Monthly Archives: November 2008

Christine Cloud Is A Lying Christian

The woman hit on the head with her Bible in last Friday’s melee in the Castro went on Bill O’Reilly last night to claim that her group doesn’t seek the conversions of gays. This is, of course, an utter lie. So much for the 9th Commandment.

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Securlarism: The Route To Prosperity And Low Crime

Over on Huffington Post, Phil Zuckerman makes an interesting comparison between very religious nations and relatively secular ones in respect to the Christiantists’ claim that God smites heathen nations. Consider the nations of Scandinavia specifically. These countries are noteworthy because they were among the first nations to make abortion legal and readily available and they were also among the first …

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DADT Repeal Pushed Back,
Possibly For Years

Unhappy news from the Washington Times: President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military’s decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants …

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Daily Grumble

My mom, who is as sharp a cookie as they come, still doesn’t quite understand email. When she was visiting me in September, she lamented that she’d turned her computer off at home and was therefore “missing” her emails. I think she believes that turning off your computer is like unplugging your landline. I explain that just like voicemail, Lady …

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The Christian Right is SO Disappointed With eHarmony For Caving To The Gays

From the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins: The surest way to lose the culture war is refusing to fight. Unfortunately, no company illustrates that better than eHarmony, whose shocking concession to the homosexual movement is sending tremors through the faith community. In New Jersey, a man named Eric McKinley filed a complaint against the dating service, arguing that its website …

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Clintons Pass Vetting, Hillary As SOS Said To Be A Lock

The Clintons have passed the Obama team’s vetting process in Hillary’s candidacy for Secretary of State. President-elect Barack Obama is “on track” to name Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving, two senior Obama aides said. Financial disclosure issues have been worked out, aides said. The officials said they expect her to accept. Clinton …

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Improv Everywhere At JFK

In which they makes signs and welcome home total strangers.

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JMG: INTP

According to Typealyzer, some geegaw that analyzes blogs, this here website thingy comes out like this: INTP: The Thinkers The logical and analytical type. They are especially attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications. They enjoy working …

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17-Story Billboard For Times Square

One of the world’s largest and brightest LED billboards lit up in Times Square last night. Via New York Times: The new Walgreens sign going live in Times Square Thursday is not the largest LED-based sign in the world, but its developers believe that it is the most complex, both in terms of its construction and operation. Rising 340 feet …

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The Way You Mecca Me Feel

The Sun UK is reporting that Michael Jackson has converted to Islam. The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a pal’s mansion in Los Angeles, The Sun can reveal. Jacko sat on the floor wearing a tiny hat after an Imam was summoned to officiate — days before the singer …

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Where Things Stand

Maps via Freedom To Marry.

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Worst Interview Backdrop Ever

Sarah Palin does an an intereview after pardoning a turkey, meanwhile other turkeys are slaughtered behind her.

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Fannie & Freddie Suspend Foreclosures

Well, the stock market dropped another jillion points today and now it’s at about 50% of what it was a year ago. But at least Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced a temporary suspension of home foreclosures. Via Calculated Risk: Press Release from Fannie Mae (no link yet): Fannie Mae to Suspend Foreclosures Until January In order to support …

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Poof! You’re One Of Us

Remember the dust-up earlier this month about Mormons posthumously baptizing Jews? A Daily Kos diarist has just posthumously converted LDS founder Joseph Smith to the family of homosexuals. Dear God of the Homos, With your great and everlasting love that blessed the covenants of Achilles and Petroclus, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and of Jonathon and David, bless then the soul of …

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Will They Call This “Barry-Rolling”?

“Rick-rolling” is much catchier.

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The Truth About Phyllis Burgess

There’s more to the story of Phylliss Burgess, 69, the “Styrofoam Cross Lady” that is currently the darling of Christianist websites after her cross was ripped from her hands and stomped during a Prop 8 rally in Palm Springs. If you buy the story being told on right-wing sites, Burgesss is a frail, elderly, innocent victim of “gay fascists.” But …

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Project Postcard

Here’s another Activism 4.0 project, only this one uses snail-mail. CivilRightsFront.com wants you to mail postcards to Barack Obama requesting the immediate repeal of the Defense Of Marriage Act. President-elect Barack ObamaPresidential Transition OfficeKluczynski Federal Building230 S. Dearborn St., 38th FloorChicago, IL 60604 WRITE A MESSAGE – I recommend that we all write the same thing, so that our message …

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The Answer To Conservapedia

I love Dickipedia. Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski; born May 28, 1977) is a former reality show contestant—not even the winner, mind you, or even the runner-up—who somehow became co-host of one of the most popular daytime talk shows of all time, and a dick. Though not especially well informed, Hasselbeck is, nonetheless, an irritatingly vocal supporter of conservative viewpoints. Also, …

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Tonight On Bilerico: A LiveBlog To Ask LGBT Leaders What Went Wrong

Tonight at 7pm EST there will be a LiveBlog hosted on the Bilerico Project during which the public can pose questions to Kate Kendell, Nadine Smith, and Barbara McCullough-Jones – the three women who led the anti-amendment movements in Florida, Arizona and California. The live Q&A will be hosted by Bilerico editor Bil Browning and Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House …

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Dubya Ignored On G-20 Stage

Count how many world leaders were willing to shake Dubya’s hand as they took the stage for a photo-op at the G-20 summit. How embarraskin’! (Via – AmericaBlog)

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