Monthly Archives: May 2010

LIVE VIDEO: U.S. House DADT Debate

It’s going on now. Live video stream here.

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Family Research Council: Gay Soldiers Will Rape You If DADT Is Repealed

Echoing what his boss Tony Perkins said in January, today Family Research Council spokestwat Peter Sprigg held a press conference to announce that if DADT were to be repealed, gay soldiers will go on a raping spree. Here’s how the Family Research Council envisions things going if Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed: first, more straight soldiers, sailors, airmen and …

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Vodka Eyeballing, SRSLY?

Stand aside beer pong, because according to the British tabloid Daily Mail, drinking vodka through your eyeballs is some kind of fad in the UK. Even as drunken student antics go, it was, by any stretch of the imagination, a disturbing scene. Surrounded by cheering rugby players, applauded by fellow members of the university netball team, 19-year-old Melissa Fontaine tipped …

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Summer’s Here And The Gay Boys Are Lip-Dubbing Their Way To Fire Island

Towleroad tips us to the latest from the same boys whose Party In The FIP was an internet sensation last summer, winning almost 4 million YouTube views to date. This time they lip-dub Don’t Rain On My Parade (the Glee version) as they rush around Manhattan getting ready for Fire Island.

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Tweet Of The Day – BP Global PR

You’ve got to read the hilarious (fake) Twitter feed from BPGlobalPR. It’s gold, Jerry! Gold! (Via – AmericaBlog)

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PhoboQuotable – Bryan Fischer

“Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews. Gays in the military is an experiment that has been tried and found disastrously and tragically wanting. Maybe it’s time for Congress to learn a lesson from history. “The leftwing blogosphere has gone berzerko over comments …

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Gulf Oil Well Appears To Be Capped

The Coast Guard is saying today that it appears yesterday’s “top kill” attempt to cap the spewing oil spill in the Gulf may have worked. Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government’s top oil spill commander, Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning. The …

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DADT Senate Armed Services Committee Vote To Be Televised Today

Upon the demand of Sen. John McCain, today’s Senate Armed Services Committee vote on the compromise DADT repeal will be televised. Wonk Room believes McCain will use his camera time to lie about the repeal and pump up his image to teabaggers back in Arizona. Sources close to the Senate Armed Services Committee are telling me that McCain has asked …

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Comedian Dane Cook Gets Kanye’d During Finale Of American Idol

I haven’t followed this season of American Idol, but I did catch some of last night’s finale. The highlight, for me, was when unfunny comedian Dane Cook was performing a satiric tribute to Simon Cowell’s final appearance on the show. As Cook sang, a troupe of the show’s most infamous weirdos trotted out, including hipster hero William Hung. Watch how …

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New York Senate May Have Votes To Finally Pass Transgender Protections

In 2002 the New York Senate rejected an amendment to include transgender protections in the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), which became law that year. Eight years later and after being approved by the state Assembly twice, it appears that we finally have the Senate votes to pass a stand-alone transgender protections bill, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA). The …

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Joint Chiefs Chair Mike Mullen: DADT Deal Lets Us Say IF The Repeal Will Happen

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen says that the proposed DADT compromise deal allows the military to decide whether the repeal will take place at all, regardless of how Congress votes. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that he’s comfortable with proposed legislation that seeks to repeal the law that bans gay men and …

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Cartoon Network To Launch Anti-Bullying Campaign In October

Turner Broadcasting will launch an anti-bullying campaign on the Cartoon Network in October. It’s not yet clear if the program will specifically address anti-LGBT bullying. “This has been a growing and critical issue and we knew we had to find the right way to not only engage our audience and others but to also give them the proper tools and …

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SATURDAY: Protest At United Nations Over Imprisoned Malawi Gay Couple

This Saturday in NYC there will be a demonstration at the Malawian consulate near the United Nations in protest of the imprisonment of the Malawi gay couple who last week were sentenced to 14 years at hard labor merely for holding an engagement ceremony. Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pmLocation: Malawian Consulate, 866 United Nations Plaza, NY, NYStreet: …

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Jewish Teabagger Launches Anti-Islam Advertising Campaign In NYC

Jewish teabagger blogger Pamela Geller, who is a loud opponent of the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, has launched an anti-Islam bus campaign in NYC. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?” read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also …

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Lt. Dan Choi & Capt. James Pietrangelo To Start DADT Hunger Strike

According to a press release issued overnight, Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. James Pietrangelo will begin a hunger strike to protest the compromise DADT repeal proposal. FASTNG FOR EQUALITY & DIGNITY STATEMENT BY DAN CHOI Immediately following congressional mark-ups on the National Defense Authorization Act 2011, Captain James Pietrangelo and I will commence a fast in pursuit of Equality and …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #33

Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse, Ray Bolger, Virginia O’Brien, Marjorie Maine and Judy Garland in 1945’s The Harvey Girls.

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Open Thread Thursday

Pet photos! Let’s see ’em!

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SLIDESHOW: New York City Scissor Sisters Listening Party At Rockbar

Last night’s listening party for the upcoming third album by Scissor Sisters, Night Work, was a blast. In the house: Jake Shears, uberblogger Andy Towle, promoter Joe Fiore, and our own Father Tony. Plus lots of familiar faces and DJs from Manhattan nightlife. Big thanks to Fly-Life’s Martha and Carmen Cacciatore for putting it all together. As always, the slideshow …

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Art Linkletter Dies At 97

Canadian television pioneer Art Linkletter died at his Los Angeles home today at the age of 97. Linkletter’s show House Party, which ran for 20 years on CBS, spawned his Kids Say The Darndest Things book series, which sold millions. Linkletter had what is thought to be the longest marriage in modern celebrity history and is survived by his wife …

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GOP Threatens DADT Filibuster

With the backing of John McCain, GOP Senate members are threatening to filibuster any floor vote on the compromise repeal of DADT, even though the repeal will likely be attached to an important Defense funding bill. Armed Services ranking member John McCain said Thursday that he would “without a doubt” support a filibuster if the bill goes to the floor …

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