Pastor Ja’Von Crockett appeared on Atlanta television to let people know that he’s no longer the fierce ball queen known as the Mother Cavalli. And he brought his “best friend” on the show for support.

Photographed at some bar somewhere.

“It’s political gamesmanship. The real case is that she [Giffords] had no security whatsoever at this event. So if she lived under a constant fear of being targeted, if she lived under this constant fear of this rhetoric and hatred that was seething, why would she attend an event in full view of the public with no security whatsoever?” – …

Wake County, North Carolina Republicans swept onto the Raleigh school board with the backing of the Tea Party are abolishing the busing of minority students from poor neighborhoods into better-funded school districts. The new school board has won applause from parents who blame the old policy – which sought to avoid high-poverty, racially isolated schools – for an array of …

Three-term moderate GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (Texas) told supporters today that she will not seek reelection in 2012. Hutchinson was trounced in her 2010 bid to unseat Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Hutchison is one of the Republican Party’s brightest stars, often appearing on political talk shows to press the GOP agenda. Still, she broke ranks during the health care …

I’m not getting Greece. (Source)

NOM is pouring big bucks into their video attacking Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee. The local chapter of the National Organization for Marriage is launching a $100,000 TV advertising campaign aimed at defeating the legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. The first TV ad scheduled for airing on Tuesday will challenge “Governor Lincoln Chaffee’s claim to have a mandate …

Astronomers say that position of the Earth is totally different than when astrology was dreamed up 3000 years ago. Therefore, your sign isn’t really what you think it is. “This is not something that happened today. This has gone on for thousands of years,” said astronomer Parke Kunkle. The star doctors say Earth is currently in a different spot in …

The Westboro Baptist Church has agreed not to picket the funeral of the federal judge murdered in Saturday’s massacre in Arizona. In return, a nationally syndicated radio show will give Westboro airtime to broadcast their repulsive message. GLAAD wants the deal called off. This week Westboro has reacted to the tragedy in Tucson with messages like “God Sent the Shooter.” …

(Via – The Daily What)

Police have arrested a convicted child molester working at the Springfield, Massachusetts coffeehouse of infamous anti-gay activist Scott Lively, who runs the business as a Christian outreach to local teenagers. A local man who served as manager of the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop on State Street — a cafe operated by anti-gay pastor Scott Lively that serves free coffee and …

New York City’s Museum of Modern Art has acquired the video created by late gay artist David Wojnarowicz, which was pulled by the Smithsonian after an outcry from the GOP and the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue. The museum acquired both the original 13-minute version of the video, titled “A Fire in My Belly,” and a separate 7-minute excerpt made by …

Copyranter notes: “It’s actually been there for quite some time. I know, because my girlfriend’s mother lives in Tucson. It’s of course via the radio station, not Limbaugh. Though, I’m sure he—or his “people”—had to approve it before it was erected.” (Via – Towleroad)

Hilarious Australian comedian/musician Tim Minchin made his U.S. debut on Conan O’Brien last night, performing his classic Inflatable You. (A less censored version is at that link.) You may recall the last Minchin song I posted, the insanely catchy Pope Song.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty tells the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer that if he is elected president, he will work to reinstate DADT. The below interview opens with Pawlenty’s additional vow to thwart to overturn the DOMA. (Via – Right Wing Watch)

Brandon Sanchez, 21, has been sentenced to four years in an Oregon prison after attacking another man for having a supposedly “gay hairstyle.” Sanchez apparently targeted Mark Bryant, 20, because he showed up at an Aug. 11 party with his hair gelled into a faux hawk, or fake mohawk. Bryant was in a coma for 22 days, had part of …

Get ready to scream. (Via – Gothamist)

Media Matters founder David Brock claims that the perpetrators of three recent attacks on public figures were all dedicated viewers of Glenn Beck.

Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott is proposing a radical school voucher program that would pay parents 85% of the cost of their child’s public education. Parents can then use that money to move their children into private and religious schools. In 2006, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a similar proposal was unconstitutional. Critics argue that Scott’s plan would …