The knuckle-draggers at World Net Daily have moved on from their “Obama is a socialist!” meme.

I know which Fleet Week-er you’re looking at, you dirty birds. (Via – Gothamist)

Day Of Decision events will take place in over 90 cities across the U.S. and Canada* tomorrow night after tomorrow’s California Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8, which will come at 10am Pacific time. Find your city’s event here. In NYC we will gather at Sheridan Square at 6pm for a march to Union Square. *I’m especially moved about the …

Seriously. After Lambert’s raved-about performance with Queen during the American Idol final, the band’s frontman Brian May tells Rolling Stone: “Roger Taylor and I are definitely hoping to have a meaningful conversation with him at some point. It’s not like we, as Queen, would rush into coalescing with another singer just like that. It isn’t that easy. But I’d certainly …

As I am a hoopy frood, I must let you know that May 25th is Towel Day, a tribute to Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams, who has been suffering a permanent existence failure since 2001. Towel Day celebrations will take place at pubs worldwide, where things will get unpleasantly like being drunk. A sixth Hitchhiker’s book by …

Yesterday NYC began its experiment to make Times Square safer and more pedestrian-friendly, closing an eight block stretch of Broadway to vehicles. According to a city study, midtown traffic will actually be as much as 20% faster, since drivers no longer have to deal with the way Broadway slices across the city’s grid. By all reports, things are working well. …

Over the last seven days…Florida: Imam Yasser Mohamed Shahade arrested for sexual assault of 13 year-old boy.Israel: Rabbi Elior Noam Hen charged with ritualistic burning and cutting of toddlers because they were “possessed by the devil.” One child is in a permanent vegetative state. Rabbi Hen has fled to Brazil, who has agreed to extradite him back to Israel.Colorado: Pastor …

New York Times columnist Frank Rich goes after the Obama administration again today in an essay about the march towards full LGBT rights. Obama has long been, as he says, a fierce advocate for gay equality. The Windy City Times has reported that he initially endorsed legalizing same-sex marriage when running for the Illinois State Senate in 1996. The most …

Via Wikipedia, a map on the state of marriage equality that is a bit more precise than the one I posted (and took down) earlier today. Illinois is poised to turn blue next week. Will New York be next to turn purple?

Secretary of State Clinton has ruled that the State Department will grant equal benefits to gay diplomats. In a notice to be sent soon to State Department employees, Clinton says regulations that denied same-sex couples and their families the same rights and privileges that straight diplomats enjoyed are “unfair and must end,” as they harm U.S. diplomacy. “Providing training, medical …

Fox wingnut blowhard Glenn Beck tosses out that “reports are that Prop 8 is about to be overturned.” What reports, Glenn?

The Republican National Committee goes after Nancy Pelosi with this clip featuring split-screens of the James Bond Goldfinger character Pussy Galore. Politics Daily reacts: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can sit back and enjoy her Memorial Day picnic basket after all, because the Republican National Committee has thoughtfully provided her with a pre-holiday gift-pack in the form of a video so …

John McCain IV, that is, meeting the president after his Naval Academy graduation yesterday.

The Map Scroll has overlaid some study of personality traits on a map of North America. Result: NYC really is a town of Woody Allens. Other personality maps here. Atlanta seems to be very agreeable, which seems about right.(Via – Richard Florida)

Skinheads and other charming Romanians marched in opposition to Bucharest’s gay pride parade yesterday, declaring their event a “Normality March.” “Romanians, wake up! Sexual perversions are contagious mental diseases” or “Romanians, stop the homosexual epidemic! It is more dangerous than the flue” are just some of the messages written on the placards. The participants also chorus “Romania is not Sodom.” …

Liberty University, the Christian college founded by Dead Jerry Falwell, has told the school’s Democratic Club that they must disband. Here’s what they told the student Dems in an email: The Democratic Party Platform is contrary to the mission of LU and to Christian doctrine (supports abortion, federal funding of abortion, advocates repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, …

Go to Day Of Decision for a rally in or near your hometown. New Yorkers will gather at 6pm at Sheridan Square at Christopher Street and march to Union Square.

Rogers feels the conversation was “thoughtful and respectful” and they got their message out.

The Harrah’s chain of Las Vegas casinos and hotels has written a letter to Nevada’s legislature warning about a potential loss in gay tourism if Gov. Gibbons vetoes that state’s pending domestic partners bill. In a letter to lawmakers, Harrah’s Senior Vice President Jan Jones said that Nevada must compete with other destinations for the growing gay and lesbian business …