

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