Monthly Archives: May 2010

DADT Rally Underway At White House

Today’s DADT rally is underway outside the White House, where Howard Dean has joined the protesters. Photos via Twitter. Follow along at #DADT.

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FreedomWorks Hits Back

Angered as being characterized as violent, racist, hate-filled teabaggers, Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks has compiled the below clip of voice mails and emails sent by their opponents. Language NSFW.

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Obama Scores, Leno Bombs At White House Press Correspondents Dinner

The president opened with a dig at Joe Biden’s recent F-bomb then segued into a joke about his supposed Kenyan nationality. Pretty good stuff overall. Jay Leno, not so much.

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Arizona Bans Non-American School Teachers With Heavy Accents

The Arizona Department of Education has begun telling schools that must remove teachers whose English is heavily accented or ungrammatical if they are teaching students who are still learning English themselves. State education officials say the move is intended to ensure that students with limited English have teachers who speak the language flawlessly. But some school principals and administrators say …

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Unexploded Car Bomb In Times Square

Times Square was evacuated and several Broadway shows were canceled last night after police found an unexploded bomb inside of a burning car. “It appears to be a car bomb left in a Pathfinder between Seventh and Eighth” Avenues on 45th Street, said Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. The device, he said, contained “explosive elements” …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #29

Tallulah Bankhead in Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat!

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Christianists Flop With Anti-Gay May Day

God’s gentle and loving people held a May Day event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial today where they gathered to bray over loudspeakers for the fiery eternal damnation of the evil homosexuals. Oh, and for Muslims too, as one speaker prayed for God’s forgiveness that a Muslim now serves in Congress. Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out was …

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HomoQuotable – Aubrey Sarvis

“In his State of the Union message President Obama said repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was the right thing to do. But Friday evening President Obama did the wrong thing, and in doing so he and Secretary Gates delivered a devastating blow to getting repeal done this year. Their joint political decision showed a lack of respect for our LGBT …

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GM Lies About Bailout Repayment

Have you seen the below ad from General Motors claiming that they’ve repaid their loan from the federal government “five years early and with interest”? Yeah, not so much. Lawmakers, and even the inspector general for the bailout fund GM borrowed from, point out that General Motors only repaid the bailout money by dipping into a separate pot of bailout …

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls For Suspension Of DADT Dismissals

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has fired back at yesterday’s statement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in response to a letter sent this afternoon by Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates concerning the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy: “We …

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PhoboQuotable – Wendy Wright

“But Justice Scalia – this was a big surprise for me, his skepticism on this argument. But it’s making me think that in fact he’s thrown down the gauntlet for many of us who want to protect the privacy of those who are afraid of being intimidated. He said, and this is the quote that’s gonna make it in all …

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One Iowa Vs One Iowa

OneIowa.org is the site for Iowa’s long-running LGBT rights organization. But they apparently failed to also reserve the .com extension of their name and the Christianists have jumped on it. Recently, the a “.COM” website was created (www.OneIowa.COM), but with a completely different agenda. The new site includes socially conservative content about several issues: protecting gun rights, restricting abortion, maintaining …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Rotten Robbie

Kick off your weekend with a fabulous ’80s mix from San Francisco’s DJ Rotten Robbie, who spins this Sunday’s mega-80s Flashdance SF party at the legendary (former) Trocadero Transfer. Setlist. Website. Upcoming gigs: May 16th @ Frisky SF, June 5th @ Sonoma Pride, June 18th @ Napa Valley Pride. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Ted Eiel, DJ Herbie James. DJ David …

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