Homeland Security announced today that effective immediately you can no longer bring toner or ink cartridges weighing more than one pound onto your plane. Not that anybody was actually doing that. The ban, announced today by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, also covers other cargo deemed high-risk. The changes follow the discovery of bombs concealed in ink cartridges on a …

Curiously, God had nothing to say about that awful dress.

JMG reader Mike tips us that the popular gaming site New Grounds is hosting Gay Bus, a game in which the goal is to run over as many “homosexuals in sailors hats” as possible. Each collision splatters blood onto the hood of the “Gay Bus.” Mike notes that this game is in violation of New Grounds’ hosting service and suggests …

Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was fired this afternoon for his loony tunes campaign against openly gay University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong. Shirvell was called before the attorney general’s staff at 1:30 p.m. today, said Philip Thomas, Shirvell’s attorney. “The only reason they gave was the fact that they felt his actions had made it impossible …

Well, what are you waiting for? Go tell them. I’ve given you a few keywords that may help you craft your response.

IRONICALLY RELATED: I’m at the “friend limit” on Facebook and while I do totally care what you had for lunch, you’ll have to join the JMG fan page to tell me.

The Texas GOP, which swept into the state legislature with overwhelming numbers last week, is mulling a complete withdrawal from Medicaid, a move which could leave millions of Texans without any health care coverage. “With Obamacare mandates coming down, we have a situation where we cannot reduce benefits or change eligibility” to cut costs, said State Representative Warren Chisum, Republican …

Cherry pie + pumpkin pie + apple pie = cherpumple, the “turducken of desserts.” Its inventor says his creation “both intrigues and horrifies.” Blech. Turducken, on the other hand, is delicious.

A Saudi court has sentenced a man accused of having gay sex to 500 lashes and five years in prison. The 27 year-old man, who was arrested by the kingdom’s religious police, was also convicted of publishing photos on the internet and on mobile phones of himself wearing women’s underwear, the newspaper reported without giving his name. The court fined …

The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Lisa Miller, the “ex-gay” biological mother who lost custody of her daughter to her former partner. The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from Lisa Miller, the biological mother of an 8-year-old girl. Miller wanted the court to undo a Virginia court decision allowing Janet Jenkins visitation rights with …

In an editorial published today, the New York Times says that House Democrats would be better served by a Minority Leader other than Nancy Pelosi. Ms. Pelosi announced on Friday that she would seek the post of House minority leader. That job is not a good match for her abilities in maneuvering legislation and trading votes, since Democrats will no …

A blog post written by a mother about her son dressing in drag for Halloween has spawned a national discussion about gender identity in children.

Nice promo, but it also gives me a chance to bitch that all three times I’ve tried to use in-flight WiFi have been a failure. Two of the times the signal died forever within thirty minutes of my payment going through. The third time I was able to stay online, but the connection was maddeningly slow and useless for blogging.

Janet says she first learned about the Trevor Project from late make-up artist Kevin Aucoin. About bullies, Janet says, “It says more about how they feel about themselves.”

Bilerico has Westboro’s press release: “WBC to picket at Midland High School where the children are experiencing first-hand the power of the dog and the Fag Media, as well as the dismantling of the First Amendment. Coward Clint McCance said some scripturally-accurate things about sodomites commiting suicide on his FaceBook account, but then apologized and resigned on CNN Anderson Cooper’s …

We still don’t know who California’s new attorney general will be and may not know for weeks. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who would be the state’s first black AG, has promised that she would not attempt to defend Proposition 8 should she be elected. Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, who has said that he will definitely …

SiriusXM host Michelangelo Signorile talks to gay callers who threw their votes away. They did this to send a message! Or something!

The Wall Street Journal reports that the attempt to repeal DADT legislatively is “all but lost for now” as top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are working to strip it from the defense authorization bill to which it’s attached. Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and John McCain of Arizona, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Armed …

MSNBC has unsuspended Keith Olbermann and he’ll be back on the air tomorrow night. “After several days of deliberation and discussion, I have determined that suspending Keith through and including Monday night’s program is an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy,” MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement released late Sunday. “We look forward to having him …