Monthly Archives: March 2011

Newt Gingrich: Cheating On My Wives Taught Me How To Impeach Bill Clinton

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National Joe Day

My buddy Mark has tipped me that today is National Joe Day, the day to “shrug off” that first name you never cared for and be somebody else for one day. Wake up on March 27 and introduce yourself to everyone as Joe. If you are a girl, Joe is short for your old name. If you are a boy, …

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HomoQuotable – Bruce Bawer

“In 1989, thousands of gay activists, angry at the Vatican for preaching abstinence instead of safe sex, rallied outside a church in New York, some of them actually going inside and disrupting a worship service. In 2011, faced with far worse provocations by a faith that, unlike Roman Catholicism, poses a mortal threat to gays, gay-rights groups in London not …

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Eurovision: Finland’s Paradise Oskar

As un-Eurovision as it gets, yet I like it.

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TONIGHT: Earth Hour 2011

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ABC News On The Book Of Mormon

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MARYLAND: Trans Bill Passes House

This afternoon the Maryland House approved its transgender rights bill by a vote of 86-52. As you might expect, the debate got ugly at times, with one House member saying, “Do we really want Klinger in charge of our daycares?” Equality Maryland reports via press release: “Today we thank Delegates Pena-Melynk and Kelly for their tremendous leadership. We are proud …

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Geraldine Ferraro Dies At 75

Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to be nominated for vice president, has died of cancer at the age of 75. Ms. Ferraro passed away today at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by her loved ones. The cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she had battled for twelve years. Ms. Ferraro was …

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TENNESSEE: Housing Official Says Gays Are Like Murderers and Drug Dealers

In January, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) invited public comment on proposed new rules banning discrimination against LGBT people in all its programs. That prompted Vicki Barnes, the executive director of Tennessee’s Sweetwater Housing Authority to fire off a letter to HUD in which she compares gay people to murderers, cult members, prostitutes and drug dealers. According …

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Huckabee Leads GOP 2012 Poll

Gallup reports: Mike Huckabee tops a large list of potential GOP presidential candidates in current support for the party’s 2012 nomination, with 19% of Republicans saying they are most likely to back him. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (15%). Sarah Palin is now at 12% after receiving 16% support in three prior Gallup polls. Newt Gingrich …

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Haley Barbour: Amorous Gay Soldiers Are Going To Stop Us From Killing Bad Guys

Yesterday Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour became the third prospective 2012 GOP presidential candidate to promise to reinstate DADT if elected. Because gay soldiers are going to be too busy cruising other men to effectively kill the bad guys. They did research to see what military people thought about this idea. The closest to the ground, the soldier on the ground, …

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Newt Gingrich: If Elected President I Will Slow Down The Homosexual Agenda

Major GOP personalities continue to appear on the American Family Association radio show of unrepentant racist Bryan Fischer. Yesterday it was Newt Gingrich, who vowed to “slow down” the “homosexual agenda” and force a return to Christian values if elected president. More clips from the interview are at Right Wing Watch.

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Eurovision: Albania’s Aurela Gaçe

Here it is in Albanian. I really liked last year’s Albania entry.

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Blocked

The Family Research Council is furious about my constant misquoting of them by posting verbatim screen shots of their words.

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Liz Taylor Leaves Estate To AIDS Charities

Most of Elizabeth Taylor’s massive fortune will go to the two AIDS charities with whom she was most famously associated. Screen queen Elizabeth Taylor has left behind a fortune worth at least $600 million, much of which is expected to go to the AIDS charities she championed for decades. Her famous jewelry collection, valued at an eye-popping $150 million in …

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8,175,135 Stories In The Naked City

New York City officials are apoplectic about just-released 2010 census data which turned up a quarter-million fewer residents than expected. The new figures will mean many millions less in federal funding for everything from schools to social programs to anti-terrorism measures. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg immediately challenged the bureau’s finding, saying it shortchanged the city by as many as 225,000 …

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The Red-Caped Loons Invade Brown

On Wednesday, the red-caped bagpiping Catholic loons of the Society for Defense of Tradition demonstrated at Rhode Island’s Brown University, knowing that their presence would provoke the famously ultra-liberal Ivy Leaguers and provide fodder for the below clip. You can read about the students’ response at the school’s newspaper.

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Cher, Madonna, Lindsay

Lindsay Lohan would like you to know that she is dropping her family name and will join the tiny galaxy of megastars known only by one word. “So many of the greatest people in showbiz are known by just their first name. Look at Oprah and Beyonce. Now you can add Lindsay to that list,” a family friend tells me. …

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Quote Of The Day – Sarah Palin

“I’m through whining about a liberal press that holds particularly conservative women to a different standard, because it doesn’t do any good to whine about it. Nobody ever promised life was going to be fair. And politics really isn’t fair, the scrutiny, the double standards, and all that. I’m dealing with it I guess in a different way than others …

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Mike Huckabee In Iowa: We Need Spiritual Warriors To Fight The Evil Of Gay Marriage

Even if it costs you your job (?), Jeebus commands you to be spiritual warriors against the evil homosexuals who want to destroy America through loving, legal, long-term commitments. (Via – Right Wing Watch)

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