One day after their Soho flagship Hollister store was shut down due to a massive infestation of bedbugs, today Abercrombie & Fitch has closed their South Street Seaport location for the same reason. Gothamist again has the story. According to an Abercrombie & Fitch spokesperson, the store was closed to “deal with a similar problem” as Hollister’s, i.e. the parasite …

New York City’s health department has issued an alert about rabid raccoons in Central Park. Over 100 infected raccoons have been trapped or found dead in the park so far this year. “It’s like Central Park in the ’70s when you had to be fearful of people – now you have to be fearful of raccoons,” said Manhattan teacher Meg …

The Human Rights Campaign has hired Bloomberg aide Brian Ellner to head a new group to take on New York’s anti-marriage state politicians. The Campaign for New York Marriage will do similar work to that of the Tim Gill-funded Fight Back NY. You may recall that Ellner was recently all but named to replace Alan Van Capelle as head of …

Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann tells the teabagger outfit Newsmax that Obama’s handling of BP is just part of his grand plan to socialize all private industry.

Similar to one staged annually in DC. (Tipped by JMG reader Alja)

Celebrations are taking place across India today in recognition of the first anniversary of a High Court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality. Members of Mumbai’s gay community danced, sang, laughed and hugged each other in the city’s sprawling Azad Maidan park as speakers recalled the long years of struggle to get Indian courts to change the country’s law. On July 2 last …

JMG reader Colin sends us this amusing clip of sad protesters outside of Ireland’s Dáil yesterday as the legislative body voted to approve civil partnerships. What’s the music? So familiar….

(Via – The Daily What)

And therefore we must do away with the 14th Amendment.

– Mark Ruffalo will star in a movie version of Larry Kramer’s AIDS drama, The Normal Heart. Other casting and production details have not been announced but reportedly Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy is involved. – Elf: The Musical (SRSLY) opens at Broadway’s Hirschfeld Theater on November 2nd. Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw will direct and choreograph. – Standing room, rush, and …

The pesky Gulf oil spill wasn’t caused by a Republican deregulated oil industry free to pursue profits over safety. According to the Concerned Women for America, it was caused by immoral government employees who were surfing for porn instead of doing their jobs. President Reagan reduced government regulations that were choking the life out of business in our nation. He …

“I can’t stand atheists. And I plan to do something about them. Thankfully, the U.S. Supreme Court has given me a powerful tool to use in my war against the godless. Earlier this week, the Court ruled that a public university may require all student organizations to admit any student as a voting member or officer. The decision applies even …

You might know her by her club kid name: Miss Foo Foo.

If you are found viewing porn on the computers at public libraries in Quincy, Massachusetts, City Councilman Daniel Raymondi wants to shame you by publishing your name in the local newspaper. Via the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow: “We have valuable taxpayer resources, in my judgment, being abused by people who violate a library policy against visiting pornographic sites, and this …

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the favorite to replace David Paterson as governor, says he is confident that he can make same-sex marriage a reality during his first year in office. Via Advocate: “My opinion, from my policy point of view, it is a priority,” he said. State of Politics reports that, “He also voiced confidence that he could get …

“You’re an embarrassment to me. You look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault.” – Mel Gibson, in a voice mail recorded by the mother of his love child, Oksana Grigorieva. During a 2006 DUI arrest, Gibson screamed at the arresting officers: “Fucking Jews! The Jews …

The British Medical Association yesterday declared “ex-gay” therapies to be harmful and called for investigating any doctor that attempts to “cure” homosexuality. Via Pink News: The body met in Brighton yesterday and more than two-thirds of doctors present backed a call for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and other mental health standard-setting bodies to reject the treatments and ban their …

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