Monthly Archives: May 2010

Quote Of The Day – Alex Sink

“When Attorney General McCollum was asked why he would hire a man like this — who previous courts had said that his testimony was no legitimacy — his response was, ‘Well it wasn’t me who hired him. It was the Department of Children and Families, they hired the expert witnesses.’ Well, surprise, surprise, about two weeks later the Department of …

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GetEQUAL: ENDA Protest In DC Today

As ENDA appears to be stalled in committee, GetEQUAL will be holding an emergency protest in Washington DC today. From the event Facebook page: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would provide basic workplace protections for LGBT Americans, is currently stalled in committee. If it does not see a floor vote before Memorial Day most agree it has NO CHANCE this …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #32

1950’s No Way Out starring Sydney Poitier.

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AUSTRALIA: Family Values Pol Busted Leaving Gay Bathhouse

Australia is seeing a Rekersesque scandal of its own as a family values-type member of Parliament was busted on camera leaving a gay bathhouse near Sydney. NSW Transport Minister David Campbell has resigned following revelations he used his taxpayer-funded car to visit a gay men’s sex venue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. A 7News investigation has revealed Mr Campbell allegedly left …

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Rand Paul: Businesses Should Have The Right To Discriminate

The apple doesn’t fall far from the nutty libertarian tree. Rand Paul think that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should be amended to allow businesses the right to deny service to anybody they please. Rachel Maddow takes him down in classic fashion.

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Open Thread Thursday

So. How’s your love life?

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U.S. State Department Condemns Conviction Of Malawi Gay Couple

The U.S. State Department has denounced the Malawi government’s conviction of two gay men for “unnatural acts and gross indecency.” “The United States is deeply disappointed in today’s conviction of same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza in Malawi,” said assistant secretary Phillip J. Crowley at a press briefing Wednesday. “We view the criminalization of sexual orientation and gender identity …

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They Were Saying Boo-urns

Media Matters enjoys some post-election gloating over the defeat of teabagger Tim Burns, which came despite relentless promotion by virtually every talking head on Fox News.

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Bill O’Reilly On Trans People & Ewoks

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Florida Dems Invoice Attorney General Bill McCollum For Rekers Testimony

The Florida Democratic Party continues their “Give the money back, Bill!” campaign. Via press release: Today, the Florida Democratic Party sent an invoice to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on behalf of Florida taxpayers, requesting that he pay back the over $2.4 million that he has spent for his own personal gain and partisan agenda. The invoice bills McCollum’s campaign …

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Two Birds, One Gay Stone

Super damn funny. (Via – Queerty)

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William White Quits Intrepid Museum

William White, the openly gay president of NYC’s massive Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum, abruptly quit today after 20 years on the job. And nobody is saying why. Mr. White quit his positions at the floating museum on the Hudson and the foundation that operates it, as well as his roles with two charitable organizations that raise money to …

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Teagasms For Rand Paul

JMG reader Allen tips us to this teabagger blogger practically wetting himself over Rand Paul’s Senate primary victory. But hey, he’s pretty.

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SAD MILESTONE: 1000 Killed U.S. Soldiers In Afghanistan, No End In Sight

Yesterday the number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan reached 1000. And the end of the war is nowhere in sight. On Tuesday, the toll of American dead in Afghanistan passed 1,000, after a suicide bomb in Kabul killed at least five United States service members. Having taken nearly seven years to reach the first 500 dead, the war killed …

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Tourist Lane

For all you busy busy busy city folk that complain about dawdling visitors, the Awl tips us that some joker has created separate lanes at Fifth Avenue and 22nd Street. Now all we need is a lane for those evil double strollers.

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John McCain: Go After The Undocumented Workers, But Not Their Employers

Keeping big agriculture and developers in his back pocket, John McCain says that the government should just focus on preventing illegal immigration. The companies that hire those workers? Well, we’ll work on that later once the “danged fence” is built.

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GOP Hypocrisy Flashback

“I do believe that as a moral country, as a country that was founded in these values, we have always paid tribute to these values of traditional marriage and that the thrust of this bill, which a number of these amendments have tried to address, have highlighted what is clearly a deep cultural divide in this country. And that when …

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Quote Of The Day – Elisabeth Hasselbeck

“Some people are saying, well, this is a day late and a dollar short, where were you when you could have said something earlier? And in terms of gay marriage, I think there are a lot of, maybe, conservatives out there who are talking about gay marriage and not necessarily with someone who wants to have gay marriage or has …

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Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide 30 years ago yesterday. Here’s the band’s iconic single, Love Will Tear Us Apart. This version is slightly different than the one most of us remember, but the audio is great. Some of you tender kittens won’t know this track, but it’s the one that diverted many of us from disco into …

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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE): I’ll Vote Against Attaching DADT Repeal To Defense Bill

Saying the overturn of DADT “is not a question of whether, it’s a question of how,” Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) says he will vote against attaching the repeal attempt to a defense authorization bill. Nelson has been targeted by activists as one of six key Senators needed for the attempt. Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade: Repeal efforts were complicated …

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