Monthly Archives: January 2011

AFA: Still Rewriting AP Headlines

Right Wing Watch notes that the American Family Association is continuing its practice of rewriting Associated Press headlines on the news feed it publishes on OneNewsNow.

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MY NAME IS AVA: Tea Party Launches Bizarre Animated News Reporter

Christian Newswire has the press release: Tea Party News Brief, LLC, headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, is the nation’s first nonpartisan news service for the Tea Party Movement. The Tea Party News Brief launches the News Brief Animated News Show to provide weekly policy analyses on the 112th Congress for the Tea Party Movement. This weekly animated news program can …

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Clinton Condemns Uganda Murder

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a lengthy condemnation of the murder of Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato. We are profoundly saddened by the loss of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato, who was brutally murdered in his home near Kampala yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and colleagues. We urge Ugandan authorities to quickly …

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Teabaggers Go Nuts In PA House

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Anti-Gay Activist Denies Hand In Murder: I’m The One Being Bludgeoned

As I noted here, Exodus International board of directors member Don Schmierer was part of Scott Lively’s three-day conference in Uganda, where Schmierer advised Ugandans on how to turn their gays kids straight. But don’t go blaming David Kato’s murder on HIM, he was only trying to help. In fact, HE is the victim here. On Thursday, Don Schmierer, one …

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Thomas More Law Center Issues Nasty Video Against DADT Repeal

Good As You points us to this new clip from the Thomas More Center, which encourages viewers to support GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter’s campaign to block the implementation of the repeal of DADT.

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BACKGROUND: Evidence Of Scott Lively’s Complicity In The Murder Of David Kato

Yesterday Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death in his home just weeks after his photo was emblazoned on the cover of a local newspaper with the accompanying headline “HANG THEM!” The newspaper articles and Kato’s murder came after months of international outrage over Uganda’s proposed and still-pending “kill gays” bill, legislation that orders the death penalty for …

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Sarah Palin: We Don’t Need A Sputnik Moment, We Need Spudnecks

No, I have no clue what a “spudneck” is either.

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Robert F. Kennedy For NY Marriage

RELATED: A new poll release this morning shows that 56% of New Yorkers now support marriage equality. Freedom To Marry reacts via press release: Today’s poll is yet another confirmation that a strong majority of New Yorkers believe that loving and committed same-sex couples should share in the freedom to marry. New Yorkers, like all Americans, see their gay neighbors, …

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Pastor Sean McDowell: Parents Who Accept Gay Kids Make A “Costly Mistake”

Never heard of this guy before, but he and his father are apparently well known evangelists. Reactions to this clip are here, here, and here.

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Quote Of The Day – Jerzy Buzek

“David Kato was a man that fought for the rights of people to live freely regardless of their sexual orientation in Uganda. David Kato suffered a violent death and I send my condolences to his family. I call for the perpetrators of this crime to be brought to justice. He was a remarkable human rights defender. I regret that Uganda …

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United States Of Awesome

The follow-up to yesterday’s United States Of Shame. (Source)

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #67

1953’s From Here To Eternity.

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Iowa GOP Narrowly Loses Senate Bid To Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Ban

This morning Iowa GOP state Sen. Kent Sorensen called for a suspension of chamber rules in order to force a vote on a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. His motion was narrowly defeated along party lines. Sorenson asked all 50 senators to call up Senate Joint Resolution 8, a bill that would amend the Iowa Constitution to specify that marriage …

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Sharron Angle Mulls Run For President

Wingnut teabagger loon Sharron Angle says she’s thinking about running for president. SRSLY. Asked if she was planning a run for the White House, Angle, who lost to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a tightly contested race in November, appeared unwilling to close any doors. “I’ll just say I have lots of options for the future, and I’m investigating …

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Tony Perkins Calls On Hawaiians To Rise Up Against Proposed Civil Unions Bill

“Hawaiians are dealing with the same onslaught of bad bills they have become accustomed to in the last several years. A proposal to legalize civil unions, much like the one two years ago, barely passed its first big test in the Senate Judiciary Committee after almost three hours of debate. Like the 2009 fight, this one could hinge on how …

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Catpacks?

According to Buzzfeed, the latest silly trend in Brooklyn is the catpack – a meshed backpack for carrying your kitty around town. Sometimes I feel bad that Shelley never gets out of my tiny apartment, but I’m very confident that if I tried this with her, the screaming would be heard from here to Harlem. Maybe these are just for …

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Dan Choi Refuses To Pay Army

Lt. Dan Choi has issued a public letter to the president in which he says he will not pay a $2500 debt the Army claims he owes as a result of being discharged early under DADT. Embiggen the above image for the complete letter.

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China To Create World’s Largest City

Chinese urban planners will join nine large cities near Hong Kong into one sprawling 16,000 square mile city which will be 26 times larger than London. With 42 million people within its boundaries. The new mega-city will cover a large part of China’s manufacturing heartland, stretching from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and including Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Huizhou and Zhaoqing. …

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PhoboQuotable – Imam Abdallah Adhami

“An enormously, overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their life. Again, not necessarily in their childhood. A small, tiny percentage of people are born with a natural inclination they cannot explain. You find this in the animal kingdom on some level as well.” – …

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