Monthly Archives: September 2010

Gay Rights A Low Priority Issue For Both Parties In 2010 Campaign

Nate Silver explains his chart: I studied the campaign Web sites of Republican and Democratic candidates for the House in the 33 Congressional districts currently labeled toss-ups by The New York Times political desk. Although a few candidates did not highlight particular issues on their official Web pages, and a few others remain engaged in primaries where there is no …

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Scissor Sisters News #3: Adam Lambert Makes Out With Jake Shears

Filmed at the after party at Terminal 5, which I was supposed to attend but totally forgot because that was the night that Ken Mehlman came out. Damn you Melhman! Again.

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Scraggly Beard-Growers Cycle

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Pastor Terry Jones: I’m Asking God If I Should Burn All Those Korans

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New From Crazy Eyes

Michele Bachmann’s opponent Tarryl Clark voted to put a 3/8 of a penny sales tax increase on the November ballot. And you know what that means? Crayon prices are going through the roof! And who uses crayons? CHILDREN! Why does Tarryl Clark hate children??!?!

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HomoQuotable – Dan Savage

“I’ve sort of been in denial about the fact that Rick Santorum is going to run for president. But now I’m going to have to sic my flying monkeys on him. Rick would have prevented me and my partner from being able to adopt my son. If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to Freedom to Marry, …

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B-Roll From Whitestock 2010

Here’s more from Whitestock 2010, courtesy of intrepid New Left Media reporter Chase Whiteside, who released this clip in response to Tea Party claims that his first clip was “selectively edited” to show that teabaggers are idiots.

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Rough Seas

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MONTANA: Tea Party Head Fired After Facebook Joke About Killing Gays

Montana Tea Party president Tim Ravndal has been fired after making Facebook jokes about the murder of Matthew Shepard in a posting denouncing same-sex marriage and the ACLU. Ravndal’s Facebook friend: “I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions.” Ravndal responded: “Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction …

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Quote Of The Day – Morrissey

“Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can’t help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.” – Vegetarian and pop singer Morrissey, speaking to the Guardian. Morrissey later expanded on his remarks: “If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog …

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Midichlorian Rhapsody

“Jar-Jar Binks, I wish you’d never been born at all.” Production values are quite high for a parody, even though it’s even longer than Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Morning View – Christopher & Weehawken

The business on the corner is famed bear hangout Rockbar, nee Ramrod, nee Dugout.

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Google To Compete With iTunes

Google is set to launch a music service expected to compete with industry pioneer iTunes. Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter. …

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Today In Crazy Teabaggers

Christine O’Donnell is the Tea Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in Delaware and wants all of you to stop jerking off right now. “The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can’t masturbate without lust,” she said. “The reason that you don’t tell [people] that masturbation is the answer to AIDS and all these …

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Jan Brewer, 28 Days Later

The Arizona Democratic Party warns about Jan Brewer by riffing on the zombie film 28 Days Later. (Yes, I know that technically they weren’t zombies in the movie.) (Tipped by JMG reader Homer)

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HUNGARY: “Heterosexual Pride” Parade Marches Through Budapest

Calling it a “heterosexual pride parade,” about 100 skinheads and their supporters marched through Budapest this weekend to highlight their demand that the local government deny homosexuals the right to use the city’s public spaces. The participants addressed a petition to two MPs of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Dora Duro and Elod Novak, who attended the march, which asks …

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Tea Party Tracker Site Launches

A new website to monitor extremism and racism in the Tea Party movement has been launched. The tea party tracker site is aggregating stories from Think Progress, Media Matters for America and New Left Media – which all promote liberal ideas while criticizing conservatives and Republicans. The tracker’s launch comes a month and a half after NAACP members voted overwhelmingly …

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Jerry Brown’s First 2010 Ad

Surprisingly free of any mention of Meg Whitman.

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“Death To Obama”: Afghans Protest Florida Pastor’s Plan To Burn The Koran

News of Pastor Terry Jones’ plan to burn Korans has reached Afghanistan. Hundreds of Afghans shouted anti-American slogans and called for President Obama’s death at a rally yesterday to denounce an American church’s plans to burn the Islamic holy book to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The crowd in Kabul, numbering as many as 500, …

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BULGARIA: Orthodox Bishop Hands Out Medals For Opposing LGBT Rights

An Orthodox bishop in Bulgaria has awarded his diocese’s highest honor to two men for “defending Christianity” against Satanic homosexuals. The medals went to a local mayor and prosecutor who are behind an attempt to outlaw any public expression of homosexuality such as hand-holding or gay pride parades. “There is something called public morality. The society is not obliged to …

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