Monthly Archives: May 2009

PETA Gets Google’s Goat

Google is using goats rather than lawnmowers to prune the grounds at their Mountain View, California headquarters and PETA wants these new employees to have perks. PETA has no problem with letting goats do what goats want to do (e.g., look cute and eat weeds), but we do have concerns about how the goats may be transported, whether they are …

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Amanda Lepore – Cotton Candy

(Via – Andy Reynolds @ Penetration Inc)

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Liberty University Prof Busted In Sex Crime

At Dead Jerry Falwell University last week: A judge has granted $25,000 bond to a Liberty University professor accused of a sex crime with a student. Joshua Young Moon is charged with object sexual penetration by force. Moon appeared at the Lynchburg courthouse on Monday. In less than a week, Moon has gone from popular professor to inmate. Prosecutors say …

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Prejean Rumored To Join The View

According to the National Enquirer, producers of The View want Carrie Prejean to replace Elizabeth Hasselbeck as House Wingnut when Hasselbeck goes on maternity leave later this year. “Elisabeth really has something to worry about,” said a show source, who revealed that while Dizzie Lizzie’s on maternity leave, Walters will audition, as her fill-in, the new right-wing babe on the …

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Openly Gay DA For Manhattan?

Openly gay top Bloomberg adviser Jonathan Feinblatt is reportedly considering running for Manhattan District Attorney upon the coming retirement of Robert Morgenthau, who had had the job for 35 years. Sources insist Jonathan Feinblatt, the Bloomberg administration’s criminal justice coordinator, will enter the race for Manhattan district attorney. But strategists say he may be too late. The other three Democratic …

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Truth Over The Tiara

Here’s the latest from the National Association for Opposite Marriage.

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May The 4th Be With You

Today is National Star Wars Day. Accordingly, here’s Princess Leia singing on 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special. After she sings, Chewbacca’s family sits down for their traditional roasted Ewok. In the clip on the right, Bea Arthur bartends for Harvey Korman in the cantina.

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Boston Globe On The Brink

It looks like the end may be near for the Boston Globe. The New York Times Co. said last night that it is notifying federal authorities of its plans to shut down the Boston Globe, raising the possibility that New England’s most storied newspaper could cease to exist within weeks. After down-to-the-wire negotiations did not produce millions of dollars in …

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“People’s Veto” Campaign Against Marriage Equality Launches In Maine

Americans For Truth About Homosexuality chairman Mike Heath (who is also the head of the Maine Family Policy Council) is about to begin collecting petitions for a “People’s Veto” of Maine’s marriage equality bill. The people of Maine know what marriage is,” said Heath. “Politicians pretend this debate is complicated and emotional. It isn’t. Maine people know the difference between …

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Turning Up The Pressure

The NY Daily News is reporting that the Empire State Pride Agenda is using polls conducted in the home districts of ten Republican state senators to convince them to flip their votes on marriage equality. Over the past several months, the group commissioned polls from Boston-based Kiley & Co. in the districts of at least 10 GOP state senators. The …

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Auto-Tune The News: Obama Flashback

I love Fox News’ Angry Gorilla.

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The Lusty South

Researchers at Kansas State University have compiled “seven deadly sins” maps of the United States. Based on per capita rates of all STDs, here’s “Lust.”

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A Day In Hand

Openly gay former London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick is heading a campaign that encourages gay couples in Britain to hold hands in public. The campaign, called “A Day in Hand” has received the backing of a number of celebrities in an attempt to allow gay people to feel more comfortable in public. Mr Paddick who was the most senior openly …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… North Carolina: Pastor Joseph Kennedy Ragland arrested for rape of a minor.Canada: Rev. David Woodall charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.California: Pastor Robert Bowman arrested for possession of child pornography. Bonus: Bowman is the headmaster of a Christian grade school.North Carolina: Pastor Raymond Bernard Reid charged …

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No One Is Immune From The Auto-Tune

Now that Slap-Chop and Sham Wow pitchman Vince Schlomi has been arrested for beating up a prostitute (who gave as good as she got), he’s become a target for YouTube’s Auto-Tune masters. Now you know how Kanye does it.

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Giuliani Blows Off Gay Pals’ Wedding

Remember when then-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani was cheating on his wife and she threw him out and he went to live with his two gay BFFs and promised that he’d officiate at their marriage when it became legal? So much for friendship. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was a last-minute no-show at the wedding of his former roommates — a gay …

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Filed Under: Bad Ideas

If you think an unstaffed coin-operated tanning salon is a bad idea, you’d be right.

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Anti-Gay Former Rep. Jack Kemp Dies

Anti-gay former Rep. Jack Kemp has died of cancer at age 73. Jack Kemp, a star football quarterback who became a congressman, U.S. Cabinet secretary and Republican vice presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 73. Kemp died of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, The New York Times said, quoting his son, Jimmy Kemp.He served 18 years as …

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Jugs 4 Jesus

(Tipped by JMG reader David C)

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Coming Soon To the Sears Tower

Here’s an artist’s rendition of the new glass ledge they are building on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower (which is changing its name to the Willis Tower.) The first thing I thought of was that scene in Ferris Bueller.

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