Monthly Archives: August 2009

Quote Of The Day – Michele Bachmann

“We all need to consider that in God’s timing that he may have allowed us, as members of Congress, to be in the position that we’re in just for this specific issue right now. Everything that all of us have worked together and labored for over the years, all of it could be undermined with this one bill. President Obama …

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CNN On Whole Foods Boycott

The boycott of Whole Foods doesn’t seem to be going away. I noticed quite an angry crowd outside of the Union Square store a few days ago. RELATED: A massive new two-story Whole Foods opens on the Upper West Side this week, right in the belly of the progressive beast, as it were. The UWS location will feature the largest …

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80’s Flashback

Sylvester, Someone Like You, 1986. Not my favorite Sylvester track and definitely not one of his better live vocal performances, but this clip is worthwhile for the post-song chat he has with Joan Rivers, who was subbing for Johnny Carson on New Year’s Eve. Rivers fawns over Sylvester’s jewelry and he drops the bomb (on national TV! In 1986!) that …

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“Ex-Gays” Win Discrimination Suit

Remember how we all snickered when Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) filed a lawsuit against the NEA, demanding that “ex-gay” be recognized as an sexual orientation and therefore subject to employee protections? Well, they won. In a case with potentially far-reaching implications, the superior court of the District of Columbia has ruled that individuals who formerly identified as gay …

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CDC: AIDS 50 Times Higher In Gay/Bi Men

A just-released report from the Centers for Disease Control says that gay and bisexual men contract HIV/AIDS at a rate fifty times higher than the general population. To my knowledge, the CDC has not previously made such a comparison, instead relying on the raw data of confirmed cases. CDC official Dr. Amy Lansky announced today at a plenary session of …

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Harvey Milk Inducted Into CA Hall Of Fame

Today the Governator inducted Harvey Milk and ten others into the California Hall of Fame. In other news, there is a California Hall of Fame. The 2009 California Hall of Fame inductees are: entertainer Carol Burnett, former Intel CEO Andrew Grove, governor and U.S. senator Hiram Johnson, decathlete and philanthropist Rafer Johnson, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, philanthropist and peace activist …

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Daily Grumble

“Bullshit! God has horns.” Silliest. Episode. Ever. What happened to the Fellowship of the Sun story? And there’s a Queen of Louisiana? Points for Hoyt’s mama’s hilarious freak-out. Otherwise…

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“It’s time for these new, even risky approaches, and it’s time to ask for it all — now. That’s why I’m going to Washington for the National Equality March — called for by legendary activists David Mixner and Cleve Jones — even though, like others, I wasn’t initially down with the idea. It’s time the rest of us showed up …

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Asexuals Are Coming Out

We may be adding yet another letter to the LGBT alphabet soup as asexuals are coming out of the closet and joining Pride parades to announce that they are perfectly OK with their lack of interest in sex. “It does raise questions about the nature of love,” said Anthony Bogaert, a sexologist at Brock University in Ontario who estimated the …

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Pastor Steve Anderson Goes National

Thanks to LGBT activist Jeremy Hooper at Good As You, who first brought him to blogospheric attention, the violent words of babbling madman Pastor Steve Anderson have been picked up by the national press.

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Federal Judge Dismisses DOMA Case

Smelt Vs. United States, the case that caused all of the DOJ-DOMA brouhaha earlier this year, has been dismissed by a federal judge on the grounds that the litigants had failed to identify any personal harm they had suffered under the institution of the Defense of Marriage Act. Assistant Atty. Gen. Tony West, in his brief filed before U.S. District …

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Godwin’s Law Never Fails

Objecting to the way disruptive town hall teabaggers have been characterized as “brownshirts” by some in the media, a man in the audience tells Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), “If Nancy Pelosi wants to find a swastika, maybe the first place she should look is the sleeve of her own arm.” More Nazi analogies ensue. Cue righteous applause.

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Trans Attorney Runs Against Sally Kern

Since Sally Kern blames LGBT folks for the bad economy and thinks we’re worse than terrorists, I find it more than a little bit delicious that her just-announced 2010 opponent for her Oklahoma House seat is Brittany Novotny, a young transgender attorney. Novotny operates a private law practice specializing in employment and civil rights law in downtown OKC. She represents …

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Iowa: NOM’s Ad For Stephen Burgmeier

Bookended with commentary from One Iowa….

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Morning View – Soldiers And Sailors Arch

The Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza serves as the main gate to Prospect Park, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the same team that created Central Park. The arch, meant to evoke Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, was designed by John H. Duncan, who later created Grant’s Tomb. It was formally unveiled by …

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Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled Homicide

The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide, making it likely that criminal charges against his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murphy, will be forthcoming shortly. Reportedly, Murphy left Jackson unattended after administering a powerful anesthetic. More later on the continuing death of Francisco Franco.

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NOM Backs Iowa Candidate Seeking To Overturn Marriage Equality

NOM has made an $86K radio and television buy on behalf of Iowa House candidate Stephen Burgmeier, who is working to overturn marriage equality. On Top Magazine reports: Anti-gay marriage groups are ratcheting up their efforts to influence the Iowa Legislature in an effort to repeal gay marriage in the state. The latest evidence of such a plan can be …

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Sen. Coburn: If You’re Sick, Tough Luck

Wingnut Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) tells a woman that she shouldn’t expect help from the government just because her husband has a traumatic brain injury. “The idea that the government is a solution to our problems in inaccurate.”

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Just Your Standard Peep Show

The Meatpacking District’s fancy new Standard Hotel straddles the also fancy, also new High Line Park, whose visitors have been treated to numerous sex shows from the windows of the hotel, including a few porn shoots. The New York Post is outraged: Disgusted neighbors say they’ve seen men masturbating, professional porn films being shot and couples engaging in sex in …

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80’s Flashback

Pete Shelley, Homosapien, 1981. The BBC (but not MTV) banned this first solo single from the former Buzzcocks lead singer because of the references to gay sex. “Homosuperior. In my interior.” Yeah, still funny. Of course, a lot of the Buzzcocks songs had gay references too. TRIVIA: Pete’s parents were going to name him “Shelley” if he’d been a girl, …

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